Aaaaaaaaaa, the Duesenberg, one of my all time favorites!!!!!! 👍👍👍👍👍👍👍

@PetersenMuseum

3 жыл бұрын

That's a great favorite to have!

@THROTTLEPOWER

3 жыл бұрын

@@PetersenMuseum Yes it is!!

@joseantoniomartinsdovale4856

Жыл бұрын

Mine too

@THROTTLEPOWER

Жыл бұрын

@@joseantoniomartinsdovale4856 👍🙂

I'm still baffled at a Supercharged DOHC 4 Valve in the late 20s and early 30s. Hearing that you would think someone was talking about a Mustang Cobra or something

The powerful Duesenberg could pass anything except a gas station.

@7x779

2 жыл бұрын

In another episode they said the factory manual said you can get quite good 10 or 13 miles per gallon. That's not bad at all considering the 5400 + lb weight and horsepower. A modern 5400 lb. truck or van with a 300 horsepower fuel-injected computer-controlled 6L with lock up converter and overdrive gets about the same mpg combined City and highway driving.

@HansBelphegor

2 жыл бұрын

@@7x779 i get 10 in a 6.4l in an 8000lb truck

@redemissarium

2 жыл бұрын

just carry one or two jerry can solve that.

@here_we_go_again2571

Жыл бұрын

@@7x779 If you could afford a Duesenberg you would not worry about the price of the gasoline (back then gas was not very expensive where paved roads and a good number of autos. Way out in the desert, etc. gas was not cheap.

This car is not only powerful, it’s a beautiful work of art !

One, if not the greatest cars of all time. Beautiful and powerful.

@neverspreadjamonabadjer8459

Жыл бұрын

Not forgetting the Ford Anglia 105e. ☹

"It's a Doozy" was coined before the Duesenberg, but it fit so well that it became associated with the car. The Petersen's Duesenberg - the one Leslie is introducing here - is one of three the Petersen owned. They selected this one to retain, probably because it is such a representative example. Murphy coachworks in Pasadena bodied about half the Model J chassis, and this Murphy "Convertible Coupe" was the most popular style. It checks all the option boxes save one: hard trunk, rumble seat, dissapearing top, dual side mount spares with hard covers, twin spot lights, and Pilot Ray driving lamps that pivot with the front wheels to guide you 'round a corner. The only popular option it doesn't have is for the sporting owner: the door on the right side ahead of the rear fender for the golf bag compartment.

Would love to own it. But ... Would settle for just driving it. WOW what a beauty. Love it!

Fire it up!!

Great overview, though so much more can be said about this car. I'll leave it at "that's a doozy" and this car epitomizes the coining of the phrase. Thanks for the vid! :)

It's a Doozy!

Rolling artwork! I highly recommend the ACD museum in Auburn, Indiana.

Still the most divinely elegant motorcar....

A rolling work of art

amazing video, really informative and interesting

What a car! Thank you for sharing subscribed

A truly gorgeous car..... and certainly "A Real Duesy!!" Just a slight point of correction: According to my College Classmate Jay Leno, who, as you probably know, owns two or maybe even three Duesenbergs, has said that all of the Model Js and even other models, were all produced in 1928.... but took several years to actually sell. So...... in whatever year a particular car was sold, that was listed as "The Manufacturing Year" when in fact it was "The Sold Year." You may cross reference Jay to confirm this statement. Thanks very much, and overall your presentation was exceptionally good. Bravo!! Ted Schempp, Nashville

GORGEOUS

What an amazing machine.

Damn, I haven’t been to Peterson in years. It’s mainly the drive up the 405 fwy from Long Beach that stymies me. Traffic sucks! But the variety of cars is really mind blowing. Plus once there you got The La Brea tar pits is a couple blocks away plus … lots of other cool LA things to do and see. I’ll go again eventually.

Can’t make a video on this car without a test drive

Fortunately, Monogram made very nice 1/24 scale kits for those of us who are...less well-heeled.

When I lived in Indianapolis I had the pleasure of driving up to Auburn Indiana to the Auburn, Cord, Duesenberg museum. If you ever have the opportunity to go don’t pass it up.

this is not a car......this is a space ship in the late twenties

Look at the quality

Video is way too short.

You could buy a 2 family house in Chicago for $5000.00

Such a delightful car. Way too pricey for most people.

I guess I don't understand what "wheelbase" means, if the chassis was delivered to the body builder, in this case, Murphy, how could they change the wheelbase to the buyers choice?

this been my dream car since my childhood, gotta buy a white one one day 😠

much LOVE Kimmyssong

HP is more like 300 not 400. Considering the low octane fuel available at the time

@redemissarium

2 жыл бұрын

can we use modern fuel in it ?

@phillipkelly736

2 жыл бұрын

@@redemissarium yes with a few modifications such as valve seat and timing

Hlw much displacement👀

Who has John Dillinger's car?

This was a space ship

ROOF?

Hard to match my new Jeep Trackhawk 6.2L Supercharged....lol Seriously that car is a great well built car and timeless indeed

Look what you got in bygone era for the same money as a Tesla. Which one would choose?

Is that a rumble seat or a mother-in-law seat?

Top speed? 0-60mph?

@7x779

2 жыл бұрын

Nobody measured from 02 60 back then, but a friend of mine with a 69 SS 396 El Camino raced one of these supercharged duesenbergs from a 30 mph roll up to 100 mph and they were dead even. Being around 20 years old and the Duesenberg driver was an old man, he was completely shocked and couldn't believe such an old car could keep up with him and his car which was built at the peak of the muscle car era

@sturmanaskie

2 жыл бұрын

@@7x779 yeah I guess these were the Koenigseggs or Bugatti Veyrons of the day

@7x779

2 жыл бұрын

@@sturmanaskie I think Jay Leno said they're about 5600 lb. That's really impressive it could keep up with a 40-year newer big block muscle car that was 2000 pounds lighter

@sturmanaskie

2 жыл бұрын

@@7x779 yeah just been watching the Jay Leno episode he said 3 tons. This video gives it a top speed of 120mph. I guess we could be looking at 0-60 speeds of 6 or 7 seconds

It was the Bugatti Veyron of the time.

It's combustion, not explosion.

@SoylentGamer

Жыл бұрын

No, they are exploding, it's just not detonating, instead it's a deflagration.

The USA had the fastest car in the world then.

Guys like me can't survive without an excessive amount of help

this is not a car.....it was a space ship!!!!!

@49558201

Жыл бұрын

Heavy Metal .

all Dusenburgs are 1928s

The voice knows nothing about ACD.

I heard they were a rough ride. Is that true ?