Briggs Cuningham Antique Car
Some team members went on to continued racing success. The 1960 Corvette was one of three set up for racing by American Privateer Briggs Cunningham who received clandestine assistance from Corvette Chief Engineer Zora Arkus-Duntov for the 1960 24 Hours of Le Mans.
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The second production car R5221 was sold to Martin Swig in October 2000 then to Peter Hosmer in early 2002.
Briggs cuningham antique car. The third production car R5223 was sold to Bob Lutz in mid-2001. Described as both the last gentleman sportsman and a formidable competitor Briggs Swift Cunningham 1907-2003 was equally at home behind the wheel or at sea. I was junior high age 13-14 in those years.
Briggs in the Merc Henry Austin Clark Jr. It was taken in March of 1959 at Sebring Florida in the morning before the 12-Hour Sebring Race began. Raised in wealth and privilege.
The C-1 and C-2 rode identical 105-inch wheelbases and shared a 58-inch track. CUNNINGHAM BOOK BRIGGS HARMAN RICHARD CARS LEGACY THE PASSION Fits. Cs son Briggs III built four highly faithful recreations of the C-4R roadster in the 1990s using a chassis and a 1952 Chrysler Fire Power Hemi V-8 engine identical to the original race cars.
Both cars featured a frame built from 3-inch steel tubing with a central X-member. Start by reaching out for a quick conversation about your need for a classic car appraisal. As Cunningham devotees know Mr.
More pics to follow soon of part of the transformation and customizing of the 56 single light fenders and custom nose and rear treatment in progress. Did he succeed with the Cunningham the American Ferrari. Luxury classic exotic cars require expert appraisers who truly know the market and the marque.
Briggs Cunningham was a gentleman sportsman of the type no longer fashionable in America. The first production car R5220 was sold to Bob Williams a former owner of an original 1952 C4R. The car is a 1914 Mercedes Grand Prix Car driven by Briggs Cunningham.
This is the ex Briggs Cunningham Le Mans 1960 Corvette that was customized after they purchased the Vette through Willie Fricke and was built in their South Florida garage. I shot these photos in 1961-1962 with a Voigtlander Bessa 1 bellows-type camera. Built its own de Dion tube suspension in the rear reducing unsprung weight and allowing finer tuning.
As the 1 car run by Briggs Cunningham at the 1960 24 Hours of Le Mans developed with clandestine assistance by a General Motors team under Corvette lead Zora Arkus-Duntov it represents a crucial part of Cunninghams final and successful effort to win the worlds most challenging race in an American car with American drivers. Briggs disbanded Team Cunningham after the 1963 Le Mans 24 Hours. Briggs bought the car in 1948 from Isabel Weld Perkins wife of Ambassador Lars Anderson before the Lars Anderson Museum was established.
In another Mercedes and Phil Hill in an Indianapolis Peugeot were having an impromptu drag race on the pit straight at Sebring. Cunninghams name surfaced recently as the main celebration of this years Greenwich Concours dElegance replacing last years tribute. Chassis number 3535 would race at Le Mans wearing No.
The French were mortified. The Seal Cove Auto Museum located on Mount Desert Island Maine owns a gorgeous 1910 American Traveler Underslung that once belonged to Briggs Cunningham and was on display at his Automotive Museum. Four Cunningham C4RC cars were built including the prototype.
1 and it would retire following an accident during the races 32nd lap. 1933 MG K3 Magnette was one of the best pre-war cars in the Cunningham Museum collection. A decade before Carroll Shelby took his Cobras to Europe Briggs Cunningham brought American horsepower and know-how to the 24 Hours of LeMans Le Mans 1950.
BSC SmugMug Click here to visit our BSC SmugMug gallery. The Cunningham C-2 was based around the Chrysler V-8. Phil Walters rounds Indianapolis corner in Briggs Cunningham Cadillac Le Monstre It finished the race.
BSC SmugMug Click here to visit our BSC SmugMug gallery. Described as both the last gentleman sportsman and a formidable competitor Briggs Swift Cunningham 1907-2003 was equally at home behind the wheel or at sea. Briggs Cunninghams goal was to produce American sports cars worthy of European racing.
Some retired to quieter lives. All of the prints but not all the negatives survived my wild younger life and many moves.
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