Re: Walter M. Murphy, Pasadena

Posted by David Curtright On 2013/9/1 9:42:32

This is the car that he used for the Duesenberg. Note the V'd windshield that slopes back. It gives the car an exotic appearance that sometimes seems to scowl, and at others to smile. It's odd. In the earliest known photo of the Duesenberg, taken in 1934 outside of Bourne's home, the angle at which the photo was taken hides the V windshield, making it appear to have a flat one. We took that picture, and then the one that they should have taken, when we did the reenactment a year or so ago.