Vehicle Description
This vehicle is being sold as Lot No. R558. - Engine Number J-255
Serial Number 2276 - Originally fashioned in Judkins Limousine
Coachwork - Known history and great provenance - Used by E.L.
Cord's wife as a limousine by 1935 - Joined Pacific Auto Rental in
Hollywood in 1937 - Possibly the most filmed Duesenberg ever -
Featured in movies like: 1940 The Great McGinty, 1951 Pocketful of
Miracles, 1955 Al Capone, 1958 Party Girl, 1977 Howard Hughes, 1981
The Gangster Chronicles and 1984 City Heat - Sold in 1985 to Fred
and Dave Weber - The Webers commissioned Fran Roxas of Chicago to
upgrade the coachwork in the style of a Walker LaGrande Torpedo
Phaeton - During the build, the car retained its complete rolling
chassis, running gear and numbered firewall - Formerly part of the
Blackhawk Collection - Most Outstanding Open Car, 1921-1930 at the
2008 Greenwich Concours d'Elegance
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