This was the first time I viewed a photo of this car that was in UltimateCP. Incredible. Almost makes me wish I was around in the 1930's to be able to get one of these race car hand me downs to convert to a street car. Image Unavailable, Please Login
the car is actually a t51 twin cam grand prix car with a period rebody..it's a long and complex story involving multiple chassis and rich white guys..best to do a search...i had the chance to drive the car when bob sutherland owned it [over los laurelis grade from carmel valley to laguna seca]..it handled like a gp car with low air in the tires [due to the weight of the body] and as hot and noisy as could be....great car tho...
As far as I know: Was T35 chassis #4962, converted to T51 by factory, given chassis #51133. Rebodied in 1937 by Louis Dubos. Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login
the last bunch of 35b's [496X] were converted to t 51's. the original car-4962- was delivered with a gp body..as t51 chassis 51133 to no less than louis chiron..i think he sold it and a subsequent owner [bith] had the car rebodied by dubos and was driven in this form..kind of a poor man's atlantic....somehow later on the car had the body removed and while the coupe body languished, the chassis was returned to gp form with a replica body..the coupe body was obtained by bob sutherland who commissioned a replica t51 chassis!![ i think richard i'anson had a lot to do with it as he was doing a lot of bob's bug stuff back then] meanwhile the original chassis was totally over restored by jack nethercutt and sat in the merle norman mausoleum.the next part i'm guessing at..sutherland died and his collection was broken up..i think the nethercutt collection [skip??] bought the real body on a replica chassis, took the real coupe body off the replica chassis, the replica gp body off the original chassis and reunited them! as i was doing research on my 35b and had a paint match for factory chassis color [baby poop green] they contacted me during restoration..i was able to provide the original brush width but somehow they decided to spray it..oh well. last i heard nethercutt still has the car but that's old information so i can't say where it is now.