The car is the Siata-Ford 208SL #01006613, 1952-54, commissioned by Jimmy Mulgrew of Euclid Ford; acquired in 2005 from Kuttner auction, has been recently restored.
Yes, that's the car.
Below is a little about the story of it:
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My primary long-term restoration project is a one-off 1952 SIATA-Ford, 208SL1006613. 208SL1006613 was originally commissioned by Jimmy Mulgrew of Euclid Ford, Euclid, Ohio. At this time Jimmy was part-owner of the Euclid Ford dealership and had an interest in sports cars. Dick Irish, an amateur racer with a strong interest in foreign cars, was working for Jimmy and together they hatched a plan to build a special based on a Ford chassis. Dick is best known for his class win at Sebring, 1952 in a SIATA Daina 1400cc Gran Sport and raced a number of interesting cars in period. There is an excellent profile of Dick in Carl Goodwin's They Started in MG's. ISBN 978-0786460526
After being denied a Police Special chassis by Edsel Ford himself, Jimmy Mulgrew sent Dick Irish from Ohio to Tony Pompeo's New York dealership with a 1951 two-door-sedan that had been sitting on the Euclid Ford sales lot. Tony Pompeo was the East Coast importer of SIATA, Bandini, Stanguellini (before Sandy McArthur or Alfred Momo sold the Formula Juniors), Abarth, Cisitalia, Nardi, Moretti, Ermini, Giaur and, on a few occasions, Alfa Romeo and Maserati. Dick dropped the Ford sedan off at the NY docks for Tony to send to Italy where SIATA was to build a custom Ford-based sportscar.
The Ford sedan was delivered to New York in mid-1952 and approximately six months later it returned as SIATA 208SL1006613. By this time Dick was enroute to the Armed Services so a mechanic from the Euclid dealership was dispatched to collect the car from Tony Pompeo.
Everybody was expecting a hardtop like the Italmeccanica IT-160, which Dick and Jimmy had seen at Watkins Glen and which was their inspiration for 208SL1006613. So it was a surprise to receive a convertible instead. To dress it up further Jimmy Mulgrew, reportedly, wanted to add a continental kit but was ultimately dissuaded. Dick relates that the mechanic said the car "went like heck" but never drove the car himself.
Whether Tony sent the entire car or just parts will never be known. John deBoer is of the opinion that the Ford sedan was likely broken up in New York and only the drivetrain, suspension and instruments shipped as this would have been more economical. This hypothesis is supported by the fact that in the resulting car the frame itself is completely SIATA-derived. Had they sent the entire car it seems likely that the frame would have been re-used.
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