{"id":758,"date":"2015-06-17T11:57:49","date_gmt":"2015-06-17T11:57:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/interbellum.de\/?p=758"},"modified":"2016-11-01T14:28:57","modified_gmt":"2016-11-01T13:28:57","slug":"chrisgaffey-1935-duesenberg-sj-mormon-meteor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/interbellum.de\/?p=758","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-758 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/interbellum.de\/?attachment_id=759'><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/interbellum.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/tumblr_mpmzo1xjli1rgp9yao1_1280-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/interbellum.de\/?attachment_id=760'><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/interbellum.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/tumblr_mpmzo1xjli1rgp9yao2_1280-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/interbellum.de\/?attachment_id=761'><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/interbellum.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/tumblr_mpmzo1xjli1rgp9yao3_r1_1280-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/interbellum.de\/?attachment_id=762'><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/interbellum.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/tumblr_mpmzo1xjli1rgp9yao4_r1_1280-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p><a class=\"tumblr_blog\" href=\"http:\/\/chrisgaffey.tumblr.com\/post\/54943524927\/1935-duesenberg-sj-mormon-meteor-speedster-most\" target=\"_blank\">chrisgaffey<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><b>1935 Duesenberg SJ Mormon Meteor Speedster<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Most Duesenbergs were built with prestigious graceful bodies.<\/p>\n<p>In 1935, Utah\u2019s Ab Jenkins took the seminal\u00a0Model J chassis and 320 bhp engine to build this bright yellow endurance speed record breaking beast to compete against the likes of\u00a0Eyston\u2019s, Cobb\u2019s and Campbell\u2019s British-built specials.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Built\u00a0with\u00a0August Duesenberg\u00a0in a garage next to the factory, his design had a narrow body with minimal frontal area including a single cyclops headlight and heavily raked radiator, a long sloping tail to reduce drag and a lowered nose. Detachable fenders were made to make the car road-worthy, but never used during the record runs (the doors were added in later years).\u00a0The 7 litre 400 bhp\u00a0Duesenberg\u00a0Mormon Meteor was\u00a0raced at Bonneville Salt Flats for 24 hours &#8211; only stopping every 400 miles for fuel and tires- to prove it was one of the fastest cars in the world by covering 3523 miles in 24 hours at an average speed of 135.47 mph.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>chrisgaffey: 1935 Duesenberg SJ Mormon Meteor Speedster Most Duesenbergs were built with prestigious graceful bodies. 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