1954 Lancia Aurelia B24 Spider America

B24-1055roadItaly

Engine: 2.45L SOHC V6 with twin dual-choke Weber carburettors, 118 bhp
Colour: Black

A rare right-hand-drive Lancia Aurelia B24 Spider America, one of just 240 produced between 1954 and 1956 and believed to be among only 59 built in right-hand-drive form, registered SYK 6 in Britain. Dormant for decades after being disassembled by a Berkshire owner who intended an unfinished Beaulieu display project, the car was subsequently revived with an aluminium re-skin in black over a burnt orange leather interior, while the original chassis and engine are believed to have been retained. Most recently maintained within a prominent North American collection.

Ownership

—Auction sale
Estimate €625,000 – €725,000
RM Sotheby's catalogue lot →
1973 → 2009Acquisition unknown
J.G. Woodgate
partial documentation
Based in Wokingham, Berkshire; drove the car for several years before disassembling it with the unfulfilled intention of restoring it and donating it to the National Motor Museum at Beaulieu.
2009 →Acquisition unknown
Post-2009 owner who commissioned restoration
partial documentation
Arranged a full body re-skin in lightweight aluminium painted black, along with an interior retrim in burnt orange leather and various functional upgrades; chassis and engine believed original.
Date unknownAcquisition unknown
Prominent North American collector
partial documentation
Maintained the car in good cosmetic condition prior to the auction offering.

Competition

No competition history extracted from the catalogue.

Maintenance & restoration

2009
Restoration
Following discovery in weathered and disassembled condition, the car was comprehensively brought back to running order by a new owner. The original bodywork was deemed too badly damaged to salvage and was replaced with a new aluminium re-skin painted black. The interior was retrimmed in burnt orange leather and several hardware components were upgraded to improve day-to-day usability. The original chassis and engine are believed to have been retained throughout.
Work undertaken after the car was found in pieces, the result of a long-abandoned restoration project by the previous owner.
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Service
Ongoing maintenance carried out while in a prominent North American collection, keeping the car in excellent cosmetic condition.
Described as recent at time of consignment.

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