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419ci DOHC Inline 8-Cylinder Engine 4 Valves Per Cylinder 265bhp at 4,200rpm 3-Speed Manual Transmission 4-Wheel Drum Brakes *Stylish Fran Roxas open top Phaeton Coachwork *Powerful Model J excellent for show fields or tours *Among the most important models ever produced *Recently serviced THE MODEL J DUESENBERG Few names in motoring are as redolent of wealth and power as Duesenberg. The ground-breaking company advertising placed in up-market periodicals for the Model J was one of the first campaigns that deliberately did not show the product. A series of soft charcoal drawings portrayed a man in evening dress, seated in front of the fire in a great hall with a minstrels' gallery dominated by a huge pipe organ, or the silver-haired skipper of an America's Cup-type yacht, above a single line of script: "He drives a Duesenberg". Women drivers were not forgotten: under the portrait of an elegant lady giving directions to her head gardener, "She drives a Duesenberg" said it all, eloquently underscoring a scene where one could perceive an additional four gardeners in the distance, tending the immaculate grounds. America took the new model to its heart and a new superlative was added to the language: to this day the phrase "It's a Doozy" is a universal term of ultimate approval, just as the Model J has become the ultimate collectors' automobile. Duesenberg unveiled its Model J – the embodiment of company owner E.L. Cord and chief engineer Fred Duesenberg's vision of "The World's Finest Motor Car" – at the New York Auto Salon in December 1928. Among its remarkable features was a twin-cam race-bred engine – a purpose-built 32-valve Lycoming 6,876 cc straight-eight said to develop 265 bhp. With light bodywork, such as a Murphy roadster, it was possible to achieve 90 mph in second gear with a maximum speed in the region of 110 mph in high gear. Ride and handling were exceptional for the period, matched by 15 inch hydraulic brakes all around. Every chassis built was tested for 500 miles on the Indianapolis Motor Speedway before being handed over to a leading coachbuilder for the construction of custom bodywork. Though they were built during the Great Depression and cost more than a Rolls-Royce or a Hispano-Suiza, the Model J Duesenberg had no problems attracting customers in the beginning. Among the rich and famous who drove Duesenbergs were film stars Greta Garbo Al Jolson, Gary Cooper, Clark Gable and Dolores del Rio, whose husband Cedric Gibbons famed film art director and creator of the "Oscar" statuette, was also a keen Duesenberg owner. Millionaires like William Randolph Hearst, Phillip K. Wrigley and Howard Hughes, as well as royalty like King Alfonso XIII of Spain, Queen Marie of Yugoslavia, King Vittorio Emmanuel III of Italy and Prince Nicholas of Romania were all members of the exclusive Duesenberg set: in the end, fewer than 500 Model J's were built. THE MOTORCAR OFFERED This 1934 Duesenberg Model J Dual Phaeton J555 was originally dressed in a Willoughby Berline body mounted on chassis number 2579. Early documentation suggests that it was rebodied around 1939 to be a convertible sedan, but at some point during its illustrious career, the 1934 Model J was reconfigured by Duesenberg restoration guru Fran Roxas as a Torpedo Phaeton in the style of Brunn. This 1934 J555 features the iconic Duesenberg seven-liter straight-eight motor with all eight cylinders feeding into a single exhaust, an avant-garde powerhouse built for speed and reliability, described by the media of the era as the one of the biggest, fastest and most expensive automobiles ever built. This Torpedo Phaeton is robed in stunning midnight blue with contrasting mocha leather upholstery, brown carpet and white wall tires mounted on chrome wire wheels. As was the penchant of the day, this Duesenberg features extravagant chrome detail with two driving lights mounted on the windshield, a large luggage rack on the rear and two spare white wall tires on wire wheels m