Hemmings Daily: Linked to Hollywood's Golden Age, a unique Duesenberg Model J convertible coupe heads to auction

1933 Duesenberg Model J disappearing-top convertible coupe by Bohman & Schwartz. Photos courtesy Mecum Auctions. By 1933, the year she took delivery of a new Duesenberg Model J, bodied as a convertible berline by LeBaron, actress Marie Dressler had experienced Hollywood's highest highs and lowest lows. A year later, the Oscar-winning actress would die of cancer, her beloved Duesenberg sold to director Roy Del Ruth, who'd soon order a disappearing-top convertible coupe body from Bohman & Schwartz for chass [View in Browser | Subscribe]( [Hemmings Daily] Monday, May 1, 2017 [Linked to Hollywood's Golden Age, a unique Duesenberg Model J convertible coupe heads to auction]( [Linked to Hollywood's Golden Age, a unique Duesenberg Model J convertible coupe heads to auction]( Posted by Kurt Ernst - 1933 Duesenberg Model J disappearing-top convertible coupe by Bohman & Schwartz. Photos courtesy Mecum Auctions. By 1933, the year she took delivery of a new Duesenberg Model J, bodied as a convertible berline by LeBaron, actress Marie Dressler had experienced Hollywood's highest highs and lowest lows. A year later, the Oscar-winning actress would die of cancer, her beloved Duesenberg sold to director Roy Del Ruth, who'd soon order a disappearing-top convertible coupe body from Bohman & Schwartz for chass... [Read More]( [Sponsor]( [Hemmings Find of the Day - 1972 Opel GT]( [Hemmings Find of the Day - 1972 Opel GT]( Posted by Kurt Ernst - From the seller's description: 1972 Opel GT daily driver. 1.9 liter, 4 speed. Rebuilt Weber DGV with cold air intake. New master cylinder, calipers, cylinders, hoses. New wheels, tires. Seats are from a '72 Porsche 914 and have been redone in cloth and vinyl. Electric fuel pump. Battery has been re-located in aluminum box. Many new parts and comes with some spares (alternator, mechanical fuel pump, belt, hoses). Originally a California car. 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