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The renderings from top to bottom are:
- One of Tremulis' first 5 or 6 concepts for the Tucker completed in late 1946.
- Kaiser "105" sports car based on the Henry J, whose profile is behind it, 1952
- The Tucker Talisman for 1952, had Tucker ever emerged intact from the legal issues
- The sketch that created the 1934 Duesenberg Model J LaGrande Convertible/Coupe that he was paid $2.50 by Donn Hogan (the Chicago Sales Manager). He bought it back from Strother MacMinn years later, for $2.50.
- The Tremulis Voisin, diamond wheel configuration
- The TriAxiom, his ultimate in streamlining for anything with more than two wheels.
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Those of us who were lucky enough to attend Steve Tremulis' presentation at the last Reunion saw these and many, many more of Alex's creations. Steve is Alex's nephew and custodian of his archives. Truly fascinating and luckily for all of us a comprehensive book of Alex's work is planned.
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The hood ornament that Thel had cast was like the one that was on the convertible sedan that Bill posted. It is very similar to the ornament that is on the Mormom Meteor and the 'Gentleman's' Duesy Speedster. I believe (if my memory serves me right), I sold it to Pete Kelly but can not say for sure.
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I like this ornament better than the official optional stylized flying goddess (if that's what it was) offered in the accessories book.
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Back in the early '80's', I purchase most of Thel Horn's ACD memorbilia which included a set of black and white photo's of the car in question. There were two sets of them and I personally gave one of the sets to John Baeke Sr.. Thel had a duplicate hood ornament cast for the car and outside of that, I don't think he did much with it.
The three pictures that have been posted, were in front of Thel's house which was located on the east side of Flint.
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Bill Hummel Posted: Fri Jun 03, 2011 6:46 pm Post subject: Re: Help ID this car...
I'm confused. Can someone ID the logo on the transmission cover on the front of this car?
Here's a couple closeups of the emblems on the LeBaron prototypes. It looks like two different versions of the Cord crest...
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Thanks for the Auburn reference for the mockup. A few of those photos show both Cord and Auburn on the same car. It's very easy to get confused as to which one takes priority.
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John, this may be the closest rendering I've found that has the same design cues as the LeBaron prototypes for the 1938 Duesenberg (and your car). This Connersville mockup is about as close as you can get to this styling proposal. The bumper!!! It's gotta be!
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NOT ONLY THE "EYEBROW" OVER THE RIGHT FRONT HEADLAMP IS A
MATCH BUT NOTE THE OPENED LEFT FRONT DOOR ON THE OTHER SIDE,
WITH THE TWO-TONED PAINT SEPARATED BY THE DROP DOWN AND THE
LEVEL SIDE MOULDINGS ON THE DOOR. IT APPEARS TO BE A CATALINA HARDTOP RATHER THAN A PILLARED SEDAN LIKR THE ONE WHICH YOU ATTACHED TO YOUR POST. IN THE MUSEUM BUSINESS IT WOULD LIKELY
BE SAID THAT THE PHOTO IS "CIRCA 1956". I HOPE DR. BAEKE WILL
POST ADDITIONAL PRESENT DAY PHOTO IMAGES OF THIS INTERESTING
PROTOTYPE VEHICLE AS THE RESTORATION PROCEEDS. Jack Richards,
Red Oak, Iowa aka <a href="mailto:[email protected]][email protected][/url]
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This may help to date these pix. In the front view of the car, parts of another car can be seen parked right behind it. The only car I can find that has the eyebrows over the headlights and that particular trim on the door is a 1956 Pontiac. So whoever owned the Pontiac probably ended up buying the car from this owner right around 1956, maybe plus a year or two (but not minus)...
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Any chance we could see some recent pictures of your conv coupe?
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I would absolutely love to hear from Streamliner about the Tremulis archives. I went through them in the 1980s, but do not recall seeing something like the radiator he shows. Randy Emma told me the archives all ended up at the Henry Ford Museum. PLEASE CALL ME.
The fascinating story of the LeBaron prototypes was written up in much greater detail in the 2009 ACD annual book, The Reunion. It contains archival documents, photos and detailed bibliography. I strongly suggest anyone with interest should support our fair club by purchasing a copy. Send $35 (Check payable to ACD Club) to either myself or ACD retail manager Justin Kerns. Both of our addresses are in the ACD Directory.
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Did LeBaron just execute the bodywork and send the pieces to Connersville, or are the mockup photos independent of LeBaron?
Sorry for my lack of knowledge on the history, but there must be an interesting story in this puzzle...
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Here's his illustration identified as the grill for the Cord limo that he did for LeBaron. Except for the eggcrate, it's about the same. I'll have to get the book!
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I BELIEVE THIS IS A CUSTOM BODIED CORD CONVERTIBLE COUPE,
CONSTRUCTED BY LeBARON. SEE PAGE 185 OF THE ORIGINAL JOSH
MALKS CORD RESEARCH BOOK "CORD 810/812 - THE TIMELESS CLASSIC", KRAUSE PUBLICATION, 1995. PERHAPS MR. MALK'S NEW
CORD BOOK HAS ADDITIONAL DATA ON THIS CAR BEYOND THAT HE
GIVES AT THE REFERENCED PAGE ABOVE. Jonathan (Jack) Richards
at Red Oak, Iowa aka <a href="mailto:[email protected]][email protected][/url]
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