As for the auction companies verifying the cars they are selling, let me draw your attention to the info regarding this 71 W30 convert sold at the January auction. The info makes perposterous claims about the car having a left over 70 W30 engine.
As I have been accumulating info on these W30 cars for 25 years and am well familiar with their production,I emailed R&S about the misinformation on this car. My correspondence was well before the auction. I did not get a response, nor did the wording change. the car sold for about what a #2 plain 442 would fetch with some desireable options added. The presentaion is cleaverly worded with "probably" and "likely". What the seller is relying on is the fact that both 1970 and 1971 W30 engines were coded "TT",by way of a sticker on the oil filler tube. Furtermore the "TT" code only applies to non A/C cars.
Fortunately this car did not sell as a bonafide W30, however I was disappointed that R&S did not have the seller modify his wording.
If I were purchasing a rare car at an auction I would need lats of time to ensure I was buying what was being claimed.
http://www.russoandsteele.com/collec...ible/7442.html
Paul
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1971 W30 convert, triple green,second owner.
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