1930 DUESENBERG MODEL SJ ROLLSTON CONVERTIBLE VICTORIA
Lot #S135
Featured At: Mecum - Indy 2021, May 22, 2021
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- J-272/2293
- Purchased new by noted band leader Paul Whiteman, famous for his arrangement of "Rhapsody in Blue"
- Subsequently purchased by G. Tucker Smith in 1932 from the Duesenberg Factory branch in New York and had a Rollston Quarter-Window Convertible Victoria body installed in 1935
- Known ownership history
- Shown at the 2012 Concours d'Elegance of America at St. Johns
- Shown at the 2015 Cobble Beach Concours d'Elegance
- 420/320 HP inline 8-cylinder engine
- Centrifugal supercharger
- 3-speed manual transmission
- Solid front axle and live rear axle with semi-elliptic leaf springs
- 4-wheel hydraulic drum brakes
- Older concours-level restoration with recent detail and mechanical inspection
- Finished in Maroon with matching leather interior and top