Stutz Blackhawk 1971
# 276571 A 102023
In December 2006, this car was listed for sale.
Just after Christmas, Jim Milliken heard about it, and bought it immediately.
The car had at least two previous
owners,
who put almost 100'000 miles
on this early 71 Blackhawk.
The car shows some interesting,
unique details,
the vinyl top, is one of these,
but have a look at the taillights...
The standard 71 Blackhawks have
round taillights, so these lights are unique.
At the moment, we don't know
if the car came with these lights, or if these were added to the car later.
My idea is that they are original.
These lights are normally used
on a 1970 / 1971 Alfa-Romeo Spider.
1971 Alfa-Romeo 1750 Spider
Veloce, here with European taillights (yellow indicators)
thanks to www.traumautoarchiv.de
for the photo
Carozzeria Padane, the coachbuilder
of the early Stutzes was, of course, located in Italy,
so they may tried something
different...
In September 2007, this 1971 Blackhawk was invited to attend the "Era of Exner Event", at South Bend, IN.
This car was the only "Milestone"-car,
that made the trip on its own wheels, in total more than 3000miles!
(The second owner of this Blackhawk
needed 18 years to put that mileage on the odometer...)
On the way back to Florida, there were some additional stops, the Auburn-Cord-Duesenberg-Museum was one of the best...
(Jim Milliken's 1981 Blackhawk was on the same trip, driven by me!)
see Jim Milliken's other Stutzes:
