1919 Stutz Series G Touring

• ENGINE NO: G3658
• SERIAL NO: 3658
• DOCUMENTATION: Arizona Title
• FEATURES: Derco Luggage Trunk, Rudge Whitworth Wire Wheels, Dual Spotlights, orig­inal Stutz Oil Change Plaque on Dashboard, Classic Car Club of America (CCCA) Full Classic

The Ideal Motor Car Com­pany was founded in 1911 in Indianapolis, Indiana, by Harry Stutz and Henry Campbell to build Stutz automobiles. They entered a Stutz they created under the name “Stutz Auto Parts Co.” into the Indianapolis 500, placing 11th and earning the car the moniker “the car that made good in a day” after they built it in less than five weeks. They began producing more of the race car, called the Stutz Bearcat, and eventually became the Stutz Motor Car Com­pany in 1913, which would go on to produce high-end sports and luxury cars.

In 1919, Stutz left to form other com­panies, leaving Allan Aloysius Ryan in control of Stutz Motor, getting them into trouble for stock manipulation a year later, and bankrupting the com­pany by 1922. The new owners brought in Frederick Ewan Moskowics in 1923, under whose guidance they pivoted to producing safety cars. In 1933, they began focusing on delivery vehicles, eventually ceasing production of automobiles after producing 35,000. In 1935, Stutz was again charged with stock manipulation, filed for bankruptcy in 1937, and was liquidated in 1939.

Stutz was revived in 1968 by New York banker James O’Donnell into Stutz Motor Car of Amer­ica to produce neoclassic automobiles and saw reasonable success, though production was limited. Sales began to wane in 1985, and production ceased in 1995, with only 617 vehicles made, though the com­pany still exists.

Throughout its checkered past, Stutz accomplished many things. They were credited with developing the underslung chassis and, at one point, were advertised as the “World’s Most Expensive Car.” Many celebrities pur­chased Stutz, including Elvis Presley, Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Evel Knievel, Barry White, Sammy Davis, Jr., and Lucille Ball. In total, they produced 39,000 automobiles of various models.

Formerly part of the renowned A.K. Miller collection, this 1919 Stutz Series G Touring has been returned to running and driving order and is still as orig­inal as it was when it left the Miller barn in 1996. It is fitted with a DERCO luggage trunk, and the addition of Rudge Whitworth wire wheels and dual spotlights adds an elegant accent. This car remains in such a superb orig­inal state that restoring it would be a sin.

HISTORY

From the renowned A.K. Miller Collection, who began collecting in the 1930s, including some of the most significant Stutzes. Before or during his ownership, the radiator shell and headlamps were re-plated and during ownership, he replaced several small hardware pieces and installed a correct carburetor. In 1996, it was pur­chased by David Reeder of Fort Smith, Arkansas and then sold to Gary Kuck of Lincoln, Nebraska. It was acquired into the John Dennis Mitosinka Collection in 2006. Since leaving the Miller Collection, it has been returned to running and driving order.

1919 Stutz Series G Close-Coupled Touring

From The Mitosinka Collection

“This Stutz Series G is significant as one of the cars from the famed Stutz hoard of A. K. Miller, who began assembling a barn full of Indianapolis’s finest during the late 1930s and continued for decades, acquiring some of the most significant surviving Stutzes. Mr. Miller often quickly repainted the cars in a brush-finished ”house livery“ of red with black fenders...

The car was sold at the Miller estate auction of 1996 to David Reeder of Fort Smith, Arkansas. It later passed in 2007 to Gary Kuck of Lincoln, Nebraska, from whom Dennis Mitosinka pur­chased it ten years later.

Aside from having been returned to running and driving order, the car is still much as it left the Miller barns. It is still wearing a functional later upholstery job, ”protected“ by the remnants of long-used summer covers, and still overseen by the same weathered black top with its beveled backlight. The radiator shell and headlamps were replated many years ago, before or during Mr. Miller’s ownership. The car retains the Stutz oil change plaque on the dashboard, which is orig­inal and well-preserved, and the doors still close well. Underneath, much patina can be found, as is to be expected, but overall the car remains in solid shape and would be a shame to restore. In his ownership, Mr. Mitosinka replaced several small hardware pieces and installed a correct carburetor. A charming addition is a period Derco luggage trunk on the running board, which the Rudge-Whitworth wire wheels and dual spotlights add an elegant accent. At the time of cataloguing, the car had recorded 53,674 miles.

Every Stutz enthusiast knows the legend of A. K. Miller...”

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