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EXCALIBUR ROADSTER WHITE WITH WHITE INTERIOR, 1988 … MAGNIFICENT … THE STORY BEGINS IN 1963 WHEN THE BRILLIANT DESIGNER BROOKE STEVENS SKETCHES A SHOW CAR INSPIRED BY THE 1928 MERCEDES SS PHAETON. A PROTOTYPE BUILT IN JUST 6 WEEKS BECOMES THE STAR OF THE 1963 NEW YORK MOTOR SHOW. DISPLAYED ON THE STUDEBAKER STAND, IT DRAWS EVERY EYE, SO MUCH SO THAT THE CAR IS SOON SHUNTED OFF INTO A CORNER, OUT OF EVERYONE'S WAY. THE FIRST CUSTOMERS TO PLACE ORDERS WERE STEVE MCQUEEN AND JOHN WAYNE. STUDEBAKER'S BOSS COULD NOT BEAR TO SEE THESE PRESTIGIOUS CUSTOMERS SLIP THROUGH HIS FINGERS. BROCKES STEVENT THEN FOUNDED THE EXCALIBUR MOTORS MARQUE IN MILWAUKEE IN 1963. THE FIRST CARS BUILT, SERIES 1 AND 2, LOOKED VERY MUCH LIKE THE MERCEDES SSK, SINCE BROOKE STEVENS OWNED ONE IN HIS PRIVATE GARAGE. THEN THE CARS EVOLVED, FINALLY ADOPTING A MODERN ENGINE AND GEARBOX FROM THE CHEVROLET CORVETTE. WHICH MEANS SPARE PARTS ARE VERY EASY TO FIND TODAY. SERIES 4 AND 5 WERE THE ULTIMATE ACHIEVEMENT OF THESE EXCEPTIONAL CARS, WHICH ARE STILL RUNNING 42 YEARS LATER AS ON DAY ONE. THE 80S, HOWEVER, FORESHADOWED THE END OF AN ERA, THAT OF THE AMERICAN DREAM. ONLY 97 EXCALIBURS WERE BUILT IN 1985, NAMELY 6 ROADSTERS AND 91 PHAETONS. THE SWAN SONG: PRODUCTION FINALLY CEASED IN 1989. NEVER AGAIN WILL IT BE POSSIBLE TO BUILD THIS MYTHICAL EVOCATION OF THE MERCEDES SSK AND 540 K, WHICH ARE WORTH A FORTUNE TODAY. THIS 1988 ROADSTER IS IN VERY GOOD CONDITION. FRENCH GREY CARD (HISTORIC REGISTRATION DOCUMENT) IN MY NAME. HARD-TOP AVAILABLE. MOT OK. SPARE SET OF KEYS. NO ADDITIONAL COSTS TO EXPECT. THIS MAGNIFICENT AUTOMOTIVE ART OBJECT EMBODIES THE QUINTESSENCE OF BEAUTY, NOBILITY, RARITY, ELEGANCE AND SENSUALITY.
