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1. 1937 Mercedes-Benz 540 K Spezial Roadster – $9,680,000 2. 1960 Ferrari 250 GT SWB Berlinetta Competizione – $5,280,000 3. 1939 Mercedes-Benz 540 K Spezial Roadster – $4,620,000 4. 1935 Mercedes-Benz 500 K Roadster – $3,767,500 5. 1952 Ferrari 340 Mexico Berlinetta – $3,685,000 6. 1936 Mercedes-Benz 540 K Spezial Coupe – $3,080,000 7. 1936 Mercedes-Benz 540 K Sport Cabriolet A – $2,970,000 8. 1955 Ferrari 750 Monza Spyder – $2,530,000 9. 1962 Ferrari 400 Superamerica Coupe – $2,090,000 10. 1953 Ferrari 375 America Coupe – $1,980,000 11. 1967 Ferrari 275 GTB/4 Berlinetta – $ 1,485,000 12. 1970 Porsche 911S Steve McQueen Le Mans Movie Car – $1,375,000 13. 1958 BMW 507 Roadster – $1,072,500 14. 1924 Mercedes-Benz 28/95 Sport Phaeton – $1,017,500 15. 1934 Duesenberg Model J Riviera Phaeton – $990,000

O.k., Who guessed that the Whittel Coupe would bring 10 million dollars? That was not on anybody's list of the top 5 Duesenbergs and it's a hardtop! More evidence that with the prewar classics conv vs hardtop does not matter.

A friend gave me the results for the 5 Mercedes. I have not seen anything else yet except for the Whittel Coupe bringing 10 million.

The prices all landed about where you would expect given the trajectory of the last few years. However I still was surprised given how weak the general economy is and the downward direction for most of the other parts of the car market. The cab A was most surprising as that was a million dollar car 5 or 6 years ago.

As the saying goes "one picture is worth a thousand words".

The whitewalls are ok with the dark wheels and body color. I think you would find it more spectacular with black walls.

Isn't the interior pictured in Melin vol I ? I don't have copy close by to look. If those bumpers are white then the steering wheel is white also.

It looks remarkably like the SS that Paul Russell had for sale (I believe 2.5 million was the asking price) back around 2002.

Based on the 3 pictures I will say 4-5k. Curt will hopefully reply and give you a much better estimate.

Steve, A good suggestion but I doubt you'll see the posters doing much legwork on their own. Most of the time we get ambiguous descriptions with no pictures. At a minimum, some decent pictures should be required. A.J.

In Massachusetts you would apply for a duplicate title (assuming that it was originally titled) and that is a fairly easy process. Each state has different rules. Steve, I can tell you that it would be a show stopper here as it is impossible to title an untitled car in Massachusetts unless you bought it prior to the sales tax in 1967 and than you need to prove it 10 ways.

Here is a close up of the tank setup. The first tank is for coolant as Gus always ran a fan less engine setup. There is a knob on the dash that can be used to regulate the flow of water from the tank to the engine.

For those not familiar with 32 ford Coupe values it is always a shock. I would bet more than 20k too.

The first tank is a cooling tank with water. Covering the tanks was a later addition to the car. Special #10 pictured here (From the Burn-em up Barnes serial) also had exposed rear tanks. Special #11 they were covered and I think he then updated #9.

Here is the full shot I have of it on the road.

I should really put something together for each of Gus's cars but he built around 15 prior to WWII including sprint cars. I would like to try to figure out what chassis is under #9. Number 8 was on a Duesenberg Model A chassis. #11, my car is on a Stutz Chassis which was ordered by a customer in 1928 but because of the stockmarket crash not completed until after #10. Here is an advertisement from the early 30s promoting his custom body building.

I believe it was built prior to 1932. Special #10 used a Ford v8 and was built in 1932. here is a blurry pic that shows the radiator of #9.

The picture was taken in Yonkers NY in 1934 and shows Special #9 built by Gus Schumacher. Any ideas what that chassis might be? I think the car was built prior to 1932.

There are some nice pictures of this 500k Cabriolet C posted on the 220-170 forum.

That engine might look pretty good in your conv coupe :-).

To echo everyone else, I see about 25k worth of chrome work at least. There are very few cars you can get for free and not be underwater when done restoring them. Those few are generally rare full Classics.