Comments on: 2008 New England 1000: Day 2, Tuesday. Around the Adirondacks. http://chuck.goolsbee.org/archives/613  goolsbee.org, serving useless content from an undisclosed location since 1997 Sun, 05 Sep 2010 21:17:35 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: vrooomie http://chuck.goolsbee.org/archives/613/comment-page-1#comment-1763 vrooomie Fri, 30 May 2008 01:50:42 +0000 http://chuck.goolsbee.org/archives/613#comment-1763 "As such a better comparison would be something other than a Duesie… a Kaiser perhaps." THAt I can get next to! There are 'classic' cars(ALL Duesies, most Rollers, some Auburns, the MkI Lincolns, XKEs, to mention JUST a few) and there are 'special interest' cars (1940 'slabside' Ford, Kaiser-Darrin, Henry J, Corvair). I think the Allante will be ajudged as one of the latter. The Classic Car Club of America has the definition, so maybe one of us can find that precise wording.... “As such a better comparison would be something other than a Duesie… a Kaiser perhaps.”
THAt I can get next to!
There are ‘classic’ cars(ALL Duesies, most Rollers, some Auburns, the MkI Lincolns, XKEs, to mention JUST a few) and there are ‘special interest’ cars (1940 ‘slabside’ Ford, Kaiser-Darrin, Henry J, Corvair). I think the Allante will be ajudged as one of the latter.
The Classic Car Club of America has the definition, so maybe one of us can find that precise wording….

]]> By: chuck goolsbee http://chuck.goolsbee.org/archives/613/comment-page-1#comment-1762 chuck goolsbee Fri, 30 May 2008 01:19:13 +0000 http://chuck.goolsbee.org/archives/613#comment-1762 Note I said "a Duesenberg of the future" not "THE Duesenberg of the future" ;) It is an interesting, low-volume car. I agree, it does not stand up to the *SL line from Mercedes, which however was a high-volume car. As such a better comparison would be something other than a Duesie... a Kaiser perhaps. --chuck Note I said “a Duesenberg of the future” not “THE Duesenberg of the future” ;)

It is an interesting, low-volume car. I agree, it does not stand up to the *SL line from Mercedes, which however was a high-volume car. As such a better comparison would be something other than a Duesie… a Kaiser perhaps.

–chuck

]]> By: vrooomie http://chuck.goolsbee.org/archives/613/comment-page-1#comment-1761 vrooomie Thu, 29 May 2008 19:41:59 +0000 http://chuck.goolsbee.org/archives/613#comment-1761 Regarding the Allante/duesenberg comparo: My 'deux centavos' is, the Allante will *never* be in the league of the Duesenberg (approx. 730 produced, EVER). One, over 3300 Caddys were made; two, the car wasn't much to write home about, vis-a-vis its performance and reliability, both of which were in pretty short supply for a $60,000 (1990 dollars) car, that was supposed to compete agains the MB 560SL. It was *interesting* car, given its cross-country origins (a harbinger of wha is now considered quite normal) and it was an *attempt* by The General to enter the supercar arena, and I'll give it credit for that. But, a Duesenberg for the 21st century? Write it into our wills, and we'll wager $5 for our descendants to haggle over, but IMHO....no so much. :) Regarding the Allante/duesenberg comparo:
My ‘deux centavos’ is, the Allante will *never* be in the league of the Duesenberg (approx. 730 produced, EVER).
One, over 3300 Caddys were made; two, the car wasn’t much to write home about, vis-a-vis its performance and reliability, both of which were in pretty short supply for a $60,000 (1990 dollars) car, that was supposed to compete agains the MB 560SL.

It was *interesting* car, given its cross-country origins (a harbinger of wha is now considered quite normal) and it was an *attempt* by The General to enter the supercar arena, and I’ll give it credit for that.
But, a Duesenberg for the 21st century? Write it into our wills, and we’ll wager $5 for our descendants to haggle over, but IMHO….no so much.

:)

]]> By: vrooomie http://chuck.goolsbee.org/archives/613/comment-page-1#comment-1760 vrooomie Tue, 27 May 2008 16:29:04 +0000 http://chuck.goolsbee.org/archives/613#comment-1760 Jerome, I've long said, I love the look of wire wheels but, a LOOOOOONG time ago, I got sick-ass tired of keeping the f#$%^&ing things clean! If I can wheedle a child into doing it for 10 bucks, I JUMP at the opportunity to take advanta--er-- give a youth a chance to experience true capitalism... :) Jerome, I’ve long said, I love the look of wire wheels but, a LOOOOOONG time ago, I got sick-ass tired of keeping the f#$%^&ing things clean! If I can wheedle a child into doing it for 10 bucks, I JUMP at the opportunity to take advanta–er– give a youth a chance to experience true capitalism…
:)

]]> By: gondwana http://chuck.goolsbee.org/archives/613/comment-page-1#comment-1759 gondwana Thu, 22 May 2008 00:23:24 +0000 http://chuck.goolsbee.org/archives/613#comment-1759 they may look nice but you'd want a slave to clean the buggers for you!! :-) Jerome they may look nice but you’d want a slave to clean the buggers for you!! :-)

Jerome

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