1926 DUESENBERG MODEL A OPERA COUPE

One-off Coachwork by McNear

Car No. D63C

Chassis No. 1639

Engine No. 1479

Essential Information

• Numbers-Matching; Category 1 Certified by the ACD Club

• The Only Known Close-Coupled Coupe Design by McNear Body Co.

• Featured in Fred Roe's Book DUESENBERG The Pursuit of Perfection

• One of Just 21 Model as Known to the ACD Club

• Fastidious Award Winning 5-Year Restoration

• Participant of the 1976 Gliden Tour Pikes Peak Hill Climb

• Well Documented History Including Period Publications, Letters and Awards

• Includes a Coffee Table Book "The Opera Coupe"

Awards and Recognition

• VMCCA National Meet Winner – Excellence of Restoration

• CCCA First Place National Judging Award

• ACD Best Duesenberg Award

• 29th ACD Reunion - First Place Straight 8 Models

Specifications

260 CID OHC Inline 8-Cylinder Engine, 90 BHP at 3,600 RPM, 3-Speed Manual Gearbox, 4-Wheel Hydraulic Drum Brakes, Front Beam Axle with Semi-Elliptical Leaf Springs, Rear Live Axle with Semi-Elliptical Leaf Spring.

Ownership History

Charles Fisher, Boston, Massachusetts (acquired circa 1942)

Kingsbury Shaw, Boston, Massachusetts (acquired from the above in 1948)

J. Hogatt, Indiana (acquired from the above in the 1950s)

Lawrence Stalcup, Indiana (acquired from the above in 1961)

Charles Landfield, Florida (acquired from the above in 1963)

Charles Burk, Florida (acquired from the above in 1967)

Dr. K.G. Mathis, Texas (acquired from the above in 1968)

Victor "Vic" Benischek, Sandia Park, New Mexico (acquired from the above in 1971)

Gary Groves, Redlands, California (acquired from the above in 1999)

Robert A. Castignetti, Andover, Massachusetts (acquired from the above in 2010)

DSFM Collection 2019

Featured Publications

ACD Club Newsletter, Vol. 22, No. 2, 1974 and Vol. 25, No. 4, 1977

Auburn, Cord, Duesenberg, by Don Butler

The Classic Car, by Beverly Rae Kimes

The Classic Car, September 1984

Duesenberg: The Pursuit of Perfection, by Fred Roe (On the cover)

Motor Klassik, November 1996