J281/2355 -- AACA Meet, Hershey 2007

J281/2355, a 1933  LeGrande-bodied swept panel, dual cowl phaeton, appeared in the car corral. It won best in class at this year's Meadowbrook and was offered on ebay! The bid of $1,000,200 did not meet the reserve.  It was shown at the Car Corral at Hershey with a price tag of $1,250,000. This J was recently for auction at the ACD Museum's extravaganza auction this Labor Day, but apparently did not sell.  The ACD web site listed it as "Original LaGrande Body #1007."

The Duesenberg Registry does not show any listing for J281, but gives the following info on the Chassis:

(J-334) 2355 Originally Murphy Convertible Sedan, SWB, 33/46. Frame only survives in ex-Boeshore and Moore LaGrande Phaeton with engine J-281, featured in ACD NL No. 6 1992, mentioned by Roe as sold from Boeshore to Moore with two other Duesies. In NL No. 1 1984, Wolff mentions it lost in MI but "probably switched with J-281 except for bell housing"--no other pieces of J-281 exist).

In the chassis listing in Adler's book¹, J281 is associated with a LWB "Rollston Town Car with Quarter Windows," chassis 2302. The Duesenberg Registry gives no info on chassis 2302.

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(1) Dennis Adler, "Duesenberg", Krause Publications, 2004.