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  • Today on what it’s like engine episode Wednesday. Duesenberg model J engine family as well as background on duesenberg, brothers Fredrick and august. Fred and Augie. Some really Cool literature in this one enjoy =)
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  • @dennislettich4035
    @dennislettich4035 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

    How about "No One Knows" by Queens of the Stone Age?

    • @What.its.like.
      @What.its.like.  5 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      That’s the one congratulations you got it =)

    • @johnpotter8039
      @johnpotter8039 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      The Museum closed in 1987. As I recall, Cunningham bought the Type 41 for $1,000 + 2 refrigerators.

    • @What.its.like.
      @What.its.like.  5 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Wow... that’s nuts

    • @spooley
      @spooley 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      One of the best bands with an absolute banger of a song. They don't make them like that any more, Josh is healthy again so they're on tour now sounding amazing as always

    • @stygianindustries8295
      @stygianindustries8295 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      ​@@What.its.like. tid but of not well known information...the rights to manufacture these cars has landed in a Malaysian company who is developing an electric continuation of the model J Duessenberg cars.

  • @chuckkottke
    @chuckkottke 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +24

    32' Dusenburg. 😊. When I was a teenager working summers at the highway shop, the workers would talk about one Dusenburg sitting in a junk yard in Beaver. The story went that it was consigned in a lot of metal earmarked for the US government war effort, essentially owned by the government as part of a WW2 scrap drive. The government didn't pick up the metal so supposedly this Dusenburg just sat in amongst the other scrap cars. Probably long gone, but it's a funny thought that the old Dusenburgs often ended up converted into tow trucks or tucked away and forgotten, as per Jay Leno's remarks on his show. An amazing car for it's day, a shame we lost Dusenburg, Cord, Auburn and many others to the great depression. Thank you for great show Jay, keep on keeping on!! ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐🇺🇸

    • @What.its.like.
      @What.its.like.  5 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      It would have been cool to see what these cars bottomed out as pricewise because in my mind they were never cheap but I think there was a time when they could be bought reasonable but I don’t know what that reasonable number is.. I have an old road and track magazine from 1965 mustang edition in the back in the classified section there’s a 1926 Bugatti type 35 race car for sale they wanted $5000 for it which was a lot of money but it’s not nearly the amount of money it’s worth now $5000 for that car back in 1965 would be an absolute bargain.. thank you so much for sharing the story about the Dusenburg and the junkyard beaver PA or beaver what state?

    • @brendalahti4045
      @brendalahti4045 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      I am a fan of the 1932 auburn v 12 best car I have driven last time 2 months ago

    • @chuckkottke
      @chuckkottke 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      @@What.its.like. Yes, I wonder about that too, how low did the classics go before they became collectibles? A Bugatti for $5000 was pretty low for 65', in today's money that would be around $47,000 but today a Bugatti is worth $250,000 up to 4.3 million. You should have snapped it up, Jay! The junkyard with the alleged Dusenburg was in Beaver, WI. I think they cleared the area out for a parking lot, but it looks like they may have bulldozed some of the junk off into the woods. The story went that it was government property, so it was off limits, and I'd bet someone nabbed the engine at least before the junkyard was removed, but who knows?? I missed an opportunity for an Auburn that my mom's friends down in Chicago had, they used it one year, put it up on blocks in their garage, and used the train to get to work and never drove it! But I digress.. Given the rarity of the oldies, one might just look at old patent diagrams and start casting some engine blocks!! 🚂 😊.

    • @engineerinhickorystripehat9475
      @engineerinhickorystripehat9475 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      ​@@What.its.like.Barney Pollard was getting them for a song between wars .

  • @user-oj9dq8io7r
    @user-oj9dq8io7r 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +14

    The Duesenberg SSJ were originally owned by Clark Gable and Gary Cooper so their value is twofold as not only being the elite of elite cars but having been owned by two of the top movie stars of the day.

    • @What.its.like.
      @What.its.like.  5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      The one sold at action for 22 million just a few years back

    • @user-oj9dq8io7r
      @user-oj9dq8io7r 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      In this case, only 22 million, sounds like a bargain or highway robbery for one of two historically significant vehicles. Not only that, I would consider them rolling works of art. Mr. Picky is climbing off his soapbox and thank you for your insight on the matter.

    • @billolsen4360
      @billolsen4360 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      It would have been fun to be Clark or Gary and have any number of hot cars in your garage. Not to mention the hot....

  • @johnpotter8039
    @johnpotter8039 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

    A friend and I visited the Briggs Cunningham Museum in Costa Mesa, CA in 1968. It was a Wednesday, and we were the only visitors. I knew a good bit about the 2 stars of the collection, his Type 41 Bugatti Royale and his SSJ Dusenberg. The guide unhooked the ropes and let us crawl all over, inside and outside of both cars. I was particularly fascinated by the Dusenburg Bijur lubrication system and tracked the tubing to the lubrication points. Of course, the Royale dwarfed all the other cars. Getting to slide under it on a mechanic's creeper was....wow. From that day, my favorite color is Dusenburg engine green.

