CUNNINGHAM C-1 #5101
OWNERS:
BRIGGS S. CUNNINGHAM 1951
MILES C. COLLIER 1987
MILES C. COLLIER (FL) 2017
CURRENT OWNER
Miles C. Collier
C.H. Motorcars
Collier Collection
COLORS:
ORIGINAL –
EXTERIOR: WHITE
INTERIOR: RED
CURRENT -
EXTERIOR: BLUE
INTERIOR: BLACK
ENGINE:
ORIGINAL - 8M615 CADILLAC
CURRENT – 8M615 CADILLAC
CUNNINGHAM C-2R #5102
OWNERS:
INT’L. MOTOR CO. (CA) 1951
GEORGE C. CAMERON, JR. (CA) 1951
MARIO ROMAN (CA)
WILLIAM F. GETTLE
WASHINGTON STATE CHRYSLER DEALER
CLYDE BLAIR (CA)
THOMAS L. PETERSEN (CA)
CHARLES NICKERSON (ENG.)
JOSEPH NICKERSON (ENG.)
DOUNE MOTOR MUSEUM (SCOTLAND)
ESTATE OF TOM MITTLER (WS)
CURRENT OWNER
Estate of Tom Mittler (T.G. Mittler - son)
COLORS:
ORIGINAL –
EXTERIOR: WHITE
INTERIOR: RED
CURRENT-
EXTERIOR: WHITE
INTERIOR BLACK
ENGINE:
ORIGINAL - IND 20-1001 CHRYSLER
CURRENT - 53-8-85323
CUNNINGHAM C-2R #5103
OWNERS:
INT’L. MOTOR CO. (CA) 1951
BASIL PENSER (CA)
R.H. TIBBETS
ROSWELL MOORE 1957
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SAUL FARTURO (FL) JOHN DUNCAN (FL)
ORANGE BUICK COMPANY (FL)
TAYLOR MOTORS COMPANY (FL)
JAMES A. WESLEY (FL)
RON MEGEMIER (FL) 1964
DALE POWERS (FL) 1965
JOE PENDERGAST (FL) 1971
BOB PASS
STEVE BARNES
PETER HOSMER (NH) ???
CURRENT OWNER
PETER HOSMER
COLORS:
ORIGINAL –
EXTERIOR: METALLIC GREY
INTERIOR: RED
CURRENT –
EXTERIOR: WHITE
INTERIOR: BLACK
ENGINE:
ORIGINAL - IND 20-1007
CURRENT - ???
CUNNINGHAM C-2R #5104
INT’L. MOTOR CO. (CA) 1951
IRVING ROBBINS (CA)
Crashed in California race & returned to B.S. Cunningham Co. at FL Car was “retired” or destroyed in Summer, 1954
CURRENT OWNER
NONE
COLORS:
ORIGINAL –
EXTERIOR: BLACK
INTERIOR: RED
ENGINE:
ORIGINAL - IND 20-1050
CURRENT - IND 20-1050
CUNNINGHAM C-3 #5205
OWNERS: C-2 BODY STYLE BODY ON C-3 CHASSIS
RUSSELL KLEINGINNA (NJ/FL) 1952
RICHARD & JOHN ROTHENBERGER
(MR. KLEINGINNA’S NEPHEWS) 1990
JOHN ROTHENBERGER &
ESTATE OF RICHARD ROTHENBERGER (PA) 2011
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CURRENT OWNER
John Rothenberger
COLORS:
ORIGINAL -
EXTERIOR: METALLIC GREY
INTERIOR: GREEN & TAN
CURRENT -
EXTERIOR: METALLIC GREY
INTERIOR: GREEN & TAN
ENGINE:
ORIGINAL - IND-20-1030
CURRENT - 1323329
CUNNINGHAM C-3 #5206 X
OWNERS:
CARL KEIKHAEFER 1952
BRIGGS S. CUNNINGHAM 1952
GEORGE SCHRAFFT (FL) 1952
HENRY & ELAINE DESORMEAU (NY) 1962
PETER HOSMER (NH) 1999
CURRENT OWNER
PETER HOSMER
COLORS:
ORIGINAL -
EXTERIOR: BREWSTER GREEN
INTERIOR: TWO TONE GREEN
CURRENT –
EXTERIOR: BREWSTER GREEN
INTERIOR: TWO TONE GREEN
ENGINE:
ORIGINAL - IND 20-1055
CURRENT - IND 20-1055
CUNNINGHAM C-3 #5206
OWNERS: FIRST C-3 BUILT
CARL KEIKHAEFER 1952
??? ???
