General description :
En Excaliber er en lidt speciel størrelse da inspirationen til karrosseriet er fra en Mercedes SSK fra 1928 og motoren er en V8 327 Cui med 300 HK. leveret af General Motors og selvfølgelig med automatgear, Denne Serie I Phaeton-model er bygget fra 1966-69 og med under 100 producerede er de meget sjældent udbudt til salg, Super fin og velkørende bil - en bil der vækker opsigt når den kommer kørende, Flot farvekombination, En bil som skal ses og opleves, Ekskl. dansk registreringsafgift
1967 Excalibur Roadster 5,6 Cabriolet aut. is listed sold on ClassicDigest in Denmark by CC Cars for €44600.
Car Facts
Car type : CarMake : ExcaliburModel : RoadsterModel Version : 5,6 Cabriolet aut.Engine size : 5.6Model Year : 1967Sub type : ConvertibleLocation : 8643 Ans By
Excalibur from Milwaukee, Wisconsin, was one of the first "retro" cars introduced as a prototype in 1964. The car was (loosely) styled after the 1928 Mercedes-Benz SSK by Brooks Stevens.
The Excalibur prototype was fitted on a Studebaker chassis and using a 290-horsepower Studebaker 289 V-8. As Studebaker subsequently ceased its operations, ending the availability of its 289 V-8 Excalibur was left without a power plant. General Motors friends Ed Cole and "Bunkie" Knudsen agreed to provide Brooks Stevens with Chevrolet 327 s in 300-bhp Corvette tune, making the light weight Excalibur a strong performer. They also designed a new ladder chassis which had a 2 inch longer wheelbase. The suspension components ere borrowed from the Corvette, as was the four-disc braking system. The Excalibur was born.