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Topic starter
27/08/2025 11:29 am
This beautiful 1932 Duesenberg J Torpedo Convertible would look right at home on Sunset Boulevard with some Hollywood celebrity behind the wheel. It kinda just dawned on me if you were driving towards the sunset, how in heck could could you see with the glare off the hood? Does anyone know if this is chromed all the way to the end of the boat tail or is it highly polished steel?
27/08/2025 12:37 pm
Although I don't collect cars from this period I wouldn't mind having this one on my shelf. Great pics.
Rich Sufficool and Christopher Moroni reacted
27/08/2025 1:34 pm
THAT is gorgeous (glad to see top-up/down options ) but I know nothing about "polished steel vs. chrome." However, because that rear body section doesn't taper down, it looks a bit funny to me. IMO, 2-door Duesenberg designs look better with "sloping rears." - no jokes please. 😏
Karl Schnelle and David Green reacted
27/08/2025 4:46 pm
According to the ACD Museum it is polished aluminium - see screenshot
Mini Marque 43 for comparison:
Ralf Buyer
Wiesbaden, Germany
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27/08/2025 6:59 pm
@ralf Thanks, Ralf. I didn't realize they could do that finish with aluminum.
Christopher Moroni reacted
27/08/2025 7:35 pm
This is a gorgeous model in very unusual and attractive colors, one I had to have. The green version in the ACD Museum is one of my favorite cars there.
John Merritt
South Lyon, Michigan - USA
Christopher Moroni reacted
27/08/2025 10:23 pm
Here's the green ACD museum version, completing the three colorful Automodellos. They may have made an unauthentic all-black version but I'm not sure.
Christopher Moroni reacted
28/08/2025 5:23 am
@rich-sufficool Highly polished aluminum is almost indistinguishable from chrome.
I think Mini Marque 43 achieved the effect by polishing the bare white metal and clearcoating it.
The model from MM43 I showed before was completely stripped and the metal handpolished to a lower degree, so it looks more like aluminium.
Masking removed, paint and bare white metal visible
After polishing
Anyway, I think Automodello has done a very good job and I will try to find a violet / chrome one - it's an outstanding combination.
Ralf Buyer
Wiesbaden, Germany
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