1926 Duesenberg Model A Sport Phaeton

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Engine: 260 cu in overhead-cam straight-eight
Colour: Buckskin Brown and Brewster Green

A 1926 Model A Duesenberg sport phaeton, one of roughly 500 built, notable for its original sales receipt documenting the transaction to first owner Alfred Fleisher on 19 March 1926. Carrying Harrah's Collection inventory tag 765, the car later passed through Cord family ownership and spent approximately fifteen years at the Auburn Cord Duesenberg Museum before acquisition by the Merrick Auto Museum in 2001. It has received a full restoration faithful to its original Buckskin Brown and Brewster Green colour scheme.

Ownership

—Auction sale
Sold US$236,500
RM Sotheby's catalogue lot →
1926-03-19 →Private sale
Alfred Fleisher
full documentation
Purchased from a Pennsylvania dealer for $5,250 cash, with itemized charges for freight, unloading, fuel, and insurance. Original sales record survives, one of very few for this model.
2001 →Private sale
Merrick Auto Museum
partial documentation
Acquired in 2001; a thorough and faithful restoration was carried out, with colors approximating the original finish.
Date unknownAcquisition unknown
Harrah's Collection
partial documentation
Held as part of the noted Reno collection; inventory tag number 765 remains affixed to the vehicle.
Date unknownAcquisition unknown
Cord family member(s)
partial documentation
Owned by one or more relatives of the Cord family at some point in the car's history.
Date unknownAcquisition unknown
Auburn Cord Duesenberg Museum
partial documentation
Displayed at the museum for roughly fifteen years.

Competition

No competition history extracted from the catalogue.

Maintenance & restoration

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Restoration
A complete, accurate restoration was undertaken, with the finished colours echoing the original Buckskin Brown and Brewster Green scheme. Interior features dark green folded leather throughout, a medium tan phaeton hood, and a correctly detailed engine bay.
Timing of the restoration relative to museum ownership is not specified in the prose.

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