JACK TOENSING
NEWPORT BEACH, CA ???
JACK WOODS 1960
TULSA, OK
Sold half interest to a Gerry Holland around Sept. 1980 to undertake a restoration.
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JACK WOODS/GERRY HOLLAND
Tom Armstrong found car in a restoration shop, completed dismantled from an attempted restoration, complete with all
parts, in boxes.
TOM ARMSTRONG 2004 2006 PEBBLE BEACH – CLASS A
ERVIN “BUD” LYON 2007
CHRIS ANDREWS 2009
FT. WORTH (TX) 2015 SOLD AT AUCTION FOR $869,000. INCLUDING COMMISSION
JOSEPH ROBILLARD
CURRENT OWNER
JOSEPH ROBILLARD
EXTERIOR COLORS:
ORIGINAL -
UPPER: DARK BLUE
MAIN: DARK BLUE
PANEL: BEIGE
CURRENT –
UPPER: CREAM
MAIN: BLACK
PANEL: BLACK
ENGINE:
ORIGINAL - IND 20-1004
CURRENT - C541-8-10473
CUNNINGHAM C-3 #5207
OWNERS:
DENVER CORNETT 1952
LOWELL FLYVOLENT
GRADY MILLER 1956
T.L. “TOMMY” WILSON 1957
GEORGE GUY 1958
SAM HARRISON 1989
TOM COTTER (NC) 2010
CURRENT OWNER
TOM COTTER
EXTERIOR COLORS:
ORIGINAL -
UPPER: BEIGE
MAIN: GREEN
PANEL: GREEN
CURRENT –
UPPER: PRIMER
MAIN: PRIMER
PANEL: PRIMER
ENGINE:
ORIGINAL - IND 20-1012
CURRENT - IND 20-1012
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CUNNINGHAM C-3 #5208
OWNERS:
ALVIN R. JONES (IND) 1952
ARTHUR B. STUART ???
WILLIAM TOWA ???
TONY OLIVETO 1955
DICK HOY 1955
PETERSEN MUSEUM (CA) 2007
MICHAEL HAMMER 2013
2015
DON ORENSTEIN 2016 2016
CURRENT OWNER:
DON ORENSTEIN
EXTERIOR COLORS:
ORIGINAL -
UPPER: LT. BLUE
MAIN: METALLIC DK. BLUE
PANEL: MEDIUM BLUE
CURRENT –
UPPER: LT. BLUE
MAIN METALLIC DK. BLUE4 barrel carb when engine was replaced
PANEL MED. BLUE
ENGINE: Borrani wire wheels when car was delivered to first owner
ORIGINAL - IND 20-1044
CURRENT - IND 20-1044
DRIVER: PHIL STILES RACE # 4
D.N.F. – TRANSMISSION PROBLEM
ENGINE WAS BLOWN THEN REPLACED WITH A 331 ENGINE WITH A SINGLE 4
BARREL CARB
CUNNINGHAM C-3 #5209
OWNERS:
JOHN FINKENSTAEDT (MA) 1952
HARRY H. SEFRIED (CT/FL) 1964
ESTATE OF HARRY H. SEFRIED (CT) 2005
CURRENT OWNER
LESLIE LOCKARD
SHE IS HARRY H. SEFRIED’S DAUGHTER
EXTERIOR COLORS:
ORIGINAL –
UPPER: CREAM
MAIN: DK. BLUE
PANEL: LT. BLUE
CURRENT –
UPPER: GREY
MAIN: BLACK
PANEL: BLACK
ENGINE:
ORIGINAL - IND 20-1047
CURRENT - IND 20-1047
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CUNNINGHAM C-3 #5210
OWNERS:
EDMOND DU PONT 1952
1960
GEORGE STERNER 1962
VINTAGE CAR STORE, INC. DAVID
A. DEUBLE 1967
VAIL FROST 1975
DON WEBER (TX) 2007
CURRENT OWNER
BILL SCHEFFLER
CURRENT –
UPPER: METALLIC GREY
MAIN: METALLIC BLUE
PANEL: METALLIC BLUE
UPPER: LT. GREY
MAIN: BLUE
PANEL: BLUE
ENGINE:
ORIGINAL C52-8-8717
CURRENT - C52-8-8717
CUNNINGHAM C-3 #5211
OWNERS:
WILLIAM A.M. BURDEN(D.C.) 1952
1953
JOHN J. PAOLANTONIO, SR. 1961
1990
ANTHONY GOSNELL 2004
JOE HAYES (IL) 2006
JOHN HENDRICKS 2012
COLORADO GATEWAY AUTO
MUSEUM 2012
CURRENT OWNER
COLORADO GATEWAY
EXTERIOR COLORS:
ORIGINAL -
UPPER: BLACK
MAIN: BLACK
EXTERIOR COLORS: ORIGINAL -
WILMINGTON AUTOMOBILE
ACTIVITIES, INC.
