And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
If you ever visit the Heidelberg area, head out to Sinsheim to this museum. They have a lot of vehicles and planes (and other stuff) from the World Wars. As you can see, they have an interesting car collection as well.
It is a Cord 810, but I'm not certain of the year. The trailing edge of the front fender appears to be wrong, although that could be due to the angle of the photo shot.
37 Cord. A guy I used to carpool with got in kinda grumpy one morning. When I asked what was wrong he replied "Caught my dang kids playing on my Cord this morning!" Turns out he was restoring a 30's Cord in his garage.
Yes, it's a Cord. Named for E.L. Cord who also at the time owned Auburn and Dusenberg. About to go belly up due to FDR effing with the economy in '35 while the country was coming out of the depression. Torpedoed it and we got '36 and '37 and '38. This Cord has a Lycoming 8 with supercharger, front wheel drive and crank out headlights. It was also known as a "coffin nose." Drawn by Gordon Buehrig. Look him up to see that he was the Greatest American Car designer of all Time.
All it takes is money. I'm just thankful there are people who have both the resources and the will to rescue these classic works of engineering and art. These classic vehicles may be owned by someone but the are also works of art that that belong to humanity and posterity. Allowing them to rust away would be a massive shame.
I think that it is a 1937 in the first photo and a '36 in the restored pic, because of the hood ornament that was only on the 36 and no mounting holes on the unrestored car's hood...just my opinion.
That's a nice car!
ReplyDeleteCleaned up real good!
ReplyDeleteIs that a Deusenberg? Awesome car!
ReplyDeleteIf you ever visit the Heidelberg area, head out to Sinsheim to this museum. They have a lot of vehicles and planes (and other stuff) from the World Wars. As you can see, they have an interesting car collection as well.
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It is a Cord 810, but I'm not certain of the year. The trailing edge of the front fender appears to be wrong, although that could be due to the angle of the photo shot.
ReplyDelete37 Cord. A guy I used to carpool with got in kinda grumpy one morning. When I asked what was wrong he replied "Caught my dang kids playing on my Cord this morning!"
ReplyDeleteTurns out he was restoring a 30's Cord in his garage.
WOW nice
ReplyDeleteYes, it's a Cord. Named for E.L. Cord who also at the time owned Auburn and Dusenberg. About to go belly up due to FDR effing with the economy in '35 while the country was coming out of the depression. Torpedoed it and we got '36 and '37 and '38. This Cord has a Lycoming 8 with supercharger, front wheel drive and crank out headlights. It was also known as a "coffin nose." Drawn by Gordon Buehrig. Look him up to see that he was the Greatest American Car designer of all Time.
ReplyDeleteYowza!
ReplyDeleteif you ever see a 1966 olds toronado. the second front drive production car in America, the front grill is a nod to the cord. almost 30 years later
ReplyDeleteAll it takes is money. I'm just thankful there are people who have both the resources and the will to rescue these classic works of engineering and art. These classic vehicles may be owned by someone but the are also works of art that that belong to humanity and posterity. Allowing them to rust away would be a massive shame.
ReplyDeleteI think that it is a 1937 in the first photo and a '36 in the restored pic, because of the hood ornament that was only on the 36 and no mounting holes on the unrestored car's hood...just my opinion.
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