The Most Famous Duesenberg of All Time

pull so that the engine does not turn off. the engine off and the float bowl can't leak, but okay, let's close it, let's try it here and of course that's the right apple green, which was all the Duesenberg engines were foreign apple green, by far my least favorite do when I show it off making everyone line up and when it's hot it's amazing oh yeah that's so much fun when it's warm as a glove there you are yeah there we go let's take a look at the trunk you had this roof rack it folds out and comes.

Come out this way so you can stack a big box in there because this trunk isn't that big, let's take a look at a couple of travel bags, maybe yes, no golf clubs, if you play mini golf then I think you would be fine , but if you play golf regularly, although that's the funny thing about these suits, they're huge but there's no room in them. I mean, there's really not a lot of room in this car, it's a little tight and this is the long wheelbase, right, yeah, right, yeah, and it's still not smooth. when you drive it you're like that, let's show you how far ergonomics has come, but it's a nice little trunk, but not very big, of course, you have the giant reversing lights and the brake lights, when you hit the brakes it says " stop right at the You know, if you're close enough to read, you're going to hit the guy, so don't worry, but you have exhaust cutouts, you can open them up to release a little more noise and maybe get a little more of power, those are a lot of fun too, yeah, yeah, they're fun, this isn't a chorus, you didn't go gently into that good night with this car, this just made a statement, you know, yeah, it's basically a hot rod, but yeah, what you use to run over poor people, they're throwing tomatoes at this car on Wall Street, sure, yeah, yeah, tomatoes, who's lucky?, my rocks, the one that belonged to Lily, I mean, That's why I got rid of him, he's driving in Indiana, people throwing rocks at you, you're rich, are you kidding oh yeah, hilarious, hilarious because I'm talking about a twenty thousand dollar car when people are selling apples on the street, right?

You know, yes, please, yes, it was a little obvious, you know, that's why Henry Ford built a Town Car version of the model. So that rich people see, we're not as nasty as that guy you know, so that was the idea, but this ornament was called the right thing to do and the bird, you know, Fred and Augie Duesenberg didn't really want to put a hood ornament on their many of the first cars I have, but the dealers required it because Rolls Royce had the flying lady in Packard had the shrimp and Lincoln, if you knew they were all kind of impressive looking, he said he just felt which was necessary, so it was something like that. a dealer option, uh, but it's okay, I mean, it's sharp, you can make someone pale with that, yeah, I don't think it's too flashy either, yeah, no, it compliments the car very well, yeah, the car speaks for itself alone, yes there is actually a replica of one of these with a crystal eagle that sold for over a hundred thousand dollars like the Lalique Lalique would make crystal ornaments, yes it was really fun to find pictures of it on the internet because it doesn't look like not even 20 thousand dollars. and then, yeah, I found out they built a replica for over twenty dollars, yeah, I think it was fiberglass too, probably, probably, I'd like the old, big, heavy one, instead it weighs over seven thousand pounds. .

I know it's amazing, well, come on. take him for a ride, come on, see if he does it, but you can feel the powers, you have a lot of acceleration, it's funny, the guys are like family to me. I have known the guys who saved this car my entire life. maintained this car well and everyone has at least one story about one

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they actually got into this thing, yeah, yeah, and uh, I did it once too, it's surprisingly fast for how much it weighs, yeah, one

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you're rolling, boy. It picks up speed quickly, yeah, it just slides, in fact, the steering box is very nice, yeah, once you move it, uh, yeah, you kind of forget how nose heavy it is.

My first memory of this car was actually driving it to JB's funeral, oh that's right, yeah, how old were you when he passed away, oh that would have been, let's see, he probably would have been around six or seven, oh, that's how long I guess it's been quite a while, yeah, I remember. I remember Dorothy, my great-grandmother a little more yes, she and I used to watch movies and cartoons together, but yes, the museum is not an interesting way to grow up around these old cars, yes, well, this is cool, this thing I had to have one al

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triple the amount. of horsepower and torque than anything else of its era, oh yeah, and it makes a statement going forward, it's definitely pretty quiet on this, yeah, not bad, you could have a pretty regular level of conversation, very funny, but you didn't do it. get a heater when you bought one of these okay but you know you close those vents and there's a lot of heat in that engine yeah that really works wonders yeah yeah because what's going to happen when in a lot of these cars let's install electric fans, but? if we go to Pebble Beach or something let's see if we can get some of them the cooling works pretty well for the age they are well it's also a non pressurized system but like I always say this one with some cars old cars you can drive on the highway like a modern car, yeah, I mean, you can get into the fast lane, keep this 70 75 without forcing it one bit Yeah, and it probably would if you really wanted to try it. you're going to need some football fields to stop but it's going to go over a hundred and some oil fields we go on gas yeah yeah they're not very efficient but I mean these SJ Motors are selling for al

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I know it's crazy, right? It's crazy. Yes, my Duesenberg was a tow truck at one point. I know, wow, yeah, we have a Zeppelin from my box that was used for a paragliding company. It's crazy that they built it. The Duesenberg brothers had these very elegant, big, beautiful, powerful cars and it all came from racing as they built racing engines and then wired them up. You know, I went to them and said, look, build me the biggest, most impressive American car because the Usenberg Model J Model A cars weren't that popular, they're kind of scruffy looking, you know, yeah, they were engineers, not designers, like that.

Yes, right now. We're driving on a road around the airport, this one's not on the road, it has a lot of license plates, so it's not like you, it's not like you're sneaking through traffic in this car for people to notice, so we are on a private road around the airport just to get an idea of ​​how it rides and handles this one has had so many tickets in the restored everything works Night the shake box is nice and loose you know a lot of times old cars are driving tends to stick to the heavy grease it just solidifies it I can't turn this just runs it runs and drives fabulous yes you feel the supercharger kick in yes she's she's saying thank you right now oh yeah, of all the cars in the museum, you know later After so many years of buildup, they tend to sit around, but our guys have always had their eye on this car.

Several years ago, when the queen was still alive, this car was requested to be in a parade in England, but as far as insurance and this overall cost was concerned, unfortunately we couldn't pull it off, but yes, I think you have to fly and all that, yes, but he went to Germany and came back, I think it was in the mid to late 80's. Yeah well, the units drive like a Duesenberg, the suspension is excellent, the suspension is good, there is a lot of Power Road that hugs the weight, yeah, look that up in the dictionary, find a picture of this thing, oh I know you know my grandma might hate me for this, but when this car she wanted Amelia Island.

Yeah, you know, they bring out the champagne and the trophy and the flowers, and my grandmother was in a really good mood and she popped the champagne cork and all that champagne and bubbles went all over the hood of this thing, right? It doesn't look damaged at all, no they are, we're quick with the wipes on that one, after driving around for a bit you forget it's an almost 100 year old car right? I've learned a lot about Duesenberg in your episodes over the years, like the whole thing about how they were all built in 1928, they actually grew up around a car museum.

I didn't know until I watched your episodes. That's funny, Cameron, thanks for bringing us on. We didn't want to risk taking this. on the street because, hey, it's not licensed or anything yet and it's probably one of the most valuable cars in the world, but you still have a chance for it to feel and drive just like it does, it runs, it's incredibly fast , you feel like a supercharger kick. In uh this is easily a 120 mile per hour car no problem Cameron thank you my friend thank you. Oh, it's a pleasure that you're bringing the Nethercut Treasures to our museum here, so thank you again, we appreciate it, thank you Jay and I appreciate the police escort.

It really makes me think about this, yes, go to another cup museum if you want to see this car in person, this and a bunch of other cool stuff, so thanks for watching, see you next week.