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One of a kind car won Best in Show in 2022 Pebble Beach Concours Event in California on Sunday, but it was previously two cars.
The 1932 American Duesenberg Model J featured a chassis designed by Figoni et Falaschi in the sporty torpedo style of the era, which was open-top sports cars with hoods raised to waist level for a streamlined look.
It was common at the time to buy a torn chassis from a luxury car company and then get a Custom body created by a trained professional designer He added, and this is the first and only Duesenberg married to the body of Figoni et Falaschi.
According to Haggerty, Peruvian sugar heir Antonio Chupetti was the car’s first owner and competed with it in road races and events.
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The 1932 Deusenberg Model J features a chassis designed by French vehicle manufacturer Figoni et Falaschi.
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Then a later owner designed a new body in the 1960s and swapped out the Figoni et Falaschi body for a different Model J chassis.
Three years ago, vintage car and boat collectors Lee and Benny Anderson acquired the two cars and reunited the original chassis and chassis with a complete restoration.
The body was swapped out with another chassis in the 1960s and was recently reunited with the original Duesenberg frame.
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“This is rare Duesenberg marries American power “European style,” said Sandra Patton, president of Concours. Then, its history took a turn, with the hull separated from the body. And the story of his resurrection is a story of pure emotion.”
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Duesenberg was the first American car to win Best in Show at a Pebble Beach event since 1934 Packard in 2013. It is the seventh brand to win that honor, making Duesenberg the most successful American brand to date.
The car is the only Duesenberg with a Figioni et Falaschi body.
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It’s hard to estimate the value of such a one-of-a-kind vehicle, but a 1930’s Model J with a wagon from Walter M. Murphy’s California firm sold at a 2021 Gooding & Company auction in Pebble Beach for $3,965,000.
Anderson told me I emigrated He will not remake the other structure, “so people are not confused.”
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