Wednesday, June 10, 2015

1953 Dodge B4B

1953 Dodge B4B - Image 1 of 14

Click Here to check out this restored 1953 Dodge Truck.

Source: hemmings.com
Photo courtesy RM Sotheby’s.
*Chassis number 7807976, unknown engine number, reportedly the fourth Thunderbolt built. Originally sold to the Mexican vice-president, later owned by Paul Stern, Bob Adams, Joe Levy Jr., Joseph Murphy, Donald Appel, and Roger Willbanks. Appeared at Pebble Beach in 1996 and 1997. Sold at RM Arizona in 2006 for $1,210,000, sold at RM Arizona in 2008 for $1,320,000. Red with white interior and silver top.
ChryslerThunderbolt_07_2000
Photo by eperales.

ChryslerThunderboltWPCMuseum_800
* unknown chassis number, unknown engine number. Currently in the collection of the Walter P. Chrysler Museum. Gray with gray top.
DriehausTbolt_2500
Photo by the author.
* unknown chassis number, unknown engine number. Currently in the collection of Richard Driehaus. Black.
In addition, we know that Charles Putnam and Paul Stunzi owned Thunderbolts in the mid-1950s and early 1990s, respectively. Unknown whether these cars may be the same as the above cars.
- See more at: http://blog.hemmings.com/index.php/2015/05/06/chryslers-newport-and-thunderbolt-mere-idea-cars-or-an-exoneration-of-the-airflow/?refer=news#sthash.yMi7ZB3A.dpuf