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Cord was a brand of American luxury automobile manufactured by the Auburn Automobile Company of Connersville, Indiana, from 1929 to 1932 and again in 1936 and 1937.. Auburn was wholly owned by the Cord Corporation, founded and run by E. L. Cord as a holding company for his many transportation interests (which included the Lycoming engines, Stinson aircraft, and Checker Motors).
1936 Cord 810 Phaeton Supercharged 1937 Cord 812 Sedan 1937 Cord 812 Supercharged Sportsman. The styling of the Cord 810 was the work of designer Gordon M. Buehrig and his team of stylists, which included young Vince Gardner and Alex Tremulis. While the first American front-wheel-drive car with independent front suspension, it had an archaic ...
LeBaron's last projects for Chrysler were the Chrysler Newport Phaeton, a super-streamlined dual cowl phaeton with an aluminum body, and the remarkable 1941 Chrysler Thunderbolt, a sleek roadster with concealed headlights (like the 1936 Cord 810/812) and a retractable metal hardtop styled by Alex Tremulis, who would later style the legendary ...
Hidden headlamps first appeared on the Cord 810 in November 1935 at the New York Auto Show [1] and shortly after on a custom example of the Alfa Romeo 8C in 1936. [2] In the Cord, a pair of cranks on either side of the dashboard could be turned by hand to bring out the headlamps when needed. [3]
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It's really no more than the 1936 / 1937 model year. The big differences are the options that were only available on the 812 (but the majority of 812s still didn't have them): supercharging (with obvious sidepipes to show it) and rare long wheelbase options with either a more spacious body intended for chauffeur driving or (fantastically rare ...
The Series 60 "Special" is a full-size car made by Oldsmobile from the 1939 through the 1948 model years. It was their entry-level model using the GM "A" body platform, giving Oldsmobile an entry-level product with more standard features that would be optional on Chevrolet and Pontiac vehicles using the same platform.
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