The 1939 Auto Union ‘D-Type’ has been found, and will be sold this Friday, August 14th. Was it lost? Yes. In the Spring of 1945, after winning multiple Grand Prixs, Soviet Forces in Germany loaded all known D-Types onto a train for the Soviet Union in hopes of reverse engineering this marvel of mechanics. So all known existing models, totaling only 13 cars, were loaded onto the train and transported to NAMI motor industry research institute in Moscow. During the research, four of the thirteen were completely dismantled and destroyed during analysis. The others were dismantled over the years for industry research by governments. One was even sent to a museum and eventually sold to Audi. Then in the 1950′s a Russian born American investigated the remaining nine cars, and found one intact chassis, #19. He successfully traveled Europe finding the remaining authentic parts and completed Chassis #19. So this Friday, if you have an estimated eight to ten million dollars between the couch cushions, head on over to Carmel. $8,000,000 – $10,000,000 BID
