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I like the Duesenberg that was created in the 1960s, but not because they borrowed the name, I just liked the car. The subject of this thread is an abomination.

I think what he means is that it is not an copy of a tile that was issued in 1944 but the original.

Awesome. Post some pictures for us. The average full restoration seems to take about 10 years so you will have to try to beat that.

Here is one that was for sale last year. Gullwing had it and flipped it pretty quick. I don't know what they were asking.

Here are the crappy pictures I have of the special roadster. A very snazzy car in person. Maybe not quite a 540k Special Roadster but a spectacular car.

The 540k has been described as driving a sturdy overstuffed coach down the road (Until you engage the blower) so I would say they are probably pretty similar. The 852/853s has one of my favorite dash panels. Beautiful. I have a friend that has one of the 4 or 5 special roadsters. I have sat in it but have never gone for a ride. Very tight fit. I'll find some pictures of that and post them.

Love it! Does it have the 2 speed behind the tranny? I have always wondered how these drove compared to the Mercedes. They were under appreciated until about 10 years ago.

I don't think it would derail anything but since we don't have a Horch thread I started one. Would love to see the car so you can post it over there.

We have a thread for Prewar Mercedes Benz but none for Horch so here is one. One of my favorite prewar cars. Here is one that was a Pebble Beach best of show.

I have always loved those 290 Cab "A"s. There are very few of them floating around. If you could convince the owner to get a set of tires with the correct tread pattern and maybe go with a darker color on the wheels it would be perfect. Thanks for posting the pictures.

Were those 320s? Post some pictures for us.

Race cars are very hard to value. History, provenance, and power/appearance all factor in. Post some pictures and maybe someone will give you a ballpark.

I was thinking the same thing as Henry.

That 32 is super super cool.

If you want to get rid of everything, an auction company is the way to go. Somebody has to spend the time and do the work, a company that knows what they are doing will be most efficient at it.

I have never driven a car with freewheeling so I have no personal experience but do know that it was not overly popular for the reasons mentioned above. I believe that car came from an estate of a well known Marmon club member before landing with the dealer. I'm willing to bet it was never driven by the dealer so he didn't realize it had freewheeling and not overdrive. If you think you are revving to high for comfortable driving you can go with a high speed rear end of an after-market overdrive. Like I said, I don't think there was ever a factory Marmon overdrive.

I was not aware that Marmon ever had a factory overdrive but freewheeling was a popular option the the early 30s.

Lots if shiny new metal. I would expect a strong history would be needed with any prewar race car. This one is pre-pre-war.

There are zero cars at a Gooding or RM event that the "average guy" could buy so how are they pushing anybody out? It is not like they are selling 1975 Pacers for 100k.

Experience. Clean it up get it running. It is very cool the way it is.

Craig and West's comments are my feelings too. A better shot of the dash and I would say something more definitive but it wouldn't be fair for me to make any other comments. I will say it looks like a very nice car.

I remember it on eBay from last year??? This car cannot be restored but cleaned up and running it would be a major attraction any most shows. Very neat.

I have no problem with high results at auctions. Ultimately we are talking about 1/10 of 1 percent of the collector cars or less and I'm a firm believer that supply and demand works things out correctly. You see a good deal once in a while but everyone still has the right to overpay for a piece of junk and have me laugh... which leads to my next point: Attending an auction is fun entertainment. Any high dollar auction event is roughly the equivalent of me taking one of my kids to a Bruins or Celtics game cost wise. RM, Gooding, etc do a great job managing an event - you have to give them that.

Looks great. I like the tires.

Assuming it looked 1/2 as good in person I would agree that was a nice deal.