Purportedly owned by MLB hall-of-famer Enos "Country" Slaughter from 1955 to 1963 Originally issued to the manager of the New York Yankees, Casey Stengel, as an "MVP Car" in May of 1955, the car was given to Slaughter shortly thereafter as part of a deal to entice him to rotate to the newly formed Kansas City Athletics for one year Retained by Slaughter for 8 years before selling it to Mopar collector Leonard Shultis of Halcottsville, NY in 1963 Original title in Enos Slaughter's name included Laminated original build sheet with MVP car designation Enos Slaughter's briefcase included Other personal items owned by Enos Slaughter including airplane tickets, media photos, personal letters and documents AACA Historical Preservation of Original Features (HPOF) Original 1955-1963 oil change stickers affixed to door jamb Johnson and Johnson first aid kit Chrysler service and owners manual This car was used as the prototype to produce the 1/25 scale C-300 model kit by Moebius Model Company that is still sold on the market today, kit no. 16 out of the first 300 kits produced is included with signed Certificate of Authenticity by the President of the Moebius Model Company and the current owner Two baseball bats and several balls used in practice by Slaughter included The inside of the deck lid has been signed by several baseball, racing and car celebrities including Pete Rose; Jack Roush, Don Garlits, Brock Yates, Chip Foose, Geoff Bodine, Bobby Allison, Sir Sterling Moss, Hurley Haywood and others Letters from baseball players and Chrysler executives including George Steinbrenner, Lee Iacocca, Johnny Sain, Lou Burdette, Charlie Silvera, Don Larson, Mel Roach, Clete Boyer and Robert Slaughter (Enos brother) Phone transcript of call from Bob Feller Publications with this car featured include American Icons, Street Thunder and Antique Automobile Fire-Power 331 CI Hemi V-8 engine Racing camshaft Solid lifters Two 4-barrel Carter carburetors Batwing air cleaner Dash-shifted PowerFlite automatic transmission Power steering and brakes Town & Country radio 150 MPH speedometer and dash clock Chrome wire wheels New wide Whitewall tires Updated with Pertronix ignition and electric fuel pump For more information, please visit mecum.com.
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