Re: 1930 734 Speedster on the auction block

Posted by West Peterson On 2012/8/13 10:21:23

I'm with you. There have been two Speedster restorations for which I was looking forward to seeing, and I was disappointed in both. The first was Jack Nethercutt's victoria coupe, which was painted like a clown car, and the second was this phaeton, which would have looked much better without the chrome wheels (I would have kept the discs, with which it was delivered), and the weird two-tone treatment doesn't work. I can't think of ANY car of that period that looks good with the fenders painted in a lighter color than the body. Tom Kerr did a great job restoring his Speedster phaeton, as did Don Sears. I can't wait to see Bill Vacarro's car, as I know that is being done perfectly.

It will also be interesting to see what Fran Roxas has done with Groendyke's car, which was bought last year at one of the Pebble Beach auctions. Color change????? (hopefully)???