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1929 Ruxton Model A

4-Dr. Sedan
Gooding & Company goes online for Scottsdale 2021
Monday, 18 January - Friday, 22 January 2021
$235,000
Not sold at a high bid of
$400,000 - $500,000
Est. Range
Yes
Reserve
39
Lot Number
#3+
Concours restoration
Gooding & Company
Auction House
Chassis no. 1005; Engine no. 18S1043. Blue, lavender, and white over blue. 269/100hp Continental inline eight, 3-speed, wheel discs, wide whitewalls, dual enclosed sidemounts, Woodlite headlights

Evaluation: Sound old paint with shrinkage and cracks, edge chips, and scrapes. Weak, scuffed chrome. A Ruxton auto show car with distinctive Joseph Urban horizontal stripe paint design, the third production Ruxton built, if the term “production” even really applies to these ultra-rare cars. Replacement engine. Restored to Pebble Beach class winning condition decades ago but now aged, coming apart, and oxidizing.

Bottom Line: Offered by Bonhams at Scottsdale in 2016 where it was reported bid to $410,000. The livery is Jazz Age, look-at-me flamboyant. The restoration, while aged and flawed cosmetically, needs only paint, body work and meticulous detailing to be a concours star. The Gooding bidders missed its significance but the consignor missed its restoration’s age and deterioration.

by Andrew Newton
4 February 2021

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