Broad Arrow‘s Audrain 2026 is just over a month away, with the auction company making its debut in the American northwest with a one-day sale.
The company is promising everything from pre-war American and European classics to motor sport cars and modern supercars on Friday, October 2. So far six cars have been announced, with a Stutz Bearcat leading the auction. What’s flicking your switch so far?
We begin with the above 1970 Ferrari Dino 246 GT. Chassis 00908 is an early L-series Dino 246 GT, one of 355 examples produced before Ferrari moved to the later M- and E-series specifications. Completed on June 8, 1970, it was built for the European market with kilometre instrumentation and originally finished in Rosso Chiaro with a Nero interior.
The Dino was imported into the US through Bill Harrah’s Modern Classic Motors in Reno, Nevada, before being sold to its first owner through Ron Tonkin Chevrolet in Portland, Oregon. Michael Delprincipe of Harbor City, California acquired the car in 1981 and reportedly retained it for 15 years. It passed to Garry Roberts in 1996, who commissioned Rod Drew’s Francorchamps of America in Costa Mesa to undertake a comprehensive restoration beginning in 1998. Completed seven years later, the work included stripping the body to bare metal before refinishing it in its present Giallo Fly, together with a navy blue interior. The engine, gearbox, suspension, brakes and wiring were also overhauled. Reports by Ferrari historian Marcel Massini and Dino specialist Matthias Bartz state that chassis 00908 retains its matching-numbers engine, number 0005748, and transmission, no. 413.
Following completion of the restoration in 2005, the car received a number of Platinum and First-in-Class awards at Ferrari Club of America and Cavallino Classic events. At the Audrain 2026 sale, it’s estimated at $450,000-$500,000.
One of the most fascinating cars up for grabs at the Audrain 2026 sale will be this 2011 Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG. The model has been on the up, and as we reported from Monterey, more modern AMGs are currently enjoying their time in the sun, particularly the Black Series version of the SLS – a record was set at $1.815m. Will that trickle down to the normal SLS? This example’s estimate is a lofty $425,000-$475,000, so it will be a stern test of the market for a car that’s been growing rapidly in auction appreciation over the past year.
This US-market SLS AMG was first sold through Keyes European Mercedes-Benz in Van Nuys, California and has covered 4191 miles. It is finished in optional designo Alanite Grey Magno paint over a designo Exclusive Classic Red leather interior. Factory options include the AMG performance steering wheel, high-gloss carbonfibre interior trim, AMG exterior carbonfibre package, AMG performance suspension and Bang & Olufsen 1000-watt sound system.
The SLS is currently fitted with the optional AMG ten-spoke forged wheels. According to its CARFAX report, the car remained with its original owner until being sold publicly in 2022, when it had covered 3470 miles. Servicing during that period was carried out by the supplying dealership. It subsequently passed to a second owner in Canada. CARFAX records a mileage inconsistency following servicing in Halifax, Nova Scotia in June 2024, which Broad Arrow attributes to a miles-to-kilometres conversion error.
The Audrain 2026 sale has another rare post-credit-crunch exotic to tempt, and this too has a naturally aspirated V8. This 2008 Alfa Romeo 8C Competizione is one of 84 allocated to the US market. Completed in August 2008, it was delivered new to Maserati of Troy, Michigan and was subsequently acquired by Maserati of Minneapolis at the end of that year.
It’s finished in optional Rosso Competizione metallic over Tan Les Rives woven full-grain leather. Its original window sticker records more than $27,000 of options, including the Full Carbon Kit, BOSE Premium GT sound system and matching three-piece Schedoni luggage set. The Full Carbon Kit adds exposed carbonfibre detailing to the exterior and cabin, which also features carbonfibre bucket seats.
The seller acquired the car in 2011 and has been its sole private owner since. Its CARFAX report records registrations in Minnesota and Florida, while Broad Arrow states that it has remained within the seller’s Minnesota collection for the past 15 years. It has covered 899 miles and is estimated at $350,000-$425,000.
