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70s-80s era Huntingdon Valley/Phila PA Duesenberg ?
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I am now ninety years old and I still love the body styles and lines of those great cars!!
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1933 Auburn Phaeton 8-101A
1930 Cord L-29 Cabriolet
1912 Auburn 30L Runabout (undergoing some minor refreshing)
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If you know Gary Hiller's speedster, you would think it is real. It is one of the Glen Pray cars with original Auburn chassis, wheels, engine, drivetrain. The color is cigarette cream. The only non original Auburn part is the body from the firewall back. Unless you had a magnet, 99% of the world would think it is the real thing.
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silverghost wrote:
mikespeed35 wrote: Hi Brad, There is still a Auburn Speedster that parks in Mall parking lots and can be found on about any street in any state you care to mention with the top down and unmolested so far.
CORDially Mike
Mike ~~~????
Sorry~I must be missing your point ?
Mike and his bride drive their Auburn speedster and their L29 all over the country. And they often provide us a wonderful account of their adventures...
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mikespeed35 wrote: Hi Brad, There is still a Auburn Speedster that parks in Mall parking lots and can be found on about any street in any state you care to mention with the top down and unmolested so far.
CORDially Mike
Mike ~~~????
Sorry~I must be missing your point ?
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CORDially Mike
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But the Auburn in the area was an old original with wathered cream colored paint and surely not a Glen Prey reproduction replicar as it did not have a modern chassis, drivetrain, and steering setup & wheels.
The various replica speedsters differ from originals in so so many respects as everyone here well knows.
The old original Auburn I am speaking about looked exactly like the Auburn boat-tailed speedster in the Simeone Museum collection ~~~only with old original weathered paint, top, & interior.
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Doug McFadden was an auto mechanic in the Philly area and he loved ACD cars. Prior to him passing, he owned a 1936-37 Cord phaeton and also a Glen Pray Auburn 1935-36 Speedster which I think now belongs to Gary Hiller of Pa.
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I do remember my late 92 y/o Father talking about a Milford "Milt" Gould~~~ a Classic & Antique car owner/dealer in the Phila area~~~
Did he have some sort of dealer ownership connection to "Cassic Cars of Philadelphia" in the mid 1970s near 30th and Market streets Philadelphia ?
I went to several auto auctions there in the mid 70s~~~
Milford Gould had some conection to this same Philly auction event I believe ?
Is this the same "Tiny" Gould, or Milford Gould, that you speak of ?
Did he not have a son about my age that was also interested in old Classic & Antique autos along with his father ?
It's a shame my Father is no longer around as I am sure he would have known most of the old Philly Antique & Classic Car & ACD Club guys !
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Still I have no memory of the other two local 1970s era Duesenberg owner's names ;
nor the eccentric older Auburn boat-tailed speedster owner ?
An older women in an old fur coat used to drive this Auburn Boat-tailed speedster around town here year around with it's cloth top down~~~and actually parked it in a shopping center parking lot with the rest of the then modern cars while shopping & going to the bank & supermarket!
I suspect the two 70s era Duesenbergs have now long since been in new ownership hands ,or museum collections~~
Most likely they have changed ownership many times~
But rumors continue to circulate that the original late production cream colored Auburn supercharged boat-tailed speedster MAY still be in hiding somewhere in my general Huntingdon Valley Pa local area ?
Who Knows ? ? ?
Might just be a local rumor !
I am SURE that there must be a few ACD Club members here that remember All of these fine ACD cars that were once located in my immediate neighborhood in the 60s-70s !
Two Model "J" Duesenbergs
An Auburn Supercarged Boat-Tailed Speedster
And an 810/812 Cord
I also remember Bill (William) Pollock of "Pollock's Auto Showcase" Antique Auto Museum in Pottstown Pa. also had a similar Auburn boat-tailed supercharged speedster in his fine collection of approx 75+ Antiques & Classics.
I used to love to visit his museum ,with it's on site top floor restoration shop ,with my late father in an old mill building in Pottstown Pa. as a kid.
He also had two fantastic supercharged Chadwicks which were two of only three, or four, originals known exant at that time.
