AutoPuzzles - The Internet's Museum of Rare Cars!

Puzzles, Games and Name That Car => Solved AutoPuzzles => 2010 => Topic started by: Carnut on October 24, 2010, 06:25:07 PM

Title: Solved - NEH 786: 1953 Detroiter
Post by: Carnut on October 24, 2010, 06:25:07 PM

What's this car for 1 point?

Title: Re: NEH 786
Post by: Carnut on November 05, 2010, 12:24:53 PM

Experts?

Title: Re: NEH 786
Post by: pguillem on November 05, 2010, 11:29:15 PM

Horch P240 Sachsenring ?

Title: Re: NEH 786
Post by: Carnut on November 06, 2010, 03:06:16 PM

Quote from: pguillem on November 05, 2010, 11:29:15 PM

Horch P240 Sachsenring ?

Not that, no.

Title: Re: NEH 786
Post by: woodinsight on November 08, 2010, 08:53:14 AM

Detroiter styled by Ray Russell?

Title: Re: NEH 786
Post by: Carnut on November 08, 2010, 10:27:13 AM

Quote from: woodinsight on November 08, 2010, 08:53:14 AM

Detroiter styled by Ray Russell?

Yes it is.  I didn't know it was by Ray Russell though!
Very impressive!

Title: Re: Solved - NEH 786: 1953 Detroiter
Post by: sixtee5cuda on November 27, 2016, 10:57:01 AM

From what appears to be the October 1953 Motor Trend magazine:

The Detroiter, newest baby of the Detroit Accessories Co. of St. Clair Shores, Mich., is a fairly conservative car.  Ray Russell, its designer, planned it "to stay in style for a number of years."  Though the pilot model shown here was built on a specially shortened Cadillac chassis, production bodies will be primarily for '52-'53 Ford chassis, which they will fit with no tailoring.  Furthermore, an astonishing number of standard Ford parts (glass, windshield frame, dash panel, floor mats, etc.) are used in the car.

More images: