Rudolph Bauer, an eccentric German impressionist artist, was placed in prison in the late 1930’s because of his support for America. He was bailed out of a Gestapo prison by international supporters and moved to New Jersey with his wife only months before WWIl erupted. Rudolph purchased three Duesenberg’s because they were “The Most Beautiful and Well Engineered Cars in Existence.”
One of the three purchased was this LeGrande Dual Cowl Phaeton, one of only two original long wheelbase LeGrande Dual Cowl Phaetons known to exist. Towards the end of Bauers life, the car was stored in a carriage house until the Petit family of Louisa, Virginia, bought it in 1952.
Dwight Schaubach purchased this vehicle from the Petit collection in 1998 and completed a full restoration in 2000. An award winner in the 2000 Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance, J-436 also won the 2000 National First Prize at the Antique Automobile Car Show in Hershey, Pennsylvania, and has also won a Senior, Grand National and Senior Grand National AACA award.
This Duesenberg was also the recipient of the annual Auburn-Cord-Duesenberg award given out by AACA. 436 has participated in four National Duesenberg Tours with the Schaubach’s.
We are family owned company specializing in restoring Mercedes-Benz Grand 600 and 300SEL 6.3 automobiles. Based in Virginia we also have a large private collection of M-100 powered automobiles. If you are interested in viewing the collection or would like to enquire about a restoration project, please contact our office.
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