Beschreibung:

248.9ci L-Head Inline 6-Cylinder Engine
Single Updraft Stromberg Carburetor
85bhp at 3,200rpm
3-Speed Manual Transmission
4-Wheel Semi-Elliptic Leaf Spring Suspension
4-Wheel Mechanical External Contracting Drum Brakes
* Remarkably preserved example
* Believed to have only had two family ownerships from new
* Sporting Chrysler Six of the late 1920s
* Potentially eligible for Le Mans Classic and Mille Miglia
CHRYSLER IN THE 1920s
Produced at the old Chalmers plant in Detroit and introduced in January 1924, Walter P Chrysler's first automobile was an innovative, medium priced, six-cylinder car of better-than-average performance, as numerous motor sport successes would soon demonstrate. Offering a $5,000 specification for under $1,500, the Chrysler featured hydraulic brakes, aluminum pistons, full-pressure lubrication and a tubular front axle, and was able to reach 70mph comfortably. Not surprisingly, it was an outstanding success, 32,000 being sold in the car's first year of production.
Thanks to Chrysler's innovations, the new Model 70 was a performer, and many speed records and hillclimb victories were achieved with some of the era's best drivers at the wheel of a Chrysler product. These included several drives by Ralph de Palma, including overall victory at the 1924 Mt. Wilson Hill Climb, and several 1000-mile outright speed records. The Chryslers raced overseas, too, with Land Speed Record holder Malcolm Campbell winning the '100 Short' at Brooklands in 1925 in an aerodynamic-bodied '70'. The 70 grew to 4.1 liters for 1928, becoming the Model 72 and in that same year at Le Mans two of these cars finished a very respectable 3rd and 4th.
THE MOTORCAR OFFERED
Of the body styles offered in this period, Chrysler's Roadster design is unquestionably the best looking, with near perfect proportions and period fashionable dipped side moldings. Better still, it is recorded that all of these cars benefitted from the hot 6:1 compression ratio cylinder head branded as the 'Red Head' (decades before it would become an iconic Ferrari feature and nomenclature, albeit the Italian version sounds slightly more romantic). A snug rumble seat is tucked into the tail of the car.
Among the surviving examples of this era of Chrysler production and specifically the model, there can be very few that retain such a degree of originality as this car, and with it the considerable charm that never restored, well preserved motorcars all carry, that which the restorer cannot create.
The car is understood to have been bought new to go on a honeymoon, and with such sentimental a souvenir it didn't leave its original ownership for more than 50 years. It was acquired by the current owner's father in law in the 1980s, later passing on within this family, effectively a two family owner car from new! Its originality provides key information on the finishes, details and even period accessories that these cars had back in the day, notably the front fenders sport side lights by the Baerlite Co. of Allentown, PA, Sandoz-Vuille clock in rear view mirror and Baltimore made Capitol wind wings.
Its interior leather is entirely original, including that in its rumble seat, while even the original fawn side curtains, and top cover, piped in leather survive with the car, their condition is incredible from a state of preservation as well as the fact that a relatively humble product could have been built to have lasted so well. The paintwork is finished in a rich chocolate body tub, with fawn fenders and orange accents appears to mirror that originality, albeit hard to tell. On the odometer are 68,810 miles, which to judge from the overall condition is probably from new – quite something for a 95-year-old car.
By merit of their success in period, subject to acceptance by the organizers of today's events, these cars can be campaigned on these popular retrospectives. Or alternatively if a grueling event like those seems a little too wearing on the patina of this car, it would surely make an excellent preservation class entry.