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Of the 25 Convertible Coupes built by Murphy for the Duesenberg J chassis, this is one of six with a disappearing top. It is believed to be one of the first two produced and can be considered the prototype. It did not feature the chrome 'rub strips' fitted on similar cars an>>>
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Priced at a baffling $15,000 in 1930, Murphy's Disappearing Top Torpedo Convertible Coupe was only available to a very select few in a Depression stricken United States. The Los Angeles' based coach-builder nevertheless managed to build and sell six examples of which this is>>>
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Completed in May of 1931, this J was fitted by Murphy with the striking Disappearing Top Convertible Coupe body. Its first known owner was Blake Garner, who had the car in Chicago in 1936. He was a successful investment banker turned movie producer and the Duesenberg moved t>>>
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