1930 Duesenberg Model J Limousine Running On The Highway

This amazing beautiful car is on Bring a Trailer right now! https://bringatrailer.com/listing/193... And thank you to Hyman LTD. These guys are amazing and have a stunning collection of vehicles to look through. https://hymanltd.com/ I just gotta say how excited I am to show you all a Duesenberg, especially one this pretty. From the seller's description: "This 1930 Duesenberg Model J is one of approximately 481 examples across all variants of the Model J platform built between 1928 and 1937 and is said to have been delivered new with six-window Willoughby limousine coachwork. The bodywork of chassis 2483 was subsequently modified early in the car’s life with a blind-quarter roofline and a raked windshield, followed soon after by skirted fenders. By the mid-1930s, the car was in the care of its first known owner, Esquire and Coronet magazines co-publisher and Chicagoan David A. Smart, before appearing in the inventory of Duesenberg’s New York branch. It was then sold to actor Bret Morrison, who was known for voicing radio drama character The Shadow. The car was sold by Morrison to pioneering collector D. Cameron Peck before passing through three additional owners and then to a Toledo, Ohio, telephone installer who began his long-term ownership of the car in 1963 and displayed it at Auburn in 1965. It was purchased in 1981 by ACD specialist and restorer Bill Bocock, who subsequently undertook a refurbishment that included a return to open fender wells and was followed by several achievements in ACD and CCCA competition in the 1990s. In 2002 the car was donated by Bocock’s estate to a museum collection, where it resided for several years before joining the Dick’s Classic Garage collection in San Marcos, Texas. The car again changed hands in 2018 and underwent a mechanical refresh before earning a Best of Show award at the 2021 Boston Cup and later being purchased by its current owner in 2023. Finished in silver with dark blue fenders, the car is powered by a 420ci Lycoming inline-eight that incorporates chain-driven dual overhead camshafts, four valves per cylinder, and a downdraft Stromberg carburetor. Additional features include a three-speed manual transmission, four-wheel hydraulic drum brakes with adjustable vacuum assistance, 18” bright wire wheels, dual side-mount spares, a black fabric roof covering, a fold-down rear luggage rack carrying a dark blue trunk, black leather chauffeur’s compartment upholstery, a roll-up central glass partition, gray and blue cloth passenger-compartment upholstery, fold-out middle-row jump seats, a handheld intercom system, and a cut-glass dome light. J-368 is now offered on dealer consignment in St. Louis, Missouri, with a Montana title. Development of the Model J began after E.L. Cord’s 1926 acquisition of the Duesenberg Motor Corporation gave Fred Duesenberg the impetus to attempt to design the fastest and most powerful production car the world had yet seen. The Model J debuted at the December 1928 New York Car Show and soon after entered production with a claimed top speed of 116 mph and a starting price of $8,500 for a rolling chassis. Bodywork was provided either via a Gordon Buehrig-designed selection under the LaGrande name or by a number of independent coachbuilders to the custom desires of a client’s choice. Edward Willougby’s coachbuilding concern operated out of Utica, New York, between 1903 and 1938. Willoughby and Company bodied at least five cars for the White House during the presidencies of Coolidge and Hoover. With Duesenbergs, the company was primarily responsible for more formal closed bodies such as this 153″-wheelbase example’s limousine coachwork, which is said to have been built with rear quarter windows and later modified with its current blind-rear-quarter roofline leading forward to a raked windshield." To submit a video of your own email me at: PrewarMotoring@gmail.com My Facebook:   / vintageantiqueautomobiles   My Instagram:   / prewar_motoring   Please note that I do not own any media (aside from my narrated educational videos which you are free to use for any purpose) on this channel. All media is used with permission to help promote listings and to educate people on prewar cars. I am not affiliated with any auction site, dealer or other company. I'll answer questions about the content shown to the best of my ability, but please do not consider anything I say to be an indication of the condition of a car listed.