As Stutz increasingly developed its single-cam inline eight-cylinder engine in the late 1920s, they also experimented with reaching back to their performance past, building bodies to suit the new engine’s heat. “Semi-custom” offerings were led by two speedster bodies from coachbuilder LeBaron, a two- and four-passenger, both with racing-style “cut-down” front doors and, on the four-passenger model, an optional second cowl and windshield for the rear-seat passengers. This 1929 Stutz Model M Four-Passenger Speedster was an ideal performance automobile for its time and attracted the same sort of buyers that had loved Stutz Bearcats in the teens—namely, people like Eva May Johnson.
