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.
This is the outside of the building. I had just snowed overnight before our arrival.
This 1932 Cord seemed to go on forever.
The building is as amazing as the historic cars housed within its walls.
This is a 1932 Duesenberg.
After walking back and fourth between two cars and tying to decide our favorite car in the museum, this Duesenberg placed second.
I have always had a soft spot for the Cord. It was so far ahead of its time it is unbelievable.
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.
This is a real classy yet sporty design and paint scheme.
This Tucker is fabulous.
This is a very early Auburn.
When I think of Auburns I naturally think of Boattail Speedsters. This is one of the last Boattails built.
This is a 1931 Cord Boattail Speedster.
This is a classic 1948 Rolls Royce.
This is a very sporty Roxton, notice there are no running boards.
This is a protoype Tasco built for the American Sports Car Company. It has many design features based on aircraft design.
This prototype even had an early version of the “T” Top!
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.
I grew up and lived in Iowa for a good portion of my life before moving to Southern California. After 20+ years we now live outside Nashville 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 out our other web site at www.TalladegaSpoilerRegistry.com site) As long as it has four wheels and an engine 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. It includes a Best of Show winner, a survivor, a driver with lots of patina and several others. 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 working with or showing our miniature donkeys. You can see more about that part of our lives at http://www.LegendaryFarms.com.
