The Last Ditch by Tom Paine

THE LAST DITCH

Home comforts

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Another magnificent Duesenberg – they don’t seem to have come in any other variety

In the old Auburn / Cord / Duesenberg factory, now the National Automotive and Truck Museum

A very cool police car

Jean Harlow’s boyfriend’s Cord

I spent the morning at two motor museums; the National Automotive and Truck Museum housed in the factory where Auburn, Cord and Duesenberg cars were made and – right next door in the former offices and showroom of the company – the Auburn Cord Duesenberg Museum. I thoroughly enjoyed both.

After a leisurely drive to Chicago, I am now sleeping under the roof of old friends from my days living in Poland. I shall stay here a couple of days, exploring this great city for the first time and then it’s on to the Great River Road.

2 responses to “Home comforts”

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    Moggsy

    That car from the other post and the “cool police car” are they the same model, or is it like how similar a Ford and a Chrysler of some models can be?
    They almost look like a modern take on an old theme. From a batman movie or something. How big is the engine? It looks like it ought to be big enough to power a locomotive instead of a car.

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    Tom

    They are indeed both 1930s Cords. Yes, they are very modern. I was struck with the model in one of my car porn books when I was a teenager and I loved it even better in the metal.

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Returning to London on retirement in 2011, he was dismayed to discover how much liberty had been lost in the UK while he was away.

He’s a classical liberal (libertarian, if you must) who, like his illustrious namesake, considers that

“…government even in its best state is but a necessary evil; in its worst state an intolerable one.”

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