PANEL: BLACK
CURRENT –
UPPER: CREAM
MAIN: CREAM
PANEL: CREAM
ENGINE:
ORIGINAL - IND 20-1008
CURRENT - IND 20-1008
CUNNINGHAM C-3 #5212
OWNERS:
ERIC JEWETT ???
JACK CASTOR ???
DAN ESBERG 1960
JAY OPPENHEIMER (CA) 1978
CHUCK SCHOENDORF 2016
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EXTERIOR COLORS: CURRENT OWNER
ORIGINAL - CHUCK SCHOENDORF
UPPER: BLACK
MAIN: BLACK
PANEL: TAN
CURRENT –
UPPER: WHITE
MAIN: BLUE
PANEL: BLUE
ENGINE:
ORIGINAL - C52-8-10238
CURRENT - 3ne562038 ( In 1956)
This car was raced at Thompson Raceway, May 29, 1955. Race No. 8 – Unrestricted; Race #108 – DNF
Also, drag raced at Sanford, ME airport – unknown date.
CUNNINGHAM C-3 #5213 (now #5442)
OWNERS:
R. L. PARISH (N.Y.C.) 1952
IN 1964 DENTIST’S WIFE ???
HENRY M. DINGLEY, JR.(ME) 1958
CRASHED THE CAR H & M AUTO WRECKING OAKLAND, CA
PAUL RAWN 1964
WILLIIAM CATTELL 1974
DAVID WILLISON ???
ROBERT B. CUNNINGHAM (NV) ???
PETER MARKOWSKI 2000
JIM TAYLOR (NY) 2003
CURRENT OWNER
JAMES TAYLOR
EXTERIOR COLORS:
ORIGINAL
UPPER: METALLIC GREY
MAIN: METALLIC GREY
PANEL: METALLIC GREY
CURRENT -
UPPER: METALLIC GREY
MAIN: METALLIC GREY
PANEL: METALLIC GREY
ENGINE:
ORIGINAL - C52-8-10226
CURRENT - C52-8-10226
CUNNINGHAM C-3 #5214
OWNERS:
CEREI S.A. (BRAZIL) 1952-1958
OLLE NICANOR
ALDO COSTA 1958-1962
??? – CURITIBA, BRAZIL 1962-1969
FLAVIO MARX, BRAZIL 1969-2004
SCOTT ROSEN 2004/2005
COLTON AMSTER 2007
CHARLES SCHOENDORF CT) 2007
CURRENT OWNER
CHUCK SCHOENDORF
EXTERIOR COLORS:
ORIGINAL -
UPPER: BEIGE
MAIN: LIGHT GREEN
PANEL: LIGHT GREEN
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CURRENT –
UPPER: BEIGE
MAIN: LIGHT GREEN
PANEL: LIGHT GREEN
ENGINE:
ORIGINAL - IND 20-1039
CURRENT - IND 20-495
CUNNINGHAM C-3 #5215
OWNERS:
FLOYD W. MCRAE (GA) 1952
HARRAH COLLECTION 1972
TERRY BENNETT 1975
TOM SMITH 1979
FREDERICK SIMEONE, MD ???
HORACE JEFFREY ???
FREDERICK SIMEONE, MD ???
