Quail Lodge Sale

Bonhams is delighted to announce their having been entrusted to offer the ex-works 1952 Siata 208 CS Berlinetta at their renowned annual Quail Lodge auction on August 14th.

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This ultra rare Italian racer, with gorgeous coachwork by Stabilimenti Farina in Torino, is powered by a Siata-modified Fiat 8V, 2 liter, alloy engine with dual twin downdraft Weber carbs, and a 3-point suspended alloy differential, driven through a 4 speed box and is regarded as one of the most brilliant designs ever created by the marque.

Siata had a close collaboration with Fiat and got involved in the development of the Fiat 8V at an early stage. It is generally recognized that the suspension and chassis construction of the Fiat 8V was carried out in close collaboration with Siata, with its headquarters based in Torino.

Interestingly enough, Siata tested the first Fiat 8V engine in the Giro di Sicilia on March 9th, exactly 11 days before the new �ottovu� (8V) was introduced at the Torino Motor Show in the spring of 1952 when both companies presented their new models simultaneously.

The 208 CS Berlinetta was an in-house development by Siata using a special oval tube chassis of the famous �Coca-Cola bottle� configuration with impressive lightweight Stabilimenti Farina Berlinetta coachwork in all aluminum. It featured new and very advanced design standards like mechanically retractable headlights and ultra light and low coachwork construction. The Coke bottle shape of oval tubing allowed Siata to place the bucket seats on the alloy floorpan between the chassis tubes enabling a low and beautiful roofline and additional weight savings.

Siata bought the 8V suspension unit at Fiat and installed a Siata-prepared 2 liter all alloy 8V Fiat engine and gearbox. This very nimble Berlinetta of gorgeous and advanced styling had a formidable impact at the Torino show. Captains of industry and presidents of state held their breath admiring this beautiful, lightweight Italian sculpture. Period photos in leading journals like Motor Italia (Primavera 1952) extensively showed the new car, including pictures with Prince Rainier of Monaco, confirming the wide admiration this car generated. In fact, the model being auctioned by Bonhams, chassis #052, was the factory�s very display car at the Torino show.

Since the fabled Mille Miglia race started at the end of the first week of the May motor show, Siata removed the car from the stand shortly before the race started in Brescia. Chassis number 052 SC was one of three Siata factory entries that year (the other Berlinetta�s being 053 and 055) for which some last minute preparation took place, such as the fabrication of two small trapdoors in both front fenders and the installation of a third windscreen wiper on the drivers� side.

The car started in the Mille Miglia with start number 542 driven by Tullini and Rossi. It is unknown why the car was a DNF. One of the sister cars finished 11th overall, indicating high speed and excellent road behavior � a brilliant first for a 2-liter car in this most challenging and famous road competition.

After the Mille Miglia all three ex-ufficiale Berlinettas were sent back to the factory for small modifications. The side vents were increased in size and the fog and spotlights were removed from the grill as was the third wiper. Furthermore, the lateral petrol tank neck and quick filler cap fitted through the right rear quarter window changed position. The car got a new large capacity petrol tank that was fitted in a more common space behind the rear axle and differential with the quick filler cap placed in the midline below the rear window. The original tank behind the driver seats was removed creating more space inside. All three cars got the same treatment and from 1953 onwards all appeared in this configuration.

Number 052 was in many ways a unique exception. It is the only example with an upward kink of the lateral upper contour of the side window frames, exactly were they join the A-posts of the windshield. It is therefore easy to recognize and is one of the most exciting low roof Berlinetta shapes ever produced. Another unique feature on this Stabilimenti Berlinetta is the telescoping 4-spoke wooden steering wheel. Only the sister car, spider #054, constructed by Bertone, has the same steering wheel construction.

Painstakingly restored to the utmost historical and professional level, this unique piece of Italian automotive art of unsurpassed beauty is ready to be entered in any top historic event in the world, whether concours or race, even being guaranteed entry at the Mille Miglia as an ex-works car.

Also offered for sale by auction nothing less than one of the most charismatic Grand Prix racing cars ever built � the 1939 Auto Union �D- Type� with rear-mounted 3-liter twin-stage supercharged V12-cylinder engine. The annual collector�s motorcar car auction is set for August 14, 2009 in Carmel, CA.

