1935 DUESENBERG SSJ $5,000.00 original price
Sold for $22,000,000, including buyer’s premium, at Gooding & Company’s Pebble Beach Auction on August 24, 2018.
Unrestored condition
Duesenberg J models were generally available in two wheelbase lengths – 142.5 inches or 153.5 inches – while factory-built SJs (excluding cars later modified by owners) typically rode on the shorter chassis. The SSJs were built upon an even shorter frame, one that measured just 125 inches from axle to axle and was reportedly crafted from an existing 142.5-inch chassis. Roadster bodies for both SSJs were styled by Herb Newport and built by La Grande, and J-563, the car to be offered in Pebble Beach, came powered by a twin-Schebler-carburetor-fed version of the supercharged 448-cubic-inch straight-eight, said to be good for 400 horsepower. Top speed of the car was claimed to be 140 mph, but was electronically measured at 126.6 mph at Muroc Dry Lake in California. With a curb weight of 5,080 pounds and a massive vertical grille disrupting airflow, even the latter number is more than slightly impressive.
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How many EV drivers actually know that or even care?
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