It was a Dusey (as in Dusenberg)

[Cliffy777]

Yesterday I picked up my brother on his almost vintage Honda (he bought it last year for a song with 7,000 miles on it - I believe it is an '85).
We went to the Gilmore Car Museum in Hickory Corners, Michigan.

www.gilmorecarmuseum.org

We got lucky - The Grand Experience car show was in progress. We saw some out-freakin-rageous cars. There were 16-18 Dusenbergs (they each weigh in at 3/4 of a million or so.)

To start at the start: Here is my brother warming up his Honda prior to take off.

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We were greeted by a fleet of Dusenbergs and Rolls and Packards and Lincolns and Caddies.
I was drooling and reaching for the oxygen bottle. Oh, the weather was perfect - we had 72 raindrops later in the afternoon, but it was nice and sunny.

Here are a couple of the Duseys.

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when we pulled in the woods to park and found this white Brick.

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a 1933 Auburn 12 convertible?

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The Car Museum has several barns (which are beautiful pieces of work in their own right) chock full of cool cars, trucks and auto related goodies.
Here is one that made me think of The Kook (my cold weather riding mentor).

It is a '37 Hudson Terraplane Pick-up. MMMM-mmm, with nice oak lining the bed.

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her name was Brenda Bartley. Tom works for Classic and Exotic Service, Inc. in Troy, Michigan.
They restore cars. One of them is the 1934 Brunn Riviera you see below. Brenda was fortunate enough to drive the car in the parade. She said, "It was fabulous - its like driving history."
She could handle the length of the car on account of her 16 years experience driving a school bus.
Tom answered a bunch of our questions - he does just about anything on the restorations except for "the heavy mechanical work."

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1948 Jaguar Mark IV Drophead Coupe.

Did I mention that Mike and I made it an official Marshmallow Butt gig by getting sidetracked (not LOST) on a dirt road or two (three actually) for about 6 miles. First time for such a run on the Rockster.

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This is a view of the ceiling of the biggest of the barns.

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Here is a 1938 Super Eight

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Here is another one: 1936 Convertible Coupe.

They have a Ford barn, one full of cars from "the other motor city: Kalamazoo". In there are Checkers and a bunch from the Barley Motor Car Company

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This Rolls Royce has 24kt gold plated stuff on it!

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Well, we motored around on M-43. A fun road, especially when you get to go around the lakes and they toss in lots of curves.

All told we were gone for 6 hours, but we only put 129 miles on the clock. We did both lose 4.5 lbs on account of the constant drooling.

BTW - next Sunday (June 13th) the BMW Club of Battle Creek is hosting a vintage bike show. Guess I know where I'm heading....

This one is a 1929 Convertible Victoria. Mmmm-mmm, it won a blue ribbon.

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this is a 1933 Dusenberg 8 (in case you can't read the sign).

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1939 DelaHaye 135M Convertible Coupe.

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Hudson Terraplane Woody Wagon, circa 1937.

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Clicking too fast...

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Couldn't leave out the 57 T-Bird from the Ford barn, now could I?

If you are in the neighborhood and like cars, the Gilmore is a great way to spend $7!

[Rich]

Nice bunch of cars, Cliffy, you really know how to capture them too. Totally awesome, thanks for sharing.

[LICK MY BRICK]

WOW! they sure don't make them like they use too.Awsome pics. thanks for sharing.:)

[kbasa]

Cliffy,

If you like that stuff, you should take a ride down to Auburn, IN and visit the Auburn/Cord/Duesenberg museum. They have some terrific Duseys, but also have a really nice selection of Cords.

They've also got a pretty good selection of other cars there as well. The museum is in the old Auburn auto plant, right in the middle of Auburn.

It's well worth the trip.

Nice pics of the show. There's not much more fun than wandering around looking at old vehicles. Woodies in CA get a little different treatment.

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[lorazepam]

Hey Brad, does Cliffy ever invite you up to do any of those cool things he does? I was just wonderin' I wish he would come to the ride, camp and eat.

[Cliffy777]

cuz i am not very good at advance planning. called my brother friday to see if he wanted to go. would have gone by myself if he hadn't.
kbasa - i will have to get to the cord museum. used to drive by it all the time when i was a road warrior with clients in indiana.

if i had the time/ability to join you all in southern indiana i would be there. beee-yew-tee-full country