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EXCALIBUR ROADSTER WHITE INTERIOR WHITE 1988 … MAGNIFICENT …
THE STORY BEGINS IN 1963 WHEN THE BRILLIANT DESIGNER BROOKE STEVENS DESIGNS A SHOW CAR INSPIRED BY THE MERCEDES SS PHAETON OF 1928.
A PROTOTYPE BUILT IN ONLY SIX WEEKS WOULD BE THE STAR OF THE NEW YORK MOTOR SHOW IN 1963.
DISPLAYED AT THE STUDBAKER STAND, IT CAUGHT EVERYONE'S EYE SO MUCH THAT THE CAR WAS QUICKLY SHUNTED INTO A CORNER OUT OF THE WAY.
THE FIRST CUSTOMERS TO PLACE ORDERS WERE STEVE MCQUEEN AND JOHN WAYNE.
THE HEAD OF STUDBAKER COULD HARDLY BEAR TO SEE THESE PRESTIGIOUS CUSTOMERS SLIP AWAY.
BROOKES STEVENS THEN CREATED IN 1963 THE EXCALIBUR MOTORS BRAND IN MILWAUKEE.
THE FIRST CARS BUILT, SERIALS 1 AND 2, LOOKED VERY MUCH LIKE THE MERCEDES SSK SINCE BROOKE STEVENS OWNED ONE IN HIS PERSONAL GARAGE.
THEN THE CARS EVOLVED TO FINALLY ADOPT A MODERN CHEVROLET CORVETTE ENGINE AND GEARBOX.
THIS IS WHY TODAY IT IS VERY EASY TO FIND SPARE PARTS.
SERIES 4 AND 5 WERE THE DEFINITIVE CULMINATION OF THESE EXCEPTIONAL CARS, STILL ON THE ROAD 42 YEARS LATER AS IF ON THE FIRST DAY.
THE EIGHTIES, HOWEVER, FORETOLD THE END OF A REIGN, THAT OF THE AMERICAN DREAM.
ONLY 97 EXCALIBURS WERE BUILT IN 1985: 6 ROADSTERS AND 91 PHAETONS.
THE FINAL CHORUS OF THE SWAN, PRODUCTION DEFINITIVELY ENDED IN 1989.
NEVER AGAIN WILL IT BE POSSIBLE TO BUILD THIS MYTHICAL EVOCATION OF THE MERCEDES SSK AND 540 K, WHICH TODAY ARE WORTH A FORTUNE.
THIS WHITE 1988 ROADSTER IS IN VERY GOOD CONDITION.
FRENCH REGISTRATION CERTIFICATE OF COLLECTION IN MY NAME.
HAR D-TOP AVAILABLE.
MOT TEST OK.
TWO SETS OF KEYS.
NO FEES TO BE EXPECTED.
THIS MAGNIFICENT OBJECT OF AUTOMOTIVE ART REPRESENTS THE QUINTESSENCE OF BEAUTY, NOBILITY, RARITY, ELEGANCE AND SENSUALITY.
