Car 2577
Model J Duesenberg 2577
Engine No.:    J-551
First Coachbuilder:    Derham
First Body Style:    Sedan
Wheelbase:    Short
Current Coachbuilder:    Murphy ?
Current Body Style:    Phaeton
Original Owner:   
Owner in 1968:    M. Clemens, WV
Current Owner:   
References:    Malks, p. 74; Roe, p. 167

 Notes:
 The current restoration has a phaeton body, replacing the the Derham sedan.
Notation from Newport Collection: "Model J-551-#2577-SWB (original SJ)"

Picture from "Duesenberg The Pursuit of Perfection", p. 167.  This body was originally on chassis 2144, then mounted on this chassis.  It has since been re-mounted on chassis 2144.

A picture of this car appears in Automobile Quarterly, Vol. 10, No. 2, pg. 129 (1972).  In that picture, the car has a candy-apple red coupe body, engine J-550 (?), and the owner is listed as T. E. Adderley.