1965 Apollo 5000GT Coupe

In 1960, young Oakland, California, entrepreneurs Ned Davis, Milt Brown, and Ron Plescia had the dream of building a fast, powerful sports car in the tradition of Ferrari and Maserati, albeit with the room and serviceability of an American sedan.

The Apollo GT was created in California by three young men just out of college - a business major, an engineer, and a designer. The car features a body built in Italy which was shipped back to the States where its 250 horsepower 300 CID Buick V8 was installed. Production lasted nearly three years in Pasadena, California where a total of 66 coupes and 9 convertibles were built. They wore a hand-hammered steel body built by Frank Reisner of carrozzeria Intermeccanica. Noted designer Franco Scaglione penned the svelte body.

This car, convertible #9, was originally sold in San Diego, California later turning up in Washington, DC where its current owner purchased it in the early 1970s. Its restoration to its original condition was supervised by Milt Brown, one of the founders of Apollo.