It is not usually we see one thing this cool come up for public sale. It is a 1962 Excalibur RS Roadster, or relatively, it is the Excalibur RS Roadster, as in, the one one constructed. It wasn’t made in 1962 although. This got here collectively within the Nineteen Nineties, based mostly on one other automotive with the same design from 1961. Confused but? Do not be—all you really want to know is there is a V-8 beneath the hood, two seats within the cockpit, and it is headed to public sale by Mecum in Could.

We’ll provide you with a bit of extra information to whet your urge for food. Famous American designer Brooks Stevens got here up with this modern design in 1961. Again then, it was the hardtop-only Excalibur Hawk, however plans have been made for a Roadster. It by no means got here to fruition, however the essence of that design endured till a pal of Stevens lastly commissioned the Roadster venture within the Nineteen Nineties.

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1962 Excalibur RS Roadster

As such, it is a correct one-of-one construct, using on a customized metal tube body and wrapped with handmade aluminum physique panels. The doorways come from a Lamborghini Murcielago and open upward. And whereas the entrance would not come from a Ford GT, it’s impressed by the GT40.

Beneath the hood is a 5.7-liter V-8 from Basic Motors. Being from the Nineteen Nineties, it runs throttle-body gas injection and makes correct V-8 noise by a pair of tubular headers. Naturally, it turns the rear wheels, however regardless of what appears like a guide gear lever within the cockpit, it runs a 700R4 computerized transmission. Bummer.

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1962 Excalibur RS Roadster

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1962 Excalibur RS Roadster

Nonetheless, it is a sweet-looking experience throughout. The inside is buttoned up good and neat, and the engine bay is dressed up with customized consumption and valve covers. The hood, doorways, and trunk are power-operated, whereas the deep shade of blue comes from Mercedes-Benz.

The Excalibur RS will cross the public sale block as a part of Mecum’s Indy 2025 occasion on Could 16. Being a one-off (an particularly effectively performed one-off at that), it is onerous to say how a lot it would promote for. But it surely appears like an ideal cruiser and has a neat historical past in addition.

Any guesses as to what the ultimate bid value will probably be? Bounce into the feedback and tell us.