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Post by Inspeqtor on Jan 17, 2022 21:23:11 GMT
 Duesenberg 01 by inspeqtor, on Flickr I love this place. It's in the original factory showroom from when the plant was located there. It's an incredible sensory overdose. There is a Cord there with body panels made from copper sheet. The design studios are still upstairs with everything just as it was in 1929. It looks like people just got up and walked out, leaving everything laying on their desks, coats hanging on coat trees. The model studios have clay models in process, with clay shavings and scraps all over the floor. It's an unbelievable place. If you're a car enthusiast, it's worth traveling from wherever you are. Auburn, Indiana is about 25 miles north of Fort Wayne, Indiana  Duesenberg 02 by inspeqtor, on Flickr  Duesenberg 03 by inspeqtor, on Flickr This is the single stop light on the Duesenberg car shown above  Duesenberg 02A by inspeqtor, on Flickr This was John Dillenger's actual car he used for a total of 8 days - there are 2 slugs, either .32 or .38 still in the front cowl panel.  Duesenberg 04 by inspeqtor, on Flickr This is an Auburn car made in Auburn at the building shown above.  Duesenberg 05 by inspeqtor, on Flickr This is quite the radiator cap on car above! Sorry I do not have any information on this cap.  Duesenberg 06 by inspeqtor, on Flickr The next 4 photos are all the same car  Duesenberg 07 by inspeqtor, on Flickr  Duesenberg 08 by inspeqtor, on Flickr  Duesenberg 09 by inspeqtor, on Flickr  Duesenberg 10 by inspeqtor, on Flickr History: The Auburn Automobile debuted at the Chicago Auto Show of 1903 and slowly gained reputation as a quality automobile. The 1904 Auburn may be the earliest Auburn known to exist. Features of the Model 'A' and Model 'B' are apparent in the vehicle. This model may represent a transition from one-cylinder to two-cylinder automobiles. The total production of the total Auburn automobiles in 1904 is less than 100. Technical: This Auburn is powered by a two-cylinder opposed, water cooled engine with a displacement of 142.6 cubic inches, then engine produces 10 horse power, which is transferred to the rear wheels by chain. The wheel base measures 83 inches. The price when new was $1250.00 In The News: The 1904 St. Louis Fair iced tea and ice cream cone. The average United States health care worker earns $283.00 annually. $283.00 divided by 52 weeks = $5.44 per week. This is a 1904 Auburn  Duesenberg 11 by inspeqtor, on Flickr  Duesenberg 12 by inspeqtor, on Flickr Hope you enjoyed this! If you have a chance please also visit this fine museum. There a many, many, many more cars there I was not able to photograph. Please add your car collections here also!!! |
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Post by BuckSkin on Jan 17, 2022 21:43:25 GMT
That is absolutely awesome ! Thanks !
I also like that your photos within the post are so large; it really helps with the "flow" of the story.
I wish that we could go back to such wonderful vehicles instead of this politically correct crap that they force on us nowadays --- if one is foolish enough to buy it; my newest vehicle is a 1991 Dodge/Cummins/Diesel and my daily driver is a 1985 Ford/Cummins/Diesel ---all are fully mechanical; no electronics; no computers.
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Post by hmca on Jan 17, 2022 23:27:41 GMT
The design studios are still upstairs with everything just as it was in 1929. It looks like people just got up and walked out, leaving everything laying on their desks, coats hanging on coat trees. The model studios have clay models in process, with clay shavings and scraps all over the floor. That also must be so interesting to see and photograph. Nice job on the cars you chose to feature, Charles. |
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Post by Inspeqtor on Jan 18, 2022 0:15:28 GMT
That is absolutely awesome ! Thanks ! I also like that your photos within the post are so large; it really helps with the "flow" of the story. I wish that we could go back to such wonderful vehicles instead of this politically correct crap that they force on us nowadays --- if one is foolish enough to buy it; my newest vehicle is a 1991 Dodge/Cummins/Diesel and my daily driver is a 1985 Ford/Cummins/Diesel ---all are fully mechanical; no electronics; no computers. Glad you enjoyed these! I forgot to mention, not that it is really that important... I visited this museum in 2015 |
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Post by Inspeqtor on Jan 18, 2022 0:16:55 GMT
That also must be so interesting to see and photograph. Nice job on the cars you chose to feature, Charles. I am also glad you enjoyed this Helen! |
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Post by pontiac1940 on Jan 18, 2022 4:07:04 GMT
Thank you Charles.
Excellent.
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Post by Inspeqtor on Jan 18, 2022 7:11:30 GMT
You are very welcome pontiac1940! Glad you enjoyed this!!
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Post by jackscrap on Jan 19, 2022 20:27:38 GMT
Very interesting read, and excellent photos, those cars are so stylish, something sadly lacking in cars of today.
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Post by BuckSkin on Jan 19, 2022 23:39:36 GMT
those cars are so stylish, something sadly lacking in cars of today. Very well said. A very close friend spent his life gathering old cars, trucks, and motorcycles; nothing quite so snazzy as these, but the potential to be so was there; he even bought an entire junkyard full of old classics when they were not so classic. Miserly poverty-stricken people around here often told him he was crazy for tying up every cent in all that junk; several years before he died (2020), he sold a couple pieces for a lot more than he paid for the whole works, land and all. We often took road trips and would always drive various ones of his collection; even the poor man's versions of those old cars were so luxurious compared to the thinly padded, cramped up, death traps of today. Being in one of those old classics felt so much safer and more secure, especially if it was raining or snowing and icy. When I was a kid, there might be a fatal wreck once in three years; and, when one did occur, people would talk about it for years; they would give directions and describe where somewhere was located by " that big Beech Tree that so-and-so hit" or "the curve where so-and-so got killed" Now, with everyone driving the pop-can crap of the last several years, not a week passes without someone we know getting killed in a vehicle accident, and we are sparsely populated around here; in the more populated areas, they have three or four fatalities every day, all that could be prevented if people would refuse to drive those environmentally friendly politically correct death tickets. I insist on having some steel around me. |
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Post by Inspeqtor on Jan 20, 2022 3:15:28 GMT
Very interesting read, and excellent photos, those cars are so stylish, something sadly lacking in cars of today. Thank you Jacki! So glad you enjoyed these!! |
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