    • @What.its.like.
      @What.its.like.  5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Man what an incredible experience thank you so much for sharing that with us does that museum still exist? I could be wrong but I think Briggs Cunningham car got sold I think that was the SSJ that sold for $22 million..

    • @stephenholland5930
      @stephenholland5930 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Wow, what a memory.

  • @denislandry7577
    @denislandry7577 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    Hard to believe that they had this kind of technology so long ago got a love it

  • @phantomforester9337
    @phantomforester9337 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

    The Walker coupe and the Twenty Grand. Thank you for including so much relevant information in such a short space of time, with narration and visuals--I think this must set a record for facts per second.

    • @What.its.like.
      @What.its.like.  5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Sweet choices glad you dig this episode.. I was floored when I found the literature I wish all engines were straight forward like this one

  • @williamarnett9064
    @williamarnett9064 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

    I like playing around with the Ford 300. I have for numerous years. There are several ways to build these engines, and they can obtain incredible power. It reminds me of the bygone engines, like Duesenberg. Of course, not as glamorous, but the Ford 300 can still give you the feeling of being around the Deuseys that have similar outdated style and technology compared to anything being built today.
    Now, if I could just get my hands on one of those straight 8 Duesenberg engines...

    • @greghelms4458
      @greghelms4458 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      My cousin used to race Ford 300,s. Gobs of power to be made with those.

  • @BrewBlaster
    @BrewBlaster 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    Years ago it was the highest compliment for someone to say: "That's a Dusey"

  • @steveashcraft718
    @steveashcraft718 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    The Dusenberg factory still stands in Indianapolis Indiana. It's still being used.

  • @61rampy65
    @61rampy65 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    I have that issue of Car Life (shown at 1:40). Those early racing Duesenbergs had a walking beam valve train, and they only had TWO main bearings. The article said that it wasn't uncommon for the crank to flex enough to hit the sides of the block. They were fast, but fragile. Looks like the Duesenberg bros learned from their mistakes, because the Model J engine was an incredible power plant. Thanks for this video!

    • @What.its.like.
      @What.its.like.  5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Great insight and information =) two main bearings wow...
      It would have been awesome to live back then and see those cars on the road they have gotten so expensive that most just sit in museums which is really sad

  • @geebs76
    @geebs76 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    Great episode. Duesenbergs and Rolls Royce Silver Ghosts are my all-time favorite cars. I would take any of those Dusenbergs in the WYR but my favorites are the 1932 Model J Tourster and the 1933 Twenty Grand.
    It would be so awesome to drive a supercharged Duesenberg. I had a supercharged Thunderbird and the low end torque made the car so much fun to drive, although you had to be careful when the roads were slippery.

    • @What.its.like.
      @What.its.like.  5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Awesome choices totally agree duesenberg would be an epic car to drive.. I have a friend who is a packard fan.. got to drive one this year non supercharged car and said it was like driving a truck the transmissions were non synchronized which really hurt them in the later 30s best engine but transmission left more to be desired.. to my understanding they had to use a heavy duty truck transmission it was the only thing that could handle the torque this engine put out

    • @manga12
      @manga12 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@What.its.like. you bet it would never sat in one though, I live near auburn where the auburn cord and dussenburg musieum, as I said the cars made here or by the company here were like the lambos and supercars of their day, sat in the l 37 cord that belongs to the youngest grandson of errett lobben cord, mr william cord hummel and talked at the acd festival about 3-4 years ago, the type of supercharger though basicly creates a equal pressure so the engine dont have to fight atomospheric pressure to get air, its not quite as agressive as the boost we have today but still the most powerful engine in a car in the classic era untill really post ww2 I think I heard as late as the 50's before we had another with more power in a car but they were something special, though many outside the area even car people never heard of the cars made by the auburn auto company or based out of it 100 years ago here in auburn indiana, which is also where the modern collector car industry started fetching the high prices we get today, all started as a funraiser for the acd festival, and mecum and barrett jackson supposedly were founded by former employees of kruse internationa auctions, which at the laborday auction for a time was the largest in the world for collector cars and I have seen many ledgendary cars go across the block, movie cars famed cars like the morman meteor 1 and 3 the munsters drag car and the one that princess diana used while visiting canada in the 80's that sold for 50 somthing thousand, and that night unfortunatly was when she had her accedent that took her life, but at the auction the doors of the car were open and you could get a good look at just how thick that bullet resistant glass was and the armor plating on the car its heavy stuff.

    • @What.its.like.
      @What.its.like.  5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Thank you so much for sharing that information and insight =)

  • @BeachTypeZaku
    @BeachTypeZaku 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    The saying "It's a Deusy" comes from Deusenburg being the most powerful and luxurious cars of their day. Cadillac wishes they had what Deusenburg did, it's a shame they didn't last the Depression.
    It would be nice to see a comeback, but it would be a very limited thing I believe.

  • @jacquespoirier9071
    @jacquespoirier9071 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    very good historical reshearch.

    • @What.its.like.
      @What.its.like.  2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Thank you
      I was able to find some really killer literature, which is just as good as the video if not better, the literature is

  • @G-regular503
    @G-regular503 26 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    Way ahead of thier time. Beautiful engine!!!! Walker coupe BTW and the 33 20g

    • @What.its.like.
      @What.its.like.  26 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Totally agree awesome choices

  • @Vegaswill714
    @Vegaswill714 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    I couldn't afford anything Duesenberg.. but id love to have any of them.

    • @What.its.like.
      @What.its.like.  5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I got to see a couple up close and personal that engine is something to be hold..

  • @ColtonRMagby
    @ColtonRMagby 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    WYR 1: All of them.
    WYR 2: All of them.
    Who could say no to a DUESENBERG?

    • @What.its.like.
      @What.its.like.  5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      =)
      I love the one that looks like a Delahaye

    • @ColtonRMagby
      @ColtonRMagby 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@What.its.like. I love all of them, but that one looks the most unusual.

  • @leonb2637
    @leonb2637 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    You need to visit the ACD museum, located at their former factory and art deco showroom in Auburn, Indiana.

    • @What.its.like.
      @What.its.like.  5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      I definitely need to get out there I want to go to their shindig in August..

  • @JefferyHall-ct2tr
    @JefferyHall-ct2tr 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Hi Jay!: Was going to suggest this as an engine episode, but you beat me to it! These were just AMAZING engines! Unfortunately, the folks at Lycoming apparently HATED building these engines! Some sources say it was because THEY had not designed it! That may or may not be true, but I think they were so much more complicated than the other auto/truck engines that Lycoming made, I mean, most of their stuff (besides the aero engines) were mono-block, and mostly flatheads, pretty easy to produce. But the Duesey engine!! D.O.H.C plus all of the other amazing features! Plus, I think maybe they were also miffed that E.L. sort of forced them to make these engines. As well as not letting THEM design the Duesenberg engine. With the rams horn manifolds and dual carbs, and proper tuning, these could more than likely make 1 H.P. per cubic inch with supercharging, of course. The previous Duesenberg engine was also well engineered, those powered the Duesenberg Model A and X. They were also used in the Duesenberg Indy cars in the 1930's. This engine had a single overhead camshaft. Maybe you can do an engine episode on that one. Also interestingly, Duesenberg provided some of their walking-beam engines in various passenger cars in the early 1920's. WYR#1 EASY 1934 Walker coupe! Don't think Jay Leno wants to give it to me though!! #2 TWENTY GRAND! What a car!!!

    • @What.its.like.
      @What.its.like.  5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Awesome choices I don’t know if they need more than one of the walker coupe I know Leno has one or at least the featured one on his channel but I swear I saw a dark blue one and a black one.. but it could be the same car just painted just like Carol Shelby‘s original cobra they painted the car how many times lol..
      This engine was an absolute marvel of the period, I also read that Lycoming did not like casting this engine because it was super difficult to cast for every single block that was usable there was a bunch of blocks that was not usable also read the Duesenberg brothers didn’t really care for the way in which Lycoming casted the block.. but I guess that was just EO cords way of making sure that everything was within check/having some sort of control over production cost but they probably lost money on every single one they made it’s sad that they offered this car when no one had money had they offered it in the 50s they probably would’ve produced more..

    • @mrdanforth3744
      @mrdanforth3744 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      There is another angle on this. Every Duesenberg was a custom built car and so was the engine. There were different pistons for different compression ratios, different intake and exhaust, camshafts were adjustable for high or low speed use, etc. This means each engine was torn down and rebuilt at the Duesenberg factory to suit the particular car it was going in. The Lycoming plant would put the engines together as a loose collection of parts knowing they would be rebuilt before they were ever run.

  • @godfreyberry1599
    @godfreyberry1599 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Creating EXCELLENCE was the hallmark of the era. Difficult to comprehend the magnificence of it all considering that metallurgy and engineering technology was nowhere as developed as it is today.

  • @dougabbott8261
    @dougabbott8261 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    The quality and performance without the use of a single computer is staggering. Walker coupe and Town car would be my pick but any would do. Thx Jay.

    • @What.its.like.
      @What.its.like.  5 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Duesenberg was the first car to have a mechanical computer with the timing box that was a really cool feature I wish that I could find pictures of it disassemble I think it would be really cool to see all the planetary gears

    • @dougabbott8261
      @dougabbott8261 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      It would be really interesting to see it actually working. Maybe Jay Leno would let us pull one apart .LOL@@What.its.like.

  • @ioogy
    @ioogy 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    These cars were gorgeous...passion in the engineering amd styling!

  • @professormadlad7773
    @professormadlad7773 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I'll love to have Dusenburg come back as America's top tier luxury brand.

    • @What.its.like.
      @What.its.like.  4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I don’t know they kind of sort of tried that it’s failed numerous times. I’d like to remember them as the premier brand for America because if they bring it back it’s just going to be a plastic recreation of something that was truly great.. idk

  • @don66hotrod94
    @don66hotrod94 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    You have to wonder what the car industry would look like if not for the Depression and the shutdown of carmaking from 1942 to 1945. Somehow the industry would have had to consolidate, but what would that have looked like?

