The car's body and chassis were separated for decades until just recently.
It seems weird when discussing the Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance Best of Show winner that one might describe the surely priceless automobile as a parts-bin special. You know, a vehicle cobbled together using bits from various other cars. The 2022 Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance Best of Show winner is just such a thing—in a way—as its restoration joined a body by coachbuilder Joseph Figoni that was sourced from one Model J to the chassis end engine from a second Model J.
Originally, this Model J chassis was shipped to E.Z. Sadovich's Motors Deluxe of Paris, where it was fitted with a Figoni Sports Torpedo body. The completed car was run in the 1932 Paris-Nice Rallye ahead of its delivery to Peruvian sugar magnate Antonio Chopitea. We assume that racing preamble to Chopitea's ownership was known and permitted by him at the time; imagine your brand-new, coachbuilt car being run in a pre-delivery race without your knowing.
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