
Duesenberg SJ Clark Gable's Car Silver Red ERTL 1:18

Specifications
- Brand
- Duesenberg
- Manufacturer
- ERTL
- Scale
- 1:18
- Material
- Diecast
- Model Condition
- Used Model
- SKU
- 7962
- Year
- 1935
- Era
- Pre-War
- Body Type
- Open-Top
- Vehicle Class
- Vintage Classics
- Openable Parts
- Yes
- Packaging Condition
- Traces of Storage
- Model Type
- Street Models
- EAN / GTIN
- 036881079620
About the Duesenberg SJ Clark Gable's Car Silver Red ERTL 1:18
TL;DR: ERTL's 1:18 diecast Duesenberg SJ reproduces the 1935 supercharged luxury car in silver and red, tied to actor Clark Gable's ownership of the model. A companion piece to other star-owned Duesenbergs, reflecting Hollywood's original era of automotive excess.
Clark Gable's name still carries weight nearly a century later, and his choice of car says almost as much about the era as his film career does.
Gable's Duesenberg and the Culture Around It
Owning a Duesenberg SJ in the 1930s meant something specific within Hollywood's social hierarchy, a rolling statement that placed its owner among the entertainment industry's genuine elite alongside the era's leading directors and studio heads. Clark Gable's association with the model sits within that same well-documented culture of star ownership, a tradition that included several of his contemporaries. The silver-and-red color combination on this diecast gives the model a striking, formal presentation appropriate to a car built for exactly this kind of public visibility.
A Celebrity Duesenberg Alongside Its Siblings
ERTL's diecast rendering keeps the SJ's long hood, exposed exhaust pipes, and open-top touring silhouette consistent with the model's genuine engineering pedigree. For collectors who already own other celebrity-associated Duesenbergs, this Gable-linked example builds toward a small but historically rich sub-collection, one that documents a specific, well-recorded chapter of 1930s Hollywood car culture rather than a generic vintage luxury display.







