1941 Chrysler Newport Dual Cowl Phaeton

1941 Chrysler Newport Dual Cowl Phaeton

Shortly after Pearl Harbour, Chrysler sold off 4 of the Dual Cowl Phaetons to private owners and kept the one you see pictured above and below as a demonstration model.

Chrysler’s last remaining Dual Cowl Phaeton was the official pace car of the Indianapolis 500 motor race and wowed both the motoring press and the tens of thousands of spectators who attended the race. It’s been said that if it wasn’t for the war, this car may have had significantly more impact on mid-century American car design than it otherwise did.
As Chrysler geared up for wartime production the Dual Cowl became little more than a dust gathering curiosity and it essentially disappeared from history before resurfacing in the 1960′s as a member of the legendary Paul Stern automobile collection.

Over the following decades the car moved through series of impressive collections, even belonging to famed car auctioneer, Tom Barrett of Scottsdale, Arizona for a short while.

RM Auctions will be selling the car at the Amelia Island auction on the 10th March this year

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