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It's got to be the Model J Duesenberg when all things are considered such as aesthetics, engineering design and performance. Here was a car in the '20s that could hit 120 mph off the show room floor, was the first car to use hydraulic brakes, had a supercharged twin-cam in-line 420 cubic inch eight that could rev to 4500 rpm and won the French Grand Prix.!!!
Fred Duesenberg's cars were favorites of the high rollers such as Clark Gable and Gary Cooper. A tweaked Duesy that put out 350 hp and revved to 5,000 rpm hit 152 mph on the Bonneville Salt Flats in 1935. The Duesenberg Model J was THE automotive standard of the time (foreign and domestic) and pioneered automotive technology for all time.
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"If you can make black marks on a straight from the time you turn out of a corner until the braking point of the next turn, then you have enough HORSEPOWER." Mark Donohue
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