The End Was in Sight
Only two of the 1933 Stutz DV32, Weymann bodied automobiles are known to still exist. The car was equipt with a 156 bhp, 322.1 cu. in. DOHC inline eight-cylinder engine, three-speed manual transmission, solid front and live rear axles with semi-elliptical leaf springs, and four-wheel vacuum-assisted hydraulic drum brakes on wheelbase of 145 in. The DV-32 featured the last iteration of the powerplant, which began as a 322-cubic inch former BB engine that had been redesigned by Charles “Pop” Greuter, the dean of the Stutz engineering department, to include dual overhead camshafts and angled valves above the hemispherical combustion chambers. It was this arrangement that gave the engine its lasting title: the “Dual-Valve 32,” for its four valves per cylinder, with 32 in total. The upgraded engine produced some 156 horsepower, which was about the same horsepower-per-cubic-inch ratio of the Duesenberg Model J. With a lightweight body, a DV-32 was swift, flexible, and capable of not only 90 mph but also outrunning just about everything but the inevitable.
Only about 200 examples of the DV-32 were delivered during Stutz’s waning days, which finally came to an end in 1935 after a valiant attempt at survival through light truck production. The survivors have long been held among the most valuable and desirable of Stutzes, and they are among the most pleasurable automobiles of their era to drive.
The End Was in Sight
Only two of the 1933 Stutz DV32, Weymann bodied automobiles are known to still exist. The car was equipt with a 156 bhp, 322.1 cu. in. DOHC inline eight-cylinder engine, three-speed manual transmission, solid front and live rear axles with semi-elliptical leaf springs, and four-wheel vacuum-assisted hydraulic drum brakes on wheelbase of 145 in. The DV-32 featured the last iteration of the powerplant, which began as a 322-cubic inch former BB engine that had been redesigned by Charles “Pop” Greuter, the dean of the Stutz engineering department, to include dual overhead camshafts and angled valves above the hemispherical combustion chambers. It was this arrangement that gave the engine its lasting title: the “Dual-Valve 32,” for its four valves per cylinder, with 32 in total. The upgraded engine produced some 156 horsepower, which was about the same horsepower-per-cubic-inch ratio of the Duesenberg Model J. With a lightweight body, a DV-32 was swift, flexible, and capable of not only 90 mph but also outrunning just about everything but the inevitable.
Only about 200 examples of the DV-32 were delivered during Stutz’s waning days, which finally came to an end in 1935 after a valiant attempt at survival through light truck production. The survivors have long been held among the most valuable and desirable of Stutzes, and they are among the most pleasurable automobiles of their era to drive.