THE FRENCHTOWN FLYER
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mutt":kit8enh5 said:Have you ever used three of those 1bbl Holleys from the 50's/60's that sported rectangular glass floatbowls?
SuperMag":2rkyt7uo said:Is the "inspection window" on the side of the block a Duesenberg original feature?
ludwig":2fxbpes0 said:Yeah, but when he gets it done it will be a doozy.
THE FRENCHTOWN FLYER":kwincipl said:Progress to date:
Lazy JW":vetwzp68 said:ludwig":vetwzp68 said:Yeah, but when he gets it done it will be a doozy.
I presume you know from whom that term came?
Joe
Lazy JW":1khwwqoy said:Lazy JW":1khwwqoy said:ludwig":1khwwqoy said:Yeah, but when he gets it done it will be a doozy.
I presume you know from whom that term came?
Joe
William Claude Dukenfield, AKA W.C. Fields, owned a Duesenberg (maybe more than one, I dunno) of which he was quite proud. He referred to it has his "Doozy", and the term came to be used meaning something really spectacular.
And now you know part of the story
Joe