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30/07/2014 5:37 pm
Meet The Grand, Twenty Grand !
"TWENTY GRAND"
B & G Historic Line created with EMC:
Historic Line (HL-9) Duesenberg SJ Arlington Torpedo Sedan 1933 USA
ch.#2539/J-513
Coachwork by Rollston, Inc. New York, New York
"THE NETHERCUTT COLLECTION", CA/USA
- Best SJ & Best of Show Award - Winner of the Auburn-Cord-Duesenberg Club ' 1979
- Best of the Show - Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance ' 1980
Official World Presentation of this model will take place at the Model, Toy, Car Show -
Macungie, PA - 8.2.2014
On of the most famous Rollston bodies is the sedan designed by Gordon Buehrig that was displayed at the Century of Progress Exposition in Chicago in 1933.
It's price tag of $20,000 gave it the nickname "Twenty Grand". J.B. Malks "Illustrated Duesenberg Buyer's Guide" 1993. p.54
"1933 Duesenberg "Twenty Grand"
In 1933 Duesenberg raised the standard for automotive design with a car so spectacular that it commanded a price of $20,000! The Arlington Torpedo Sedan was designed
by Duesenberg's legendary chief stylist Gordon Miller Buehrig and built atop a supercharged SJ chassis by Rollston, Inc., in New York for display at the Century of Progress
Exposition, better known as the Chicago World's Fair of 1933-34.
This car received more attention to detail and chassis finish than any other Duesenberg ever built.
The car's distinctive low profile Built-in trunk ( most unusual for 1933), and elegant silver-grey art deco interior set this model SJ apart from any other Duesenberg built.
Winner of the 1979 Auburn-Cord-Duesenberg Club's Best S.J. and Best of Show award, and Best of Show at the 1980 Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance, the stunning silver
Duesenberg Arlington Torpedo Sedan is now the centerpiece of the Nethercutt Collection's Grand Salon."
D.Adler " The Nethercutt Collection The Cars of San Sylmar. p.92
The numbers from 1-20 (VIP Edition) - Special Edition.
The model produced by limited edition in 200pcs.
P.S. The Real Show, The Real People. B & G will have Full Classic Display at Show/ Macungie,PA - 8.2.2014
No Artist's Tents, No Fancy Dinners.
We stay together with Victory Models!
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30/07/2014 5:56 pm
These are beautiful ..... real stunners to look at !
30/07/2014 7:15 pm
Beautifully done and the model is in our scale as majestic as the 1:1.
31/07/2014 1:11 am
Very impressive! Congratulations, Mikhail!
31/07/2014 6:48 am
That is one fabulous looking car.
31/07/2014 2:53 pm
Great model Mikhail! And will there be a special deal for Forum members (he asked wishfully)?
Topic starter
31/07/2014 5:40 pm
"20 Grand"
Thanks All for Grand response.
I will offer a special promo deal during Macungie Show only.
31/07/2014 5:42 pm
Perhaps you might wish to publish that price, as very few Forumites can get to PA
31/07/2014 11:28 pm
Hi Mikhail, I will contact you again in about three weeks, when we are back from our holiday in Denmark.
I want to order two models.......
Greetings from the land of the Vikings...............;)
01/08/2014 4:21 am
Great job Mikhail! Beautiful.
01/08/2014 6:22 am
Harv and Tom, I have asked Mikhail to post his email so that price inquiries may be sent to him.
Any announcements of products should be sent to me for review and subsequent posting.
Yes, I know it was sometimes done in the past but this is our new procedure and I concur with it.
01/08/2014 9:19 am
Sounds like more censorship...
01/08/2014 10:47 am
Or more like a careful, complex, and successful balancing act between encouraging information on new models and not turning the forum into one extended sales catalog. Well done, Mr. Browne!
01/08/2014 11:50 am
Mr. Lane, it is the policy of the new ownership, take it up with them.