One of the many significant Duesenbergs that Ema has restored over the years is the 1934 Walker-bodied Coupe owned by Jay Leno.
Noted Duesenberg expert Randy Ema runs a successful restoration business in Orange, California.
VR: I would imagine, like every consummate car guy, cars must have been a very early influence for you?
RE: As a little kid, I played with Matchbox and AMT models. I only liked those because they were exact to scale. They were standard scale and they were exactly like the real car. I didn’t play with some Auburn rubber toy or any of the other makes because they weren’t exactly, and they varied in scale. So, I was kind of anal even back then when I was a little kid. It all came from my interest as a kid and then…
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