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Michael Furman for the Mullin Automotive Museum, courtesy of Gooding & Company
Michael Furman for the Mullin Automotive Museum, courtesy of Gooding & Company
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The Mullin Collection’s 1933 Hispano-Suiza J12 Cabriolet will soon cross the auction block through Gooding & Company.
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The pristine interior features a dashboard defined by an array of bygone-era gauges.
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The car’s 220 hp, 9.4-liter V-12 engine.
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The J12 Cabriolet was the most expensive car built by the marque, and as costly as any automobile of its day.
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The hood ornament is as distinctly elegant as the car itself.
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Parisian coachbuilder Carrosserie Vanvooren was responsible for this J12 Cabriolet’s coachwork.
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The logo of Hispano-Suiza, a marque founded in Barcelona in 1904.
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This example of Hispano-Suiza’s J12 Cabriolet carries a high-end estimate of $3.5 million.