Steam & Excursion > A Lima and an Auburn

On saturday September 17th, we decided to get some stock material for the FWRHS while we had the engine renumbered.  The Auburn completes the scene.

---

Calendar quality.
Bob

See what happens when we get the engine up to 88 mph?

The Flux Capacitor worked!

Rich Melvin
Columbus, OH
My Web Site



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 09/20/16 08:32 by Rich_Melvin.

Wow, great stuff!

What is the year and the model of the Auburn (which were made in Auburn, Indiana - about 20 miles north of Fort Wayne)?

It actually a replica of a 1936 boattail speedster. If you had a real one, it's worth so much money you probably wouldn't drive it.

Posted from iPhone

At Sotherby's in 2014:1936 Auburn Eight Supercharged Speedster

• Chassis no. 35209 E
• Engine no. GH 5349

Sold for $550,000

Under the gorgeous sheet metal of that Auburn replica you'll find the chassis of a 1982 Oldsmobile.

Rich Melvin
Columbus, OH
My Web Site

NIIIIIIICE....!!

Rich_Melvin Wrote:
-------------------------------------------------------
> Under the gorgeous sheet metal of that Auburn
> replica you'll find the chassis of a 1982
> Oldsmobile.

Obviously not a contender for membership
in the ACD club! (Auburn Cord Dusenberg)

What, no complaints about "all" the white paint? I miss that drum beat. Maybe the Mars light stifles the critics. Really like the photo. Olds or not, that's a cool car, and what a loco. d

Maybe because most people finally get that the white is 100% prototypical :D

Thumper Wrote:
-------------------------------------------------------
> Rich_Melvin Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> > Under the gorgeous sheet metal of that Auburn
> > replica you'll find the chassis of a 1982
> > Oldsmobile.
>
> Obviously not a contender for membership
> in the ACD club! (Auburn Cord Dusenberg)

Actually, the replica Auburns do have a loyal following in the ACD club.  They are referred to as "second generation" cars.  And, I think such owners can be members of the club.

 I had a chance to examine that Auburn up close. Replica or not, it is absolutely stunning.

Rich Melvin
Columbus, OH
My Web Site

Yeah, that'll do.

- Jeff Carlson

Not sure which is cooler, the car or the loco.

Posted from iPhone

Rich_Melvin Wrote:
-------------------------------------------------------
> See what happens when we get the engine up to 88
> mph?
>
> The Flux Capacitor worked!

I've been behind it at 80 MPH.  So, 88 wouldn't be much of a stretch.  We were hitting a milepost about every 45 seconds.  There wasn't much of the choo choo sound, more of a constatnt hiss almost.  We were traveling fron Lexington, Ky to Danville, Ky.  

John
 

If that were a picture of a model train layout, I would put the 767 at "O" gauge size and the Auburn as "HO" gauge size. They for some reason just look out of proportion to each other :) Like they say " truth can be stranger than fiction".

-Fred-