1930 Stutz Four Door Monte Carlo

edited by David Barth, 1 March 2009.
Courtesy The Automobile Driving Museum in Los Angeles, California, USA.
Photos were taken in January 2009.

Body Style: Four Door Monte Carlo Sedan, Model "MB"
Body Builder: Weymann
Factory Price: $4,495.00
Production: Three cars were available in this style. M Series production was 2,087 units.
Weight: 4,500 lbs.
Engine: Stutz Vertical Eight Cylinder; SV (Single Valve) 16 Valves
Horse Power: 115 at 3,200 rpm
Displacement: 287 cubic inches
Wheelbase: 126 inches
Transmission: 3 speed, floor shift
Brakes: 4-wheel, hydraulic

Harry Stutz, founder of the Stutz automobile, was born in Ansonia, Ohio in 1876. He had no formal education in engineering. He was self-taught, learning his trade from ahnds-on experience working with very talented people at several auto manufacturers at the turn of the century. In 1909, after working for various firms, Stutz decided to build a car of his own design and engineering. With the Indianapolis 500 being proposed to be run in 1911, Stutz built a model to enter the race.

Stutz was innovative throughout the years, racing at Indy and gaining popularity with the "Bearcat" in 1912. Stutz cars were priced from high median to expensive throughout the 1920s. Production averaged from a high of 5,000 units in 1926 to fewer than 1,500 units in the early 1930s. To increase sales, Stutz went with an Anglo-French design, hiring Weymann Body Builder to do a light-weight, all fabric-wrapped body over an ash frame.

Stutz offered the "Chateau Line" with exotic names shuch as Versailles, Chaumont, Monte Carlo, Chantilly, etc. Only three of the fabric bodies were built. All three exist today. In addition to our fine specimen, one was displayed at the Harrah's Museum in Reno, Nevada, USA, and the third was in a private collection in Indiana.