88 bhp, 260 cu.

in.

SOHC inline eight-cylinder engine, three-speed manual transmission, solid front and live rear axles with semi-elliptic leaf springs, and four-wheel hydraulic drum brakes.

Wheelbase: 134 in.

The Duesenberg brothers had been involved in other road cars before 1920, with the most famous being the Mason and Maytag automobiles, where their career had begun, and they were also involved in the Rochester “walking beam” engine, which was employed in such Jazz Age obscurities as the RoameR and ReVere.

It was in November 1920, specifically at the New York Salon at the Hotel Commodore, when the men who had birthed numerous successful racing cars finally put their own name on a passenger car of their own design.

The Model A was powered by a 260-cubic inch, straight-eight engine that had a single overhead camshaft actuating two valves per cylinder, which was developed out of the Duesenbergs’ experience winning at Indianapolis.

It could produce 88 horsepower, was mounted on...