For Sale: 1931 Auburn 4dr $30K in Cary, IL

[Gerczak]

Came across a 1931 Auburn 4dr for $30K.  Not mine but I wish it was. 

 

Was it common to not have the car number stamped on the engine plate with Auburns?  Or does that indicate a replacement engine?

 

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[wayne sheldon]

This one has been for sale for awhile, and shared here a few times now. It used to look worse, but the fellow I guess keeps working on it and raising the price to cover it? I don't know how he manages that.

Auburn automobiles from the 1930s are notorious for a well known hobbyist collector back around WW2 that bought out the Auburn company inventory. He made quite a business of providing parts for surviving Auburns, and accounts for so many of them on the road today. Among that inventory, I guess were a number of engines. So it was common back in the 1950s and 1960s to buy rebuilt replacement engines for them. That is a double-edge sword. Many more Auburns exist today because of that (and in better shape than they would have been?), however, a lot of them do not have their actual original engines. Many, maybe even most, are basically correct engines however. Today, along with muscle cars and Duesenbergs, I am sure whether the engine is the true original or not should affect the value. However, the issue is so common that one with an exchanged engine will have a lot of company!

[trimacar]

That’s true of the 810-812 Cord engines also, very common to have a replacement engine in them.

 

The ACD Club seems to sort of shrug it off, which is good.

 

When I had my Cord certified I found out it had a replacement engine, probably installed in the 1950s since I once traced the car back to a 1960s owner.

 

Interesting to me, as I’ve since acquired the original engine block with some internals, and it seems solid, so must have been a ring or bearing issue.

[TAKerry]

I can kinda see the problem with 'no.s' on a muscle car (heck these are even 60 yrs old now) but I would think a car from 1930 would make a reasonable exception. IF original motor then that much more the better (thus higher value).

[classiclines]

New lower price $18,500

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[classiclines]

Another old post with the pictures - new price $18,500

 

[Leif in Calif]

That's quite a drop...it does make you think they are serious about selling it. 

[classiclines]

Price Drop May Have Helped - Anyone in this Forum the new owner?  ...

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