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amazing automobile
this is for sale on ebay. i wish i had a lot of disposable income.
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Wow, just wow.
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You know, the funny thing about that Cord is that for a long time they could be had for sub $50K. I looked at one in Newport Beach in the 90's, a pale yellow decent condition no rust original engine, and the guy wanted 35k. It was parked on the street in Spyglass.
Aren't the engines Dussenberg's?
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In a distant life, my family owned one of these - one of the earliest, if not earliest, cars with retractable headlamps! Cool, man!
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Indeed! Referred to as "coffin nosed". FWD, also. A neighbor in PB had a pale yellow one 30 yrs ago, drove it several times a week.
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as i recall, many new innovations came up from the cord , like front wheel drive. look at the gated four speed shifter too.
a magnificent bit of machinery. on a more macabre note, tom mix died from a broken neck after an accident in his '37 cord. |
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I meant in his Cord's coffin nosed hood
![]() Wow! Tom Mix! - can't help but wonder how many of the "young whippersnappers" here know who he was. ![]() (He died before I was born - I ani't that old! ![]()
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Incredible car! Do cars like that really sell on Ebay?
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These particular models of Cord (the 810 & 812) were produced for only two years....'36 & '37....and had 117hp flathead V8 engines built by Lycoming (still in business today producing aircraft engines). Some '37 cars featured supercharged versions of this motor that put out around 190hp.
A side benefit of using front-wheel drive was that the Cord stood nearly a foot lower than other contemporary cars. It had no running boards....unusual for that era. It had no radiator-like grille....just continuous louvers around the front and side of the hood. Its twin taillights were flush with the body and its gas filler was covered by a lid. The horn blew by touching a ring and the engine-turned dash panel included a tachometer. Despite it's innovations and spectacular styling, these Cords were not a sales success. Interest was high after it's initial debut but quickly faded after the rushed-to-production cars quickly developed major mechanical problems.
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There was one (black) at a car show here in Denver 2 weeks ago (Front Range Airport - old planes, also).
Amelia Earhart had a supercharged yellow Cord with a number of custom touches. Tom Mix was a pallbearer for Wyatt Earp not long before Tom died. Cord (car named after him) bought Lycoming to be able to control the availabilty for his cars. He's the one that started Lycoming making aircraft engines - been very successful. Lycoming made the largest piston aircraft engine ever made. 127 liters, 36 cylinder radial (4x9). |
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