Equipment
420/265hp, 3-speed, wire wheels, blackwall tires, dual sidemount spares with mirrors, dual. Jerome horns, Pilot Ray lights, suicide doors, wood running boards, opera mirrors, luggage trunk, engine-turned dash. Cloth upholstery.
Condition
ACD certified body, drivetrain, chassis, and firewall although originally a Weymann sedan, replaced by this body by Duesenberg in 1933. Discoloration and fading on the black cloth roof. Red paint is coming off one of the wheel caps. The body paint is good but older with some blemishes and cracks on and near the doors, same with the chrome. Very clean underneath. Good, lightly worn interior with some age on the wood trim on the passenger's side. Restored in 1994 and lightly aged, but still a magnificent automobile with attractive coachwork.
Market commentary
Offered by Mecum at Monterey last August but unsold on a bid of $1.1 million. It came back here to even less acclaim. It is still a remarkably handsome and distinguished automobile with lovely but still practical and luxurious coachwork. The nearly 3 decades old restoration still presents well and has had marvelous care. The reported high bid here, however, is not unrealistic for a closed body Duesenberg with an older restoration.