TaliesinRed

Mr. Wright had this car remodeled to the present design after it was rolled while an apprentice was driving it. He took it to the craftsmen who used to do the work in Dutch Darrin's shop but they had a high estimate and he had the car remodeled by a local shop in the midwest. The Darrin guys did at least two versions of the basic design on 1947 cars. One witha Duval style windshield. Mr. Wright had the roof section done BUT at a LATER TIME the windshield and front windows were cut down. This is clear from photos over time. Mr. Wright's wife Olgivanna had a 1941 Continental coupe. Both cars were painted Cherokee Red . Mr. Wright's car is not painted in teh correct Wright color at this time. Yes the customized 1940 car was in bad shape at one time, I almost bought it in extremely weathered condition on the 1970s and at the present time I am building a street rodded copy of that car. The car has been restored TWICE since I saw it then, once by Monahan and once by Silver, and it has had condiderable improvement and reworking of the hard roof section.