1929 Other Makes : Duesenberg Duesenberg

Seller: bid123sold
Price: $350,100
Listed: July 30th, 2006
Location: Rochester, Michigan

The Model J Duesenberg carries class and presence unsurpassed by any other motorcar of its day and was affordable and attainable by only the wealthiest connoisseurs.

Our auction vehicle was originally owned by Hollywood movie director and producer Roy DelRio and this Duesenberg Speedster encompasses elegance and the stylish personality of the 1920s Hollywood set.

The outstanding example, model J-198-2221, Murphy disappearing top torpedo speedster exudes grace and rarity. A total of six Murphy torpedo roadsters were built, one long wheel base and five short wheel base models. This vehicle J-198-2221 is one of the short wheel base models.. ... READ MORE and SEE THIRTY ADDITIONAL PHOTOS

More Duesenberg information courtesy of Wikipedia
Duesenberg was a US-based luxury automobile company active from 1913 to 1937.

In 1913 the Duesenberg Brothers, Fred and August, founded Duesenberg Automobile & Motors Company, Inc. in Des Moines, Iowa, at 8th and Grand Ave, to build sports cars. Born in 1876 and 1879 in Germany, the two brothers were self-taught engineers and built many experimental cars. Duesenberg cars were considered some of the very best cars built at the time, and were built entirely by hand. In 1914 Eddie Rickenbacker drove a "Duesy" to finish in 10th place at the Indianapolis 500 and a Duesenberg car won the race in 1924, 1925, and 1927. 1923 saw the only use of the Duesenberg as the pace car at the Indianapolis 500. In 1921, Jimmy Murphy became the first American to win the French Grand Prix when he piloted a Duesenberg to victory at the Le Mans racetrack.

Although the Duesenberg brothers were world-class engineers, they were unable to sell their Model A car, their first "mass-produced" vehicle (just 667 were ever made), which was considered very advanced, offering such features as dual overhead cams, four-valve cylinder heads and the first hydraulic brakes ever offered on a passenger car. Instead, the company went bankrupt and closed in 1922.

Model X Duesenbergs are very rare. According to Randy Ema, the country's top Duesenberg authority, only 13 Model X's were built. They fit in between the Duesenberg Model A and the famous Models J and SJ, which were built from 1929 to 1937. Only four known X's survive.