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Asking Price: £1,121,415
1930 Duesenberg Model J Convertible Sedan by Murphy
RM Sotheby's • N/S
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AI Listing Summary
A rare 1929 Duesenberg Model J Murphy Convertible Sedan with a fascinating history, including ownership by racing driver Leon Duray and extensive restoration. This car is presented as one of the best surviving examples, retaining its original chassis, engine, and bodywork.
Condition
9
Well-kept, retains original parts, recent restoration
/ 10
Transmission:
Manual
Chassis No:
J-329
Odometer:
5,200 miles
Reg Number:
[Reg Number]
RHD/LHD:
LHD
Asking | $1,500,000 USD Among the best surviving Model Js in existenceWell-kept in two long-term collections from 1936 to 2012Retains its original chassis, engine, and bodyworkUsed when new by Indianapolis 500 regular Leon Duray Classic Car Club of America (CCCA) Full Classic MILLER ON TRACK, DUESENBERG ON THE ROADRather than find its start in life at the hands of a Hollywood star or captain of industry, this Duesenberg was said to have been allocated to the racing driver Leon Duray, most famous for his exploits in Millers at Indianapolis.
According to the records of Duesenberg historian Ray Wolff, the short-wheelbase Murphy Convertible Sedan bearing engine no.
J-329 was most likely a “loaner” supplied to him directly by the Duesenberg factory.
Duray famously wrote from Los Angeles to Harold Ames of the Duesenberg company: “Car is perfect if there is such a thing.
Completed fifty-two hundred miles on car today…Arrived here 8 P.M.
Sunday sleeping seven hours each night.”Aside from ...
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£774,349
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£1,435,278
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£3,560,701
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