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Location: Cornwall-on-Hudson, New York, USA
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Auto Union GP car to be auctioned--Porsche design
Bonham's & Butterfield have just announced that they will be auctioning, during the August Monterey weekend this year, the Auto Union D-Type GP car raced by Hans Stuck in the late '30s, chassis #19, confirmed to be legit. They expect it to bring $8 million. It is, of course, a Ferdinand Porsche design--rear/mid-engine, as I remember 16 cylinders though that could be the cabernet talking, three liters, two-stage blowers.
Fascinating story of the chassis' rescue from the former Soviet Union, where a couple dozen Prewar Auto Union GP cars were cut up, destroyed, scrapped and otherwise ruined. (One had its chassis removed and cut in half for some commissar who needed a trailer.)
Go to the Bonham's & Butterfield website to learn all the details.
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Stephan Wilkinson
'83 911SC Gold-Plated Porsche
'04 replacement Boxster
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