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For 1929 Stutz introduced the new Type M road car, which was very close in specification to the racing cars. Two of them were even closer as they came equipped from the factory with the optional Supercharger. Featured is one of these two, which was delivered new to London dealer Warwick Wright ltd., who also fielded one of the three 1929 Le Mans cars. In England it was equipped with a very striking coupe bodywork styled and built by coachbuilder Lancefield. Many fixed heads of this era were later discarded and replaced with drop-tops, but fortunately the unique Lancefield Stutz survived in its original configuration.
For many decades the unique Lancefield Coupe was the centrepiece of the extensive A.K. Miller Stutz Collection. When the estate was auctioned off in 1996, the car found a new owner for the firs time in many, many years. He had immediately had it restored and subsequently entered it in the gruelling Bejing to Paris rally and the Pebble Beach Concours. Confirming Stutz' reliability record, it completed the forty five day event without a problem and at Pebble was awarded with a 'Best in Class' and the Briggs Cunningham award for the most exciting car present.
In 2000, it was up for auction again and was picked up by racing legend Skip Barber. In his ownership, the Stutz was technically overhauled. Barber brought the car to the 2006 Greenwhich Concours d'Elegance and not surprisingly was awarded 'Best in Show'. He then decided to part with it at RM's Meadowbrook Auction where it achieved an amazing $715,000. As part of the purchase, the new owner received an automatic entry into the next day's Concours. There, the striking coupe again impressed the judges who awarded the supercharged Stutz 'Best in Class'.
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