1932 Stutz DV-32 Convertible Coupe MB-47 (LeBaron/Rollston-inspired body on Model MB long-wheelbase chassis)
- Engine
- 322 cu. in. straight-eight with dual overhead camshafts and four valves per cylinder (32 total), ~156 hp
- Colour
- Deep maroon
A 1932 Stutz DV-32 on the long-wheelbase Model MB chassis, bodied as a convertible coupe in style MB-47 by LeBaron and subsequently modified with Rollston-inspired design elements by a later owner. Fitted with a DV-32 dual-overhead-camshaft engine producing approximately 156 hp, the car is one of fewer than 100 examples built that year. It has passed through several prominent American collectors and earned both an AACA National First Prize and a CCCA Senior Premier First Prize during its judged show career.
Ownership
- —Auction saleSold US$544,000
- → 2012Acquisition unknownMilhous Brotherspartial documentation
Noted collector group whose holdings were dispersed at a prominent 2012 auction sale.
- 2012 →AuctionCurrent ownerspartial documentation
Purchased at the Milhous Collection sale in 2012; car has been kept in their private collection in well-maintained condition.
- Date unknownAcquisition unknownRichard Sahlinpartial documentation
Noted Michigan collector who upgraded the car with an original DV-32 engine and modified the coachwork with design cues referencing Rollston of New York; described as late, implying deceased.
- Date unknownAcquisition unknownRobert Bahrepartial documentation
Named as one of several prominent collectors through whose hands the car passed after Sahlin.
- Date unknownAcquisition unknownNoel Thompsonpartial documentation
Named as one of several prominent collectors through whose hands the car passed.
Competition
- 1990Antique Automobile Club of America NationalAACA National judgingFirst Prize
Earned top national award from the AACA while passing through collector ownership.
- —Classic Car Club of America NationalCCCA National judgingSenior Premier First Prize
Achieved highest-tier recognition at Classic Car Club of America national-level judging; date not specified in the prose.
Maintenance & restoration
- —Modification
A period-correct DV-32 engine was fitted to replace the car's original powerplant, raising the specification to the most desirable level. The bodywork was also altered with styling cues drawn from Rollston of New York, while much of the original LeBaron coachwork was retained; the beltline was lightly revised and the windshield, which had been lowered and raked at some earlier point, was left in that modified form.
Work carried out during Richard Sahlin's ownership; the windshield modification itself appears to date from the 1950s and was not reversed.
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