1931 Ruxton Model C Phaeton

The Kissel Company built about 20 Ruxtons, but just four were open-bodied (two roadsters and two phaetons). Although the phaeton bodies were ready for chassis assembly, none were attempted at Moon because the process of mounting the body to enable proper door alignment was difficult.

One of two phaetons built at Kissel (this is chassis 11006, the other phaeton was destroyed in a fire), this became Wil Kissel's personal car for 12 years. Cameron Peck owned the car within a year after Kissel sold it, calling it his 'pick of all Ruxtons' he owned. The car then went through a series of high-visibility collectors and by the late 1960s was owned by collector Russell Strauch. After its restoration, it appeared in a series of well-publicized Walker's Bourbon ads. The current owners undertook a lengthy quest to purchase the car from the Slobodien family in New York, a process finally completed in 2006. Still wearing its 1969 lacquer paint, the car has remained in impeccable condition for the last 45 years.