Year: 1929
Model: 2 doors
Wheelbase: 142, 5 Inch 362 cm
Color : red
Wheel: left
Motornr.: 2239
Motortype: 8 cilinder 420 Cib. 6,8 liter Nr. “ J-219 S “
Weight: 2550 kg.
Original: complete original
History:
The first owner John R. MacKinney, 434 E. 52nd St., NYC. Bought through the New York Duesenberg branch for $14,500, the price of two dozen Fords. “MacKinney had his own seat on the New York Stock Exchange and his own company --- MacKinney and Weicher. He was a multi millionaire and partner of Standard Oil’s John D. Rockefeller Sr.”
In 1980 the car, won Best of show at The ACD Meet at Auburn Indiana and in 1981 it won Overall Best of Show at Pebble Beach. That is their highest award. This is about the finest accolades a classic car can receive!
A former owner of this car was the famous Bruce Meyer from California USA. He is a well known car collector and was the 1999 winner of the Meguiar “Person of the year award”. He was trustee and founding member of The Peterson Automotive Museum in Los Angeles. When the car was owned by Meyer, it was maintained by Duesenberg expert Randy Ema and the car won many trophies.
2002 Louis Vuitton Price "People's Choice "
2006 "Best of Show" Antwerp Classic Saloon, Belgium
2007 "Best of Show " Techno Classica Essen , Germany
2007 First Price "Concours DÉlegance Schwetzingen", Germany
The Book “Duesenberg “ by Dennis Adler give the next information: Murphy only build 50 body’s for a Duesenberg and only 2 with a non-disappearing top and a dixi sit. This Duesenberg is one of those two ones.
The Book “ Automobile Quaterly Vol 4 “ from Lukas Huni : On page 58 and 59 this Duesenberg is shown as “The Crowning Touch “
Duesenberg was a United States-based luxury automobile company active in various forms from 1913 to 1937.
Fred Duesenberg designed the chassis and an engine that would be the best in the world, the newly revived Duesenberg company set about to produce the Model J.
The Model J Duesenberg was first available at the New York Car Show of 1928. In unsupercharged form it boasted a whopping 265 horsepower (198 kW), straight-8 engine with dual overhead camshafts, and was capable of a top speed of 119 mph (192 km/h), and 94 mph (151 km/h) in 2nd gear. All at a time when even the best cars of the era were not inclined to exceed 100 mph and in spite of the unsynchronized transmissions. Duesenbergs generally weighed around two and a half tons and up to three tons was not unusual, considering the wide array of custom coachwork available.
Only the chassis and engine were displayed at the 1928 New York Car Show, since the interior and body of the car would be custom-made by an experienced coachbuilder to the owner's specifications. The bodywork made for Duesenbergs came from coachbuilders in both North America and Europe, and the finished cars comprised some of the largest, grandest, most beautiful and elegant cars ever created.
Quickly the Duesenberg became one of the most popular in America, owned by the rich and famous, among them Clark Gable, Gary Cooper , Howard Hughes and the Duke of Windsor
Duesenberg advertising claimed that it was the best car in the world, and their world-beating performance and extreme opulence tend to back that up.
The Duesenberg name still lives on as an object of opulence and luxury. It is estimated that approximately 50%, or roughly 600, of the originally manufactured Duesenbergs are still on the road (as of 2006) as classic cars or "Oldtimers." Today Duesenberg Model J's and SJ's are among the most desired collectible classic cars in the world, and it is not uncommon today for a Duesenberg in good condition to sell for over E.1 million, and a few into a multi-million selling price.