£59,308
1926 Cunningham (-1931) Series V-6 Touring
RM Sotheby's • US • 2 Sept 2018
Market Position:
Rare Sale
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£59,308
1926 Cunningham (-1931) Series V-6 Touring
US • 2 Sept 2018 • Lot 3191
Vehicle Details
AI Listing Summary
This 1926 Cunningham Series V-6 Touring, offered from a private collection, is a rare and desirable American luxury car. Restored by Gus Reuter and reportedly a participant in the 1967 Glidden Tour, it's presented as solid and intact, ideal for either mechanical freshening or a full restoration, appealing to collectors of Full Classics.
Condition
6
The car is described as solid and intact, ideal for mechanical freshening or a full restoration, suggesting it's in restorable but not perfect condition. Mentions of participation in a Glidden Tour and a restoration by Gus Reuter add to its value and historical significance, but the need for freshening or full restoration prevents it from being rated higher.
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Manual
LHD
United States
4685
1926
Auction
£59,308
1926 Cunningham (-1931) Series V-6 Touring
RM Sotheby's • US • 2 Sept 2018
Market Position:
Rare Sale
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Description
Produced in Rochester, New York, form 1915 until 1931, the Cunningham was one of the U.S.’s finest luxury automobiles.
Each was hand-built to individual customer order and specifications, and powered by a robustly constructed and superbly engineered V-8 with a three-main-bearing crankshaft, fully pressurized lubrication, and pumped radiator cooling, all as advanced at the end of production as it had been at the beginning.
It was an outstanding, prestigious automobile, and it deserves a place in any Full Classic connoisseur’s collection.
The handsome touring offered here, one of very few Cunninghams to ever become available on the public market, has been part of its current owner’s collection for several years.
While research into its history is still ongoing, it reportedly participated in the 1967 Glidden Tour, and wears a plaque testifying that its restoration was completed by the renowned Gus Reuter, one of this country’s first antique automobile restorers, noted for the superlat...
Price Analysis vs Other V-6s
£58,968
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£59,308
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£100,185
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