Monday, September 30, 2013

from a junkyard in 1952 to the Palos Verdes Concours of 2013, this 1929 Duesenburg has seen the luxury and the decline of fortune, and come back again








I learned about this car a couple years ago from a co-worker, and did not think they'd finish it... to see it at the Palos Verdes Concours was a big surprise!

http://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2010/06/48-years-of-family-determination-to.html

1929 Model J Duesenberg Kirchhoff Convertible Berline Sedan, J186-2208 was first purchased by the grandson of the president of the Singer Sewing Machine Company.

He purchased it when his Stutz steering locked up, and later when he saw a Kirchhoff, (former foreman for Murphy's coachbuilding company) convertible sedan he had one built for his Duesy.

It was sold in the mid 40's, went through several owners, and in 1951 threw a rod through the block and was sold to a junkyard in LA.

Gil Curtright was a car enthusiast who frequently looked through the neighborhood junkyards for car parts and had actually admired the Duesy at a 1946 hot rod show, and was friends with a guy who had taken a photo of the Duesy earlier that year at a car show, and may have tipped him off to the Duesy's whereabouts, but definitely helped him haul it from the junkyard and cost him 500 dollars.

 It was one of 2 Duesenbergs pulled from the junkyard that day, the other was restored in a short time and was in the Elvis movie "Spin out" http://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2013/05/from-movie-spinout-elvis-movie.html


from my gallery of the cool cars in the Elvis movie "Spinout"

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