1930s Green Cord

 

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Green Cord

I love this color! I also love the Art Deco design of this car. It is a Cord 812, and is a 1936 or 37.

The sensational Cord 812 design was re-marketed almost immediately in 1940, but as a weakly-funded effort by ailing automakers Hupmobile and Graham-Paige, trying to save money by using the same body dies. Their 4-door sedans, the Hupp Skylark and the Graham Hollywood, were unremarkable.

Retractable headlights gave way to plain headlight pods, and power came from a standard front-engine/rear-wheel drive design. Only about 1900 were built before production ceased in the fall of 1940. Between 1964 and 1970, two further attempts were made to replicate the original Buehrig design for limited production. Both Oklahoma-based companies soon halted production amid financial difficulties. The replica Cord 8/10 was powered by a Corvair drivetrain.

Joe Corpina was at the helm of the revival effort.


This one is now is in the National Car Museum, Reno, Nevada.  Formerly this was part of Harrah's Car Collection.

 

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