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As late as the first part of this month, most people who knew what a McQuay-Norris was believed that just one of the six such cars built still existed. That's understandable, given that for many years most people believed none of the cars had survived. Yet at the three-day dispersal of much of the late Mark Smith's collection last week, a second McQuay-Norris streamliner resurfaced and subsequently sold for $57,500 despite its dilapidated state.
It's unknown how long Mark Smith had owned this other McQuay-Norris streamliner or from whom he obtained it or even why Smith — a popular figure in the collector-car world who died in November 2021 — didn't widely publicize the fact that he owned the car. Polk Auction Company, which ran the Mark Smith auction, has promised to follow up with information on this McQuay-Norris from Smith's archives. It's missing a number of unique trim pieces along with the grille, the wraparound windshield, and its suite of instruments, but the body remains complete and it still sits on a flathead-powered Ford chassis.
