Car 2158
Engine No.:	J-292
First Coachbuilder:	LeBaron
First Body Style:	Dual Cowl Phaeton Sweep Panel
Wheelbase:	Short
Current Coachbuilder:	LeBaron
Current Body Style:	Touring
Original Owner:	Martin de Alzaga Ungue, Buenos Aires
Owner in 1968:	Edward T. Billing, 137 N Quinsigamond, Shrewsbury, MA?
Current Owner:
References:	Malks, p. 76

 Notes:
Picture retrieved from the ACD Club Forum.
The factory replaced the original engine under warranty.


Photo taken Oct. 31, 1966 in Shrewsbury, Massachusetts.  Retrieved from the ACD Club Forum.


Retrieved from the ACD Club Forum; shows 2158 configured as a race car, with the wheelbase cut short and the back end of the body removed.

From ACD Forum:
J292 was Ted Billing's car. He purchased it around 1965 from South America via Nyak NY. My dad was standing here when the car came off the trailer. It was actually very complete except for 1 thing, the frame was shortened and it had a speedster style body from the back edge of the front doors. It was actually very stylish and well done and my dad told Ted he should leave it alone. My understanding is that the car had been used extensively for racing. The cowl, front doors, fenders, hoods, grills shell, etc, where all there. The engine had a dual carb blower on it. This was at least 10 years before Leo started reproducing them. Ted was told by Ray Wolfe that this engine was one of the spares to the Mormon Meteor that has been shipped down to South America in the 1930s. - "alsancle"

Bob Roller graciously sent me a picture of 292 taken in the 1980s at the Reunion. Ted Billing sold the car in the late 1970s. In Bob's note he talked about the "plumbing" on the intake manifolds. Here is a picture of J292 that is dated Oct 31 1966 and was taken in Shrewsbury Mass. In the background you can clearly see the body and how they are fabricating the missing back portion. Also, note the "Ram's horn" intake and plumbing.  - "alsancle"