This legendary racing car - absolutely confirmed today as chassis number �19� - was driven to placing finishes in the 1939 Grand Prix racing season. Handled by Auto Union factory team drivers Rudolf Hasse and Hans Stuck, this pioneering rear-engined Grand Prix projectile finished fifth in the German EifelRennen event on the North Circuit of the Nurburgring, and sixth in the Grand Prix de l�Automobile Club de France around the super fast public road course at Reims-Gueux.

The 1938-39 V12-cylinder Auto Union racing car � retrospectively classified postwar as the Chemnitz company�s �D-Type� model � was developed to meet a new set of international regulations governing Grand Prix racing. They specified a maximum engine capacity of 3-liters and a minimum weight limit of 850-kilograms. The �D-Type� Auto Union was based upon a highly sophisticated and advanced new chassis design, featuring de Dion rear suspension and its fuel load centralized in pannier tanks hung along each side, within the wheelbase. The 3-cam V12-cylinder engine developed some 420bhp in 1938 single-stage supercharged form, rising to some 485bhp at 7,000rpm when two-stage supercharging was adopted for 1939.

That final pre-war season � whose leading cars such as this Auto Union represent the absolute high-tide of �Silver Arrows� period technology - then opened on May 21 with the EifelRennen, at Germany�s Nurburgring, where Nuvolari�s �D-Type� finished second and Rudi Hasse fifth in chassis �19� now being offered by Bonhams & Butterfields.

During the 1939 racing season, Auto Union deployed 11 �D-Type� chassis in the six significant Grand Prix Formula events contested. In addition to Nuvolari�s second place in the EifelRennen, Hasse finished second in the Belgian GP, before his team-mates H.P. �Happy� Muller and �Schorsch� Meier brought the team a wonderful 1-2 success in the French race at Reims-Gueux.

It was there that chassis �19� raced for the last time, driven by Hans Stuck, the veteran Austrian star. In his hands, this �D-Type� Auto Union completed the works team�s day by finishing sixth.

Today, Auto Union �D-Type� chassis �19� is the only proven surviving Grand Prix car of its type with contemporary 1939 racing history. It is one of the classic car world�s most charismatic machines, and is exquisitely well- restored to running order. In a world hungry for genuine intrinsic value, it has much to commend it.

Post-war Myth and Mystery

For nearly half a century the survival in Communist Russia of ex-works German �Silver Arrow� Grand Prix cars from the 1930s seemed little more than unproven myth. The search for any such cars from Mercedes-Benz or � much more so � Auto Union - was regarded as historic motor sport�s quest for the Holy Grail. While several 1930s Mercedes-Benz Grand Prix cars survived at the Stuttgart factory and in private Western hands, the only known Auto Union was a sectioned 1936 V16 model exhibited in the Deutsches Museum in Munich.

It was known that the surviving Auto Union team cars had been expropriated by Soviet forces in the Autumn of 1945. In fact, no fewer than 13 Auto Union cars were transported by train from the company�s devastated factories in Zwickau and Chemnitz, Lower Saxony, in what was to become Communist East Germany.

They were delivered to the Soviet Union�s NAMI motor industry research institute in Moscow, where early in 1946 a working group of engineers was established to investigate these dazzlingly high-tech German designs. Four Auto Unions - one with wheel-enveloping streamlined bodywork � were dismantled and effectively destroyed during the NAMI group�s inspection and analysis.

Two sister cars were delivered to Moscow�s ZIS production car factory for parallel examination and research. One, a V16-cylinder, was subsequently scrapped. The other - which was a hill-climb car comprising a 16-cylinder- type chassis powered by the later V12 engine - escaped destruction, eventually passing into a museum in Riga, Latvia, and subsequently to Audi.

Four other Auto Unions - three 1938-39 V12 Grand Prix cars, plus one streamliner - went to the GAS factory in Gorky (now renamed Nizhniy Novgorod) where some components were cannibalized for use in GAS, Moskvich and ZIL-based competition cars. When one staffer required a trailer, a stripped Grand Prix chassis frame was cut in half to suit�!

