Stutz’s Speedway Four was the fabled Indianapolis automaker’s last model with its exceptional and long-lived four-cylinder engine, featuring four valves per cylinder and a detachable cylinder head. Producing about 88 horsepower from 360 cubic inches, it was a robust piece of work and made the Stutz one of the finest performance cars of its generation, a worthy competitor to the lines of Duesenberg and Wills Sainte Claire.

The very sporty two-passenger roadster offered here retains its original dashboard serial number plate, and wears a handsome older restoration in attractive yet subtle colors. While its full ownership history is not recorded, in 1952 it was in the ownership of early enthusiast Clem C. Hiser Jr., of Fort Wayne, Indiana, who drove it that year in a Horseless Carriage Club of America regional tour to the Studebaker factory in South Bend, Indiana; one of the several vintage event plaques on the dashboard is from that very event. It next reappeared in Texas in the early 2010s in the ownership of Tim and Linda LaQuay of Victoria. Following the dissolution of the McQuays’ collection, the Stutz was acquired by Clive and Janet Cussler in 2018.

In charming condition, in its gray and black livery with red wire wheels, this Speedway Four is equipped with a cowl-mounted spotlight, as well as a clever luggage and tool compartment within the circular space on the rear deck ordinarily used for a spare. Underhood is mounted an electric horn, as well as a period Marvel Mystery Oil injector. It would be a most attractive selection for the dedicated Stutz enthusiast and indeed exciting to experience on the road in the great Cussler tradition.