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Home > Duesenberg > 1938 Phantom Corsair Museum Edition Signed Limited Edition of 75 pieces in 1:24 Scale by Automodello
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1938 Phantom Corsair Museum Edition Signed Limited Edition of 75 pieces in 1:24 Scale by Automodello
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Detailed Description
The
National Automobile Museum
and the Heinz family present the Museum Edition of the 1938 Phantom Corsair. Limited to just
75 units, the Museum Edition is hand-signed and endorsed by the Heinz
family to celebrate the 75th anniversary of the car.
Black with hand-numbered
Certificate endorsed by the Heinz family on closed resincast model marking
the 75th anniversary of this car in 2013. Museum Edition includes special
base plate.
Mint Models is proud to introduce the 1938 Phantom Corsair resincast model in 1:24 Scale. This model is the first in a new line of 1:24 Scale models by Automodello. These fine quality resincast models set a new standard in fine resin models. Combining state of the art resin casting technology with old world craftsmanship, this new line was designed and developed by legendary automobile designer in real and miniature Raffi Minasian for Automodello.
Raffi's famous 1:24 scale masterpiece - the Duesenberg Coupe Simone has been considered by many to be one of the most beautiful scale models ever designed and crafted. What better car to launch this new collection with than the 1938 Phantom Corsair. The first model in a collection that will feature some of the most elegant and revolutionary automobile designs of the twentieth century. This custom built corsair with its revolutionary design helped set the high water mark that other manufacturers could only dream about.
Limited Edition of only 75 Pieces Worldwide.
- Hand Painted in gloss black automotive quality paint ensuring an enduring finish.
- The paint and trim are polished by hand resulting in an absolutely gorgeous show-winning finish.
- Interior materials are textured to accurate scale.
- Interior gauges are highly detailed down to the single center-mounted multi-function instrument.
- Carpeting is flocked to scale
- Excellent fit on all door, hood, and trunk seams
- Raised chrome foil used on all emblems and lettering.
- Tail light lenses are replicate with tinted red lenses.
- Bumpers and trim are chrome plated
- World class finish throughout
- Closed resin model (hood and doors do not open)
- This model is truly a beautiful work of art
- Model finished with rolling wheels
In stock now. Only a few pieces left.
*Raffi has been featured on World of Wheels, Speed Vision Network, The Learning Channel's Rides, and the Fine Living Network. He has designed more than 300 unique model cars and several full size cars. His awards include Car Styling magazine's Award of Excellence.
About the real car:
The Phantom Corsairis an automobile prototype from 1938. It is a six-passenger coupe that was designed by Rust Heinz, a member of the H. J. Heinz family, and Maurice Schwartz of the Pasadena,
California based Bohman & Schwartz coachbuilding company. The design was a departure from contemporary car design and it did away with many features, common at the time, that were eventually abandoned by mainstream designers
Production
Heinz planned to put the Phantom Corsair, which cost approximately $24,000 to produce in 1938 (approximately $300,000 in 2005 dollars)into limited production at an estimated selling price of $12,500. However, Heinz's death, shortly after the car was completed, ended those plans.
The 1938 Phantom Corsair now resides in the
National
Automobile
Museum (The Harrah Collection) in
Reno,
Nevada.
The full story of this car, as well as studio pictures, appears in the October 2006 edition of Classic and Sports Car magazine
Design
With a height of only 147 cm (58 in.), the steel and aluminum body had no running boards, fenders or door handles. Instead, the doors could be opened using buttons located on the outside and on the instrument panel. To match the advanced design, Heinz chose the most advanced chassis available in the
United States at that time, the Cord 810. The V8 engine-equipped Cord also featured front wheel drive and an electrically operated four-speed gearbox, as well as a fully independent suspension and adjustable shock absorbers. To accommodate the large body, various changes were carried through on the chassis. The car's lower frame was made of chromoly steeland the upper frame was constructed of electrically welded aviation steel tubing. Power for the 2-ton / 4500 lb. (2000 kg) Phantom Corsair came from a modified Cord 810 Lycoming 8-cylinder unit, supercharged to produce about 190 hp. The aerodynamic bodyenabled the car to reach speeds of up to 115 miles perhour (185 km/h).
Phantom Corsair in media
• The automobile was featured as the "Flying Wombat" in the David O. Selznick film The Young in Heart(1938), starring Douglas Fairbanks, Jr., Paulette Goddard, Janet Gaynor, and Billie Burke. Heinz and his car were featured in a segment of the Popular Science film series in 1938.
• The Phantom Corsair can be seen in other media such as several magazines, computer and video games
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