auburnseeker Posted September 19, 2017 Share Posted September 19, 2017 I saw this photos for sale on ebay. Boy this Cord has lived a hard life from the photo in the few years since it was built. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brass is Best Posted September 19, 2017 Share Posted September 19, 2017 Boy that poor car sure has been run hard and put away wet. Early external exhausts. Missing front bumper and transmission cover. Paint issues and trouble folding the top. Lets hope it has fallen into better hands. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
auburnseeker Posted September 19, 2017 Author Share Posted September 19, 2017 Looks like an ad for a lawyer suing for lemon cars. "does your new car look like this? I can help get you retribution for your pain, suffering and Humiliation for having to drive such a wreck" 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted September 20, 2017 Share Posted September 20, 2017 I'd bet he was having some sort of shifting problem that explains the missing bumper and trans cover. I owned an 812. You can manually select gears from the front of the car with the cover off. To get the cover off, one has to at least drop one end of the bumper down. Depending on the specific problem. one might have to manually select 2nd or third, then start the car, and ride the clutch to get going - maybe the problem was only with certain forward shifts or perhaps only with reverse - who knows. Just saying it would explain driving the car with those parts missing. You're right though, she wasn't taken care of for sure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xander Wildeisen Posted September 20, 2017 Share Posted September 20, 2017 Looks like a hood ornament is placed on the Cord, Auburn? Maybe that young man was just getting started building a personal custom. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brass is Best Posted September 20, 2017 Share Posted September 20, 2017 1 hour ago, Xander Wildeisen said: Looks like a hood ornament is placed on the Cord, Auburn? Maybe that young man was just getting started building a personal custom. That is actually a Cord accessory hood ornament. It is a flying lady similar to Auburn. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
auburnseeker Posted September 20, 2017 Author Share Posted September 20, 2017 That's what I was thinking but I couldn't find a photo on the net to confirm it. Honestly it clutters up the front of the car as do the accessory wing badges that go on the front. It looks so much better smooth and uncluttered. Kind of like painting one a really flashy color especially one that was never offered. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xander Wildeisen Posted September 20, 2017 Share Posted September 20, 2017 12 hours ago, Brass is Best said: That is actually a Cord accessory hood ornament. It is a flying lady similar to Auburn. Did not know that, I am with auburnseeker. It look better with out anything there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brass is Best Posted September 20, 2017 Share Posted September 20, 2017 36 minutes ago, Xander Wildeisen said: Did not know that, I am with auburnseeker. It look better with out anything there. I like them with out clutter as well. I even prefer them with out the super-charger pipes. That was the way Mr. Buehrig designed it. Alex Tremulis of Tucker fame added the super-charger pipes for the 1937 model year. Mr. Cord just about fired him for doing so. But when the public fell in love with the pipes all was forgiven. Attached is my phaeton in front of Mr. Cord's home in Auburn. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
auburnseeker Posted September 20, 2017 Author Share Posted September 20, 2017 Nice car. Mine is just collecting dust (well i do have it covered) in the corner of my shop, while I'm trying to get my garage finished and my new shop up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xander Wildeisen Posted September 21, 2017 Share Posted September 21, 2017 36-37 Cords are stunning cars. I do like the looks of them with the pipes. When you look at the custom/street rod side of the world, trends are to clean up the car and smooth out odd shapes and body lines. Some of the Duesenbergs and Cords came that way from the factory. From a custom stand point you would not change a thing on the 36-37 Cords. Work of art from the beginning. Still on my wish list. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
auburnseeker Posted September 21, 2017 Author Share Posted September 21, 2017 Find me that open Auburn Convertible Sedan and I could make your wish come true. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xander Wildeisen Posted September 21, 2017 Share Posted September 21, 2017 Your post made me laugh I got bid jumped on this Auburn in Hershey. It seems we have the same taste in classic cars. 31-33 Auburn convertible sedans are one of the best looking open sedans ever made. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
auburnseeker Posted September 21, 2017 Author Share Posted September 21, 2017 That one would have fit the bill quite nicely, though it wouldn't have to be quite as pristine. I want to use it a bit. The post office Hardware store etc. I find if I don't use my old cars for errands, I never have time to specifically just take them out for a ride. So what did that little gem go for? I'm guessing 100-120K. Found a similar one with chrome wires in what looks like a very similar if not the same color scheme for sale in Hemmings a year or two ago for 98K I think it was. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
auburnseeker Posted September 21, 2017 Author Share Posted September 21, 2017 Samsonized had a nice project one a while ago that I didn't really find out about until it was pretty much sold. I think he had your boat tail body at one time as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xander Wildeisen Posted September 22, 2017 Share Posted September 22, 2017 The Auburn sedan was not a fresh car. I think it sold for 72K-74K. It was an older restoration. I think someone repainted the fenders black before the auction. Solid car, needed to be repainted. Yes I did get the boattail body from Samson. He had it on ebay a few times. He was listing it for sale from some guy named Frank if I remember. Had to have a state inspector come out and put a state ID tag on it for a title. So it was titled as a 31 Auburn reproduction. I bought it because we had the 31 Auburn Cab that needed to be restored. It was a finished value decision. A boattail, even if a repro steel body. Has a higher finished value over a Cab. Then sold off what was left over and the V-12 engines that I had. To a guy who had Auburns that he was restoring. I would have sold out of the Auburn cab, if I had won the convertible sedan. Same thing on the 35 Auburn for sale now on the forum. I always have to sell a car or two if something cool comes along. I am sure we all do the same thing. Fix one up a little, drive it awhile, hope that you do not lose money. And buy a new one that keeps your car fix going. I should have gotten into fly fishing instead. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
auburnseeker Posted September 22, 2017 Author Share Posted September 22, 2017 Same here or motorcycles. They fit in a whole lot smaller space and have alot less parts. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xander Wildeisen Posted September 22, 2017 Share Posted September 22, 2017 Easy to push them around as well. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
padgett Posted September 22, 2017 Share Posted September 22, 2017 Seems like the "dechromed" look is cyclical. Personally like both the clean coffin nose and side pipes. Would dump the hood ornament. When Pontiac did it (GP in 63, 68 GTO) it was revolutionary. Today it is commonplace. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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