Xander Wildeisen Posted December 24, 2016 Share Posted December 24, 2016 https://worcester.craigslist.org/cto/5916821319.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hudsy Wudsy Posted December 24, 2016 Share Posted December 24, 2016 I like Chryslers, but good grief! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xander Wildeisen Posted December 24, 2016 Author Share Posted December 24, 2016 36-37 Cords look pretty good stock. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted December 24, 2016 Share Posted December 24, 2016 Interesting to say the least. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alsancle Posted December 25, 2016 Share Posted December 25, 2016 I've seen this car in person. It is owned by a fairly well known collector. The front Cord stub frame has been replaced with something else. It has a mopar straight 6. Most of the Phaeton specific pieces are there. It is a rare side pipe car without the supercharger. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
46 woodie Posted December 25, 2016 Share Posted December 25, 2016 Is it just me or does that hood look like its 10' long? What a weird camera angle! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
padgett Posted December 25, 2016 Share Posted December 25, 2016 "Hood has been stretched about 2.5 feet." Only one word: chutzpah. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edinmass Posted December 25, 2016 Share Posted December 25, 2016 I don't know the car, but the barn it's in is very familiar to me. Maybe a very rusty sedan could be sacrificed to put the car back to what it once was. Only need time and money.......lots of both. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alsancle Posted February 19, 2017 Share Posted February 19, 2017 It was for sale in Lowell Massachusetts in 1967 and looked a lot better than it does now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Henderson Posted February 19, 2017 Share Posted February 19, 2017 Another failed sad attempt to gild the lily. Over the years such attempts have usually been un-done and corrected by caring aficionados, or the creation got broken up for parts. There have been such abortions as a Jeepster rear section grafted on, a modification with both front and rear engines, doors cut down ala Darrin, disappearing headlights covered over with fixed lights, rear window replaced with a large wrap-around, and so on. I personally laid to rest the Cord-O-Matic, a crude but clever '50's custom which featured a '47 Lincoln front clip, a Rocket 88 with Hydramatic and a Columbia rear. It was in derelict condition. I saved the 32 pounds of lead melted off, and all Cord portions, including the body. None of the "makeovers" ever come close to improving on Gordon Buehrig's masterpiece. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve_Mack_CT Posted February 19, 2017 Share Posted February 19, 2017 That one has been for sale for a very long time - I believe Chrysler frame. That said, I am surprised the body alone is not worth the asking price or close enough to it. Seems like a sedan parts car (for years, in the 80s, a local guy had two sedans he could not sell at $2,000 or so each) could get you a lot closer to the promised land... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1937hd45 Posted February 19, 2017 Share Posted February 19, 2017 This was just posted on the HAMB, I'm going back for the L-29 photo. Bob Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alsancle Posted February 19, 2017 Share Posted February 19, 2017 Bob, I posted a bunch of never before published Cord customs done in the 1940s and 50s to the Hot rod cord thread. When they locked that thread I lost interest in the Hamb and maybe check in once a month. I'll never understand why the guy locked it other than he was being a power hungry jerk. I'll wander over there and find them an bring them back here. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1937hd45 Posted February 19, 2017 Share Posted February 19, 2017 The Shots From Days Gone By is totally addictive on the HAMB, so many posted every day. I can't find the L-29 shot I was looking for but did find this one. I wonder why some threads get locked too. Bob Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
60FlatTop Posted February 19, 2017 Share Posted February 19, 2017 Get up in the North Country of New York and you see some strange things. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keiser31 Posted February 19, 2017 Share Posted February 19, 2017 (edited) ^That white one looks like one I have seen in other photos with horses jumping over it. Here is one of a Cord and horse, but not the same one I saw before with the cut down doors. Edited February 19, 2017 by keiser31 (see edit history) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted February 19, 2017 Share Posted February 19, 2017 The craigslist ad has expired. What was the asking price for this car? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
auburnseeker Posted February 19, 2017 Share Posted February 19, 2017 I don't remember the exact price but somehow 28,000 strikes a note. Sedan parts cars are running around 20,000 plus right now with a drive train.(these are project not driver type cars and often disassembled) Often 25,000 and up depending on what the sedan is and if any mechanical components have been rebuilt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alsancle Posted February 20, 2017 Share Posted February 20, 2017 The Darrin dip white one looks like a nice job on a Weschester. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe in Canada Posted February 20, 2017 Share Posted February 20, 2017 There is a supercharged convertible in a barn north of me supposedly good original or older restoration that the fellow wants to sell. May take a drive up next week see what else he has and will post some pictures of it. I am looking for an older car so no interest in it as a future project. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
