SankariSuomi
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1935
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THE STORY
In 1939, French cosmetics magnate Gui De LaRouche contracted coach builder Emmett and Armand to create an exotic-bodied coupé on a Duesenberg Type J chassis. It was named 'Simone' after his lover, and painted in a colour called 'Midnight Ghost.'
This monster sports car was powered by a 32 valve 6.9 litre supercharged V8 that delivered 190 kW. Its maximum speed was ~200 Km/h.
Driven only once, the car was lost during WWII, and never seen again.
THE TRUTH
The 1939 Duesenberg Coupé Simone Midnight Ghost never existed. It was designed by Roger Hardnock and Raffi Minasian for Franklin Mint, and only ever produced as a 1:24 scale model. The backstory was created for marketing purposes.
RuricOrhlandis
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ToSisPoS
The Franklin Mint lied. This upsets me.
CakeOrGlory
This is the most exquisite Design Wank that I've ever seen.
Neomechavoltron
I hear Bruce Wayne had one.
Nightcaste
Wasn't this post of the inspiration for the batmobile?
matthew2401360
Came looking for someone else who thought this had some Batman aesthetic to it. +1
EmbraceTheCrag
A real duesy.
Arcian
There's just something about the aesthetics of the first half of the 20th century that tickles my fancy. Esp love Art Nouveau and Art Deco.
Ouberos
Dirk Pitt intensifies
MyCakeDayOnlyComesOnceEveryFourYears
AlrightlyThen
Is that lady dimitrescu and her car
brickius
*BUMP* "what was that?" "I've no idea, I can't see a fucking thing out of these windows, hopefully not a child"
buttcreambandit
Don’t understand why they don’t make cars like this. Modern style shit is so gross looking
rjohannsen
aka: The rolling blind spot pedestrian squisher
arikelrecords2000
It's pretty but would suck to drive, look at that windshield to hood angle you wouldn't be able to see shit
Xenominim
No rear window whatsoever either and the thing is HUGE. It would be a nightmare to drive on anything other than an empty highway.
ridetheshoopuf
Curvy as F
zeebeez13
LOL marketing purses...
Smartnership
“Dr Freud to marketing department…”
Rehjee
It was driven only once, by the thief.
statelessnfaithless
Had us in the first half, not gonna lie
HeraldofOmega
Still cool looking
KapuskiBoi
I appreciate the spare tire at the back but how are you supposed to change it with those tirecovers?
Speedmetal05
It's just a model! But what a voluptuous, sexy model, yes?
UnitConversionBot
200 Km/h ≈ 120 miles per hour
UnitConversionBot
6.9 litre ≈ 1.82 us gallons or 1.52 imperial gallons
RuBisCO1
Curse you bot! Never convert metric to stupid imperial units!
SodomySnake
190 kW = 254.794 hp
lrrc49
doesn't look enough like a penis for me to really like it though.
thrashingcows
Still a stunning car!
DooksandPooks
This car is the sexiest vehicle I’ve ever seen
Ewill79
No wing mirrors and no real rear window. Looks good yes but if it was real it would be undriveable.
green110
Its not a car!!!!!!!!! that's the point.
sickreference
All cars are stunning if they hit you hard enough.
goldnboi
But only for 1 d4 rounds
SankariSuomi
Yeah it is unbelievably gorgeous, they've beautifully captured the Art Deco style.
currentresidentz
waffle911
A lot of the compound shapes in the bodywork would not have been practical with coachbuilding techniques of the time.
NottherealSlimPickens
At least the Jonckheere Coupe was real https://heacockclassic.com/articles/the-round-door-rolls-1925-rolls-royce-phantom-i-jonckheere/
MillenniumFalcon
Rumpelstiltskinner
Interesting read. Thanks.
unamailer
That's amazing
Taishosama
would love to own something that sexy
matticusiv
Try turbosquid
TheNotSoFatWookiee
The car is nice too.
NarratorDurden
And the car as well
ElTee86
Come on! You’re not allowed to own women. Or people in general. We fought a war about this. /s
Taishosama
woman? oh oh there is a woman in the image. didn't notice the 1st time or 5th.
furzinderdose
A real slut, you can almost see her ankles under the pantyhose.
DarkwingDuc
SuperBeetle76
fukn perfect.
herzatz
of course she is a model !
Hazarduk
Shh!
realAnimatronicDonaldTrump
I'm curious, how do you turn the front wheel without knocking into the panel cover?
fuerstfux
They are cut out, so I suppose the covers turn with the wheels.
FurblanketRat
If you had enough clearance inside the wheel well, you could put the cover on a hinge that moved with the tire
anotherIngloriousHandle
like any old boat design, there’s plenty of gap
DarkwingDuc
I would assume the panel cover moves, too. Hence the cutout. If it didn't, it'd be flat like the rear panel.
DocWino
The cutout would be for changing tires.
DarkwingDuc
If that were true, it'd also be on the rear. Back tires blow out, too. I'm not saying it's good design, but come on. The intent is obvious.
brambleramble
they are movable spats, vs static like most rear wheel spats
SankariSuomi
I don't know but it must work somehow, because the 1940 Saab Ursaab had front wheel spats: https://www.wikiwand.com/en/Saab_Ursaab
TheOldSchoolisBack
They kinda worked. Saab abandoned front spats because snow could get trapped, making the car impossible to turn.
SankariSuomi
Well that would not be a problem in Australia, where I live. :D
BillGates5GPigeon
I dunno climate change might do some crazy shit in 50 years
Madskirke
And how do You park, without mirros?
Tuidjy
Driving in reverse is for plebes. The owner goes from porte-cochère to porte-cochère, and doesn't worry about the one parking his car.
rowingrowingrowing
Or change lanes?!?
DougForcett
You think someone who could afford this did their own parking?
BrianAKASnapper
Just look out the rear window.. wait.. maybe they had backup cameras in 1939 (black and white of course) dead sexy but not practical
Hovencloof
Practicality does not seem to have been a prime consideration here.
ProjectorGames
250 BHP from 6.9 litre engine? At that sort of fuel consumption, I suspect you could probably just use the petrol as a rocket :|
PballQhead
The guys who designed this clearly didn't know bupkus about Dusey motors; the real 6.9L was a straight-8 that got to 400hp in the SSJ.
TheBlueMuppet
Back in those times, they had stuff like 100hp inline 16s, lol. Even in the 70s, musclecars would get like 200-250hp from huge V8s.
TheBlueMuppet
Now, you can throw some parts and get a 700hp inline 4, if you dont care about longevity.
Cedr3000
Added to my collection
wolfspirit21
Not a scratch Doctor.
brassknucklenerd
The fact that they put water in his glass in that scene instead of wine showed such incredible attention to cinematographic detail.
BiologicallyHazardousMaterial
Why?
brassknucklenerd
His face is the only bright colour in the whole shot. The hangar, other characters – all muted greys and blacks. The focus stays 100% on >
brassknucklenerd
< him, on his face. He's giving a speech at the time. Plus holding a glass of water and saying "hail hydra" is pretty funny.
BiologicallyHazardousMaterial
But it is wine/supposed to be. Its just black.
brassknucklenerd
This scene: