Auburn Cord Duesenberg Museum 2018
Richard | Mar 20, 2018 | Comments 0
I have visited the Auburn Cord Duesenberg Museum more than once and still walk away amazed at the cars that were manufactured by these companies. I can’t even imagine what their respective product lines would look like today if they had survived.
If you are ever in the vicinity of Auburn Indiana please take a visit to this museum even if you are not a old car enthusiast the original Art Deco architecture of the building is worth the visit. This is the original manufacturing, design and show room. It is a far cry from today’s glass and chrome buildings.
The following are only a few of my favorite cars. There were only a handful that I didn’t want to simply stand and admire. Fortunately, there was always another car that was just as appealing in the corner of my eye and off I went.
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- This is the outside of the building. I had just snowed overnight before our arrival.
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- This 1932 Cord seemed to go on forever.
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- The building is as amazing as the historic cars housed within its walls.
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- This is a 1932 Duesenberg.
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- After walking back and fourth between two cars and tying to decide our favorite car in the museum, this Duesenberg placed second.
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- I have always had a soft spot for the Cord. It was so far ahead of its time it is unbelievable.
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- This is the 1934 Duesenberg that beat out the green one by a hair as our favorite car. The detail and finish and unique features in the design won out over the fabulous green paint of the previous one.
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- This is a real classy yet sporty design and paint scheme.
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- This Tucker is fabulous.
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- This is a very early Auburn.
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- When I think of Auburns I naturally think of Boattail Speedsters. This is one of the last Boattails built.
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- This is a 1931 Cord Boattail Speedster.
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- This is a classic 1948 Rolls Royce.
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- This is a very sporty Roxton, notice there are no running boards.
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- This is a protoype Tasco built for the American Sports Car Company. It has many design features based on aircraft design.
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- This prototype even had an early version of the “T” Top!
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- Auburn
If you have a favorite car museum, large or small, you would like us to visit drop me an email at rfleener@comcast.net and we will add it to our list. As we travel the Country we will try to give it a visit.
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About the Author: I grew up and lived in Iowa for nearly 40 years before moving to Southern California and now live in Tennessee. I have been into cars since I was old enough to remember. I don't have a brand loyalty although I do prefer American Muscle especially the 1969/1970 NASCAR Aero Cars. (Check our our www.TalladegaSpoilerRegistry.com page) As long as it has four wheels on it I get excited. Few men are lucky enough to be able to share their passion for cars with the woman they love. Fortunately, my wife Katriana is also a gear head and many of our activities revolve around the cars. We have a small collection that includes at least one car from each of the Big Three. Katrina prefers all original cars while I like to modify them so we have a few of each. When we aren't playing with cars we are out with our miniature donkeys. You can see more about that part of our lives at http://www.LegendaryFarms.com.