8E45E Posted February 20, 2017 Share Posted February 20, 2017 I wonder if the Tom Mix Cord had any custom touches on it. Craig Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe in Canada Posted February 20, 2017 Share Posted February 20, 2017 (edited) I believe this is classed as custom. Edited February 20, 2017 by Joe in Canada (see edit history) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mercer09 Posted February 20, 2017 Share Posted February 20, 2017 love that delivery van. nicely done! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
60FlatTop Posted February 20, 2017 Share Posted February 20, 2017 I think we have a sample of Darrin in one and Exner in the other. I am a big fan of both, but not this example for Exner. The really best modified Cord revival is this. Actually that picture could be my old one. I used to just sit and look at all the styling ques they took from Cord. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xander Wildeisen Posted February 20, 2017 Author Share Posted February 20, 2017 Cords have very nice styling, there are things on the L-29 that hold it back a little. If building one in to a custom, the antique looking wood stove dash pieces would have to go. And adding 3-4 inches in the overall length of the car in the door area. Would put it in proportion. The 36-37 Cords are a very nice looking car, a person would want to be careful changing things. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curti Posted February 21, 2017 Share Posted February 21, 2017 Personally, I would not be in favor of customizing an L29 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted February 21, 2017 Share Posted February 21, 2017 9 hours ago, 60FlatTop said: I think we have a sample of Darrin in one and Exner in the other. I am a big fan of both, but not this example for Exner. The really best modified Cord revival is this. Actually that picture could be my old one. I used to just sit and look at all the styling ques they took from Cord. Toronado...."The car with the science fiction styling". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted February 21, 2017 Share Posted February 21, 2017 9 hours ago, 60FlatTop said: I think we have a sample of Darrin in one and Exner in the other. I am a big fan of both, but not this example for Exner. The really best modified Cord revival is this. Actually that picture could be my old one. I used to just sit and look at all the styling ques they took from Cord. Toronado...."The car with the science fiction styling". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted February 21, 2017 Share Posted February 21, 2017 9 hours ago, 60FlatTop said: I think we have a sample of Darrin in one and Exner in the other. I am a big fan of both, but not this example for Exner. The really best modified Cord revival is this. Actually that picture could be my old one. I used to just sit and look at all the styling ques they took from Cord. Toronado...."The car with the science fiction styling". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alsancle Posted February 21, 2017 Share Posted February 21, 2017 Given the fact it is a 1929 car the L29 has fabulous styling. You need to compare it to other 1929 cars to really see the merits of the design. Here are a some other customer cord pictures. The very nice cad-cord came from my private collection and I'm still annoyed I wasted my time posting them to the HAMB. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xander Wildeisen Posted February 21, 2017 Author Share Posted February 21, 2017 The cadcord is interesting. Buick bumper is a bit much. Looks to have some play in the steering. Trim on the rear fender looks like 50 Olds Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
8E45E Posted February 21, 2017 Share Posted February 21, 2017 Here's the prototype 1932 Cord: http://forum.studebakerdriversclub.com/showthread.php?64247-Orphan-of-the-Day-1932-Cord-E-1-Prototype Craig Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xander Wildeisen Posted February 21, 2017 Author Share Posted February 21, 2017 That is a stunning car 8E45E. Skirting the front fenders, Duesenburg hood treatment all look great. The grill from the front looks a little heavy, the water fall style to it dominates the front end. A touch to much, Great car. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1937hd45 Posted February 21, 2017 Share Posted February 21, 2017 4 hours ago, 8E45E said: Here's the prototype 1932 Cord: http://forum.studebakerdriversclub.com/showthread.php?64247-Orphan-of-the-Day-1932-Cord-E-1-Prototype Craig Great photo of a nice Cord, glad they took the time to keep the cord out of the Cord. Bob Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CarlLaFong Posted February 21, 2017 Share Posted February 21, 2017 There is a two part article in SIA about the E-1 Cord and it's restoration. It is fascinating and amazing. The car was dismantled and it's major components were scattered to the wind. One by one, the parts were located and the car was brought back from the grave Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alsancle Posted February 21, 2017 Share Posted February 21, 2017 One of the most famous Cord customs of them all. The Comet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alsancle Posted February 21, 2017 Share Posted February 21, 2017 One of the most famous Cord customs of them all. The Comet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xander Wildeisen Posted February 25, 2017 Author Share Posted February 25, 2017 That one looks like it started off as a reproduction Cord. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
60FlatTop Posted February 25, 2017 Share Posted February 25, 2017 I still remember the first time I stood next to a Cord Beverly style sedan a looong time ago: "Wow! What a small car!" Bernie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curti Posted February 25, 2017 Share Posted February 25, 2017 1 hour ago, 60FlatTop said: I still remember the first time I stood next to a Cord Beverly style sedan a looong time ago: "Wow! What a small car!" Bernie That may be said of that ugly orange rendition above, but the 810-812 Cord never left that impression on me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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