Car 2243
1929 Model J Duesenberg 2243, Murphy Berline
Engine No.:    J-218
First Coachbuilder:    Murphy
First Body Style:    Berline with wrap-around doors
Wheelbase:    Long
Current Coachbuilder:   
Current Body Style:   
Original Owner:    George Whittell
Owner in 1968:    George Newhall Jr, 2438 Filbert, San Francisco, CA
Current Owner:   
References:    Adler, p. 145; Malks, p. 51-2; Roe, p.156

 Notes:
Display picture from www.wallpaperup.com
Engine delivered 8/16/29; delivered to Whittell 1929; divested in 1937; owner in 1988 was the Behring Museum.




picture from "Duesenberg The Pursuit of Perfection", p. 156.


From Automobile Quarterly, Vol. 26, No. 1, p. 94. (1st Quarter 1988)




Picture from "Duesenberg The Pursuit of Perfection", p. 156