Automotive American – Classic Vintage & Modern
Tag: Cord 812
This is the fascinating story of a car that began life as a Cord 812 and then ended up atop a Chrysler chassis
The car was orginally spotted in the Boston area back in the early 50’s
Make yourself a coffee and read the article here
This is an excellent interview with Gordon Buehrig from back in 1989 carried out as part of the Automotive Oral History Project.
Some of the cars designed by Gordon Buehrig were the Stutz Black Hawk, Auburn 851 Boattail Speedster, Duesenberg J, Duesenberg J, 1956 Lincoln Continental Mark II, and, perhaps the car he’s most known for, the Cord 810/812. He also invented the removable T-top, patented in 1951
I’ve actually visited the excellent ACD Museum in Auburn Indiana and there is a display of Buehrig artefacts.
The Buehrig interview is here
A few years ago we visited the Auburn Cord Duesenberg Museum in Auburn Indiana.
The museum is situated on the site of the old factory, design centre and superb Art Deco showroom.
Very prominent at the ACD were a number of my favourite Cord 810/812 cars and various other artifacts.
The Cord 810, and later Cord 812, was an luxury automobile produced by the Cord Automobile division of the Auburn Automobile Company in 1936 and 1937. It was the first American-designed and built front wheel drivecar with independent front suspension. It followed the 1934 Citroën Traction Avant and the Cord L-29, both of which also had front wheel drive. Both models were also the first to offer hidden headlights.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia, read on here
My favourite classic cars of all time are the Cord 810/812’s
This was increased after we visited the Auburn Cord Duesenberg museum in Auburn Indiana a few years ago.
An excellent book was written by the late Josh B. Malks called Cord Complete It was his second book on the subject, his first: Cord 810/812 – The Timeless Classic has become a classic itself. Details of the book can be found here on the excellent “Old Motor” online magazine. The ACD museum site is on this link.
It’s a wonderful place with an amazing Art Deco Showroom and a lot of the original artefacts from the days of Gordon Buehrig and E.L.Cord