    • @What.its.like.
      @What.its.like.  5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      It sucks Dusenberg had to die. They were a great company same thing with cord, Auburn I totally agree if they all consolidated into one super company that would’ve been insane…

  • @johnboydTx
    @johnboydTx 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Yes 🤤 All and Any Dusenberg will do nicely ❤️😍
    My question is how many Mason or Maytag Mason survive 🤔 ...
    I've only seen one walking beam engine at a show .. pretty special vehicle 😉👍
    Another great episode 👏👏 one engine i never worked on 😢💔..
    Happy Motoring ✌️🤠

    • @What.its.like.
      @What.its.like.  5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Glad you did this episode it took a while to put it together I was really impressed with all the literature I was able to find I wish every engine episode was the straightforward..

  • @charlesdalton985
    @charlesdalton985 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Think of it. 400 HP when a common car had 40. Today, that would equate to 3000 HP. 0-60 in 10 seconds, when few cars would go 60. It's mind boggling. And, the origin of the phrase, "What a Duesy". We've come to use it satirically, but back then, it meant someone had done something exceptionally well. WYR: 32 Duesenberg. And 1933 Duesenberg. Thank you as always ~ Chuck

    • @What.its.like.
      @What.its.like.  5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Awesome insight and choices glad you dig this one =)

  • @jimmylove9544
    @jimmylove9544 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Hell I like them all, great content !

    • @What.its.like.
      @What.its.like.  5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Thank you glad you dig this episode =)

  • @mlm3531
    @mlm3531 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Which Duesie to choose? How about all of them because they are such beautiful and powerful cars. If I really had to choose one it would be the Twenty Grand. Beauty and fine art on wheels.

  • @mikew6765
    @mikew6765 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Amazing engine and amazing brothers. Can only speculate how the American auto industry would have changed if Fred survived into the 40's and 50's. These were the most powerful auto engines in the US until Chrysler's hemi in the 50's. Tony Defeo put out a really informative video yesterday (1/3/23) about the 1st generation hemi. His channel is Uncle Tony's Garage. Anyone that like this video should check it out.

    • @What.its.like.
      @What.its.like.  5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      I’m a subscriber to uncle Tony’s garage I’ll definitely have to check that out.. I never knew Fred Duesenberg died in 1932 and a car accident until doing this episode I’m always learning stuff to..

    • @mikew6765
      @mikew6765 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      @@What.its.like.If you like 60's & 70's American muscle you'll probably like the Nick's Garage channel from Laval, QE. One positive to come from the Covid shutdown for me was discovering a few really good car guys on TH-cam. I've learned a lot from Nick and Tony. Discovered your channel about 6 months ago and really enjoy the content.

    • @mikew6765
      @mikew6765 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@What.its.like. As a content creator you may want to reach out to Lay Leno for anything Duesenberg related. He's quite the authority. I'm pretty sure the family estate had entrusted him with all the Model J shop drawings. They have a lot of faith in him.

    • @What.its.like.
      @What.its.like.  5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I want to collaborate with Jay Leno so bad it’s been a dream of mine for 20 years he’s on the other side of the world from me.. I believe in time it will happen.. but he is definitely somebody that I definitely wanna talk to you about cars one day

  • @VintageCarHistory
    @VintageCarHistory 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    The J is my absolute favorite car. A bit out of my price range, though.

    • @What.its.like.
      @What.its.like.  5 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      These are really cool going to try and cover one this year

  • @bferguson9277
    @bferguson9277 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    That black town car with the covered side mounts reminds me of Father Divines's "Throne Car". I've heard it was an enormous undertaking to adjust the valves on those engines.

  • @THROTTLEPOWER
    @THROTTLEPOWER 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Great vid!! 👍👍

  • @johnstauffer9175
    @johnstauffer9175 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    No contest, "The 20 Grand " model ! Was that one made for Marjorie Merriweather Post? Had I known this car I just might have attempted to duplicate this top on my 1937 Packard 120-C Dietrich 4dr convertible sedan with twin side mounts and truck rake? Definitely one of the prettiest cars ever built!

    • @What.its.like.
      @What.its.like.  4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      I’ll have to look that up I’ve noticed the Dietrich model package are some of the nicest, and most exquisite bodied cars
      Great choice =)

  • @michaelabernathy7013
    @michaelabernathy7013 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Happy New Year Jay!
    Thank you for featuring the Duesenberg. Of note, Duesenberg powered cars won the Indy 500 in 1924, '25 and '27. They also finished 2nd or 3rd in 4 of the other 7 yrs. of the decade. The ACD Museum as noted by another commenter is fantastic. Would be worth the drive for you. They have other cars there too. For instance, they had a Tucker '48 on loan when I visited a few years ago. Graham, Hupmobile, Chrysler Airflow, Checker, etc. just to name a few. You never know, you might meet Jay Leno there. My guide mentioned Mr. Leno has visited many times.

