View Full Version : Duesenberg Ressurected?
Mr.Tiv
10-15-2006, 07:49 AM
I came across this today, and was wondering if anyone had any more information on this. All I have is that a group Americans are planning to bring Duesenberg back with a sportscar called the "Torpedo Coupe."
http://www.carbodydesign.com/archive/2005/12/20-the-return-of-duesenberg/Duesenberg%20Sketch%201.jpg
EDIT: Sorry for the repost.
rev440
10-15-2006, 09:33 AM
I dont care if it is a repost. That cars beautiful it would be very cool if they made it. I go to the Auburn car show every year and hopfully ill go to the Cord/Des/Auburn Museum this winter.
ScionDriver
10-15-2006, 10:37 AM
I dont care if it is a repost. That cars beautiful it would be very cool if they made it. I go to the Auburn car show every year and hopfully ill go to the Cord/Des/Auburn Museum this winter.
I've been there, and its fabulous. You won't be dissappointed, they got all sorts of Auburns, Cords, Desenbergs, etc. All the rare ones. Its awesome.
dydzi
10-15-2006, 11:56 AM
iirc it was talked more than a year ago so if nothing new had came since then the project probably was given up
IWantAnAudiRS6
10-15-2006, 04:50 PM
Some of the most beautiful cars ever made were American and in the '30s. That's why I love playing the game Mafia, so many amazing cars...
Esperante
10-15-2006, 05:24 PM
Indeed. The greatest cars ever designed happened in the 30's and 40's. If you ask me, the concept posted doesn't really fulfil it, looks kind of like a Bugatti/Bentley love child.
Another fan of American pre & immediate-postwar style, especially that golden era from 1929 to 1933. For me, apart from the ACD cars (which were all stunners) some other particularly attractive beasts that come to mind are '33 Chrysler Imperial, similar era classic Caddies and Packards, the Lincoln K and Zephyr, Studebaker President and later art deco Lasalle
Other USA cuties include the fabulous 1939-40 Graham sharknose coupe (8cyl with supercharger!) and those evil looking postwar Nash 'bathtub' fastback coupes
Esperante
10-16-2006, 04:39 PM
Let's not forget the Cords...
baddabang
10-16-2006, 05:37 PM
Let's not forget the Cords...
I seen A cord at a car show in Southern Florida and the owner said it was so rare that its priceless.
It looked like this:
http://www.chmafc.org/images/Lincoln/D5%20Cord%20Roadster.jpg
And I always thought he was bullshitting :p
Esperante
10-16-2006, 05:51 PM
Cord 812s are rare and expensive, but nowhere near the level of rarity as, say, a Chrysler Imperial. A Cord L29 Coupe is MUCH more rare.
LandQuail
10-17-2006, 09:20 AM
You see a few cords around. Here in Arkansas, a guy named Nelson Rockefeller, yes those Rockefellers, came down and built a car museum atop Petit Jean Mountain, named after a naive, star-crossed, and luckless French chick, but that's off-topic.
They've got an original, unrestored Auburn Boattail Speedster, a 20's Rolls Silver Ghost coupe, and a Mercedes 540K touring car.
Not bad for a museum in the very heart of hillbilly country.