1932 Duesenberg Model J Murphy Beverly Berline

This 1932 Duesenberg J wears a lovely Beverly Berline body coached by Murphy - and it is the only Beverly with a sun visor. Gordon Buehrig, the celebrated Duesenberg designer, created the one-off interior, including the sun visor, which Murphy installed according to his blueprint, residing in historian Randy Ema's library. The Duesenberg J engine was a 7-liter straight-8, 265 horsepower behemoth. The engine on this example began as J-274 but was restamped in-period as J-498X - and installed in chassis 2533. (The Duesenberg factory used an X to indicate cars that it rebuilt and renumbered and then sold.) Although this car changed hands frequently in its early years, over the past 75 years, it has had just three devoted caretakers, including its current owner, who reports that it is still 'a great driver.'