Following the Mormon Meteor II, Ab Jenkins and Augie Duesenberg built another special endurance record car called the Mormon Meteor III. Sixty years after its last record run, the car still holds a…
The Duesenberg Model D by Carrozzeria Ghia: In 1966, some 30 years after the original Duesenberg had gone out of business...
The Mormon Meteor Duesenberg. Photos by David LaChance.Next month, an event commemorating the racing successes of some of America's most storied carmakers will feature an appearance by a landmark Duesenberg racer.The Indiana Racing Memorial Association will unveil two historic markers honoring the c...
Ab Jenkins teamed up with Duesenberg Inc. and created a special endurance record car called the Duesenberg Special. The car was later modified and renamed the Mormon Meteor II.
The Duesenberg Model D by Carrozzeria Ghia: In 1966, some 30 years after the original Duesenberg had gone out of business...
The Mormon Meteor takes to the red carpet at the 2016 Arizona Concours d'Elegance. Photo by Bob Golfen.The Mormon Meteor, a 1935 Duesenberg Special once owned by the legendary Ab Jenkins, may well be the most desirable Duesenberg (if not the most desirable prewar American car) on the planet. A multi...
The Duesenberg Model D by Carrozzeria Ghia: In 1966, some 30 years after the original Duesenberg had gone out of business...
Ab Jenkins teamed up with Duesenberg Inc. and created a special endurance record car called the Duesenberg Special. The car was later modified and renamed the Mormon Meteor II.
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It set a 24-hour speed record in 1935, hitting 135.58 miles per hour. Sixty-nine years later, The Duesenberg SJ Special "Mormon Meteor" sold for $4.45 million at a Pebble Beach Auction held by Gooding and Company. Now owned by Harry Yeaggy of Cincinnati, it's won the approval of the seersucker'd set at Pebble, taking…
The Duesenberg Model D by Carrozzeria Ghia: In 1966, some 30 years after the original Duesenberg had gone out of business...
Ab Jenkins teamed up with Duesenberg Inc. and created a special endurance record car called the Duesenberg Special. The car was later modified and renamed the Mormon Meteor II.
The Duesenberg Model D by Carrozzeria Ghia: In 1966, some 30 years after the original Duesenberg had gone out of business...
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The Mormon Meteor takes to the red carpet at the 2016 Arizona Concours d'Elegance. Photo by Bob Golfen.The Mormon Meteor, a 1935 Duesenberg Special once owned by the legendary Ab Jenkins, may well be the most desirable Duesenberg (if not the most desirable prewar American car) on the planet. A multi...
Ab Jenkins teamed up with Duesenberg Inc. and created a special endurance record car called the Duesenberg Special. The car was later modified and renamed the Mormon Meteor II.
1935 Duesenberg Model SJ Mormon Meteor Speedster After communication and engineering had broken almost all of nature’s barriers, we were left to create and challenge our own man-made boundaries. In the mid 1930s, there was no better place to do this than the Salt Flats in Utah. It was a gift from the heavens, and Ab Jenkins made the world pay attention with unique record-setting cars like his bright yellow speedster. Most Duesenbergs were built with graceful bodies that mimicked […]
1935 Duesenberg SJ 557 Mormon Meteor Speedster
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1935 Duesenberg Model SJ Mormon Meteor Speedster Gallery Ab and Augie started with an unnumbered Model J chassis that had a standard wheelbase of 142.5 inches. The first step was to get a body made, so Herbert Newport was enlisted to begin doing so in May 1934. His design had a minimal frontal area including a single cyclops headlight and heavily raked radiator. The rest of the body resembled an oversize speedster that was quite narrow, but still able to […]
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1935 Duesenberg Model SJ Mormon Meteor Speedster Gallery Ab and Augie started with an unnumbered Model J chassis that had a standard wheelbase of 142.5 inches. The first step was to get a body made, so Herbert Newport was enlisted to begin doing so in May 1934. His design had a minimal frontal area including a single cyclops headlight and heavily raked radiator. The rest of the body resembled an oversize speedster that was quite narrow, but still able to […]
Ab Jenkins teamed up with Duesenberg Inc. and created a special endurance record car called the Duesenberg Special. The car was later modified and renamed the Mormon Meteor II.
1935 Duesenberg Model SJ Mormon Meteor Speedster Gallery Ab and Augie started with an unnumbered Model J chassis that had a standard wheelbase of 142.5 inches. The first step was to get a body made, so Herbert Newport was enlisted to begin doing so in May 1934. His design had a minimal frontal area including a single cyclops headlight and heavily raked radiator. The rest of the body resembled an oversize speedster that was quite narrow, but still able to […]
Ab Jenkins teamed up with Duesenberg Inc. and created a special endurance record car called the Duesenberg Special. The car was later modified and renamed the Mormon Meteor II.
1935 Duesenberg Model SJ Mormon Meteor Speedster Gallery Ab and Augie started with an unnumbered Model J chassis that had a standard wheelbase of 142.5 inches. The first step was to get a body made, so Herbert Newport was enlisted to begin doing so in May 1934. His design had a minimal frontal area including a single cyclops headlight and heavily raked radiator. The rest of the body resembled an oversize speedster that was quite narrow, but still able to […]
Ab Jenkins teamed up with Duesenberg Inc. and created a special endurance record car called the Duesenberg Special. The car was later modified and renamed the Mormon Meteor II.
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