Stutz Motor Car of America

James D. O'Donnell

 In August 1968, James D. O'Donnell incorporated the new "Stutz Motor Car of America".

The New Yorker investment banker discovered the design of Virgil M. Exner, and decided to make the car a reality.

In 1969, the prototype was built by Ghia in Torino, Italy.

In January 1970, the car had its debut at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel.

Waldorf-Astoria

The cars were produced at Cavallermaggiore, Italy.
factory

Blackhawk 1971

In August 1970, Elvis Presley bought the first production car.
The car was shown in a TV-Show at which Frank Sinatra and Elvis Presley were guests, and both of them wanted to buy the car. The dealer wanted to sell the car to the first of one of them who could pay with cash.
Elvis was first, and Frank Sinatra never bought one...

Blackhawk 1976

Stutz was definitely the car of the rich and famous. Please have a look at the owners-list, that was released by Stutz in the mid-70's.

The model range:
the Coupé, called Blackhawk
the Convertible, that's the Bearcat
the Sedans, Duplex, IV-Porte, Victoria
the Diplomatica
the Royale
the Chevrolet Suburban Conversion, that means Bear, Gazelle and Defender

Stutz produced, according to the Swiss
"Automobil Revue Katalog":

1973    50
1974    10 (estimated)
1975    ??
1976    70
1977    70
1978    50
1979    48
1980    50
1981    45
1982    50
1983    40
1984    20
1985    20
1986    20
1987    11
1988    00
I heard that Stutz produced 27 cars in 1971 (including 2 prototypes).
In 1987/1988 they produced the Bearcat II. Totally there were 13 cars built, at least one of which is stated to have been built in 1995 and another is said to be a 1989 model.
Please have also a look at:
Stutz - Modelcars

Blackhawk 1974

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