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05 Dec 2010 11:35 #18634 by Bob Roller
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I profess to know little about the Model "A" Duesenbergs and never even saw one until many years after my association with the "J". I think I read somewhere that the brake drums on the "A" were 16 inches in diameter which is one inch larger than the faster and heavier "J".
The drums on the "service car" in that picture don't look like 16 inch drums to me. If they are,then just WHAT was the wheel diameter on the Model "A"?
Those drums look way too small to me and if they aren't 16 inch,then just what make of vehicle is the truck?

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02 Dec 2010 16:01 #18615 by mdsbob
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It was for sale at Hershey in 2009 with an asking price of $21,500...Maybe reality is ever so slowly creeping up on it...

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02 Dec 2010 04:03 #18609 by Steve Derus
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On the subject of service cars....

cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/1923-Lin ... 19c0e801e2

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02 Dec 2010 00:47 #18607 by Chris Summers
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Ralph Marano's parts run truck, no doubt.

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02 Dec 2010 00:37 #18605 by fyreline
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Those Packards do make handsome pickups . . . and getting the roof transition to look "right" is the key. As nice as this one is, it still misses the mark a bit in that respect.

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01 Dec 2010 13:07 #18598 by Chris Summers
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Bob, I'm surprised you didn't commandeer it as a work vehicle. It would suit you well!

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01 Dec 2010 13:04 #18597 by Bob Roller
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Chris will appreciate this one. Sylvia Thompson's first husband made a 1953 Packard sedan over into a really fine looking pickup truck.
The really impressive part of it was the way he finessed the back of the cab.Apparently he was able to graft the rear of some sort of truck cab to the part of the Packard body that was cut off just behind the front doors.
Sylvia learned to drive a standard shift on this vehicle and I recall seeing it all over town in the late 50's and early 60's.She has no idea what became of it later on.
It seems as if he had an appreciation for cars and little for fine looking women.

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30 Nov 2010 22:10 #18590 by Chris Summers
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You think you hate it, but wait until you drive it.

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30 Nov 2010 21:56 #18589 by Mike Dube
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Chris Summers wrote: Nah, needs vinyl "wood" trim, a few decals, and a CB radio before it can reach those lofty heights. <!-- s:twisted: --><img src="{SMILIES_PATH}/icon_twisted.gif" alt=":twisted:" title="Twisted Evil" /><!-- s:twisted: -->


Sounds like the Family Truckster .... :rolleyes:

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30 Nov 2010 21:36 #18588 by West Peterson
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J-350, which now carries a Willoughby short-coupled sedan body, was the one that was once a truck. This was the car that my father owned for a short period of time. The last one with the wood running boards, I think.

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30 Nov 2010 20:43 #18587 by Chris Summers
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A recent newsletter showed a truck from World War II, powered by JO-197.

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30 Nov 2010 20:21 #18586 by Bob Roller
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Didn't Government Motors have an El Camino? Also at least one "J" was made into a light truck so it could be used on a farm and more or less escape WW2 gas rationing.
At least the Model "A" looks like "Perfessional work" if not PROfessional.

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30 Nov 2010 03:35 #18582 by fyreline
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Tread lightly, my friends. I'm relatively sure that the using the words "Duesenberg" and "Ranchero" to describe the same car is the first sign of the Apocalypse.

Seek shelter.

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30 Nov 2010 00:37 #18581 by Chris Summers
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Nah, needs vinyl "wood" trim, a few decals, and a CB radio before it can reach those lofty heights. <!-- s:twisted: --><img src="{SMILIES_PATH}/icon_twisted.gif" alt=":twisted:" title="Twisted Evil" /><!-- s:twisted: -->

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30 Nov 2010 00:35 #18580 by Tom_Parkinson
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Hi,

Ahhhhh.... A Duesenberg Ranchero.....

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29 Nov 2010 13:51 #18572 by fyreline
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Here you go - and I agree, Chris . . . this would make nice use of an exisiting Model A chassis to recreate a historically significant and period-correct body. It would also give the owner a very nice and usable vehicle!

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29 Nov 2010 03:26 #18566 by Chris Summers
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I would post a photo but Glenville, WV's third world internet (I think ours really IS a series of tubes) is making that difficult at the moment. See p. 105 of Roe (black cover edition). The photo also appears in Jon Bill's book, although I don't have it with me at the moment so I can't look up the page number.

It is, essentially, a very snazzy pickup truck.

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29 Nov 2010 02:23 #18564 by Tom_Parkinson
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Hi,

"Service car?" Whazzat??

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29 Nov 2010 01:18 #18563 by Chris Summers
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I don't believe so. There are a few extant Model A chassis and I can't think of a better body to recreate on one, however.

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29 Nov 2010 01:02 #18562 by fyreline
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There was a (pretty bad) photo of the Model A service car built by Beverly Body Works for the Duesenberg California Co. on one of those online "name that car" quizzes. A lot of us knew what it was, but someone asked if it still existed . . . does it?

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