CUNNINGHAM C-1 #5101 OWNERS: BRIGGS S. CUNNINGHAM 1951 MILES C. COLLIER 1987 MILES C. COLLIER (FL) 2017 CURRENT OWNER - 2017 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 - 2017 Estate of Tom Mittler (T.G. Mittler - son) COLORS: ORIGINAL – EXTERIOR: WHITE INTERIOR: RED
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CUNNINGHAM C-1 #5101
OWNERS:
BRIGGS S. CUNNINGHAM 1951
MILES C. COLLIER 1987
MILES C. COLLIER (FL) 2017
CURRENT OWNER - 2017
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 - 2017
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
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 - 2017
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 the Summer, 1954
CURRENT OWNER - 2017
NONE
COLORS:
ORIGINAL –
EXTERIOR: BLACK
INTERIOR: RED
ENGINE:
ORIGINAL - IND 20-1050
CURRENT - IND 20-1050
CUNNINGHAM C-3 #5205
C-2 BODY STYLE BODY ON C-3 CHASSIS
OWNERS:
RUSSELL KLEINGINNA (NJ/FL) 1952
RICHARD & JOHN ROTHENBERGER 1990
(MR. KLEINGINNA’S NEPHEWS)
JOHN ROTHENBERGER &
ESTATE OF RICHARD ROTHENBERGER (PA) 2011
CURRENT OWNER - 2017
John Rothenberger
COLORS:
ORIGINAL -
EXTERIOR: METALLIC GREY
INTERIOR: GREEN & TAN
CURRENT -
EXTERIOR: WHITE
INTERIOR: BLACK
ENGINE:
ORIGINAL - IND 20-1030
CURRENT - 1323329
CUNNINGHAM C-3 #5206X
OWNERS:
CARL KIEKHAEFER 1952
BRIGGS S. CUNNINGHAM 1952
GEORGE SCHRAFFT (FL) 1952
HENRY & ELAINE DESORMEAU (NY) 1962
PETER HOSMER (NH) 1999
CURRENT OWNER - 2017
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
FIRST C-3 BUILT
OWNERS:
CARL KIEKHAEFER 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.
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
2016 - PEBBLE BEACH – CLASS A
ERVIN “BUD” LYON 2007
3/2/07 $575,000.
CHRIS ANDREWS 2009
FT. WORTH (TX)
11/2/09 $750,000.
SOLD AT AUCTION FOR $869,000. INCLUDING COMMISSION 2015
JOSEPH ROBILLARD
CURRENT OWNER 2017
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 - 2017
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
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
Bought at auction $407,000. 2015
Total restoration by R.M. Restorations
DON BERNSTEIN 2016
Bought at auction $1,210,000. including buyer's fee.
CURRENT OWNER - 2017
DON ORENSTEIN
EXTERIOR COLORS:
ORIGINAL -
UPPER: BLUE
MAIN: BLACK
PANEL: BLACK
CURRENT –
UPPER: SILVER
MAIN: METALLIC DK. BLUE
PANEL: MED. BLUE
ENGINE:
ORIGINAL - IND 20-1044
CURRENT - ???
Original (4) Zenith carbs changed to single 4 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
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
LESLIE SEFRIED LOCKARD (PA) 2015
CURRENT OWNER - 2017
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
CUNNINGHAM C-3 #5210
OWNERS:
EDMOND DU PONT 1952
WILMINGTON AUTOMOBILE ACTIVITIES, INC. 1960
GEORGE STERNER 1962
VINTAGE CAR STORE, INC. DAVID A. DEUBLE 1967
VAIL FROST 1975
DON WEBER (TX) 2007
BILL SCHEFFLER 2014
MS. KARRA CANUM
CURRENT OWNER - 2017
MS. KARRA CANUM
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
EXTERIOR COLORS: ORIGINAL -
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 - 2017
COLORADO GATEWAY
EXTERIOR COLORS:
ORIGINAL -
UPPER: BLACK
MAIN: BLACK
PANEL: BLACK
CURRENT –
UPPER: CREAM
MAIN: CREAM
PANEL: CREAM
ENGINE:
ORIGINAL - IND 20-1008
CURRENT - IND 20-1008
CUNNINGHAM C-3 #5212
OWNERS:
HENRY M. DINGLEY, JR.(ME) 1952
ERIC JEWETT
JACK CASTOR
DAN ESBERG 1960
JAY OPPENHEIMER (CA) 1978
CHUCK SCHOENDORF 2016
CURRENT OWNER - 2017
CHUCK SCHOENDORF
EXTERIOR COLORS:
ORIGINAL -
UPPER: BROWN
MAIN: BLACK
PANEL: BLACK
CURRENT –
UPPER: BROWN
MAIN: BLACK
PANEL: BLACK
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 CRASHED THE CAR ???
