This 1929 Duesenberg Model J Murphy Convertible Coupe represents one of the most admired body styles ever mounted on the legendary Model J chassis. The Murphy convertible coupe body now fitted to chassis 2168 originally debuted on a different Model J belonging to Philip Wrigley, son of the chewing‑gum magnate William Wrigley Jr. Meanwhile, chassis 2168 was delivered new with a LeBaron phaeton body owned by Chicago radio pioneer H. Leslie Atlass. In the 1930s, the two men decided to exchange bodies between their respective cars, yet puzzlingly, they did not exchange the cars themselves, leaving historians to wonder why they traded coachwork instead of keys.

As a result, chassis 2168 is one of the rare Model Js that experienced an unusual early “double life,” yet remarkably retained a high degree of originality through the decades that followed.