29 L 29@rm

[old car fan]

Does anyone know what the Hayes L 29 Cord sold for at RM Amelia,and perhaps where it is going?

[ken bogren]

I don't know. But I hope it is going to someone that will keep it in the public eye, on display in an open access museum or various events.

To me, this is one of the most beautiful cars in the world.

[1937hd45]

One HORID feature of this Forum is the inability to post photos of cars like this after you do a GOOGLE search. Think of it as EDUCATION!!!!!!!!!!!!! What would it cost AACA to allow a photo of an historic car like this to be see by some kid interested in something other tham a Iphone?

[ken bogren]

Here's a link to the RM Auctions page for this car 1929 Cord L-29 Special Coupe by The Hayes Body Corporation

Nice as the photos are, they don't do justice to the car. You need to stand next to it to really get a feeling for the scale and proportions of the car.

I dug up a couple low quality photos I took of the Hayes Coupe in 2002, not very good images, but with the people around the car it gives it scale.

[West Peterson]

One HORID feature of this Forum is the inability to post photos of cars like this after you do a GOOGLE search. Think of it as EDUCATION!!!!!!!!!!!!! What would it cost AACA to allow a photo of an historic car like this to be see by some kid interested in something other tham a Iphone?

It doesn't cost AACA anything if the photo is not copyrighted. If the photo is copyrighted, who's to say what it would cost? It really has nothing to do with what AACA allows.

[j3studio]

The Hayes Cord sold for $2,420,000 - high sale of the RM auction, but not of the weekend (Gooding did pretty well selling those Porsches).

[edinmass]

What was the better value? A Olds Limited for 3.3 or the Hayes L-29 for 2.4? Both very high figures for this depressed car market. Seems like the Mighty J cars are not keeping up with the wild one off and super HCCA cars. Comments? Ed

[West Peterson]

While the Oldsmobile is one heck of a car, I wouldn't even consider trading my Hayes-bodied Cord L-29 coupe for one... that is, if I had a Hayes Cord L-29 coupe. I'd be hard pressed to think of any car I'd trade for it. It would have to be a 1934 Packard LeBaron phaeton or one of the top five Duesenbergs on my list before I'd trade, and even then, I wouldn't want to give it up.

[old car fan]

I just pray it stays in the states.

[alsancle]

The market is rewarding spectacular one off cars with provenance. Deep pockets want stuff that nobody else has. This car is one of my all time favorites along the weymann coupe on the l29 chassis.

[Dave Mellor NJ]

This must be a record price for a Cord. It makes me think back to an old thread where someone asked for examples of closed cars that were more valuable than the same open model.

[alsancle]

Since the speedster is long gone this will be the most valuable Cord. Like I said before I really like the Weymann but I don't think it would bring as much. One of the town cars could bring a quite a bit too. Can't think of a 810/812 that would bring 25% of this.

[1937hd45]

alsancle, Could you post a photo of the Weymann bodied Cord, I'm trying to start a photo posting trend, and get AACA to follow my favorite website. Bob

[alsancle]

[Steve_Mack_CT]

Tough to say, is Hayes a "better" coachbuilder? I prefer the lines of the Weymann bodied car, FWIW...

Seems like strong prices across the board for both RM and Gooding this weekend, not just for the star cars but for more typical collector cars as well.

[1937hd45]

Thanks! That Weymann would look fantastic with a spair tire on the rear and normal front fenders.

[alsancle]

Wow. I just noticed the L29 cabriolet brought over 300k. Must have been a spectacular restoration. Perfectly restored cars bring big money too as the cost of restoration is crazy.

On the other side of the coin the 810 phaeton only brought 110k. Again, I assume condition was the driving force.

[Steve_Mack_CT]

A,J., the 810 seemed like one of the very few "bargains" over the weekend. How's about nearly $50K for an MG TC? An iconic car but the market for these cars has seemed to retreat a bit in recent years, I suspect largely due to the driveability of some of the other English sportscars. Speaking of other sportscars, how's about nearly $100K for an AH? It seems all sectors did pretty good to me.

[alsancle]

Steve, I agree most of the prices seemed very high. The bargain for me was the Shelly Vincent Waterhouse Packard for under 150k. Perhaps I've lost touch with Waterhouse prices but that seemed to be way way under the going rate. Of course, it was an old restoration in bad colors and had an engine swap.

[Steve_Mack_CT]

Yes, I see where that car fits your taste, A.J.!

Dissapointing for the owner, I am sure, but what I thought was the buy of both houses was the green 1930 LaSalle (described, I think as an all weather phaeton, but convertible sedan?) sold @ $66K??! It looked fine online, with an estimate of $90K - 120K. Wonder what happened there?

[old car fan]

Did the car stay here?