Sold for $313,500 at 2008 RM Auctions - Automobiles of Arizona.
Sold for $319,000 at 2018 Gooding & Company : Pebble Beach.
Sold for $286,000 at 2020 Worldwide Auctioneers : The Auburn Auction.
Arnott 'Buzz' Grisinger was a talented designer who would pen many great American automobiles, including the Town and Country. It was given a fastback-style sweeping roofline and convex clamshell doors. The roofline was constructed entirely of steel, rather than the traditional oil cloth over wood slats. The wooden bodies were constructed of white ash and Honduran mahogany, and hand-assembled in Detroit at Chrysler's Jefferson Avenue Plant.

Chrysler built 996 examples of the Town and Country Barrelbacks in 1941. This particular example is finished in Polo Green and one of just 24 known to the National Woodie Club to survive. It was given an eight-year body-off restoration. The work was rewarded with numerous prestigious awards, including Best of Class and Best of Show, at many of the country's most prestigious events including the Meadow Brook and Amelia Island Concours d'Elegance.

The current owner acquired this car in 2011. It is well optioned with a proper roof-mounted luggage rack, radio, heater, clock, and factory-optional musical horns. The engine is a 241.5 cubic-inch L-head inline 6-cylinder unit fitted with a Single Carter Downdraft carburetor and delivers 108 horsepower. There is a 4-speed Vacamatic Drive Semiautomatic transmission and four-wheel hydraulic drum brakes.

By Daniel Vaughan | Nov 2018