Generally, the Soviet technicians were unable to run the cars, with the exception of one V12 �D-Type� at Gorky, whose tanks were found to contain the correct sophisticated German fuel mix. This car was started successfully and tested at high speed, only for driver Leonid Sokolov to find his path obstructed by encroaching roadside crowds. He lost control under braking, and crashed into them, killing as many as 18.

Around 1950, two surviving open-wheel GP Auto Unions and one 16- cylinder streamliner were assigned to engineer Vladimir Nikitin in Kharkov, Ukraine. He cannibalized the streamliner to build his �Kharkov� racing car, powered by a 4-cylinder Podeba street engine. A fellow Ukrainian engineer, Eduard Lorent, also benefited from Auto Union study in building his small- capacity �Kharkov L1� and �L2� racing cars.

One complete open-wheeler chassis, the trailer-frame and their major mechanical components survived surplus to Nikitin and Lorent�s requirements, and after the collapse of the Soviet Union, Russian-born American Paul Karassik � a Florida-based antique car enthusiast � spent much time in Russia hunting down the truth of the Auto Union legend. Karassik accumulated an incredible treasure-trove of pre-war Grand Prix car components, including Auto Union serial �19�s complete, unspoiled chassis and the late-model V12-cylinder engine which powers it today. Mr Karassik entrusted restoration of this car to the renowned British �Silver Arrow� specialists, Crosthwaite & Gardiner in Buxted, England, and they rebuilt it in as-original two-stage supercharged form.

Seventy years later, Auto Union �D-Type� chassis �19� will star in the Bonhams & Butterfields sale at Quail Lodge in California on August 14, when it is expected to realize in excess of $8-million. It represents a uniquely attractive investment in cutting-edge history, and will likely provide a new owner with a unique and enduring entry ticket to every one of the classic car world�s most prestigious events.

Bonhams & Butterfileds� auction of competition and collectors� cars will take place at Quail Lodge in Carmel Valley, California, on Friday, August 14th.

Lot	Year Make & Model	VIN	Estimate
201	1980 Tyrell Monocoque Grand Prix Tub	010	$20,000 - 30,000
202	1941 Ford Series 11A V-8 Coupe	6597117	$18,000 - 24,000
203	1956 Ford Thunderbird	P6FH290051	$35,000 - 50,000
204	1932 Packard Series 902 Rumble Seat Coupe	344041	$75,000 - 85,000
205	1967 Austin-Healey 3000 Mk III (BJ8) Sports Convertible	HBJ8-L/36920	$80,000 - 100,000
206	1952 Jaguar XK120 Roadster	673169	$60,000 - 80,000
207	1980 Porsche 930S Turbo Slant Nose	WPOZZZ93ZBS000136	$50,000 - 80,000
208	1935 Cadillac 370-D V-12 Town Cabriolet	41-871	$150,000 - 175,000
209	1966 Porsche 911S GT Competition	306614S	$150,000 - 225,000
210	1963 Fiat 1600S O.S.C.A. Fissore Coupé	118SA 023930	$60,000 - 90,000
211	1935 Bentley 3½-Liter Aerodynamic Saloon	B103CW	$190,000 - 220,000
212	1931 Chrysler Imperial Eight CG Close-Coupled Sedan	7803131	$80,000 - 100,000
213	1935 Auburn Model 8-851 Custom Phaeton	1148	$50,000 - 70,000
214	1954 Kurtis 500M Roadster	MKK468070	$125,000 - 150,000
215	1934 Rolls-Royce Phantom II Touring Saloon	8SK	$150,000 - 200,000
216	1964 Jaguar XK-E Custom Roadster	860402	$75,000 - 100,000
217	c1969 Cosworth Experimental 4-WD Grand Prix Racer	2	$45,000 - 50,000
218	1964 Jaguar E-Type Factory Racer	880115	$300,000 - 325,000
219	1931 Ford Model A Roadster	-	$40,000 - 60,000
220	1931 Cadillac 370-A V-12 Dual Cowl Phaeton	1003698	$150,000 - 200,000
221	1955 Mercedes-Benz 300SL Gullwing Coupe	5500429	$500,000 - 600,000
222	The prototype,1955 Flajole Forerunner	S673772	$150,000 - 200,000
223	1933 Duesenberg Model J Torpedo Convertible Victoria	2535	$1,200,000 - 1,600,000
224	1937 Cord 812 Supercharged Phaeton	FC2634	$225,000 - 275,000
225	1934 Bentley 3½ Liter Drophead Coupé	B93AE	$100,000 - 130,000
226	1958 Cadillac Eldorado Brougham	58P011421	$275,000 - 325,000
227	1962 Ghia L6.4 Coupe	0325	$185,000 - 225,000
228	1979 Clenet Series I Roadster	CLE792008	$38,000 - 42,000
229	1930 Cadillac Series 452 V-16	701617	$250,000 - 300,000
230	1935 Lincoln Model K V-12 Phaeton	K4582	$300,000 - 350,000
231	1985 Bimota SB4	SB4 00159	$3,000 - 5,000
232	2002 Aston Martin Vanquish	SCFAC23302B500164	$70,000 - 80,000
233	1932 Huppmobile Custom Roadster	5021	$75,000 - 95,000
234	1952 1952 SIATA 208CS Berlinetta SC	052	$1,600,000 - 1,900,000
235	1952 Ferrari 212 Inter Vignale Coupe "Bumblebee"	0197EL	$1,000,000 - 1,300,000
236	1956 Lotus Eleven Series 1 Sports-Racing Two-Seater	-	$130,000 - 150,000
237	1973 Porsche 911 RS Touring	9113600463	$180,000 - 240,000
238	1929 Bentley 4½-Liter Supercharged	DS 3569	$850,000 - 1,050,000
239	1961 Cooper Climax 1.5-2.5-liter T55 'Slimline'	F1/10/61	$250,000 - 350,000
240	1963 Aston Martin DB4 Series 5 Vantage GT	DB4/1144/R	$500,000 - 600,000
241	1975 BMW 3.0 CSL �Batmobile�	4355049	$180,000 - 220,000
242	1961 Mercedes-Benz 300SL Roadster	198 042 10003067	$550,000 - 650,000

