| Car 2315 | |
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| 1930 Model J Duesenberg 2315, Murphy Convertible Berline | |
| Engine No.: | J-391 [Picture] |
| First Coachbuilder: | Murphy |
| First Body Style: | Convertible Berline (with built-in trunk) |
| Wheelbase: | Long |
| Current Coachbuilder: | Murphy |
| Current Body Style: | Convertible Torpedo Berline |
| Original Owner: | |
| Owner in 1968: | Harrah's Auto Museum, Box 10, Reno, NV 89504 |
| Current Owner: | Previously from the John O'Quinn Collection |
| References: | Malks, p. 49 |
Notes:
Display picture from
- ACD Certified Category 1 Original
- Coachwork by Murphy
- Engine J-391, Chassis 2315
- Used as a demo for the LA factory branch
- Formerly owned by actor Tyrone Power
- Sold new 1930 to rear admiral Gene Markey, the undersecretary of the Navy
and movie producer
- Owned in the 1940's by Wilfred Graham Hudson, C. Allen Yeagle, Roger V.
Shields, Lassiter Hoyle and James Talmadge the son of Buster Keaton and
Norma Talmadge
- Talmadge traded the car to Tyrone Power for a new 1952 MG
- Power owned the car until his death in 1958 when it was sold to J.B.
Nethercutt and then to Bill Harrah's Auto Museum in Reno, Nevada
- Sold in 1986 to Joseph Folladori of Indianapolis who restored it to its
present color
- Sold in 1991 to the Imperial Palace Collection
- 420 CI DOHC straight-8 engine
- Standard 3-speed transmission
Picture from Automobile
Quarterly, Vol. 4, No. 4, pg. 354 (1966)
Picture from "Duesenberg The Pursuit of Perfection", p. 199.