JAMES (JIMMY) K. DOBBS, III (FL) 1999
CHRISITE'S AUCTION - PEBBLE BEACH
CURRENT OWNER:
James K. Dobbs, III
EXERIOR COLORS:
ORIGINAL –
UPPER: METALLIC BLUE
MAIN: METALLIC BLUE
PANEL: METALLIC BLUE
CURRENT –
UPPER: WHITE
PANEL: WHITE
Navy blue racing stripes
ENGINE:
ORIGINAL - C53-8-1086
CURRENT - C53-8-1086
CUNNINGHAM C4R #5216R
OWNERS:
BRIGGS S. CUNNINGHAM 1952
MILES C. COLLIER (FL) 1987
CURRENT OWNER
Miles C. Collier
Collier Corporation
C.H. Motorcars
COLORS:
ORIGINAL -
EXTERIOR: WHITE
INTERIOR: BLACK
CURRENT –
EXTERIOR: WHITE
INTERIOR: BLACK
ENGINE:
ORIGINAL - R5216 / C51-3-55-960
CURRENT: R5217 / A311N01, EX1
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CUNNINGHAM C-4R #5217R
OWNERS:
BRIGGS S. CUNNINGHAM 1952
CHARLES MORAN, JR. 1954
TINY GOULD (PA) – DEALER
WARREN COLLINS (MA) 1970
HENRY FAULKNER 1970
ROBERT WILLIAMS (IL) 1983
FRED SIMEONE (PA) 1990
CURRENT OWNER
FRED SIMEONE, MD
Simeone Foundation
COLORS:
ORIGINAL -
EXTERIOR: WHITE
INTERIOR: BLACK
CURRENT –
EXTERIOR: WHITE
INTERIOR: BLACK
ENGINE:
ORIGINAL - R 5217 / IND-20-1040
CURRENT - R 5216
CUNNINGHAM C-4RK #5218R
OWNERS:
CHARLES MORAN, JR. 1953
BRIGGS S. CUNNINGHAM 1970
MILES C. COLLIER (FL) 1986
CURRENT OWNER
MILES C. COLLIER
Collier Corporation
C.H. Motorcars
COLORS:
ORIGINAL -
EXTERIOR: WHITE
INTERIOR: BLACK
CURRENT –
EXTERIOR: WHITE
INTERIOR: BLACK
ENGINE:
ORIGINAL - R-5218 / IND 20-1006
CURRENT - R-5218 / IND 20-1006
CUNNINGHAM C-3 #5219
OWNERS:
JACK HINKLE (KS) 1953
JAKE MENZIE (IND) 1964
JOHN DELAMATER 1964
BOYD KEYES 1965
THOMAS L. WILSON 1968
JAMES WATSON (TN) 1988
JAY LENO 2014
CURRENT OWNER
EXTERIOR COLORS:
ORIGINAL - JAY LENO
UPPER: GREY
MAIN: MAROON
PANEL: GREY
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CURRENT –
UPPER: GREY
MAIN: MAROON
PANEL: GREY
ENGINE:
ORIGINAL - 52-8-41414
CURRENT - 54-8-19487
CUNNINGHAM C-3 #5220
OWNERS:
ARTHUR STUART (MI) 1952
LAWRENCE S. REED 1958
WENDELL HAWKINS 1959
DON MATTESON ???
H. LEE SLAVIN 1964
JAMES W. MANLEY 1968
ANDY FUNK 1999
DUDLEY CUNNINGHAM (MA) 2006
CURRENT OWNER
DUDLEY CUNNINGHAM
ORIGINAL -
UPPER: GREY
MAIN: RED
PANEL: GREY
CURRENT –
UPPER: GREY
MAIN: BLUE
PANEL: BLUE
ENGINE:
ORIGINAL - 52-8-43244
CURRENT - NE572827
CUNNINGHAM C-3 #5221 (Chassis only)
OWNERS:
A.M. SONNABEND (MA) 1953 (customer order #1018)
He never took delivery since this car was never built. The chassis was reported to have been damaged
in shipping to Vignale / Italy then it was destroyed per factory records. The factory sold him W.O. #39 -
#5232 (now #5240) as a replacement in 1953.
ENGINE:
ORIGINAL - C52-8-41029
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CUNNINGHAM C-3 #5222
OWNERS:
ROBERT W. DOWLING 1953
RUTH BRUNN (NY) 1973
DOWLING’S DAUGHTER
PREVIOUS TITLE = NY
SCHLEY MOTOR CARS, LTD. ???
FREDERICK H. REISER, MD 1989
TOM COADY (IL) 1993
CURRENT OWNER
TOM COADY, JR.
