Puzzle #960 - Solved! 1929 DuPont Model G Speedster

Otto Puzzell · July 31, 2008, 05:40:28 AM

1929 DuPont Model G Speedster

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Arthur Dent · July 31, 2008, 10:14:37 AM

No idea but it should be a BSA

Allan L · July 31, 2008, 01:18:28 PM

Quote from: Arthur Dent on July 31, 2008, 10:14:37 AM
No idea but it should be a BSA

Or Hotchkiss, FN, Maxim . . . .

Otto Puzzell · July 31, 2008, 01:55:07 PM

I'm not gettng it....

Ray B. · July 31, 2008, 02:08:35 PM

I think Allan means that Hotchkiss, FN and Maxim were gun makers.
The car, anyway, is a 1929 DuPont Model G Speedster. I would never have found that if I hadn't noticed that the car behind it also had a DuPont hood ornament, a cristal eagle by Lalique (like the one you posted in "Devil is in the details"

Otto Puzzell · July 31, 2008, 02:20:14 PM

Quote from: Ray B. on July 31, 2008, 02:08:35 PM
I think Allan means that Hotchkiss, FN and Maxim were gun makers.
The car, anyway, is a 1929 DuPont Model G Speedster. I would never have found that if I hadn't noticed that the car behind it also had a DuPont hood ornament, a cristal eagle by Lalique (like the one you posted in "Devil is in the details"

So that's what that is supposed to be!

The site from which I sourced this picture identifies the car as something quite different than a DuPont.

Ray B. · July 31, 2008, 02:33:18 PM

Strange... Mine shows the same two cars, but under the rain, and you can see by the grille that this a duPont.
Wait a minute until I find it and post the link.

Ray B. · July 31, 2008, 02:44:16 PM

I couldn't find it anymore, but here are the same exact two cars at the Meadowbrook Concours d'Elegance. You can read on the board in front of the red car that it's a 1929 duPont.
http://www.conceptcarz.com/view/photo/129531,11993,0,0/1929_DuPont_Model_G_Speedster_Photo.aspx

Otto Puzzell · July 31, 2008, 04:40:19 PM

Odd - I'll check my link, but I'm sure you are correct.

Ray B. · August 03, 2008, 07:13:37 AM

So many things happening now than three days old answers get lost in the lot. Moving this one up front.

Otto Puzzell · August 03, 2008, 07:37:56 AM

You were right, as was the site I pulled the pic from. I made an error in reading the page, and the reference to the pics therein.

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Puzzle #960 - Solved! 1929 DuPont Model G Speedster