Prototype P70 Pantera, bodywork by Fantuzzi

information can be found at a post from 2012 http://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2012/02/fantuzzi-pantera-p70-1965-67-little-ive.html

design by Peter Brock

from a junkyard in 1952 to the Palos Verdes Concours of 2013, this 1929 Duesenburg has seen the luxury and the decline of fortune, and come back again

I learned about this car a couple years ago from a co-worker, and did not think they'd finish it... to see it at the Palos Verdes Concours was a big surprise!

http://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2010/06/48-years-of-family-determination-to.html

1929 Model J Duesenberg Kirchhoff Convertible Berline Sedan, J186-2208 was first purchased by the grandson of the president of the Singer Sewing Machine Company.

He purchased it when his Stutz steering locked up, and later when he saw a Kirchhoff, (former foreman for Murphy's coachbuilding company) convertible sedan he had one built for his Duesy.

It was sold in the mid 40's, went through several owners, and in 1951 threw a rod through the block and was sold to a junkyard in LA.

Gil Curtright was a car enthusiast who frequently looked through the neighborhood junkyards for car parts and had actually admired the Duesy at a 1946 hot rod show, and was friends with a guy who had taken a photo of the Duesy earlier that year at a car show, and may have tipped him off to the Duesy's whereabouts, but definitely helped him haul it from the junkyard and cost him 500 dollars.

 It was one of 2 Duesenbergs pulled from the junkyard that day, the other was restored in a short time and was in the Elvis movie "Spin out" http://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2013/05/from-movie-spinout-elvis-movie.html

from my gallery of the cool cars in the Elvis movie "Spinout"

some photos I particularly like from this weekends Palos Verdes Concours

why these? I like hoof ornament chrome reflections accentuating the shape,

the grill having the race cars number painted in it

this big DuPont has grates in the running board for slush, snow, mud, dust, rocks... and all the other things you don't want to track onto your nice carpet

I like gauges... they are gadgety, highly precise, mechanical, and instrumental

Just do it

Gene Winfield's land speed racer was at the Palos Verdes Concours

also frequently seen on the salt at Bonneville and the dry lake of El Mirage

above, one of my favorite photos I have taken, it was at the May 2010 EL Mirage event http://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2010/05/el-mirage-may-2010.html

what a radio control looked like in the 30's, if you could afford one

a lot of dual cowls in just one photo

great display of dedication to racing

my favorite fire truck was at the Palos Verdes Concours

I first saw this as the Desert Classic this spring http://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2013/02/1940-beverly-hills-fire-department.html

111 years old, 9300 puonds, and pumping a 1000 gallons a minute... the 1902 American fire engine

the Playboy, just 97 were made

comparison of Avanti nose design and rims