Equipment
Chrome wire wheels, dual remote spotlights, dual sidemounts, Pilot Rays, polished hood side vents on left with mesh screen around head pipes on right. Small paint cracks around rumble seat. Cowl trim chrome scratched and scuffed near hood hinge. Beautiful and desirable but the concours edge is gone. Long, involved, convoluted ownership history but ACD Level 1 certified. Supercharger is a Leo Gephardt Brian Joseph copy replacing the long lost original blower on J 527 (originally in chassis 2556.)
Market commentary
Charting the movement of the major pieces now assembled under this attractive Murphy Disappearing Top Convertible Coupe body requires more effort that youre going to find in this auction report. Believe me, its complex. More complex than the Duesenberg. Its all real, however (except for the repro blower) and very pretty. Sold for $825,000 by RM at Meadow Brook in 2003, then offered by Gooding in West Palm in January 2006 where it was bid to $820,000, it brought a handsome but not unreasonable price here today.