The guy that used to own the company I work for passed away last year and they are auctioning off some of his car collection. He mostly collected expensive European sports cars, but this speedster caught my eye as being HAMB-friendly. It kind of reminds me of something Edsel Ford and E.T. Gregorie would have cooked up. There are a few more pictures on the auction website: https://rmsothebys.com/en/auctions/mo22/monterey/lots/d0024-1935-ford-v-8-spider-by-viotti/1234857
Wow, absolutely stunning, a masterpiece! Probably was for European market, and was imported in to USA many decades later.
At that time in Italy, I think there had been no standardisation to left hand drive. Right hand drive probably would not have been uncommon. (I don't know what the ration of RHDs to LHDs would have been.) Yes, what a car. Ford, V8, sidevalve and Euro styling. You could drive that to just about any event.
Hemmings has a write-up on it today: https://www.hemmings.com/stories/20...aily&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=2022-07-25
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