FOR SALE '51 Roadster Show Winning Custom

[Rik Hoving]

I’m posting this ad for the seller of the car, George Albright.

Dear Friends. We recently posted the car one time on Ebay.
It also made it to the Bring A Trailer website.
We had 3,700 lookers,and a half dozen bids up to $50,100. So far none of those bidders have stepped up, so I decided to put it on the Custom Car Chronicle Marketplace.

Reno and Ray Paretto of Alameda, California, built this Kurtis/Muntz Jet looking creation in the late 1940s/early 1950s. It started out as a 1937 Ford sedan. The finished car was shown at the 1951 and 1952 Oakland Roadster Shows, and the 1952 Oakland International Sports Show, plus others we have yet to document. The car even comes with its 1951 Oakland Roadster Show trophy, that it won in its class!!

This is the trophy the Paretto Ford won at the 1951 Oakland Roadster Show. The trophy comes with the car.

For an AMAZING article filled with original photos, history, etc. please click on the following link the full Custom Car Chronicle article on this car.
This article covers much of the creation, and showing of the car in the early 1950s. Its present condition is as close to original time capsule that you will find in the custom car/hot rod collectors universe, period.

The car has always been in California and is rust free. I purchased the car from a gentleman that bought it from the estate of the long time 3rd owner. Several years ago this gentleman was approached by the Barrett Jackson Auction house, and they sent a film crew to California to photograph and video the car at his home. They informed him the car would absolutely bring in the 125 to 150K range at their upcoming auction. However that deal to auction it eventually broke down, as they wanted the owner to list it for sale no reserve, and he was unwilling to do that.
This spring the same owner put it on Ebay, but then decided to not sell it on the auction site.

I bought it later from him in a private transaction. He was well aware of what he had, I assure you. The prior owner drove the car regularly. He had the gas tank and lines cleaned, and put a new carb on the motor. The motor runs like new and the car drives and shifts well. The brakes need to be bled, and a few minor wiring issues. Other than that the car appears ready to go, cruise, and show. The car can be shown as is with the later version of its grill, or with the original, that comes with the car, can be reinstalled.
This is truly once in a lifetime opportunity to own a documented from new, original, trophy winning car from an early Oakland Roadster Show event. This is also a blue chip investment, that will continue to go up in double digit value yearly.

The car comes with a newly issued Florida title from me. It is stored in Ocala, Fla., and this is the first time it has ever been out of California!

The $49,000 price is substantially under what Barrett Jackson said it would bring.
Lots of current photos of the car available.

Good Luck. George Albright, Ocala, Fla.
Email: gnalbright@gmail.com
cell 352 843 1624 (weekdays 10-4 EST best)

For more photos and a full article on this car, please check out the CCC-ARTICLE

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