1935 Duesenberg SSJ Roadster Keychain

This is a 1935 Duesenberg SSJ Roadster. Fred Duesenberg was challenged by E.L. Cord, the owner of Auburn Automobile, to design an automobile that would be the best in the world. Cord, and other transportation firms, took over "Duesenberg Automobile and Motors Corporation of Indianapolis" and renamed the new company "Duesenberg, Inc." The SSJ is very similar to the SJ version, but with a horsepower close to 400 hp (298 kW). The only two examples built in 1935, the SSJ Speedsters sported a lightweight open-roadster body produced by Central Manufacturing Company, an Auburn subsidiary in Connersville, Indiana. One of them belonged to the actor Gary Cooper, the other one was lent by the company to actor Clark Gable, who already owned a Duesenberg J. All rights reserved Linda Ginn Art ©