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Stevens-Duryea XXX

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1910 Stevens-Duryea Model XXX Runabout Roadster

Offered by Gooding & Company | Amelia Island, Florida | March 2025

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In 1909, Stevens-Duryea launched the Model X, which was a big touring car or limousine powered by a 24-horsepower engine. They also trotted out the XXX, which was the smaller, sportier variant with the same engine.

Both models carried over for 1910, with the 5.2-liter inline-four uprated to 36 horsepower. A three-passenger Runabout Roadster and a four-passenger Baby Tonneau were offered on the XXX chassis in 1910.

By the 1980s, this car wore raceabout bodywork, and when it was restored, a reproduction Runabout body was crafted. It’s one of three known to exist and carries an estimate of $80,000-$125,000. Click here for more info.

Oldsmobile Light Tonneau

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1905 Oldsmobile Light Tonneau

Offered by Gooding & Company | Amelia Island, Florida | March 2025

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The Curved Dash Olds was still around in 1905, but things had started progressing at the company, and more conventional-looking motorcars were appearing with what Olds dubbed the “French front” design.

Gooding calls this a “circa 1904” with a hint that you could fool someone on letting you into the London-to-Brighton Run, but it’s thought that most of these were delivered in 1905. In addition to the CDO, Oldsmobile offered a Touring Runabout, a Light Tonneau (which was the rear-entrance tonneau), and a Side-Entrance Touring, the latter of which was their first two-cylinder offering.

This car is powered by a 2.3-liter horizontal single rated at 10 horsepower. Total calendar year production for 1905 for Oldsmobile was 6,500 – or 36 cars a day. It was their final year as America’s top automobile manufacturer. This car cost $950 when new and now has an estimate of $90,000-$120,000. More info can be found here.

1902 Rambler

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1902 Rambler Model C Runabout

Offered by Gooding & Company | Amelia Island, Florida | March 2025

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Thomas B. Jeffrey’s first Rambler product was a bicycle in 1897. By 1900 he was into automobiles, and the Model C was the company’s first production model.

It looks like a carriage – and like many of its competitors – and is powered by a 1.6-liter horizontal single that was rated at four horsepower. It also has a two-speed gearbox.

Just four of these are known to exist, and this one, chassis 738, was restored a while back. During that work, the car was upgraded to a steering wheel in lieu of the original tiller (Rambler switched to wheels in 1904). The estimate is $70,000-$90,000. Click here for more info.

Bugatti Type 50

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1930 Bugatti Type 50 Roadster

Offered by Gooding & Company | Amelia Island, Florida | March 2025

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The Bugatti Type 50 was the follow up to the Type 46. This car was originally bodied as a coupe after being sold new off of the 1930 Paris Auto Salon stand. The car moved to Denmark before the war and remained there until coming stateside in 1951.

Power is provided by a supercharged 5.0-liter inline-eight that makes 225 horsepower. The big difference between the Types 46 and 50 is that the 50 used a DOHC engine design and a smaller displacement. But power was hugely improved.

It was in the late 1980s that the car received its current roadster configuration (a prior roadster body had been fitted under original ownership in the 1930s). It’s unclear of the Type 50 was supercharged from the factory or not (or whether that denoted Type 50S spec). In any case, only 66 were built and just 25 survive. This one has an estimate of $500,000-$600,000. More info can be found here.

Duesenberg J-114

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1929 Duesenberg Model J Town Car by Derham

Offered by Gooding & Company | Pebble Beach, California | August 2024

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Yes, Duesenbergs were cars for the rich. But any car with a town car body was a car for the rich. You had a chauffeur’s compartment up front, where some household employee would sit, exposed to the elements, and drive you around. Like the Isotta Fraschini from Sunset Boulevard.

And that’s kind of what this is. It was sold new to Virginia Robinson, who married a department store heir and lived in Beverly Hills. Just like Norma Desmond, she was ferried around Los Angeles in this, the only short-wheelbase Model J with Derham town car coachwork. The 265-horsepower, 6.9-liter straight-eight is retained under the hood.

The Robinsons had three Duesenbergs, and all of them were relatively early cars, with J-171 being the highest engine number they had. Early adopters. The car received updated styling and wheels in the mid-1930s. It was restored in 1968 and cosmetically refreshed in the last year. It now has an estimate of $1,500,000-$2,000,000. Click here for more info.

