This ad also was the first to use the soon to be famous Stutz slogan "The Car that made good in a day . It is thought about a dozen were completed. A Bethlehem Steel Corporation director, Charles M. Schwab, subsequently took control in 1922. The highest bid came from Branko Kavcic, the owner of the famous Stutz Blackhawk Prototype. It was broadly similar in outline (bucket seats, exposed fuel tank) but differed from the original in having left hand drive and many visual differences. The Bearcat II was based on the Pontiac Firebird chassis with 5.7-liter (350in3) V8 multi-port fuel-injected Corvette engine and had a lightweight, dent- and corrosion-proof body made of what Stutz called Diamond Fiber Comp., a kind of carbon-fiber composite. All Rights Reserved. The Stutz Motor Car Company was delisted. [7] When production ended in 1935 35,000 cars had been manufactured. This 1959 International Harvester Travelall is a great example of one of the worlds first four-wheel drive sport utility vehicles, a vehicletype that would, This 1962 Lamborghini 1R tractor is in solid drivable condition and it benefits from a recent mechanical overhaul and servicing. But parts for the neo-Stutz do turn up. It was frequently mentioned with stereotypical accoutrements of the period such as raccoon coats and illicit "bathtub gin". His travels have taken him to Indonesia, Israel, Italy, Japan and a number of other countries. Reported to have cost $107,000 in 1979! Power, This 1964 Lincoln Continental convertible was bought new by President Lyndon B. Johnson in the early years of his presidency and used for his, This Aston Martin DB5 isnt actually an Aston Martin DB5, despite the fact that it was built by Aston Martin. For 1923, the roadster was renamed the Bearcat, but the name would again disappear in 1924. The Series S Bearcat of 1917 brought the first large change to the model. Acura. Stutz Bearcat 1931. Production began in 1911 and ended in 1935. The Stutz DV-32 Super Bearcat was given a short, low-slung chassis with a sporting body and an advanced double overhead cam inline-eight engine with four-valves per cylinder producing 156 hp and a hefty 300 ft lbs of torque. 3. Based on that successful run, the Bearcat earned the moniker "the car that made good in a day.". In the late 1960s, he built and marketed a fiber-glass replica of the car, based on the chassis of an International Harvester Scout utility vehicle. Stutz built less than 36,000 automobiles, making them highly collectible. Owning a Stutz Bearcat became a status symbol for the wealthy of the era. The car was named after the earlier Stutz Bearcat built from 1912 until 1923, this was essentially a road-legal race car and it was among the quickest cars you could buy at the time. The company also built a number of fire engines and transport vehicles. Virgil Exner had more luck with the Stutz name. Officially, the Bearcat was built with a 120-inch wheelbase, though early examples reportedly measured 118 inches from axle center to axle center. In 1912, Stutz Bearcats won 25 of the 30 auto races in which they were entered. Stutz Bear HS05 Stutz Registry Husam Al Maliki. The companys factory opened at 10th Street and Capitol Avenue in 1914. Theywere among the fastest cars money could buy, supercars in every sense of the word, with power provided by an engine that almost won at Le Mans in 1932. In Concours d' Elegance condition. According to factory literature from 1913 the Bearcat "was designed to meet the needs of the customer desiring a car built along the lines of a racing car with a slightly higher gear ratio than our normal torpedo roadster, has met with great favor with motor car owners and meets the demand for a car of this class. Essentially, the Bearcat was a shorter (120-inch [3,048mm] wheelbase vs 130-inch [3,302mm]), lighter version of the standard Stutz passenger car's chassis. In the 5 years following 1912, production went from 266 to 2,207 cars. Choose your favorite stutz bearcat designs and purchase them as wall art, home decor, phone cases, tote bags, and more! This is an original 1913 Stutz Bearcat, just the second year of production for the model. 