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I love the Briggs Cunningham story-article above says that he paid Bugatti's daughter $600 and a new GE Fridge! Very shrewd of him to have had it restored in France before bringing it back to the states. I'll bet that there were some very capable hands over there eager to get the work just after the war.

They definitely nailed the stance on that one. Very nicely done.

Think of a 136 sport phaeton as the belle of the ball and a 143 touring as the tall, awkward sister standing in the corner drinking punch.😉

The grommet location on that sign is all wrong. The font on the original is more delicate and at more of a slant. The cobalt is also deeper with more depth to the luster. One variation is stamped with the maker's mark on front but another is blank so it confusing. The serious sign guys seem to examine the "shelving" how the different color layers stack? -but that's a little beyond me.

Henry Francis DuPont wrote over 150 letters (archived at Winterthur museum)over the span of 9 years to Brooks Brother's of New York obsessing over trifle details concerning his staff of over 200 employee's garb and uniforms. When Colonel Dupont got elected to the senate in 1906 the Dupont's set up a second household in Washington and purchased a new automobile. Letters around this period reveal that the family who had for a very long time been formally dressing their staff to drive their coaches were now a little bit puzzled about how to properly dress them to operate automobiles! In one letter DuPont has decided that chauffeurs would be dressed in "double breasted braided waistcoat with blazed velvet collar, overcoat of beaver or whipcord" but is uncertain how footman should be properly dressed for a motorcar. He asks whether they should be wearing "leggings or plain black trousers and how much shorter should (his) coat be then for the chauffeur"? -We should all be so lucky to have these types of things to worry about!😄

From what I've read a trusted Chauffer was in many cases in charge of all decisions automotive for the family they served. I've always been intrigued by this -just imagine the folding money (though nominal I'm sure) that was being palmed off to these guys from dealers/coach builders/repair facilities. -When I was young I worked for a very wealthy man who explained to me one day with a grin that your best employees (in his line of work) are like the best bartenders at your club- they all steal a little from the till but they know when to stop. He was 2nd generation wealth and 80yrs old at the time- he understood the old ways. If the walls of those old Chauffer's clubs could talk I'll bet there would be a pretty entertaining story or two!

So cool.

Wow, the build quality and attention to detail they originally put into this car is just spectacular.

It looks like the majority of the classics will be running Saturday . Mecum is going to try to and squeeze those Duesenbergs in a few lots before an '85 Cadillac and a stretch limo made from an old Lear jet (and I'm not joking, that's actually what it looks like).

This '31 is coming up at Mecum in Indy. Given the venue I would automatically assume to be flawed some way but the description sounds pretty impressive.

In reference to the ceramic coatings- I am a believer. I bought my F350 w the stuff already on there and it makes a huge difference. Way easier to clean and luster is way deeper parked next to my wife's Explorer w same paint code. -Anybody have an old car with 'X-coat'? Allegedly it's a sort of clear coat for old original finish vehicles? I've only seen pictures on line- would love to hear form someone who's actually lived with it for a few years.

RM auctions would have sold you this one for $9600 back in 2018. But that was out of the Dingman collection and everything Ford there was the absolute best of the best on the planet.

I would love to the that Franklin- but looks like he took it down?

An Auburn-esque snow cruiser on a neat one that I recently found. Never seen it before!

You know it would be pretty nice to read a 'barnfind' book one day that had nothing in it about Camaros and Mustangs. If only we had an member here who had a couple really good stories under their hat.....🤐

I'll bet there's a great story behind the Murphy Beverly sedan with the paint peeling on fenders/hood- Is that an original car?

Some pictures of the tour were posted on Instagram, the cars looked gorgeous. #duesenbergtour"

It was McAvoy & Sons out of New Rochelle, NY. It would be cool if they made a copy of that label and put it on the new wood. The vehicle was used to transport hunting dogs. There were little tether rings spaced out running the length of the body interior.

That would be great! I for one would love to see that. -And thank you for the spelling correction😄!

I came across a little 'Bulbhorn' feature article written years ago by Peter Helck entitled "We keep the bogies in the safe!" He went on to explain such was the practice of one NYC auto parts retailer because French "sparking plugs" (called bogies then) were so highly sought after selling for as much as $5 or $10 a piece in the early days of motoring!

Oh right, good point. I guess I'm just really taken with '33 sedan. What a nice looking closed car.

Is it me or does the body work just seem to flow better on that 1933 than this 1934? I guess it's apples and oranges but the tall green house just looks a little clumsy by comparison.

Speaking of frankenstein Packards has anybody seen the Lebaron super eight converted to a hunting car that sold at Hershey a few yrs ago? Rumor has it that the car was treated to a very nice restoration?

I sat through an hour long seminar that a local car club hosted on that very car and the story kept me on the edge of my seat! It's quite a tale and there is substantial evidence to suggest that the car that failed to sell at Mecum and later got donated to a major museum is in fact the car that Mr. Saunders built in his backyard.

That's cool. What are those cabs with the bobbed fenders again? They're everywhere in that video.