1952 Cunningham C-3 Cabriolet... [PIC]

Omg, what beauties they are. Does it come in 1:24 scale ?

Posted by: @rich-sufficool

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    This grand touring car designed and built by the B. S. Cunningham Company with a trip to Turin, Italy for the bodywork fabrication by Vignale was aimed at competition at Le Mans. At that time, only 25 cars had to be built for homologation to the actual number produced was 27 with somewhere between 5 and 9 built as cabriolets. It was powered by a Chrysler 331 cid Firepower V8 with 4 Weber carburetors producing around 220 HP. Despite its 3500 lbs it was quite the performance car and its visual impact got it installed in the Metropolitan Museum of Art.

     Model by Automodello:

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Gorgeous (and rare) models, congratulations)))

I do have a red car, but I've never seen a black one. Do you have both? Is that an 1/43 scale too?

Great looking car.

Always a big fan of his Le Mans efforts. Love the looks of his street vehicles like the ones pictured. Beautiful models.

I'm surprised at the 220 horsepower as the Hemi in my 55 Imperial was rated at 250 Horsepower with a two barrel carb.

@bob-jackman Well, it still did 0-60 in just under 7 seconds. The 331 hemi was around for a few years and they did change cams and increased compression over the years. In the mid 1960s We actually bought a 331 Red Ram from a wrecked Dodge. The idea was an engine swap on a '51 Plymouth 3 passenger Business Coupe. When we hoisted it up to try to insert it, we found out quickly the transplant was beyond our abilities. Last I saw the engine, it was still chained to a tree limb hovering over the Plymouth in my buddy's back yard. I got drafted and I never asked what happened to the whole set up.

@hobbydragon I have both and they're 1/43s.

Not looking to " lowball " him, but also am not paying $200.00 for a 1:43 sized model !!!!

@modeldadeeee   For the best ones that price is reasonable, though I don't know about this particular model.  Here are a few that come in around the two-hundred mark:

Hispano-Suiza Franay Shooting Brake, RR 'Copper Kettle,' Graber Duesenberg, Chapron Delage D8-120S.  IMHO they are well worth the money.

Although at this point in time finding the Rolls or the Duesenberg for 200 USD would be a very rare opportunity.

I'm doing it for $165 if shipping is under $10.00

Posted by: @modeldadeeee

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Not looking to " lowball " him, but also am not paying $200.00 for a 1:43 sized model !!!!

That model is LE of 150 or 200 (minus one, which I broke; I liked it so much that I immediately ordered a second one), it was $150 ten years ago. 165 is a good price but 200 is not unreasonable, it is an exceptionally well made model. Rich's pictures are 5-6 times the model size and it still looks great. Imagine it as a miniature. Note the 2-tone red paint.

@chav just waiting to hear back from the seller...

Posted by: @gdh

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@modeldadeeee   For the best ones that price is reasonable, though I don't know about this particular model.  Here are a few that come in around the two-hundred mark:

Hispano-Suiza Franay Shooting Brake, RR 'Copper Kettle,' Graber Duesenberg, Chapron Delage D8-120S.  IMHO they are well worth the money.

 

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Although at this point in time finding the Rolls or the Duesenberg for 200 USD would be a very rare opportunity.

I am looking for that Hispano Suiza (have the others), I saw the 1:1 in the Mullin museum in 2022, gorgeous car and the pictures of the Matrix model look great, I have pictures of the 1:1 somewhere.