The last of Series I Stutz Blackhawks, “The World’s Most Expensive Car”?

Once billed as “The World’s Most Expensive Car,” the Stutz Blackhawk was owned by entertainment elites likes Elvis Presley, Frank Sinatra, Evel Knievel and Lucille Ball. Here’s your chance to enter your name among the who’s who of entertainment from that era.

Out of the 25 examples built in total, this 1971 Blackhawk is just one of 14 surviving split-windshield Series I cars. When new, it sold for $22,500–that’s roughly $168,000 in today’s money.

Stutz built the car based on the Pontiac Grand Prix–including the drivetrain. Virgil Exner, best known for creating the Forward Look of 1955-1963 Chryslers, designed the car with coachwork handled by Carrozzeria Padane.

Find this 1971 Stutz Blackhawk up for auction at Gooding & Company, with an estimated winning bid of $250,000-$275,000.

Ugly.

I agree!

Rare does not always mean desireable... but to each their own. I can think of many other rolling art things to spend that much coin on.

I actually had a scale model of one of these when I was a kid, and in a weird way I'd like to own this one.  

In reply to stuart in mn :

I don't think you're alone in wanting to own one. If no one wanted it, it wouldn't be selling for six figures. Food for thought!