EXTERIOR COLORS:
ORIGINAL -
UPPER: BROWN
MAIN: MAROON
PANEL: TAN
CURRENT –
UPPER: SILVER
MAIN: MAROON
PANEL: MAROON
ENGINE:
ORIGINAL - C52-8-42333
CURRENT - C-1323329-1
CUNNINGHAM C-3 #5223
OWNERS:
BRIGGS S. CUNNINGHAM 1953
LUCIE BEDFORD CUNNINGHAM
(HIS WIFE)
LUCIE CUNNINGHAM MCKINNEY
(HIS DAUGHTER)
DENNIS NICOTRA 2014
CURRENT OWNER
DENNIS NICOTRA
EXTERIOR COLORS:
ORIGINAL -
UPPER: BLACK
MAIN: BLACK
PANEL: BLACK
CURRENT –
UPPER: BLACK
MAIN: BLACK
PANEL: BLACK
ENGINE:
ORIGINAL - 52-8-1979
CURRENT - 52-8-1979
CUNNINGHAM C-3 #5224
OWNERS:
NEWELL WOOD (PA) 1953
PERRY FINA (NY) 1953
GLENN E. SHEPPARD 1954
JAY LEONE (CA) ???
DOCTOR ??? 1956
BRIGGS S. CUNNINGHAM ???
COLLIER COLLECTION -
C.H. MOTORCARS (FL) 1986
CURRENT OWNER
MILES C. COLLIER
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EXTERIOR COLORS:
ORIGINAL -
UPPER: BROWN
MAIN: BLACK
PANEL: BLACK
CURRENT -
UPPER: SILVER
MAIN: NAVY
PANEL: NAVY
ENGINE:
ORIGINAL - C52-8-41421
CURRENT - 1323329
CUNNINGHAM C-3 #5225
OWNERS:
MILLBANK 1953
???
GERMANY ???
H. SLUYTE (DALLAS, TX) 1964
JAMES C. LEAKE (MUSKOGEE, OK) 1979
RICH ATWELL (TX) 1993
CURRENT OWNER
RICH ATWELL
EXTERIOR COLORS:
ORIGINAL - CABRIOLET
TOP: CONVERTIBLE ???
UPPER: LT. GREEN
MAIN: DR. GREEN
PANEL: LT. GREEN
CURRENT –
UPPER: LT. GREEN
MAIN: LT. GREEN
PANEL: LT. GREEN
ENGINE:
ORIGINAL - C52-8-411409
CURRENT - C52-8-411409
CUNNINGHAM C-3 #5226
OWNERS:
JACK M. HINKLE 1953
DOC BASS (NM) 1957
MELVIN A. OLSHANSKY (IL) 1987
MARTIN GRUSS (FL) 2006 10/2/2006
DONALD MURRAY (CA) 2011 8/21/2011
CURRENT OWNER
DONALD MURRAY
EXTERIOR COLORS:
ORIGINAL -
UPPER: TAN
MAIN: BLACK
PANEL: BLUE
CURRENT –
UPPER: WHITE
MAIN: BLUE
PANEL: WHITE
ENGINE:
ORIGINAL - C52-41432
CURRENT - C52-41432
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CUNNINGHAM C-3 #5227
OWNERS:
WILLIAM B. DAVID 1953
HUGHES HENES 1959
PAUL RAWN ???
HAROLD HOVE ???
