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1937 CORD 812 WESTCHESTER SEDAN
Chassis No.812-31874A
Geneva blue with a blue cloth interior
Engine: Lycoming V-8, side valve, 4,729cc giving 125bhp at 3,600 rpm; Gearbox: four speed synchromesh with electro-vacuum shift, front wheel drive; Brakes: four wheel hydraulic; Suspension: independent, transverse leaf front. Left hand drive.
One of the most distinctive American cars of its era was the Cord 810/812. The famous design of Gordon Buehrig and August Duesenberg astonished visitors at the 1936 New York Auto show and was classified by the City's Museum of Modern Art as one of the world's ten outstanding pieces of industrial design.
E.L. Cord's career included making a success of the ailing Auburn Motor Co. and taking on the even greater challenge of Duesenberg. Somehow E.L. Cord found time to conceive a brand new marque bearing his name, starting with some amazing front wheel drive luxury cars with largely conventional looks. Then came the completely different 810, with a clean line, an alligator bonnet and pop-up headlamps. It utilized a Lycoming V8 engine and had an ingenious form of semi-automatic gearbox.
Despite the novel car's widespread acclaim in the motoring press, the buying public were cautious of something so advanced. Understandably, since front-wheel drive was hardly known except on a few special European cars, and the styling was so avant garde that the car hardly looks out of date even today. Only 1,174 of the original 810 cars were made in 1936, followed by the 812 version in 1937 (which had an option for a supercharger). Sales were down, and it wasn't long before the whole of E.L. Cord's precarious group collapsed.
These cars are now appreciated more than ever and this example has benefitted from a considerable amount of recent work. This 812 has covered less than 500 miles since the engine underwent a comprehensive rebuild and the transmission has just been freshly rebuilt, including new driveshafts. Last year new carpets and a grey headliner were fitted. Approximately five years ago the car was stripped and repainted its correct shade of Geneva blue and about ten years ago the upholstery was redone. New safety glass has also been fitted. A few items were missing at the time of cataloguing such as a radio, horn button and rear license plate holder, but it is hoped the latter two will be available by the time of the auction.
Chassis No.812-31874A
Geneva blue with a blue cloth interior
Engine: Lycoming V-8, side valve, 4,729cc giving 125bhp at 3,600 rpm; Gearbox: four speed synchromesh with electro-vacuum shift, front wheel drive; Brakes: four wheel hydraulic; Suspension: independent, transverse leaf front. Left hand drive.
One of the most distinctive American cars of its era was the Cord 810/812. The famous design of Gordon Buehrig and August Duesenberg astonished visitors at the 1936 New York Auto show and was classified by the City's Museum of Modern Art as one of the world's ten outstanding pieces of industrial design.
E.L. Cord's career included making a success of the ailing Auburn Motor Co. and taking on the even greater challenge of Duesenberg. Somehow E.L. Cord found time to conceive a brand new marque bearing his name, starting with some amazing front wheel drive luxury cars with largely conventional looks. Then came the completely different 810, with a clean line, an alligator bonnet and pop-up headlamps. It utilized a Lycoming V8 engine and had an ingenious form of semi-automatic gearbox.
Despite the novel car's widespread acclaim in the motoring press, the buying public were cautious of something so advanced. Understandably, since front-wheel drive was hardly known except on a few special European cars, and the styling was so avant garde that the car hardly looks out of date even today. Only 1,174 of the original 810 cars were made in 1936, followed by the 812 version in 1937 (which had an option for a supercharger). Sales were down, and it wasn't long before the whole of E.L. Cord's precarious group collapsed.
These cars are now appreciated more than ever and this example has benefitted from a considerable amount of recent work. This 812 has covered less than 500 miles since the engine underwent a comprehensive rebuild and the transmission has just been freshly rebuilt, including new driveshafts. Last year new carpets and a grey headliner were fitted. Approximately five years ago the car was stripped and repainted its correct shade of Geneva blue and about ten years ago the upholstery was redone. New safety glass has also been fitted. A few items were missing at the time of cataloguing such as a radio, horn button and rear license plate holder, but it is hoped the latter two will be available by the time of the auction.