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Puzzles, Games and Name That Car => Solved AutoPuzzles => 2006 => Topic started by: Otto Puzzell on December 19, 2006, 03:37:06 AM
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The red paint in the center of the wheel nut was a Packard trademark.
The overall ARROGANCE of the design reminds me of Charles DeGaulle, he with the schnozzola big enough to blot out the sun. ;D
It could also be a Deusenberg. Whatever it is, it clearly has a straight something engine - Straight 12, perhaps?
With so many perhaps and maybes in the above, KU will have little problem without revealing a damn thing.
So, we KNOW it is bigger than a breadbox. It IS American, no?
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Yes!
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Is it a Packard? ???
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Not a Packard
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OK. My second choice is Deusenberg.
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(http://www.autopuzzles.com/AlexFramed.JPG)
Can you be more specific?
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1937 Duesenberg JN Berline by Rollston
For Duesey, it's a pretty ugly car from the front . . .
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a pretty ugly car from the front . .
Well, I dunno. It has a certain DISDAINFUL presence that is appealing - in an ugly sort of way. ;D
Can I get half credit here? I really need to beat Rich to 5. Its a matter of personal honor. :P .
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MG,
If you had spelled Duesenberg correctly, I'd be on your side for half-credit, but since you didn't . . . :D
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Whoa! THAT is COLD! :o
So...the rule is "e "before"u" except after "d"? As a language convention, THAT is a doozy! ;D
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Yeah, it WAS pretty cold, but I bet you won't wrong ever again! :lmao:
Just remember, Doozey starts with "dues" . . . with proper names, you can toss the "conventions" out the window.
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but I bet you won't wrong ever again!
You can say THAT again twice! ;D
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1937 Duesenberg JN Berline by Rollston
For Duesey, it's a pretty ugly car from the front . . .
Yes, and yes!
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Hey, cheater! Here's a thought. Why don't I just toss YOU out the window?!?!? :hah:
Besides, it is intuitively obvious to the most casual observer that this car was the inspiration for the original Grand Am. :yuck: So there.
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The hell with the nose, lookit the size of that horn!
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You are absolutely right, P-Brain.
THAT is a HORN!!!! ;D
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But it looks like a towel rack.
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For some reason, maybe the huge headlights, it looks like something Brooks Stevens might have been involved with. Was he?
Dan
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Tifosi, those are the standard Duesenberg headlamps, though mounted lower on this than on most Dueseys.
I actually got to meet Brooks through a common friend some years back and ran the slide projector for him at a lecture he gave locally. I'm not certain he would have been pleased by your comment! :o
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Tifosi, those are the standard Duesenberg headlamps, though mounted lower on this than on most Dueseys.
I actually got to meet Brooks through a common friend some years back and ran the slide projector for him at a lecture he gave locally. I'm not certain he would have been pleased by your comment! :o
I didn't mean any disrespect to Mr. Stevens. I have seen several of his sketches, specifically the Jeep Wagoneer and Gaylord, which features rather large, prominent headlamps. I noticed a similarity, and just wondered. Sometimes, excellent designs are compromised by events beyond the control of the designer, and I thought maybe this was the case here. I can see now that those are indeed stock Deusenberg headlamps.
Dan
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Dan, I was just kidding and meant no offense.
Brooks had very strong opinions about design (as do almost all designers,actually) and I was simply suggesting that he had IMO a little better sense of style than is exhibited by that Rollston berline. At least, most of the cars I know him to have done seemed to . . .
Wonder who did design the front end of that vehicle? Anyone know? My best Duesey references are boxed up.
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Old Brooks was known to let fly with a 'challenging' schnoz from time to time. Witness not just the Weinermobile, but the Die Valkyrie, for instance. ;)
The beluga-like protuberance on the Duesenberg was not designed or built by Rollston. It was a Rollston-bodied car that was modified by its Chicago, Illinois owner, Stephen Junkunc III, in 1937.
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Yeah, the Die Valkyrie was a rather odd looking car, classic, but odd...the Scimitar was much better, IMO.
Dan