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| 1931 Duesenberg Model J Tourster |
The Hilton Head Island Motoring Festival & Concours d’Elegance, one of the U.S.'s largest and fastest-growing automotive and motorsports enthusiast event weeks, will showcase an exhibit of cars that could have been a part of Jay Gatsby’s very own collection during the festivities on Hilton Head Island November 2-3, 2013. Inspired by the opulence portrayed in The Great Gatsby, the exhibit will feature one of the major ingredients of the larger than life Gatsby lifestyle – spectacular luxury automobiles.
Among those vehicles are two examples that could be right out of the pages of The Great Gatsby:
The first, a 1931 Duesenberg Model J Tourster, is similar to the ’29 used for the latest film adaptation of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s classic novel. The Model J, introduced in 1929, halted trading on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange when initially announced. The car stands as a high water mark of Classic Era design and engineering and originally sold for nearly $20,000, a staggering amount in comparison to the price tag on the average new family car at that time of $500. This particular car, one of the few retaining the original body, chassis, engine and other major components, was sold new in 1931 at the Philadelphia, Pa. dealership to a Mr. William Odom. Since Mr. Odom, the car has seen a number of owners including Dana Bullock, owner of Bullock's department stores, Clifford Heinz, a member of the H.J. Heinz family, noted racing-team owner and STP automotive entrepreneur Andy Granatelli, and its current owner, Judge Joseph Cassini III, who has owned the vehicle since 2002.
The second car, a 1928 Packard 443 Roadster, could be right off the pages of the American classic. The book’s narrator, Nick Carraway, describes Gatsby’s car as “a rich cream color, bright with nickel…and terraced with a labyrinth of wind-shields that mirrored a dozen suns. Sitting down behind many layers of glass in a sort of green leather conservatory, we started to town.” The Packard to be featured at this year’s Concours d’Elegance, owned by Charles and Diane Mistele, is cream with green interior.
Other vehicles scheduled to be on display in the The Great Gatsby exhibit include:
The first, a 1931 Duesenberg Model J Tourster, is similar to the ’29 used for the latest film adaptation of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s classic novel. The Model J, introduced in 1929, halted trading on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange when initially announced. The car stands as a high water mark of Classic Era design and engineering and originally sold for nearly $20,000, a staggering amount in comparison to the price tag on the average new family car at that time of $500. This particular car, one of the few retaining the original body, chassis, engine and other major components, was sold new in 1931 at the Philadelphia, Pa. dealership to a Mr. William Odom. Since Mr. Odom, the car has seen a number of owners including Dana Bullock, owner of Bullock's department stores, Clifford Heinz, a member of the H.J. Heinz family, noted racing-team owner and STP automotive entrepreneur Andy Granatelli, and its current owner, Judge Joseph Cassini III, who has owned the vehicle since 2002.
The second car, a 1928 Packard 443 Roadster, could be right off the pages of the American classic. The book’s narrator, Nick Carraway, describes Gatsby’s car as “a rich cream color, bright with nickel…and terraced with a labyrinth of wind-shields that mirrored a dozen suns. Sitting down behind many layers of glass in a sort of green leather conservatory, we started to town.” The Packard to be featured at this year’s Concours d’Elegance, owned by Charles and Diane Mistele, is cream with green interior.
Other vehicles scheduled to be on display in the The Great Gatsby exhibit include:
1930 Locke bodied Lincoln Sport Roadster
1931 Rolls-Royce P1 transformable sedan
1931 Pierce-Arrow Model 42 Convertible Coupe
1932 Auburn 12 , 12-160 Speedster
1931 Rolls-Royce P1 transformable sedan
1931 Pierce-Arrow Model 42 Convertible Coupe
1932 Auburn 12 , 12-160 Speedster
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