The Duesy The American Luxury Limousine of US Movie Stars
If there is one automobile that involves fantasy of vintage luxury and fame it's the Duesenberg from which the phrase "It's a Doozie" was born and derived. What are the origins and background of this most regal form of transportation?
What is interesting and of great note , is that it was not that early innovators of this fine automotive tradition - the pair of the two world renowned car racing Dusenberg brothers - that resulted in this ultra fine luxury stable of products - but rather business and marketing staff and future factory owners. Indeed the model that the Duesenbeg family produced was a rather staid product. Their "Model A" was introduced at the 1920 New York Auto Show and then went into full production in December 1921. This Dusenberg Model "A" was from the designed from the same name racing vehicle that had won the French Grand Prix race , where its innovative hydraulic brakes had proved to be the most decisive factor in the automotive racing circuit. The A was of a most durable design and overall construct that it would later appear in the Indianapolis 500 mile race as late as 1934 .
Sure there had been vehicles on the racing circuit and circuits that had used "in-line" 8 cylinder motors but these were largely test and experimental vehicles subject only the tinkering of automotive mechanics and their racing masters. Highly expensive and more temperamental, it was the American Duesenberg Motor Company that served to introduce this powerful automotive industry innovation to production vehicles. It was the Dusenberg Motor Company that introduced the "8" to America not Henry Ford of the Ford Motor Company.
When E.I. Cord had purchased the Duesenberg factory works and company name the company had previously had a product - the lackluster Model A. Perhaps this name was a derivative of the standard of the time - the Ford "Model A'. Perhaps not. Still for any of a number of reasons the Duisenberg Model A had lackluster sales, and never really made much of an impact on the US auto market or export markets at all.
What happened to the Model A's ? The Dusenberg company continued production well into the 1920's while at the same time producing more exotic flagship J models. Approximately 650 were finished and delivered by the automotive works. It can be summarized and held that the car had an outstanding auto competition record - winning the French Grand Prix as well as fully three Indy 500's during the decade of the 20's. In addition the Model A actually had the world record for breaking the land speed record. The Dusenberg stable itself was the dominant name in American car racing during the 1920's. No doubt that helped the market place reputation of the Duesnenberg clan product line . The Model A had the record of a full 3000 non stop endurance event at average speeds of greater than 60 miles per hour. Tires of course not being the steel belted radials that we take for granted on our highways today were not the norm , and had to be changed on the racing track auto repair pit. Still all in all in spite of the achievements and products gleaned from the racing expertise and experiences of the two Duesenberg racing brother team it is the luxury touring motor cars that are in the mind of most automotive minds and memories not the more humble Duesenberg Model A motorcars. - 21396
What is interesting and of great note , is that it was not that early innovators of this fine automotive tradition - the pair of the two world renowned car racing Dusenberg brothers - that resulted in this ultra fine luxury stable of products - but rather business and marketing staff and future factory owners. Indeed the model that the Duesenbeg family produced was a rather staid product. Their "Model A" was introduced at the 1920 New York Auto Show and then went into full production in December 1921. This Dusenberg Model "A" was from the designed from the same name racing vehicle that had won the French Grand Prix race , where its innovative hydraulic brakes had proved to be the most decisive factor in the automotive racing circuit. The A was of a most durable design and overall construct that it would later appear in the Indianapolis 500 mile race as late as 1934 .
Sure there had been vehicles on the racing circuit and circuits that had used "in-line" 8 cylinder motors but these were largely test and experimental vehicles subject only the tinkering of automotive mechanics and their racing masters. Highly expensive and more temperamental, it was the American Duesenberg Motor Company that served to introduce this powerful automotive industry innovation to production vehicles. It was the Dusenberg Motor Company that introduced the "8" to America not Henry Ford of the Ford Motor Company.
When E.I. Cord had purchased the Duesenberg factory works and company name the company had previously had a product - the lackluster Model A. Perhaps this name was a derivative of the standard of the time - the Ford "Model A'. Perhaps not. Still for any of a number of reasons the Duisenberg Model A had lackluster sales, and never really made much of an impact on the US auto market or export markets at all.
What happened to the Model A's ? The Dusenberg company continued production well into the 1920's while at the same time producing more exotic flagship J models. Approximately 650 were finished and delivered by the automotive works. It can be summarized and held that the car had an outstanding auto competition record - winning the French Grand Prix as well as fully three Indy 500's during the decade of the 20's. In addition the Model A actually had the world record for breaking the land speed record. The Dusenberg stable itself was the dominant name in American car racing during the 1920's. No doubt that helped the market place reputation of the Duesnenberg clan product line . The Model A had the record of a full 3000 non stop endurance event at average speeds of greater than 60 miles per hour. Tires of course not being the steel belted radials that we take for granted on our highways today were not the norm , and had to be changed on the racing track auto repair pit. Still all in all in spite of the achievements and products gleaned from the racing expertise and experiences of the two Duesenberg racing brother team it is the luxury touring motor cars that are in the mind of most automotive minds and memories not the more humble Duesenberg Model A motorcars. - 21396
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