Bill Robinson’s (Mr Bojangles) 1935 Duesenberg parked outside his home in Harlem NYC. In February 1935, the New York coachbuilder Rollston shipped a five-passenger berline body to the Duesenberg factory in Auburn, Indiana. In spring 1935, Duesenberg prepared chassis #2587 with engine J-559, trimmed the Rollston body, and delivered the car to the New York factory store, where Bill Robinson promptly bought it for $17,500 (approximately $400,000 today). He soon had it shipped to Bohman & Schwartz, the Pasadena coachbuilder, where it received new bumpers, headlamps, and parking lights.
The Jalopy Journal