He also had a small stash of NOS Chawick parts; and used to display a NOS crankshaft on the floor in front of one of these great Chadwick autos.
One of his two Chadwick autos was actually put together from half burried farm-yard remains I believe.
Bill was also friends of the Chadwick family as these fantastic cars were originally built in his Pottstown Pa area.
Anyone here remember William Pollock and his "Antique Auto museum collection ~~~
Pollock's Auto Showcase ?
I guess at almost 58 y/o I like going down memory lane remembering the great autos that used to show up at local Antique & Classic car events in my Philly Penna & Ocean City NJ area when I was a kid.
And I have many a fond memory of my late 92 y/o Father; and his Antique & Classic car friends.
re: Ocean Ciy NJ~ Model "J" original supercharged Duesenberg
There once was also a large tourer, two tone green, original supercharged Duesenberg model "J" that used to be always shown every year In Ocean City NJ during the 60s-70s at the annual boardwalk run, & 5-6th street church grounds Antique Car show.
Tom Perkins~~was possibly the auto's owner~~or at least a close friend of the model "J" auto's owner ?
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This I will never forget~
Ralph Buckley used to bring his great fantastc original red Mercer Raceabout to that very same Ocean City NJ Antique Car show & boardwalk run !!
We often visited his area private museum collection & workshop in the late 60s-70s.
He once took me for a great ride in that spectacular Mercer Raceabout as a young kid~~~I will Never forget that great Mercer ride !
I saw that very Mercer again at the very same Ocean Cty NJ show just a few short years back ~~~now owned by Mr. Polombo .
Sadly~ Now all you really see in my two hometown areas these days are mostly streetrods/hotrods & musclecars !
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that would probably be Doug McFadden.
Didn't you end up with a lot of his parts which were acquired by Paul Fischer?
He was a mechanic that Paul Fischer relied on. Doug made a fortune off of Paul throughout the years.
Vince Quinn purchased his 1935 Auburn convertible sedan from Doug.
I met Doug McFadden many years after he moved out of Pa and made his home in Ocean City, New Jersey.
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Does that last name ring a bell to anyone here in the ACD club ?
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In the 1970s-1980s not far from my home (less than 1/4 mile) in the Huntingdon Valley Pa/Phila area there used to be a car collector on Pine rd & Moredun ave that owned a collection of many great fine autos.
New great collector cars were always appearing and disappearing from this property over those years.
One was a model "J" Duesenberg that I used to see sitting in his garage bay , or on his property ?
I believe it was a large open tourer that was mostly black with a reddish/orange "V" shaped top cowl & belt-line hood trim.
It was a stunning auto indeed!
In the early 70s the owner once told my Dad that it was worth $35,000 at that time!
WOW ! ! !~~~those were the days~~~
Wish I had a time machine !
The house is still basically the same but I no longer see the great Classics & Antique cars sitting in the garage, driveway, or tennis court.
Basically the house looks un-occupied most of the year.
Does any ACD member remember this Huntingdon Valley /Phila Pa area collector; and especially his fantastic restored model "J" Duesenberg ?
What was the past history on this great model "J" Duesenberg ?
Who was it's original owner ?
"J" number ?
Was he, & his model "J", well known in the ACD club ?
I often wonder who he was, and where his very unique & distinctive model "J" is today.
I am sure it is still out there today & very well known in some great collection , or auto museum
Does Anyone know, or remember this large open black
model "J" tourer with it's striking & unique "V" shaped reddish/orange cowl & hood & belt-line trim ?
"J" number ???
Just curious what was it's past original ownership history, "J" number , coachwork history , etc was ?
I would love to see a present day, or older 70s era, photo of this spectacular Duesenberg !
There were at least 2 Model "J" Duesenbergs in my immediate Huntingdon Valley PA area in this 70s-80s time period, as well as a spectacular original cream/off white colored, supercharged late Auburn boat-tailed speedster,
And~~~ also a black Cord 810/812 also located just down the street from this Duesenberg owned at this time period by three seperate ACD club member/owners on the very same Pine road !.
Thank's for any & all information on these great ACD autos I remember well from the 70s ! ! !
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