1937hd45 Posted April 18, 2019 Share Posted April 18, 2019 Turned up on the Vintage photo thread on the HAMB today. Bob 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted April 18, 2019 Share Posted April 18, 2019 Well!!!!! That is something. I bet someone got a lot of enjoyment out of that. Certainly better looking than the heart shaped grill custom jobs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt Harwood Posted April 18, 2019 Share Posted April 18, 2019 Very cool, although the cowl work seems pretty hackey. I also find it interesting in these old photos that nobody seems to treat their cars very well. Someone obviously spent a ton of money building this thing, yet they just throw it up on the curb and chew up the tires when they park it as if it's some kind of beater. How many different donor cars can you name? 1938 Ford Auburn 1941 Buick fender skirts Pontiac? hood ornament Bumpers? 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rusty_OToole Posted April 18, 2019 Share Posted April 18, 2019 Is that a 36 Auburn with a 38 Ford front end? Or a 38 Ford with an Auburn body? I don't specify year because the boat tail was available in 1931 and 32 as well as 1936 and 37. Wheels don't look like the Ford 'wide 5'. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gunsmoke Posted April 19, 2019 Share Posted April 19, 2019 Based on cars in background, guessing photo is from early 50's. Much more interesting than some modern day "mashups". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ventport Posted April 19, 2019 Share Posted April 19, 2019 41 Buick trim on the fender skirts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
plymouthcranbrook Posted April 19, 2019 Share Posted April 19, 2019 From the looks of the right front tire that wasn't the first time on the curb. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
$um Fun Posted April 19, 2019 Share Posted April 19, 2019 Oh, the humanity. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curti Posted April 19, 2019 Share Posted April 19, 2019 I don't believe there is a Auburn part on the whole car. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
60FlatTop Posted April 19, 2019 Share Posted April 19, 2019 14 hours ago, Rusty_OToole said: Is that a 36 Auburn with a 38 Ford front end? Or a 38 Ford with an Auburn body? Those guys will trick you. I love major projects and regret how close I came to buying this a few years ago and letting it slip away. Not a Lincoln Cosmo with a Cadillac engine - a Lincoln body on a '41 Cadillac chassis. Ahhhhh, the rose colored glasses. Bernie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Dobbin Posted April 19, 2019 Share Posted April 19, 2019 I like it and would try to buy it if I found it someplace. Especially if it was a flathead Ford. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
plk Posted February 3, 2020 Share Posted February 3, 2020 Just came across this today The body is '28 or '29 Auburn boattail speedster Pete 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gossp Posted February 3, 2020 Share Posted February 3, 2020 Is this a preview of seekers other car? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
auburnseeker Posted February 3, 2020 Share Posted February 3, 2020 Nope. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Henderson Posted February 3, 2020 Share Posted February 3, 2020 Auburn and Cord abortions weren't too uncommon in the '50's when the cars could be bought on the cheap. Pictured is a '50's custom dubbed the "Cord-O-Matic". It housed an Olds Rocket 88 with Hydramatic and a Columbia 2 speed rear end. The front clip was from a '47 Lincoln. I bought it in badly deteriorated condition to salvage the remaining Cord parts on it. During the dismantling I melted off 32 pounds of lead! Surprisingly there has been a reincarnation. I sold the body hulk to a friend, whose father had owned it in the '40's when it was a real Cord. It is now a well executed Cord resto-rod. Other examples which I have pictures of somewhere are a first generation Auburn Speedster crossed with an air cooled Franklin, and a Cord 810 front clip on a Jeepster convertible. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xander Wildeisen Posted February 3, 2020 Share Posted February 3, 2020 That Auburn body mixed with the Franklin, popped up for sale about seven years ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oregon Desert model 45 Posted February 3, 2020 Share Posted February 3, 2020 (edited) This mash up was on e-bay several years back. Edited February 3, 2020 by Oregon Desert model 45 edit (see edit history) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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