Dupont

I was looking at the Waterhouse Model G on Wednesday in St Louis. Decent older restoration. I tried to buy a speedster right after I got out of college. Made  my best offer with money I still hadn't managed to accumulate, I was still 35k short back in 1991. I have managed to save up the rest of the money as of today. Now I'm short about 800k. Twenty six years later and they are still going up in value..........where's my T?

Has there ever been a bad looking Waterhouse bodied car?  I think not.

I promised Al if he started a thread I would add an original photo and Stan Smith's research on such -  I will have to do some homework about where is is in the library.

By the way, the H dual cowl (white and Black) - why have I never seen an original photo of this as a new car - not like it would ever go unnoticed in the 30's ?

I don't have Stan's book handy,  does he have a picture of it?

Somewhere buried in my car stuff, I have info and literature of them building the last cars in Springfield Massachusetts. Does anyone else have anything on them in Springfield? Interesting to think that DuPont and Rolls Royce were in the same town making cars at the same time. 

I think the only cars built in Springfield were the 3 Model H's on the Stearn's chassis.

The factory letters I have say Springfield. I think the printed literature does also, but it's been 25 years since I have looked at the stuff.

E. Paul Dupont had bought Indian motors around 1931 and they moved the entire engineering staff from Delaware to Springfield.  It would be interesting to see what you have.  Maybe my Stutz picture will be in the lot.

Maybe MY Stutz picture will be in the lot................?

edinmassJun 14, 2017

Maybe MY Stutz picture will be in the lot................?

Funny boy.

So who remembers the car that started it all for J.B. Nethercutt?  Found on a used car lot in the 1950s, it was J.B.'s first restoration and an early Pebble BOS.

Awesome Car (and I do not say that about "Town Cars" too often).  And, enjoyed both CCCA articles on it when first done and more recent update (including photos of it when "found").

In 2011, I  had the pleasure of closely inspecting that lone surviving model H in its owner's garage.  It is perhaps the most stunning car I have ever seen.  it really takes your breath away.

I had the luck to see and hear a Dupont running around the basement garage at the Peterson Auto Museum in Los Angeles a few years back. It looked and sounded great!

Speaking of the Nethercutt Dupont,  here it is when my wife and I visited the collection last year.  You need to all ahead for a reservation but the tour is free and fantastic.

If the one that´s at The Nethercutt is not a Classic Car, I don´t know what is. Here are a couple more.

Is there such thing as an interior photo of this Town Car - I have never seen one and am curious all be it I assume it is "modern" aka very plain & simple ?

alsancleJun 11, 2017

This is the lone known surviving model H.

And, I would still love to see a photo of this car as new.