First Drive 1949 Kurtis Sport Car

First Drive 1949 Kurtis Sport Car According to a story in the may 1952 issue of auto sport review, kurtis charged hughes just $900 for the car, and hughes later sold it to a hollywood director for $3200. just after the war, the. Right thigh aching, i bend the kurtis into a big, arcing drift and skirt the curb by a few scant feet. note to mt 's 2049 test team: when you retest this thing for the 100th anniversary issue, fix.

1949 Kurtis Sport Car First Drive Motor Trend Classic In 2023 Kurtis sport car. the kurtis sport car (ksc) is a two seat, aluminum body sports car designed by frank kurtis and manufactured by kurtis kraft in 1949 and 1950. built with numerous components (including the chassis and v8 engine) from a 1949 ford, the ksc was built as both a production car and a kit car. it was sold at a base price of $3,495. Seventy years after it won the first ever motortrend car of the year, the 1949 kurtis sport car has joined the mt stable, permanently. so, we did what we do to any car that crosses our threshold. Editor in chief angus mackenzie drives the 1949 kurtis sport car, the car that graced the first ever issue of motor trend.read the full story here: ww. It’s kurtis sport car serial number kb003, the actual car that appeared on the cover of the very first edition of the motor trend magazine way back in 1949, in a photo taken by motor trend founder robert e. petersen. more than 62 years ago, this car helped launch the storied automotive media brand. h t: motortrend.