"Eliot" is a "one off" show car; a black 1939 All-Steel Full Custom handmade, modified Chevrolet 2-door sedan with convertible hardtop, one of the last cars built by the famous Lee Osborne. Purchased and named "Eliot" in 2001 by Jennifer Revson, (Revlon Cosmetics) sister of racing legend Peter Revson, and comes with all photo documentation of the full ground up restoration and building process. "He" has a removable Carson style top of black Hartz cloth, dark green real leather seats and matching real wool carpets no money spared on this build. He sports a 350 cubic inch modified Chevrolet motor (balanced) approx 425+ HP, a 350 turbo hydro transmission with shift kit and 2500 stall converter, a high volume oil pump, 268 competition cam, Edelbrock timing chain, forged pistons with a 9.2 to 1 compression ratio, Edelbrock performance intake, Edelbrock 600 CFM carburetor with electric choke. Eliot’s chassis has stock frame rails, custom made front cross members using Ford spindles, Carrera chrome coil-over shocks in front, tubular upper and lower A-arms. Ford 9" rear and narrowed 3 1/2", 3.00:1 ratio, Posies Superslide leaf springs, NASCAR slider mounts, Mustang power front disc brakes, Ford rear drum brakes, Corvette power booster and double master cylinder, ECI power brake unit, All Street and Performance brackets. VDO gauges, tilt leather and polished aluminum Le Carra steering wheel, Driver's seat with 6-way power, front roll-up windows, wool carpet, air conditioning and heat. Some of Eliot's custom made features are: his black side mirrors, handmade custom steel grill, rear lexan window, rear side lexan windows, custom one of a kind taillights ( original mold is included ), polished billet aluminum shifter, all metal dashboard, full custom stainless steel exhaust, "third" brake light, turn signal lights, shaved doors with 2 remote control openers, etc. Elliot has won: Pro's pick at NSRA nationals, Pro's pick at Goodguys Indy nationals, Rodders' choice at The Frog Follies, The cool convert pick at Goodguys Charlotte, and Best Of Show at 100+ local events. Featured in: Hot Rod Magazine, Street Rodder, Rodders Digest, and many others. Google Eliot’s entire historysome old timers say car was build out of one of Eliot Ness – Untouchables cars to fight Al Capon, this car has real real Gangster history. Car was built for Jennifer Revson, (Revlon Cosmetics) hand build time was 2.5 years at a cost of over ¼ million dollars and last sold at Barret Jackson auction at almost 200k now the car is for sale at no reserve and must go keep in mind it’s all steel no plastic no bando, car looks as good under then above this is a 99.5% perfect show car, let’s hope Eliot finds his perfect forever home and wins every car show. We can ship Worldwide. Please contact us for shipping details. Thank you
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