HARRAH COLLECTION 1975
ROBERT LUTZ (MI) 1994
EX MRS. ROBERT LUTZ (KY) 2014
CURRENT OWNER
Ex Mrs. Robert Lutz
EXTERIOR COLORS:
ORIGINAL -
UPPER: RED
MAIN: RED
PANEL: RED
CURRENT –
UPPER: BLACK
MAIN: RED
PANEL: RED
ENGINE:
ORIGINAL - C52-8-41417
CURRENT - C52-8-41417
CUNNINGHAM C-3 #5228
OWNERS:
DR. KING 1954
WILLIAM BREWSTER (CT) 1955
JAMES S. VALUKIS (MA) 1958
JAMES Q. REYNOLDS 1960
Used it as a daily driver until
1963, then in storage until 1988
ROLAND HOUDE 1988
MARK HYMAN, CAR DEALER 2008
RICHARD ULLMAN (FL) 2009
EXTERIOR COLORS:
ORIGINAL -
UPPER: GREEN
MAIN: GREEN
PANEL: GREEN
CURRENT –
UPPER: LT. GREEN
MAIN: DK. GREEN
PANEL: DK. GREEN
ENGINE:
ORIGINAL - C52-8-41416
CURRENT - C52-8-41416
CUNNINGHAM C-3 #5229
OWNERS:
EUGENE GRENSPUN 1953
DR. PAUL WALLACE (FL) 1957
CHARLES ALLISON 1958
DALE W. POWERS (FL) 1960
STU BARNETTE (FL) 1976
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WILLIAM C. BOARDMAN (FL) 1980
ELLIOTT MUSEUM, STUART (FL) 1982
CURRENT OWNER
ELLIOT MUSEUM
EXTERIOR COLORS:
ORIGINAL -
CABRIOLET
TOP MAIN: CONVERTIBLE BROWN
UPPER: DARK GREEN
PANEL: DARK GREEN
CURRENT –
TOP MAIN:
CONVERTIBLE NAVY
UPPER: SILVER
PANEL: SILVER
ENGINE:
ORIGINAL - C52-8-41536
CURRENT - C52-8-41536
CUNNINGHAM C-3 #5230
OWNERS:
NELSON D. ROCKEFELLER 1953
NELSON D. ROCKEFELLER ESTATE
ALLSTON BOYER (ON LOAN TO HIM) ??? 1979
MAURICE DE MONTFALCON 1984
Through Special Interest Cars Ltd.
ROBERT PASS 1985
MAX B. RUBIN, MD 1987
ROBERT M. LEE (NV) 1998
CURRENT OWNER
ROBERT M. LEE (DEC’D.)
Robert M. Lee Trust
EXTERIOR COLORS:
ORIGINAL – CABRIOLET
TAN TOP CONVERTIBLE
UPPER: MAROON
MAIN: MAROON
PANEL: MAROON
CURRENT –
UPPER: MAROON
MAIN: MAROON
PANEL: MAROON
ENGINE:
ORIGINAL - C52-8-43236
CURRENT - C52-8-43236
WAS PART OF THE MUSEUM OF MODERN ART “TEN AUTOMOBILES” EXHIBITED IN SEPT. 1953.
CUNNINGHAM C-3 #5230
OWNERS:
BEN JOHNSON (IN) 1953
JACK SILER LATE 1950’S OHIO
JACK J. MAYL (OH) 1960
JOHN J. PAOLANTONIO,, SR. 1962
JOHN J. PAOLANTONIO, JR.(NJ) 1982
OAKHURST, NEW JERSEY
CHUCK SCHOENDORF (CT) 2012 2012
CURRENT OWNER
CHUCK SCHOENDORF
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EXTERIOR COLORS:
ORIGINAL: CABRIOLET
TOP CONVERTIBLE
UPPER: LT. GREY
MAIN: MAROON
PANEL: DK. GREY
CURRENT –
UPPER: LT. GREY
UPPER: MAROON
PANEL: DK. GREY
ENGINE:
ORIGINAL - C52-8-41423
CURRENT - C52-8-41423
CUNNINGHAM C-3 #5232
OWNERS:
ABRAHAM M. SONNABEND (MA) 1953
WILLIAM C. RANDS 1954
HOWARD GIRADIN 1955
??? 1958
??? FREDERICK ???
GEORGE ANTIA ???
ALI LUGO ???
LARRY TORY 1977
LONG ISLAND JUNKYARD
DEAN DIETRICH 1980
CHARLES (CHUCK) BRONSON 1998
RESTORER, IOWA
DANIEL RAPLEY 2001
DEREK DURST 2001
LOU NATHENSHON (IL) 2001
CURRENT OWNER:
LOU NATENSHON
EXTERIOR COLORS:
ORIGINAL -
UPPER: BLACK
MAIN: BLACK
PANEL: BLACK
CURRENT –
UPPER: SILVER
MAIN: SILVER
PANEL: NAVY
ENGINE:
ORIGINAL - C52-8-44983
CURRENT - C52-8-42355
CUNNINGHAM C-3 #5233 (NOW #5441)
OWNERS:
IRVING ROBBINS (PALO ALTO, CA) 1954
GEORGE ANITA (LARGO, FL)
STU BARNETTE (CLEARWATER, FL) 1980
DAVE BURTON
CHARLES CAWLEY (MAINE ?)
