B9UR731197

Dataplate specifications
Corsair, convertible, President Red with Snow White
Black/Silver vinyl interior

361 Super Express V8, Mile-o-matic 2-speed transmission
Edsel number 731197 manufactured in Louisville, KY


Information as of:  July 2005

Owner:   Jerry Capizzi
Location:   Chicago, Illinois
Owned since:   unknown

Mileage:   unknown
Condition:   Show car
Originality:   All parts are factory authentic for the car

Accessories included:   Air Conditioner, Radio, Power Steering, Power Brakes, Power Seats, Wheel Covers with Spinner, Tinted Glass, Padded Dash and Sun Visors, Rocker Panel Mouldings, Twin Spotlight Mirrors, Back-up Lights, Continental Kit

Notes:
The famed "Moscow Car", sent by FoMoCo to the American National Exhibition for six months in Moscow.  The speedometer registers to 200 kph.

Senior Grand National show winner.

Sold in RM Auction's "The Cappy Collection", as reported in Special Interest Auto magazine:
"Fully restored to a manner that is commensurate to when the car was new, in that the body panel fit is not perfect.  However the paint, interior, and chrome work are superb, even if some of the white interior plastic pieces are starting to yellow.  The box of extra service parts and accessories that was packed when it was on exhibition is still in the trunk with most of the pieces still in it, although the box is getting tattered.  Overall conditon 1-, bid to %85,000 SOLD!  Unlike most of the cars in the Cappy Collection, this one comes off as a pure, true restoration.  By that we mean the car was returned back to the condition it was when it was built.  This is in lieu of the practice we Americans love of putting a car into a better condition that it could've ever been as a mass-produced product.  Nice car, great history, exorbinent yet justifiable price."


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