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Post by: mariodschy » Thu Jun 30, 2016 10:18 am
Big day today, 0274K back on the road in Austria 
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Post by: holywood3645 » Wed Jul 06, 2016 12:14 am
Thoughts on this?
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Post by: john.p.clegg » Wed Jul 06, 2016 6:36 am
Suppository?
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Post by: Spyder fan » Wed Jul 06, 2016 6:52 am
holywood3645 wrote:Thoughts on this?
How many batteries?
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Post by: S2Jay » Thu Jul 07, 2016 2:20 am
This looks like a "stylized" version of the Phantom Corsair.
Originally built in about 1938 by a son/heir of the H.J. Heinz family.
He supposedly was planning to make a run of these for sale. He used a Lycoming [of aircraft engine fame] V8. It has been shown at Pebble Beach at least once over the years, maybe twice. The Dash is wall to wall gauges, including an altimeter [possibly to continue the aircraft theme]. the styling was way ahead of its time.
This one does not look to be that car exactly, but if you look up an image of the original, it is very close. The son, Rust Heinz I believe was his name [or nickname?] was killed in an auto accident unrelated to the Corsair, in a friends Buick. He was not driving.
The original may be in the Harrah's Reno collection now
[edited for accuracy issues, after research.]
Originally built in about 1938 by a son/heir of the H.J. Heinz family.
He supposedly was planning to make a run of these for sale. He used a Lycoming [of aircraft engine fame] V8. It has been shown at Pebble Beach at least once over the years, maybe twice. The Dash is wall to wall gauges, including an altimeter [possibly to continue the aircraft theme]. the styling was way ahead of its time.
This one does not look to be that car exactly, but if you look up an image of the original, it is very close. The son, Rust Heinz I believe was his name [or nickname?] was killed in an auto accident unrelated to the Corsair, in a friends Buick. He was not driving.
The original may be in the Harrah's Reno collection now
[edited for accuracy issues, after research.]
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Post by: holywood3645 » Thu Jul 07, 2016 4:36 am
It's listed as "1939 Duesenburg Coupe Simone Midnight Ghost...words would just be an understatement "
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Post by: The Veg » Thu Jul 07, 2016 4:09 pm
The Phantom Corsair also played The Flying Wombat in the film Young In Heart:
https://youtu.be/CpUHvXIXFQY
https://youtu.be/CpUHvXIXFQY
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