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TRW "INTERNATIONAL MUSEUM FAVORITES" 1980 CALENDAR FOLIO SET OF 12 AUTO PRINTS
$ 13.2
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TRW "INTERNATIONAL MUSEUM FAVORITES" 1980 FOLIO SET OF 12 COLOR LITHOGRAPHIC PRINTSOffered is a full set of 12 automotive prints painted by the artist James B. Deneen. These are from a special folio issue of the 12 prints that were also pictured in the
Thompson Ramo Wooldridge, Inc.
calendar for 1980. This year's calendar pictures 12 cars from the collections of six of the best known automobile museums in the world. Museums include: Harrah's, Reno, Nevada; the Henry Ford Museum, Dearborn, Michigan; the National Motor Museum, Beaulieu, UK; Daimler-Benz, Stuttgart, Germany; Merle Norman Museum, San Sylmar, California and the Crawford Museum, Cleveland, Ohio.
Here's listing of the 12 prints offered(copyrighted by Thompson Ramo Wooldridge, Inc.):
1.
1930 Bentley
- The 4 1/2 Litre-Supercharged, known as a "Blower Bentley", is a prime example of vintage British sports cars.
2.
1955 Mercedes- Benz 300 SLR
- Won 5 of 6 Grand Prix races it entered before withdrawing from the 1955 Le Mans and racing.
3.
1907 Thomas
- Won the famous New York to Paris Around-the-World race in 1908.Traveled some 22,000 miles(8,500 miles by ship) in 170 days.
4.
1933 Pierce Arrow
- This seven passenger touring car, owned by the same family since 1933, was purchased from a Los Angeles wrecking yard and restored to mint condition. Car was one of the original cars in the Nethercutt Collection.
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1933 Duesenberg "SJ" Speedster
- This boat-tail speedster, built to a Gordon Buehrig design, was one of only 36 built. When acquired by Harrah's , odometer read only 1,432 miles.
6.
1926 Chandler
- This "Comrade Roadster" had a six-cylinder, 55 hp Pike's Peak motor and was the first model with a synchromesh transmission. Although popular and moderately priced, Chandler Motor Co. was in business for only 17 years.
7.
1896 Quadricycle
- Henry Ford's first gasoline-powered auto, took two years of experimentation in his garage. Finished in 1896, Quadricycle ran on 4 bicycle tires.
8.
1901 Packard
- Thought to be 4th oldest Packard in existence, this model was the first American production car with a steering wheel.
9.
1902 "999" Racer
- Ford named the "999" after a locomotive that set a long-standing speed record. Barney Oldfield won his first race in a "999", it contained one of the largest 4-cylinder engines ever built..
10.
1909 Rolls-Royce
- "Silver Ghost"Â so called because of its smooth and quiet ride, had a cruising speed of over 60 mph. Through 1922, Ghosts were the single Rolls-Royce model.
11.
1911 Blitzen-Benz
- From 1909 to 1912, Barney Oldfield and Bob Burman set 23 world records in these race cars. In 1911 the one mile record was set at 141.73 mph, not broken until 1924.
12.
1940 Cadillac
- Last of the V-16 and custom body era, this C
adillac was a one-of-a-kind, 5 passenger fastback coupe, built by Derham and purchased by a Dupont VP.
Note: Original envelope and information brochure are included. Brochure contains a full description of each monthly picture.
Prints will be shipped flat by USPS Priority Mail Service, well protected between two cardboard sheets. Shipping will be combined for additional calendar prints.