    • @What.its.like.
      @What.its.like.  5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Happy new year thank you so much for all of the insight and information that is definitely a museum that I wanna go check out I think I’m going to go to their Auburn Cord in Dusenberg shindig in August.. that is definitely a show that I want to go to definitely going back to the Greenfield Village in September that was my favorite show that I’ve ever been to..
      Chrysler air flow is pretty high on the list of cars that I really want to do this year but I want to drive one so I’ve been holding off on that 57 Goldenhawk is another car that I would really love to own one day so I’d really really like to drive that car as well that’s why there hasn’t been one on the channel yet I want to find one that I can drive =)

  • @oldschoolmotorsickle
    @oldschoolmotorsickle 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    A small correction: the engine features “Pentroof” combustion chambers, rather than “Penthouse” as stated.

    • @What.its.like.
      @What.its.like.  5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Thank you so much for that correction

  • @johnvcramer5517
    @johnvcramer5517 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    There were a lot of great cars in and round that time.

    • @What.its.like.
      @What.its.like.  4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Yes it’s really sad the choices we have now everything is vastly overpriced and plastic

  • @VintageCarHistory
    @VintageCarHistory 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    The two SSJ's were special ordered. One was purchased by Cary Grant and the other by Clark Gable.

    • @What.its.like.
      @What.its.like.  5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Great information thank you so much for sharing that =)

  • @stephenholland5930
    @stephenholland5930 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Great video, Jay. Amazing technology for the time. I think you enjoyed making this one.

    • @What.its.like.
      @What.its.like.  5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Yeah definitely did and the information was clear and easy to find I wish they were all this straightforward with pictures and diagrams advertisement pieces. I was really floored by the literature that I was able to find.

  • @johnhart125
    @johnhart125 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    One thing to see pics, should ride in one, you'll never forget it., 20 grand is fabulous and is my favorite

    • @What.its.like.
      @What.its.like.  4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I’m hoping to cover it Dusenberg this year. Would love to cover an Auburn as well. =)

  • @leifandersen2756
    @leifandersen2756 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    The last car was nice and fancy !

  • @markcollard9326
    @markcollard9326 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Amazing motor, way ahead of the times.

    • @What.its.like.
      @What.its.like.  4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      They haven’t made anything like it since that engine is a work of art

    • @markcollard9326
      @markcollard9326 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      I agree, and it is legitimately a beautiful work of technology and art.@@What.its.like.

  • @davidtosh7200
    @davidtosh7200 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Can you do 1956 Dodge Royal Lancer, V-8, 2 door hardtop with 3 tone paint job? 1956 is a good year for Chrysler Corporation. Other 1956 Chrysler cars with 3 tone paint job are: 1956 Chrysler New Yorker DeLuxe (St. Regis), 1956 DeSoto Coronado 4 door sedan, and Fireflite 2 door hardtop, and 4 door hardtop. V-8 engine are all standard on these models. Red, black, and white is the most popular 3 tone paint job.

    • @What.its.like.
      @What.its.like.  5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Totally will when I find one the goal is to cover every single car from 1930 to 1964 And cars outside of those parameters =)

  • @bparksiii6171
    @bparksiii6171 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Wow! this engine episode is starting the new year leaping off the starting line, well done. First pick 1935 Duesenberg SSJ roadster and the 1933 Duesenberg Weyman SJ Speedster (Chassis 2537 J-508), second the 20 grand. Got to see a Dusenberg touring car in person just hearing the engine run just sounds so powerful, the Buick straight 8, and all V8's just don't compare, only the Viper V 10 comes close in power and sound. The engine and tail lights are a work of art.

    • @What.its.like.
      @What.its.like.  5 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Wanted to start the year off with a bang lol =) definitely going to try my best to cover at least one Duesenberg this year besides the engine episode great choices they are really cool cars and this is one car I don’t for see ever losing value.. Just like any Bugatti or Delahaye those cars are kind of untouchable to the average collector

    • @bparksiii6171
      @bparksiii6171 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      @@What.its.like. Dusenbergs and other high end classics like Tuckers and the ones you mentioned are better investments than gold and land. Speaking of Tucker it would be cool if you can do a zoom interview with the Tucker grandsons Shawn and John if I got their names right, they know every Tucker car inside out and has a lot of knowledge of Tucker history. Speaking of leap years, I have met 2 persons that had a February 29th birthday, just think of having a birthday every 4 years.

    • @What.its.like.
      @What.its.like.  5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      I want to do at least one live show a month and Call it part of the conversation where might sit down and interview somebody but you guys are part of the conversation because it’s happening right then in there and I think that would be freaking awesome to get together with some other content creators and just talk about cars and anything else.. might start with Wild Bill but there’s a bunch of people that I wanna do that segment with..

    • @markreibson7030
      @markreibson7030 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      ab jenkin's Mormon Meteor.

    • @bparksiii6171
      @bparksiii6171 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@What.its.like. Just finished watching Leno's video from 5 years ago featuring a restored Dusenberg chassis going over the details and then driving it on the street, the chassis has a jot of interesting details.

  • @1Smooth___Operator
    @1Smooth___Operator 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Liked and shared‼️

    • @What.its.like.
      @What.its.like.  4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Awesome glad you dig this episode =)

  • @stevegabbert9626
    @stevegabbert9626 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Wow, that engine's a real "Duesy".

  • @stephenlawson2546
    @stephenlawson2546 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Thanks I didn't know anything about these.

    • @What.its.like.
      @What.its.like.  5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      This was a really easy engine to get information for I wish they were all this easy very straightforward lots of documentation it’s hard to believe that engine was designed back then

  • @gradyyokeley9930
    @gradyyokeley9930 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    The 32 was the nicest to me

  • @dougzack4565
    @dougzack4565 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    If we use the price of an ounce of gold as a more accurate representation of the purchasing power of American Dollars, what one of those Doozy’s would cost today becomes even more dramatic. Approach $500K.

  • @andyZ3500s
    @andyZ3500s 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Chrysler went to the market with four wheel hydraulic brakes two our three years before Duesenberg.

    • @What.its.like.
      @What.its.like.  5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Yeah I saw that too but I wasn’t sure if Duesenberg had four wheel breaks on their model X and model a very intriguing I’m gonna have to look that up there is so much contradicting information out there on what companies did what first

  • @kennethanway7979
    @kennethanway7979 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    I wonder what a modern version would do?

  • @gregscott989
    @gregscott989 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Outside of the undersquare bore to stroke ratio, and the very low 5.2 to 1 compression ratio...because of the very low octane fuel avaiable...it's a state of the art modern engine.

  • @johnrebus1641
    @johnrebus1641 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    NOTE - Timing Belts didn't appear in a car engine until 1964 ( Vauxhall Victor). Most other OHC Engines in the 20's were either shaft drive
    (Bentley, Sunbeam, Wolsley, Salmson) or driven by a train of gears ( Alfa Romeo, Bugatti, Miller ). Chain drive was regarded as cheap in that era, as chains get longer as they wear. Admittedly the triple row chain would not have been cheap & would have much reduced wear compared even to nasty single row rubbish in use today.

    • @What.its.like.
      @What.its.like.  5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Great point

    • @outinthesticks1035
      @outinthesticks1035 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Back in the seventies I worked as mechanic on a fleet . It ran all 350 chev medium duty engines, which had a double roller timing chain . I never saw one worn out . The light duty engines had a steel link belt , it was very common for them to wear enough to rub through the timing cover

  • @Hogger280
    @Hogger280 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Definitely the 1932 Model J and the 1933 20 Grand!

  • @blue6gun
    @blue6gun 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I found prefer timing chains to belts. People are picking on me for wanting to swap a Nissan L28ET (bored & stroked to 3.2l) into an 86 300zx but I'm gonna do it. Nissan just re-released a Nismo DOHC cross-flow head for the L28 and OS Giken has had one available for a few years...that or I'll ditch the turbo and run triple side-draft carbs

  • @bl4558
    @bl4558 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Timing belts didn't exist when these engines were developed. It was a moot point bringing it up.

  • @michaelwilliams8297
    @michaelwilliams8297 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Cool vid, I'll take the Walker coupe if you have one.

    • @What.its.like.
      @What.its.like.  4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Sweet happy you dig this video

  • @vincentrockel1149
    @vincentrockel1149 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Walker coupe and grabber for me.

  • @61rampy65
    @61rampy65 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Way back when (1940s), my dad's friend put a Duesenberg J engine in a Model A Ford! The driver sat near the rear axle. I guess the car was dangerously fast! Unknown what happened to that car.

    • @What.its.like.
      @What.its.like.  5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Wow that’s crazy great story =)

  • @tigre7739
    @tigre7739 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    I'd pick the '32 Model J and the '33 twenty grand 😎

  • @carlmontney7916
    @carlmontney7916 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    34 Walker Coupe
    33 Doozie 20 grand
    A "doozie"! When something like a car creates a phrase that is still in use today to describe something that is extraordinary. That says something about that car and the company that made it.
    It's almost unfathomable that they created engines that advanced and capable of putting out that much horsepower. Talk about your state of the art that was it.
    Duesenberg, another one of a number of very good American automotive companies that fell victim to the depression.
    If you think about it, during the depression the ultimate FU statement would have been driving your duesenberg around in the city honking at all the people in the bread and soup kitchen lines to get out of your way. I'm sure that must have happened.
    Much as the Rolls-Royce is the status symbol of today definitely the duesenberg was the status symbol of its time. No question about it.

    • @What.its.like.
      @What.its.like.  5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Awesome choices and insight

  • @user-pv2gh3qf8z
    @user-pv2gh3qf8z หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    For me the most beautifull cars are made in USA in the 30 ´s and in Europe in the 50 , 60 ´s

  • @hcombs0104
    @hcombs0104 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Personally, I would take any or all if I could take care of them, but I would take the "34 Model J by LeBaron, and the '33 Twenty Grand if I had to narrow it down. It's intriguing to have a car you could have built to your specifications...sort of like a house. You certainly couldn't do that now, unless you had some truly deep pockets.

