One of the first cars Coachcraft Ltd. built was started late in 1940 and finished in 1941 for its designer Peter Stengel. According to Rudy's son Bill, Stengel's car was a complete ground-up job built on a 1939-40 Ford truck chassis and fitted with an Eddie Meyer-tuned flathead Ford V8. The roof can be removed over either or both front seats, and then the rear portion can be removed as well, for full top-down motoring. It features draft-free ventilation too. It took four months to build at a cost of $6000.