243

1937 Bugatti Type 57S Coupé with supercharger

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244	1935 Bentley 3½-Liter Three-Window Fixed Head Coupé	B174DG $	300,000 - 340,000
245	1968 Bentley T1 'Coupe Speciale'	CBH 4033	$150,000 - 200,000
246	1955 Alfa Romeo 1900C Super Sprint Berlinetta	AR1900C02056	$400,000 - 500,000
247	1965 McLaren-Elva M1A Chevrolet Sports Racer	20-06	$250,000 - 300,000
248	1938 Peugeot 402 Darl�mat Legere �Special Sport� Roadster	705516	$800,000 - 1,000,000
249	1970 March-Cosworth Formula 1 Racing Single-Seater	701-2	$100,000 - 125,000
250	c1899 Worth 'Dog Cart'	232E6	$50,000 - 80,000
251	1967 Vollstedt-Ford Indianapolis Single-Seat Racer	-	$130,000 - 150,000
252	1970 Maserati Mistral Spyder	AM109SA1737	$150,000 - 200,000
253	1953 Porsche Roadster Typ 540 K/9-1	12371	$500,000 - 650,000
254	c.1931 Bentley 4½ Liter �Birkin Style� Tourer wo Supercharger	-	$900,000 - 1,000,000
255	1961 Alfa Romeo Giulietta Sprint Zagato Berlinetta	10126 00067	$240,000 - 270,000
256	1966 Jaguar XKE Series 1 4.2 Open Two Seater	1E13181	$130,000 - 150,000
257	1964 Jaguar XKE Series I 3.8 Fixed-Head Coupe	J64889113	$110,000 - 130,000
258	1981 BMW M1 Coupé	WBS59910004301336	$100,000 - 140,000
259	1971 Lola-Chevrolet T260 CanAm Racing Spider	T260-HU2	$300,000 - 355,000
260	1948 Daimler DE-36	51233	$200,000 - 300,000
261	1938 BMW 327 Cabriolet	73234	$150,000 - 200,000
262	1949 Talbot-Lago Type 26 Course F1 Racing monoplace	110 006	$1,000,000 - 1,300,000
263	1964 Repco Brabham-Climax BT8 Sports-Racing Prototype	SC1-64	$260,000 - 295,000
264	1962 Ferrari 400 Superamerica SI Coupé Aerodinamico	3221SA	$1,250,000 - 1,500,000
265	1975 Porsche 3-Liter RSR	9115609122	$425,000 - 495,000
266	1953 Jaguar XK120SE OTS	S674424	$100,000 - 130,000
267	1952 Allard J2X 'Little Red'	J2X3142	$200,000 - 225,000
268	1963 Stebro Mk. IV Single Seater Grand Prix Car	-	$70,000 - 100,000
269	1965 Shelby GT350	SFM6S1398109	$150,000 - 175,000
270	2000 Harley-Davidson FXDL Dyna Low Rider	1HD1GDV3XYY307925	$17,000 - 20,000
271	1976 Rolls-Royce Silver Shadow I 4-Door Sedan	SRE22686	$40,000 - 50,000
272	2005 Ford GT	1FAFP90S95Y400021	$165,000 - 175,000
