Auburn chassis & engine no's

Looking forward to seeing pictures. They might help us determine what you have. If you click on the "go advanced" in the bottom right corner you should be able to attach pictures. Carl

What year guys??

Nice to see a picture. I can't tell you what year, but my guess would be 1927, 1928, 1929 or1930.

Believe 1927 had different wheel spokes and not a 1931 - different hood louvers so that leaves 1929-1930. Will have to study but it was made from one of the base line (low cost) Sedan 8-cyl models like a 1929 88, 1930 90 or 95.

I have narrowed it down to 1929 or 1930. The 1928 did not have the silver band between the hood and cowl. The 29 and 30 chassis look identical so can't go by that. Have to see if there are other little differences to zero in besides numbers. Is there an engine number plate? Pictures of the engine? But looking at the roofline it is definately from a 5 or 7 passenger Sedan.

christineman,

I didn't look at the thread until now and at first the thing didn't look that great. I will agree it's possible it's in too poor of a shape to restore. The moss on the running boards and the flatbed truck conversion aren't encouraging. When I clicked on the enlargement icons on the pics, I noticed the front quarter windows. That looks more like a 1923-1926 design than 1928-1932. That style was used on Peerlesses only until 1925.

Have you considered making it a 1930s-style wrecker or shop truck? Would be kind of cool to have it say "Auburn-Cord-Duesenberg Sales & Service" on the side. Lots of high-end cars like this were made into service trucks and wreckers back in the old days: Cadillacs, Lincolns, etc.* when they were 5 or 10 years old. The shop trucks looked kind of like pickups and sometimes had chrome-plated rails along the top of the bedsides. Crazy idea maybe, but if it looked like Jethro Bodine and Jed Clampett cut up a sedan and made a wrecker or shop truck, it was a little rough, and it didn't have $80-a-yard wool carpeting inside -- it would be O.K. -- because that's what they were doing 80 years ago. They did tend to paint them up nice.

You haven't said much about the engine. Is it really an Auburn engine( or correct engine for that model of Auburn **)? Do you have a report from a previous owner that he switched it from an Auburn 8 to an Auburn 6? Again, the car in general may be a lost cause to restore. You've seen the car and I haven't, but I was curious if the motor looks like it's taken some artillery fire or is just grungy. Those Lycoming engines were pretty nice.

I tried looking up Auburns on the web and did find these with front-quarter-windows or front-eighth-windows just like yours:

• 1926 "8-88" Sedan
  
• 1929 "6-80" Sedan
  
• 1929 "8-90" Sedan
  
• 1929 "120" Sedan
  
• 1930 "8-125" Sport Sedan
  

----Jeff

* A couple that have survived are a 1921 Pierce-Arrow and a ca. 1924 Duesenberg.

** As you likely know around 1/2 of the U.S carmakers then used engines made by engine specialists like Lycoming, Continental, Wisconsin, Northway Motor & Manufacturing Co., etc.

Jeff,

Front fenders make me think it is a 1927 or newer, yet older than a 1931. This is a 1926 ad.

Carl

Anyone know of a 27-31 auburn being parted out? Please email me if u do. Mel@moparmel.come

A 31 Auburn is a way different car than the 28-30.

31 Auburn frame? 

SECOND PHOTO OF A 26  6-66   BOTH HAVE SINCE BEEN PUT IN STORAGE