$19,950
Added by:
Private seller
Offer ID #77944
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Transmission:
Automatic
Condition:
Reconditioned
Doors:
2
Color:
Yellow
Color:
Yellow
Description
This fascinating vintage sprint car was built by Horace Shaw of Rochester, New York, in either the late Teens or early 1920s, using a repurposed 96-inch-wheelbase two-man racing frame of the Teens fitted with underslung rear suspension. It was long purported that the car utilized a modified Duesenberg frame, though that claim remains unconfirmed. At some point later in the decade, the car was repowered by a Hudson six-cylinder engine, believed by historian Charles Betts to be a…
This fascinating vintage sprint car was built by Horace Shaw of Rochester, New York, in either the late Teens or early 1920s, using a repurposed 96-inch-wheelbase two-man racing frame of the Teens fitted with underslung rear suspension. It was long purported that the car utilized a modified Duesenberg frame, though that claim remains unconfirmed. At some point later in the decade, the car was repowered by a Hudson six-cylinder engine, believed by historian Charles Betts to be a factory Indianapolis racing motor, though the block was later replaced by the standard 1917 unit that is currently fitted.
The Shaw Special completed, its namesake raced the car extensively in the Eastern United States. It was then acquired in 1947 by Norman McCandless, who ran it at dirt tracks in New Jersey and Pennsylvania. The Hudson-powered special was later photographed with its grille modified and modernized at Trenton in April 1948, driven by Ben Smarto.
This is a truly unique and special vintage racing car.
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