Duesenberg J-461

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1934 Duesenberg Model J Disappearing-Top Convertible Coupe by Murphy

Offered by Gooding & Company | Pebble Beach, California | August 2024

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The Duesenberg’s are out in force for Monterey Car Week. I’ve counted four across the different auction catalogs, with this one wearing the ever-popular disappearing-top convertible coupe bodywork from the Walter M. Murphy Company of Pasadena, California.

Each Model J features a 6.9-liter straight-eight that was rated at 265 horsepower. This car was ordered new by a member of the Roebling family (their ancestor, John Roebling, built a couple of famous suspension bridges, and his family was the money behind Mercer back in the day). J-461 was originally bodied as a LaGrande dual-cowl phaeton.

It was involved in a crash while Duesenberg was still active and sent back to the factory, where it was fitted with this body. The re-work was completed in 1934, and Duesenberg re-titled it to match the new date. It passed through a few owners, including the John O’Quinn collection, and was restored by Fran Roxas. It now has an estimate of $3,500,000-$4,250,000. More info can be found here.

Delahaye Torpedo Roadster

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1938 Delahaye 135M Torpedo Roadster by Figoni et Falaschi

Offered by Gooding & Company | Pebble Beach, California, August 2024

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This is one of the swoopiest old cars we’ve ever featured. Figoni et Falaschi, the coachbuilder responsible for some of the best – or at least, wildest – designs of this era displayed a very similar example on Delahaye’s 135M chassis at the 1936 Paris Motor Show.

The 135M was introduced for 1936 and saw power from a 3.6-liter inline-six with three downdraft carburetors for a listed output of 116 horsepower. This particular car was ordered new by the Algerian importer for a client. The trail then goes cold.

It wasn’t until 1992 that it was found, relatively complete, in Algeria. It was then shipped to France and restored, with work finalized by 1997. In 1999, it was purchased by the Petersen Museum, where it has remained since. There were apparently 11 of these built, with this being #8. Only about five survive – and this one is going back into circulation with an estimate of $2,000,000-$3,000,000. Click here for more info.

Ghia-Aigle Alfa 1900C SS

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1957 Alfa Romeo 1900C SS Coupe Lugano by Ghia-Aigle

Offered by Gooding & Company | Pebble Beach, California | August 2024

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Alfa’s 1900 was a small sedan that was offered between 1950 and 1959. Attractive in its own right, the car was designed by Alfa designer Orazio Satta. Sprint and convertible versions were also offered, as was a short-wheelbase Corto (1900C) variant.

In addition, you could get a hot SS version, of which 854 were built. They featured a 2.0-liter DOHC inline-four with twin Solex carburetors for a rating of 115 horsepower. Many of these received coachbuilt bodies, including a number of them by Ghia-Aigle (not to be confused with Carrozzeria Ghia of Italy). Ghia-Aigle was initially the Swiss subsidiary of Ghia and actually lasted until 1988.

It’s unknown how many Coupe Luganos were built, but four are known. It, as are many 1900Cs, is a very attractive car. And it is selling at no reserve with an estimate of $250,000-$300,000. Click here for more info.

Lamborghini 5-95 Zagato

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2013 Lamborghini 5-95 Zagato

Offered by Gooding & Company | Pebble Beach, California | August 2024

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There are a number of modified Ferraris wearing modern Zagato coachwork, but Lamborghini really isn’t a brand associated with that kind of custom coachbuilding. The car you see here exists due to a client request, and when rich people demand something, things like the 5-95 Zagato are born.

It debuted in 2014 at Villa d’Este and is based on the Lamborghini Gallardo LP570-4 Superleggera. It retains a 5.2-liter V10 that was rated at 562 horsepower in Superleggera spec. Top speed is 200 mph.

Just nine of these were built including one convertible. This is the first time one has come up for sale, and it has 1,100 miles. The pre-sale estimate is $400,000-$600,000. Click here for more info.

Sizaire-Naudin Speedster

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1908 Sizaire-Naudin Model C Speedster

Offered by Gooding & Company | April 2024

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Sizaire-Naudin was founded by the Sizaire brothers (Georges and Maurice) and Louis Naudin. The company existed between 1903 and 1921, and despite that range, this is just the second vehicle from them we’ve featured. Both are from 1908.

Between 1906 and 1909, the company was active in racing, thus this 1908 model wearing sporty speedster coachwork. It’s powered by a single-cylinder engine, and all early Sizaires feature an independent sliding-pillar front suspension with big transverse leaf springs hanging out in from of the radiator.

This car has been on display at the Mullin museum for some time and will require reconditioning. It has an estimate of $20,000-$30,000. Click here for more info.

Update: Sold $38,080.