Friday, August 03, 2012

Automotif IV

First World Problems
I didn't just circle around and snap a picture of the Cord 810 sedan broken down near Roseholme Cottage; I did ask "Need any help?" out the window.
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16 comments:

perlhaqr said...

Wow. Awesome car.

7:51 AM, August 03, 2012
Rustmeister said...

The Cord and the Auburn boattail are two of my favorite classics.

8:41 AM, August 03, 2012
Pete said...

In 1953, I owned a 1937 Supercharged Graham, the Cord's poor cousin. When I went in the Army, I sold it to some guys who put a Chrysler Hemi in it. At the first test, it tore most of the drive train out of it.

8:44 AM, August 03, 2012
Pakkinpoppa said...

Wow.
Yesterday I saw a 197(2?) Dodge Challenger. Convertible. Purple, white interior, top down. It pulled up next to me at a traffic light.

I've been trying to teach my 3 year old about fast and slow cars.

A rumbling V8 was enough for him to remark,
"That's a fast car."

8:47 AM, August 03, 2012
LC Scotty said...

But, did they have any Grey Poupon?

9:18 AM, August 03, 2012
Unknown said...

For those who are passing through Richmond IN, the Museum on North A St. has a very nice collection of automobiles, including some Cords.

9:21 AM, August 03, 2012
Ygolonac said...

You didn't point in the air, shout "LOOK! THE SPACE SHUTTLE!", and start pushing it home?

9:26 AM, August 03, 2012
Sport Pilot said...

Why didn't you offer to buy it "right now" for a couple of hundred buck's? grin

9:38 AM, August 03, 2012
BobG said...

Beautiful old car.

9:53 AM, August 03, 2012
Tam said...

BobG,

IMO, maybe the most beautiful American auto ever.

It's in a pretty rarefied class for looks, with the Bugatti Atlantic and the Delahaye 135...

10:13 AM, August 03, 2012
rickn8or said...

And I'll bet all you had were metric tools.

Except for the Leatherman(s) of course.

10:25 AM, August 03, 2012
Chas S. Clifton said...

LC Scotty for the win.

10:45 AM, August 03, 2012
Anonymous said...

Most beautiful? My weak spot has always been the SSJ...
http://www.chicagocarexchange.com/resize.asp?image=P22psidetpdwn.JPG&size=800

10:49 AM, August 03, 2012
staghounds said...

"Get a horse!" is a more age appropriate shout...

1:59 PM, August 03, 2012
Anonymous said...

"IMO, maybe the most beautiful American auto ever."

Then you should take a road trip a few hours north to Auburn the end of this month...big ACD gathering where you'll see more incredible Auburns, Cords, and Deusies than anywhere in the world.

In the early eighties I took a job as a buyer for an FLA RV dealership and on a trip to Elkhart we took a side trip to Auburn. I came away wishing I could be a dealer for those one-of-a-kind-and-never-again works of mechanical art instead of the aluminum and matchsticks crap that I was there for.

Take that trip and take us some pics!

PB

8:52 PM, August 03, 2012
The Freeholder said...

Sweet. The Cords were fantastic cars. My Dad gave me the bug as a kid and I've never gotten over it.

10:40 AM, August 04, 2012

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