Car 2290
1929 Model J Duesenberg 2290
Engine No.:    J-268
First Coachbuilder:    body made locally in Japan to avoid a heavy import duty
First Body Style:    Convertible Coupe
Wheelbase:    Short
Current Coachbuilder:    Meiterschule fur Handwerke, by students, 1958
Current Body Style:    Convertible Coupe
Original Owner:    Kimakichi Fukuzawa, Tokyo
Owner in 1968:    James Southard, 1403 Broadway, Marshfield, WI
Current Owner:    Jeff Caves (as of 1990)
References:    Malks, p. 124; Roe, p. 246

 Notes:

Display picture taken at the 1972 ACD meet at the Golden Tee Inn, Morro Bay by Gil Curtright.
Acquired by Capt. Charles Halbrooks who replaced the crude body with another crude body. Eventually took the car to Prof. Wilhelm Holfermann at the  Meiterschule fur Handwerke, were the present body was installed.


Display picture from "Duesenberg The Pursuit of Perfection", p. 246.  Last Duesenberg chassis to be fitted with a coach-built body, 1958.


Picture from "Duesenberg The Pursuit of Perfection", p. 246.  This is the first body.