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Cunningham Vignale C3
Briggs Cunningham was a world known entrepreneur, racer and constructor who introduced American cars to the European sports car scene in the 1950s. His dream was to build a racing car that would dominate both sides of the Atlantic by winning the Le Mans with an all-American machine, drivers and crew.
From 1952 to 1955, Cunningham entered the Le Mans race with several cars of his own design. However, in the same period, he produced a road-going sports car in the form of the beautiful Cunningham C-3. The C-3 was a two-door coupe or convertible he produced in his West Palm Beach facility. It used the Cunningham C-2 R racing chassis they converted for street use and the bodies came from Vignale in Italy.
Under the hood was a Chrysler 331 Hemi engine they tuned to produce 300 HP. The C-3 was a luxury sports car that could easily rival any Ferrari or Maserati. However, it was also expensive with the prices close to the Rolls Royce of the day. And that is why Briggs Cunningham produced only 20 coupes and five convertibles, all of which still exist today.