    • @What.its.like.
      @What.its.like.  5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Everything’s completely backwards now labor is expensive and technology is cheap back in the day labor was cheap technology was expensive..

  • @LeapingBlackman
    @LeapingBlackman หลายเดือนก่อน

    That pic for a rotary example SC is a german g-ladder scroll type
    Like vw scirocco

  • @1Smooth___Operator
    @1Smooth___Operator 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    13:07 Walker coupe

  • @LeapingBlackman
    @LeapingBlackman หลายเดือนก่อน

    Still recoiling here anxiously after i heard my name August, AND THEN just dropped a casual Augie too!
    Yeah august has 1 g so augie does too

  • @donalddesnoo5303
    @donalddesnoo5303 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    The 20g great video ❤ strange. Jay Leno and his restorer of them
    no mention they have an assortment of them 😂. Those engines probably got 1gal to the mile like the Packard aviation stuff

    • @What.its.like.
      @What.its.like.  5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I saw one source quote gas mileage but couldn’t back any of that information up so I didn’t share it but it said could get between 8 to 14
      14 seemed high

    • @donalddesnoo5303
      @donalddesnoo5303 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@What.its.like. thanx 👍

  • @HK45Mark23
    @HK45Mark23 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    20 Grand!

  • @blackericdenice
    @blackericdenice 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    How do you get the first engine to make 300 n/a hp?

  • @davidlogansr8007
    @davidlogansr8007 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Gotta go with the 20 Grand!

  • @danweyant4909
    @danweyant4909 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    5.2: 1 compression?.? Holy smoke- fuel was terrible then!

  • @judgetk8327
    @judgetk8327 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    The 20 grand obviously but the Nethercut museum won't give it up either. Hahaha

    • @What.its.like.
      @What.its.like.  5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Hahaha yeah probably not I saw mullin is closing wonder where those cars are going to go

  • @costrio
    @costrio 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    The "Mason" car got a little over 26 miles per gallon? (475/18)
    For it's day, I think that's pretty good gas mileage.

  • @dennislettich4035
    @dennislettich4035 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    "Delta Empire" by Queens of the Stone Age

    • @What.its.like.
      @What.its.like.  5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Not that song.. it might be that band though

  • @judgetk8327
    @judgetk8327 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    The Walker of course but I know Jay won't part with it and I couldn't afford it.

    • @What.its.like.
      @What.its.like.  5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Is that the only one?

  • @joecummings1260
    @joecummings1260 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    At 10:25 your illustration of the centrifugal supercharger has the impeller vanes going the wrong way.

    • @What.its.like.
      @What.its.like.  4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Great catch

    • @joecummings1260
      @joecummings1260 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@What.its.like. You should see how many animations of Roots blowers I see turning the wrong way. Actually I've found more than a couple impellers in centrifugal pumps that had the vanes going the wrong way. In large industrial pumps it's common to get an unfinished impeller and have to do the machine work on it in house. Sometimes purchasing buys the wrong one and nobody catches it. Well until they start it lol. It still works, but performance sucks

  • @johnnyappleseed6415
    @johnnyappleseed6415 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    '29 Cadillac V16 for the win, Alex... This is excellent content but a few things weren't mentioned. ACD was finally financially ruined by the owner doing shady things with their stock. Cadillac built more cars in one year than the ACD entire run. ACD was a beautifully fashioned car, Cadillac was made to crush peasants into the cobblestones, elegantly...

    • @What.its.like.
      @What.its.like.  5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Awesome insight and information thank you so much for adding that

    • @eugeneoreilly9356
      @eugeneoreilly9356 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      27 Delage for me.

  • @donaldvincent
    @donaldvincent 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    The LeBaron & the Twenty Grand

  • @peterantonopoulos2572
    @peterantonopoulos2572 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    The twenty grand all the way!

  • @losmilitantesdemilei5259
    @losmilitantesdemilei5259 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    1932

  • @johnstauffer9175
    @johnstauffer9175 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Packard should have merged with Stutz's and installed a larger version of Stutz's DV 32 engine in their Packard's?

    • @What.its.like.
      @What.its.like.  4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I think Packard should emerge with peerless and pierce arrow. They could’ve been the three peas under one roof.
      That could’ve joined to be the S lol

  • @sjkarstenson1119
    @sjkarstenson1119 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Looks great
    No audio?😮

    • @What.its.like.
      @What.its.like.  4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      There was audio huh wonder why audio was out

    • @sjkarstenson1119
      @sjkarstenson1119 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Me too...

    • @sjkarstenson1119
      @sjkarstenson1119 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Working today! 😂

  • @gradyyokeley9930
    @gradyyokeley9930 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    The 35

  • @davidmurphy7587
    @davidmurphy7587 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    God!

  • @markcollard9326
    @markcollard9326 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I'd take the 20 grand, easy choice.

    • @What.its.like.
      @What.its.like.  4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Sweet choice =)

    • @markcollard9326
      @markcollard9326 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      For sure.
      Great content on this channel, thank you for that and thank you for your precious time.@@What.its.like.

