1937hd45 Posted May 17, 2019 Share Posted May 17, 2019 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt Harwood Posted May 17, 2019 Share Posted May 17, 2019 Pretty convincing Photoshop work! I had to look at it for a while to be sure. A neat-looking truck for sure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1937hd45 Posted May 17, 2019 Author Share Posted May 17, 2019 Think so? I never gave that a thought. Bob Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
West Peterson Posted May 17, 2019 Share Posted May 17, 2019 11 hours ago, Matt Harwood said: Pretty convincing Photoshop work! I had to look at it for a while to be sure. A neat-looking truck for sure. Agreed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
39BuickEight Posted May 17, 2019 Share Posted May 17, 2019 x2, its too shiny and bold compared to the rest of the photo, just look at the tire shine! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brass is Best Posted May 17, 2019 Share Posted May 17, 2019 The photo has been retouched. But I think this truck was built. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Henderson Posted May 17, 2019 Share Posted May 17, 2019 Funny, I don't think it's ever shown up in all the years of the ACD N/L. Real? Skeptical, but then anything's possible. I have an old snapshot picture of a Cord front end grafted onto a Jeepster body filed away somewhere. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeff_a Posted May 17, 2019 Share Posted May 17, 2019 I have never see a picture of one, but I read once that there was a Cord hearse built. Could that be true? Except for being a foot or two short, the one discussed isn't far off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Henderson Posted May 17, 2019 Share Posted May 17, 2019 (edited) There was a stretched 810 Cord ambulance being serviced at Auburn when I visited there to get parts in the '50's. There may well have been a Cord hearse made, but more likely it would have been a more spacious L29. Edited May 17, 2019 by Dave Henderson (see edit history) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1937hd45 Posted May 17, 2019 Author Share Posted May 17, 2019 Coffin nose CORD hearse, is there a Charles Adams cartoon of that? Bob Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeff_a Posted May 17, 2019 Share Posted May 17, 2019 (edited) Owens Brothers, Inc. of Lima, OH converted a 1936 Cord 810 for the Bowersock & Chiles Funeral & Ambulance Service of Lima(probably more for the ambulance business then the other). A '37 812 was stretched into an ambulance for Jaeger Livery service in Athens, OH. Earlier, in 1930 and 1934, two L-29s received conversions from them for coaches or ambulances. On the coachbuilt site there is a white Cord 810 or 812 ambulance photo from Owens Brothers. From Coachbuilt.com: Owen’s swan song was two side-loading ambulances they constructed during 1936-37 on the Cord 810/812 chassis. The first, a 1936 810, was for their Lima, Ohio neighbor, the Bowersock and Chiles Funeral and Ambulance Service, the second, a 1937 812, was ordered by an Athens, Ohio livery service operator named Jaeger. Built using stock 4-door 810/812 sedans, Owen Bros. cut them in half just behind the B-pillar and inserted a hand-constructed center section between the two pieces, just as today's modern stretch limousines are constructed. Painted white, the Bowersox & Chiles car was sold in 1942 to a firm in Auburn, Indiana. Edited May 18, 2019 by jeff_a (see edit history) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
46 woodie Posted May 18, 2019 Share Posted May 18, 2019 By the lack of the belt line on the hood, I would think that the truck is a custom. The fender skirts make me think that the owner wanted some sort of unique vehicle and had some shop do the work for him. The shop could graft the front end on, but didn't have enough skills to do a matching belt line. Great advertisement, think how many people that saw the truck mentioned it to someone. Just a guess! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
60FlatTop Posted May 18, 2019 Share Posted May 18, 2019 That could be a body swap from an Auburn Bloattail. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Harley Posted May 19, 2019 Share Posted May 19, 2019 I remember seeing an L-29 Cord open front seat town car delivery on TCM. The short video was about "home delivery" from an upscale jewelry shop located in Hollywood I believe. The car definitely fit the bill for a classy delivery vehicle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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