ROGER WILLBANKS (CO) 2009
LUCIE CUNNINGHAM MCKINNEY
(CT)
DENNIS NICOTRA (CT)
DON ORENSTEIN (PA) 2016
CURRENT OWNER
DON ORENSTEIN
CUNNINGHAM C-3
EXTERIOR COLORS:
ORIGINAL - CABRIOLET
TOP: TAN CONVERTIBLE
UPPER: RED
MAIN: RED
PANEL: RED
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CURRENT –
TOP: TAN CONVERTIBLE
UPPER: MAROON-LT.
MAIN: MAROON
PANEL: MAROON
ENGINE:
ORIGINAL - C52-8-43235
CURRENT - C52-8-43235
CUNNINGHAM C-3 #5234 (NOW #5443)
OWNERS:
FRITZ LUDINGTON 1954
FRED SEEMAN 1958
CHARLIE ROW 1963
VARIOUS OWNERS ???
JACK WISHNICK 1976
B. BRUCE BRIGGS 1977
BRIAN CUNNINGHAM (GRANDSON) 1996
JAMES DAVIS (MA) 2008
CURRENT OWNER:
JAMES DAVIS (MA)
EXTERIOR COLORS:
ORIGINAL -
UPPER: GREY
MAIN: MAROON
PANEL: GREY
CURRENT -
UPPER: WHITE
MAIN: BLUE
PANEL: WHITE
ENGINE:
ORIGINAL - C52-8-42169
CURRENT - 427 CC 525 HP #20-1039
CUNNINGHAM C-5R #5319R
OWNERS:
BRIGGS S. CUNNINGHAM
CHARLES MORAN 1953
MILES C. COLLIER (FL) 1987
EXTERIOR COLORS: CURRENT OWNER
MILES C. COLLIER
Collier Collection
ORIGINAL - C.H. Motorcars
EXTERIOR: WHITE
INTERIOR: BLACK
CURRENT –
EXTERIOR: WHITE
INTERIOR: BLACK
ENGINE:
ORIGINAL - R-5319
CURRENT - R-5319
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CUNNINGHAM C-6R #5422R
OWNERS:
BRIGGS S. CUNNINGHAM 1955
MILES C. COLLIER (FL) 1987
CURRENT OWNER
MILES C. COLLIER Collection
C.H. Motorcars
EXTERIOR COLORS:
ORIGINAL -
EXTERIOR: WHITE
INTERIOR: BLACK
CURRENT –
EXTERIOR: WHITE
INTERIOR: BLACK
ENGINE:
ORIGINAL - 3001-10-1 Meyer – Drake Offenhauser engine
CURRENT - 3001-10-1 Meyer –Drake Offenhauser engine
2017
2017
2017
2017
2017
Crashed in California race & returned to B.S. Cunningham Co. at FL Car was “retired” or destroyed in Summer, 1954
2017
2017
2017
2017
2017
2017
Tom Armstrong found car in a restoration shop, completed dismantled from an attempted restoration, complete with all
3/2/07 $575,000.
11/2/09 $750,000.
FT. WORTH (TX) 2015 SOLD AT AUCTION FOR $869,000. INCLUDING COMMISSION
2017
2017
Bought at auction $407,000.
Total restoration by R.M. Restorations
Bought at auction $1,100,000.
2017
Original (4) Zenith carbs changed to single
METALLIC DK. BLUE4 barrel carb when engine was replaced
Borrani wire wheels when car was delivered to first owner
THIS CAR WAS RACED:
FEB. 21, 1953 AT MACDILL A.F.B.
TAMPA, FL
ENGINE WAS BLOWN THEN REPLACED WITH A 331 ENGINE WITH A SINGLE 4
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Sold at Gooding Co. P. B.
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Son of Briggs III & Elizabeth
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He never took delivery since this car was never built. The chassis was reported to have been damaged
in shipping to Vignale / Italy then it was destroyed per factory records. The factory sold him W.O. #39 -
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978-685-2641
314-524-6000
DECEASED 2013
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WAS PART OF THE MUSEUM OF MODERN ART “TEN AUTOMOBILES” EXHIBITED IN SEPT. 1953.
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BOUGHT AT AUCTION
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CUNNINGHAM C-3
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ROARING 20'S CARS (NJ)
Total restoration by Paul Russell Co.
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427 CC 525 HP #20-1039
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