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The Bearcat was sold until 1923, with many updates over the production run of course, at which point Stutz had shifted focus to other models. The doorless body style lasted through 1916. It was a small coupe featuring dual side-mount spare tires and a rakish dip in the doors, similar to contemporary (and future) sports cars. The Bearcat switched with the Blackhawk to the GM B platform in 1980, with the exterior continuing the Blackhawk's exposed trunk-mounted spare tire and freestanding headlamps. Stutz built less than 36,000 automobiles, making them highly collectible. In June 1913 Ideal Motor Car Company changed its name to Stutz Motor Car Company (of Indiana) and Stutz Auto Parts Company (it manufactured Stutz's transaxle) was merged into it. The Stutz Motor Car Company, was an American producer of high-end sports and luxury cars based in Indianapolis, Indiana. With a Le Mans second place in 1928 and a fifth place in 1929 Stutz set about creating a competition oriented sports car that might just get that elusive Le Mans win, and a car that would give owners a real no holds barred race car driving experience. Stutz production ended in 1934.[2]. The Stutz Motor Car of America's prototype of Exner's Stutz Blackhawk . Jon Branch is the founder and senior editor of Revivaler and has written a significant number of articles for various publications including official Buying Guides for eBay, classic car articles for Hagerty, magazine articles for both the Australian Shooters Journal and the Australian Shooter, and hes a long time contributor to Silodrome. From Jim Gibson & Allan Whiting directly to your inbox. Baime: In 1971, a television series began called "Bearcats . Arguably the Stutz may only have lost the race due to its losing its top gear an hour and a half before the finish. Sort By Sorting Order Results Per Page In early 2021, Woodard sold his majority interest in the property to SomeraRoad Inc., a real estate firm based in New York. The Stutz racing team attempted to set a new land speed record in 1928. Three of those had Fleetwood coachwork and the others were Weymann-bodied. The new Bearcat was fitted with the companys sophisticated DV-32 Dual Valve 32 inline-eight cylinder cross-flow engine with double overhead cams and four valves per cylinder an unusual specification for a road going engine at the time, most engines were still using pushrods and two valves per cylinder for decades to come. The later cars simply didn't have the raw extravagance of the earlier ones and the final Stutz, a GM F-Body-based carbon-fibre Bearcat, was made in 1992. Stutz is a name that is synonymous with Bentley and Bugatti; they raced against each other. The road versions departed only from the White Squadron racers in their fenders, lights, and trunk. It was aimed at luxury car buyers as a unique runabout, but its high price limited sales. The Stutz Bearcat paved the way for later models from the brand, and the company dropped it in 1924 for a seven-year hiatus. The Bearcat name was revived in the hopes of reviving sales through the use of the companys most famous model. Matchbox 1931 Stutz Bearcat 1974 Model of the Yesteryear Vintage Toy Car Lesney. Finally, we get to theBearcat II, which is something else entirely. Because new (proposed) US safety regulations were to require convertibles to have a rollbar, an open-air Bearcat was not manufactured until 1979. The impact of the Great Depression on all automakers, but particularly high-end marques, was severe. The fastest DV32 the short-wheelbase Super Bearcat could exceed 100mph with ease, but even the limousine bodied long wheelbase derivatives were said to be able to cruise at 70mph and touch 90mph on occasion. [3], Other replicas have been built by individuals. (750ml). Stutz Bearcat 1915 for sale. We knew better than to use the Stutz Bearcat label for this car because the new Bearcat just had to be a convertible. For 1919, the Series G was similar, but the mid-1919 Series H bodies featured cut-down sides to make cockpit entrance easier. Listing Statements of the New York Stock Exchange, September 13, 1916. The Bearcat II was a neo-classic hand-built in Turin, Italy not for the race track but for cruising Hollywood Boulevard. You may have seen them at county fairs the vertical velodromes were originally built from old grain silos, leading to the name "silo-drome.". The company, however, failed and closed in 1937. On this Wikipedia the language links are at the top of the page across from the article title. The 1920 Series K was again similar, but prices rose to $3,900 (equivalent to $52,754 in 2021[1]) in the wake of a postwar auto sales boom. Stutzs assault on the 1929 Le Mans 24-hours netted a fifth place overall, behind a quartet of Bentleys. 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