273	1968 Chevrolet Camaro Z/28	124378N471260	$65,000 - 75,000
274	1957 Chevrolet Bel Air Convertible	VC57T204731	$125,000 - 150,000
275	1971 Plymouth Duster Two-Door Hardtop Custom	VL29B1E100818	$65,000 - 75,000
276	1972 Ferrari 365 GTB/4 Daytona Berlinetta	15117	$250,000 - 275,000
277	1963 Plymouth Savoy Stage II Max Wedge 2-Door Sedan	3131204279	$90,000 - 110,000
278	1969 Chevrolet Chevelle Yenko Sports Car	136379B356260	$250,000 - 275,000
279	1934 Packard 1101 Standard Eight Coupe Roadster .	719203	$85,000 - 95,000
280	1934 Cadillac 452-D V-16 Convertible Sedan	-	$220,000 - 240,000
281	1961 Chevrolet Corvette Convertible	10867S100659	$80,000 - 90,000
282	1965 Pontiac GTO 2-Door Hardtop	237375P354025	$85,000 - 95,000
283	1969 Chevrolet Camaro COPO ZL-1 Sports Coupe Original	124379N610413	$675,000 - 725,000
284	1973 Ferrari 368 GTB/4 Daytona Spyder	16835	$800,000 - 1,000,000
285	1962 Rolls-Royce Silver Cloud III Drophead Coupé	LCSC79C	$225,000 - 250,000
286	1961 Chevrolet Corvette Fuel Injection Convertible	10837S100659	$130,000 - 150,000
287	1967 Chevrolet 427/435hp L89 Aluminum Head Roadster	194677S121453	$135,000 - 155,000
289	1954 Chevrolet Corvette Roadster	E54S002503	$75,000 - 100,000
290	c1971 Dino 246GTS	04770	$135,000 - 155,000
291	1967 Chevrolet Corvette 427/400hp Roadster	194677S104033	$135,000 - 155,000
292	1987 Buick GNX 5,480 miles from new	1G4GJ1171HP452230	$80,000 - 90,000
293	1988 Ferrari 328 GTS Spider	ZFFXA20A0J0076613	$45,000 - 55,000
294	2007 Ford Mustang Shelby GT500 Fastback	1ZVHT88S975360652	$40,000 - 45,000
295	1956 Bimbo Racer V12	-	$5,000 - 10,000
296	1952 Muntz Jet Convertible	52M�246	$150,000 - 175,000
297	1939 Auto Union 3-liter �D-Type� V12 Grand Prix Racing	'19'	$8,000,000 - 10,000,000
298	1961 Lotus Type 19 Sports-Racing Two-Seater	-	$100,000 - 130,000
299	1950 Jaguar XK120 Alloy Roadster	670054	$250,000 - 300,000
300	1964 Bentley S3 Continental Drop Head Coupe	BC8CX	$150,000 - 170,000
301	1990 Porsche Carrera 4RS Lightweight	964019	$150,000 - 200,000
302	1961 Cooper Monaco Mark III Sports-Racing Two-Seater	-	$170,000 - 210,000
303	1965 Porsche 356C Convertible	161813	$50,000 - 75,000
304	1964 Porsche 356C Convertible	159620	$50,000 - 75,000