H & M AUTO WRECKING OAKLAND, CA
PAUL RAWN 1964
WILLIAM CATTELL 1974
DAVID WILLISON
ROBERT B. CUNNINGHAM (NV)
(Son of Briggs III & Elizabeth)
PETER MARKOWSKI 2000
JIM TAYLOR (NY) 2003
CURRENT OWNER - 2017
JAMES TAYLOR
EXTERIOR COLORS:
ORIGINAL
UPPER: METALLIC GREY
MAIN: METALLIC GREY
PANEL: METALLIC GREY
CURRENT -
UPPER: LT. METALLIC GREY
MAIN: MED. METALLIC GREY
PANEL: LT. 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
COLTON AMSTER 2006
SCOTT ROSEN 2015-2016
CHARLES SCHOENDORF CT) 2007
CURRENT OWNER - 2017
CHUCK SCHOENDORF
EXTERIOR COLORS:
ORIGINAL -
UPPER: BEIGE
MAIN: LIGHT GREEN
PANEL: LIGHT GREEN
CURRENT –
UPPER: BEIGE
MAIN: LIGHT GREEN
PANEL: LIGHT GREEN
ENGINE:
ORIGINAL - IND 20-1039
CURRENT - IND 20-1495
CUNNINGHAM C-3 #5215
OWNERS:
FLOYD W. MCRAE (GA) 1952
HARRAH COLLECTION (NV) 1972
TERRY BENNETT 1975
TOM SMITH 1979
FREDERICK SIMEONE (PA)
HORACE JEFFREY
FREDERICK SIMEONE (PA)
JAMES (JIMMY) K. DOBBS, III (FL) 1999
CHRISITE'S AUCTION - PEBBLE BEACH
CURRENT OWNER - 2017
JAMES (JIMMY) K. DOBBS, III (FL)
EXERIOR COLORS:
ORIGINAL –
UPPER: METALLIC BLUE
MAIN: METALLIC BLUE
PANEL: METALLIC BLUE
CURRENT –
UPPER: WHITE
MAIN: WHITE
PANEL: WHITE
Navy blue racing stripes
ENGINE:
ORIGINAL - C53-8-1086
CURRENT - C53-8-1086
CUNNINGHAM C-4R #5216R
OWNERS:
BRIGGS S. CUNNINGHAM 1952
MILES C. COLLIER (FL) 1987
CURRENT OWNER - 2017
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 - R 5217 / IND 20-1040
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 - 2017
FRED SIMEONE, MD
Simeone Foundation
COLORS:
ORIGINAL -
EXTERIOR: WHITE
INTERIOR: BLACK
CURRENT –
EXTERIOR: WHITE
INTERIOR: BLACK
ENGINE:
ORIGINAL - R 5217 / IND 20-1040
CURRENT - R5216 / C51-3-55-960
CUNNINGHAM C-4RK #5218R
OWNERS:
BRIGGS S. CUNNINGHAM 1952
CHARLES MORAN, JR. 1953
BRIGGS S. CUNNINGHAM 1970
MILES C. COLLIER (FL) 1967
CURRENT OWNER - 2017
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 - 2017
JAY LENO
EXTERIOR COLORS:
ORIGINAL -
UPPER: GREY
MAIN: MAROON
PANEL: GREY
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 - 2017
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) - Customer Order #1018 1953
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
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 - 2017
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 - 2017
DENNIS NICOTRA
EXTERIOR COLORS:
ORIGINAL -
UPPER: BLACK
MAIN: BLACK
PANEL: BLACK
CURRENT –
UPPER: BLACK
MAIN: BLACK
PANEL: BLACK
ENGINE -
ORIGINAL: 542-8-1979
CURRENT: 542-8-1979
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 - 2017
MILES C. COLLIER
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 - 2017
RICH ATWELL
EXTERIOR COLORS:
ORIGINAL - CABRIOLET
TOP: CONVERTIBLE - GREY ?
UPPER: LT. GREEN
MAIN: DK. 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) 10/2/2006
DONALD MURRAY (CA) 8/21/2011
CURRENT OWNER - 2017
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
CUNNINGHAM C-3 #5227
OWNERS:
WILLIAM B. DAVID 1953
HUGHES HENES 1959
PAUL RAWN
HAROLD HOVE
HARRAH COLLECTION 1975
ROBERT LUTZ (MI) 1994
DENISE LUTZ (KY) 2014
CURRENT OWNER - 2017
DENISE LUTZ (KY)
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
