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Seattle Auto Rebuilders (sometimes referred to as Seattle Auto Body, Seattle
Auto Co. and Seattle Auto Builders) was a small Seattle collision shop hired
by Reginald Parsons (1873-1955), a well-known Seattle Financier (Parsons
Investment Co.) and Philanthropist, to build him a Convertible Sedan Body of
his own design for a new Duesenberg chassis (#2250, engine #J-229) that he
had recently purchased.
In 1935, Parsons had Seattle Auto Rebuilders transfer the body to a brand
new supercharged Duesenberg Model J chassis, #2564 with engine #J536-L.
The original chassis, #2250, Engine #J-229 was bought back by Duesenberg (a
common practice) and fitted with a new Rollston Convertible Sedan (see page
201 of Fred Roe's Duesenberg: the Pursuit of Perfection) and sold again
through Duesenberg. It's whereabouts are unknown today.
In more recent times, the supercharged chassis (#2564, engine # J536-L), with the original Seattle convertible
sedan body, was replaced by a replica Murphy dual-cowl phaeton body (see
page 2 of J.L. Elbert's Duesenberg: The Mightiest American Motor Car). The
vintage 1931 Seattle-built Parsons-designed body was stored for a number of
years and was recently mounted on a non-supercharged Duesenberg chassis
(#2250, Engine #J-229), where it resides today. The pictures to the left are
photos of that vehicle.
Unfortunately, no further information on Seattle Auto Rebuilders has turned
up.
© 2004 Mark Theobald - Coachbuilt.com
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