    • @What.its.like.
      @What.its.like.  4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      I’ve waited for years for channel like this and nobody ever did it so I figured I’d give it a shot
      I absolutely love Classic Cars especially the ones that never get talked about
      Welcome to the channel/community =)

  • @billolsen4360
    @billolsen4360 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    WYR: 1. '34 Walker coupe 2. '33 20-grand

  • @johnpotter8039
    @johnpotter8039 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Before I visited the Cunningham Museum, I remember reading the Popular Science article on Virgil Exner's 1966 Ghia-bodied Dusenberg. I recently found this video: th-cam.com/video/Qv8ge3emDSQ/w-d-xo.html. I have had a thought over the years. My family has had a long relationship with The Art Center School of Design. One family friend ran the automotive design department. I have seen some later, rather boring students' designs. What I wonder is whether students in the late 40s and early 50s had done their senior design projects to model the "1955 Dusenberg". What was their vision? When the Continental Mark II came out in 1956, it was described as "the new Dusenberg".

    • @What.its.like.
      @What.its.like.  5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I think it was interesting the continental mark two was designed by the same guy that designed both the cord 810-812 and the Duesenberg built bodied cars..
      I neglected to discuss all of the other start up companies that were tried.. Augie and his son restarted the Dusenburg brand in 1947 but it didn’t last..
      I’m really hoping to cover at least one Dusenburg this year I want to try to go after some more heavy hitters. Definitely want to do an Auburn I didn’t get to do one last year which was my fault I didn’t ask I saw one that I probably could’ve done..

  • @nathanhale3006
    @nathanhale3006 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Juiced

  • @johnvcramer5517
    @johnvcramer5517 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Duseenberg J.

  • @snuffa.luffagus7588
    @snuffa.luffagus7588 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    1932 & 1936

  • @JamesAllmond
    @JamesAllmond 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    32 Tourister
    30 Grabber

  • @rogerstrandberg168
    @rogerstrandberg168 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I think every one do the conversion of old money to new money wrong.
    25000 dollar could buy 1210 ounce of gold in 1928. Then with 1210 ounce today with 2017 per ounce would get you a value of 2440570 dollars, that 2 million dollar more than what you stated.

    • @What.its.like.
      @What.its.like.  4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      This is the converter I used..
      www.in2013dollars.com/us/inflation/1930?amount=10000

  • @1Smooth___Operator
    @1Smooth___Operator 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    13:18 20 grand

  • @luiscardozo0000
    @luiscardozo0000 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    everybody think dussemberg was a german brand car

    • @What.its.like.
      @What.its.like.  4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I don’t know I always knew it was American brand

  • @Walkercolt1
    @Walkercolt1 15 วันที่ผ่านมา

    The Dusenberg Brothers NEVER built their own engines!!! They purchased engines from Continental, Waveland, Pierce Arrow, but most often from Miller Racing. The 1938 Miller-Dusenberg SJ and SSJ were the penultimate "Dusey" engines. 341 CID straight 8's, OHV, Bendix mechanical supercharger on the SJ and AiReserch (GE) turbo superchargers, both liquid cooled rated at 375 or 425 HP@3500 RPM and 500-600 Ft/lbs at 1650 RPM. Fitted with a three-speed "Dusey" "Singing" transmission and typically 2.81:1 Fullerton (became part of Eaton) rear axles, the 4600 pound cars could top 150 MPH, if the tires didn't blow! The sound of the "Singing transmission" was dubbed on movies for thirty years, no matter the brand of car! The SJ didn't need an auto tranny. You simply put it in second gear and drove 0-105 MPH without shifting! With a dual-disc clutch (like modern semi's) you didn't need the clutch either, except when changing gears.

  • @soldtobediers
    @soldtobediers 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    It's a Doosey

  • @rebekahfrench5747
    @rebekahfrench5747 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Just goes to show how far backwards the world really is..

    • @What.its.like.
      @What.its.like.  4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Totally agree nothing made today. Looks this nice.

  • @G-regular503
    @G-regular503 26 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    Qotsa no one knows

  • @daveogarf
    @daveogarf 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    *NOT* Bugatti "Sha-RONE"... "KAI-raan".

  • @Katchi_
    @Katchi_ 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Good subject matter. Don't care for the narration. Theatrics... so very american.

    • @What.its.like.
      @What.its.like.  4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Real person tho at least it’s not Al
      I didn’t much care for this comment so judge mental

  • @PaulG.x
    @PaulG.x 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    The narration sounds like it is being read by someone that does not understand English

  • @dorcom
    @dorcom 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    blah blah blah blah blah are you sure like to talk a lot!

    • @What.its.like.
      @What.its.like.  5 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      We don’t live in a dimension where can send information telepathically so how else are you supposed to learn information

    • @dorcom
      @dorcom 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@What.its.like. the cynicism in your reply doesn't help much either! it's the way you narrate and over-explain everything just to create contents!

    • @godfreyberry1599
      @godfreyberry1599 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Jay keep on at it. As a classic car buff with SKIN IN THE GAME you are the very BEST with top content and presentation style - keep on at it !. EXCELLENT