This 1953 Aston Martin DB2 Vantage Drop Head Coupe, chassis LML/50/364, is one of 75 factory-built left-hand-drive examples. Its factory build sheet records that it was sold new through JS Inskip of New York City to Richard W Stoney of Montclair, New Jersey on March 7, 1953. The car was originally specified in Crushed Strawberry with Grey Connolly leather trimmed with red piping, the same colour combination it carries today. It was also ordered with the higher-output Vantage engine, which used larger SU carburettors, increased compression and revised camshaft timing to raise output to 125bhp. Further factory equipment included a rear seat, Purolator oil filter plus manual choke and ignition controls. The original matching-numbers engine, VB6B/50/1192, remains fitted.
By 1999 the Aston Martin had joined the Ohio collection of Don Marsh, a founding partner of MidVo, the Midwest distributor for Volkswagen, Porsche and Audi, which later added BMW. Marsh retained the car until his death in early 2020, after which it passed to another owner in November of that year.
Gran Turismo of Los Angeles carried out nearly $12,000 of servicing during summer 2025. Work included attention to the wheel cylinders, brake master cylinder and tie rods, together with rebuilding the water pump. At the Audrain 2026 sale, it’s estimated at $240,000-$280,000.
This 1932 Ford High-Boy Roadster was constructed over several years between around 2000 and 2004 using genuine 1932 Ford steel bodywork. Its build is documented by a substantial file of invoices, work orders and receipts covering the components and specialist work involved.
The roadster retains the traditional High-Boy layout, with the body mounted above the frame rails and the wheels left exposed. Its chassis uses a Ford nine-inch rear axle narrowed and jig-welded to a 50-inch overall width by Kustom Kit Kars of Lafayette, New Jersey, with Moser Engineering axles, limited-slip differential and a 3.50:1 final-drive ratio. Steering is through a polished stainless-steel Borgeson column, while numerous mechanical and trim components were polished by Outasite Metal Finishing.
Power comes from a Ford Performance small-block V8 enlarged to 347ci stroker specification. It incorporates Ford Racing GT-40P cylinder heads and a hydraulic-roller camshaft, together with an Edelbrock Air-Gap intake manifold, 600cfm Edelbrock carburettor and MSD ignition. Drive is through a Ford Toploader four-speed manual gearbox.
The body is finished in Candy Apple Red with matching steel wheels, chrome hubcaps and Coker wide-whitewall tyres. Alan Johnson applied the hand-painted pinstriping to the decklid, beltline and valance. Inside, the car has white leather upholstery, red carpeting, an engine-turned dashboard with Stewart-Warner instruments, a white period steering wheel and cue-ball gearknob. A folding roof and removable side curtains are also fitted. Offered at no reserve, it’s estimated at $70,000-$90,000.
This 1914 Stutz 4E Bearcat, chassis 2250, has a documented ownership history from new. Its first owner was Thomas Ives Hare Powel of Middletown, Rhode Island, who bought it in April 1914 and registered it under Rhode Island licence number 51. Powel retained the car until 1936 and reportedly used it on his honeymoon following his marriage in 1923.
It then passed to Smith Hempstone Oliver, later curator of transportation at the Smithsonian and an important figure in the early American historic car movement. Oliver drove the Stutz regularly, and in October 1936 Ralph Mulford drove it to victory in a one-lap veteran-car exhibition held before the revived Vanderbilt Cup at Roosevelt Raceway. The car also appeared at the 1940 New York World’s Fair and was driven by Ralph DePalma as pace car for the World’s Fair Grand Prix.
Subsequent owners included Jack Fetterolf, Thomas McKean and Charles Dearnley Jr before the car was acquired in 1965 by Winthrop Rockefeller. Rockefeller restored it in yellow and black, and displayed it at his Museum of Automobiles in Arkansas. Following his death, the car passed into William F Harrah’s collection before being bought in 1976 by James A and Dorothy S Conant.
During the Conants’ 30-year ownership it won an AACA National First Place at Hershey and appeared at the inaugural Meadow Brook Concours d’Elegance. It was sold from their estate in 2006 and subsequently joined Richard Losee’s collection before being acquired by the current owner in 2021.
The car retains its 389ci Wisconsin T-head four-cylinder engine, number AI-779, coupled to Stutz’s three-speed rear-mounted transaxle. It’s estimated at $1,750,000-$2,000,000.
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