The most powerful, the most arrogant and also the most expensive: all these superlatives can be applied to the Duesemberg type J (but also to the compressor SJ!). After all, this was how E.L. Cord had imagined and conceived it for the Duesemberg brothers. The latter had built a solid reputation starting from 1914 with their 4 and then 8 cylinder racing engines but the famous twin cam Duesenberg J was built by Lycoming, another member of the Cord group. Only 480 of the series were produced for ten years, compared to over 600 Model A from 1928 to 1928. Today a J can reach considerable prices and several Model Js with Murphy and LaGrande bodies have recently been auctioned for between 2.6 and 3.3 million EUR.
Kess is a brand developed and distributed by Carmodel, specializing in the production of 1:43 scale resin models. The subjects reproduced are the most varied, from still unpublished Italian cars from the seventies, to more or less well-known American cars or even racing cars. The level of detail is high and the models are embellished with photo-etched parts, chrome parts and many other refinements.