1930 Stutz Model MB Cabriolet

Luxury Performance in the 1930s
Stutz had earned a reputation as 'the car that made good in a day,' by entering the 1911 Indy 500 and finishing a respectable 11th place, despite its founders, Harry C. Stutz, only having but a few months to develop and build the car. Based on this impressive performance, passenger car production commenced, and Stutz went on to build automobiles with a reputation for speed and durability, such as the famed jazz-era Bearcat sports car.

In the mid-1920s, Stutz engineering's focused on a series of larger, high-performance cars, featuring many safety advances. By the time the great depression finally ended Stutz's 24-year run, the company had set several speed records and produced 35,000 cars.

The car shown is a 1930 long-wheelbase LeBaron cabriolet. True to Stutz's performance heritage, it is powered by an SV-16 322 cubic-inch single overhead cam 8-cylinder engine. Note the stunning factory-optioned lizard interior, dual side mounts, and beautiful LeBaron coachwork, all of which pushed the 1930 price tag to over $5,400. The car is refinished in its original color and is believed to be the only remaining long-wheelbase LeBaron.