General description :
Excalibur Series IV 1982 Roadster 1 of only 159 built
Highlights
• 1 of only 159 built
• Rare Roadster version
• Electric Rumble Seat
• Electric soft-top
• Including hard-top
This 1982 Excalibur Roadster Series IV was delivered new in Pleasanton California. Of the Series IV Roadster only 159 have been produced and that makes it a very rare car today. This car is in a nice and good condition with normal traces of use and is executed in white combined with a red interior. The car features an electrically foldable 'Rumble Seat', a partially electric soft-top and a hard-top! The V8 engine in combination with the automatic gearbox makes it a wonderful cruise car.
Excalibur from Milwaukee, Wisconsin, was one of the first "retro" cars introduced as a prototype in 1964. The car was (loosely) styled after the 1928 Mercedes-Benz SSK by Brooks Stevens.
The Excalibur prototype was fitted on a Studebaker chassis and using a 290-horsepower Studebaker 289 V-8. As Studebaker subsequently ceased its operations, ending the availability of its 289 V-8 Excalibur was left without a power plant. General Motors friends Ed Cole and "Bunkie" Knudsen agreed to provide Brooks Stevens with Chevrolet 327 s in 300-bhp Corvette tune, making the light weight Excalibur a strong performer. They also designed a new ladder chassis which had a 2 inch longer wheelbase. The suspension components ere borrowed from the Corvette, as was the four-disc braking system. The Excalibur was born.