COOL CLASSIC CAR SPOTTERS POST!!! Vol 2
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Spotted one of these last week parked outside an Italian church and being used as a wedding at car.
It is an Auburn - but I have to confess I don't know anything about them and I've never seen one before. Its American I guess?
It had a little plaque on the dashboard that looked fairly original that claimed the car had been certified to do over 100mph before delivery to its first owner.
It is an Auburn - but I have to confess I don't know anything about them and I've never seen one before. Its American I guess?
It had a little plaque on the dashboard that looked fairly original that claimed the car had been certified to do over 100mph before delivery to its first owner.
Edited by A993LAD on Monday 10th August 08:38
Edited by A993LAD on Monday 10th August 08:38
you wait your whole life to see a "Trident", then two pop up at once!
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Untitled by Jim Pritchard, on FlickrA993LAD said:
Spotted one of these last week parked outside an Italian church and being used as a wedding at car.
It is an Auburn - but I have to confess I don't know anything about them and I've never seen one before. Its American I guess?
It had a little plaque on the dashboard that looked fairly original that claimed the car had been certified to do over 100mph before delivery to its first owner.
The "Certified good for 100mph or more" was one of their marketing 'things'. All their cars were tested up to, and usually beyond, 100 miles per hour.It is an Auburn - but I have to confess I don't know anything about them and I've never seen one before. Its American I guess?
It had a little plaque on the dashboard that looked fairly original that claimed the car had been certified to do over 100mph before delivery to its first owner.
Beautifully styled, technically advanced, expensively engineered, the Auburns, along with Cords and Duesenbergs, which were all produced under the direction/ownership of one Errett Lobban Cord, ceased production in the late 1930s. The cars were just too expensive for the (post) depression-era American car market. Beloved of Hollywood stars, they just didn't sell at all well outside of the celebrity 'bubble'.
Cord had revived Auburn in the mid 1920s. A one-time racing car driver and mechanic, he became a wealthy man with interests in aircraft manufacture, shipbuilding, taxi companies, and of course car manufacture. He was investigated by the US 'stock exchange' (or whatever it's equivalent was back then) for manipulating stock, and sold his shares in the Cord Corporation in 1937. Production of all three marques then stopped. The man himself went into property, made yet more money, and even dabbled in politics.
Link to lots of photos here... https://www.flickr.com/groups/431584@N25/pool/
The factory in Auburn, Indiana, now houses a museum dedicated to the cars built there... http://www.automobilemuseum.org/#gallery.html ...and the building itself is historically and architecturally significant, and protected under America's 'National Register of Historic Places'.
Personally, I prefer the 'Cord' cars over the Auburns, and like the Duesenbergs least of the three.
Cheers for the info re the Auburn.
I'm not sure I'd want to own one but it certainly looked good in the Italian sunshine.
Did they build very many and would it be worth a lot of money?
I'll bet there can't be many of them in southern Italy. It was a pretty rundown area and most of the cars were very small, very old and driven very carelessly in true Italian style.
I'm not sure I'd want to own one but it certainly looked good in the Italian sunshine.
Did they build very many and would it be worth a lot of money?
I'll bet there can't be many of them in southern Italy. It was a pretty rundown area and most of the cars were very small, very old and driven very carelessly in true Italian style.
A993LAD said:
Did they build very many and would it be worth a lot of money?
~500, including some specials. (Google "Boattail Speedster"). While known as the 851 in 1935, the car became the 852 in 1936.Current values estimated between £300,000 to £500,000, depending on spec, history and condition.
onyx39 said:
Chevette and Corsair Convertible and Mk3 Cortina at Windsor yesterday.
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Corsair and Cavalier Coupe convertibles are my guess. Both Crayford.Untitled by [url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/jimpritchard67/][/url], on FlickrUntitled by [url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/jimpritchard67/[/url], on Flickr
onyx39 said:
you wait your whole life to see a "Trident", then two pop up at once!
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nice spot, pretty rare.Untitled by Jim Pritchard, on FlickrGlad you like it, it's a 65 registered in 66 matching numbers car (still have all the original parts) the first owner had Porsche fit a dog leg 5 speed in 1969 it been 18 months of hard work but very pleased with the result it's now 1722cc with twin Dellorto's when it was dyno'd last week it produced 137.8bhp at the crank.
Just setting up the suspension & getting it back to European specification height wise & finishing off the little jobs.
Just setting up the suspension & getting it back to European specification height wise & finishing off the little jobs.
Edited by ZX10R NIN on Tuesday 11th August 09:44
ZX10R NIN said:
Glad you like it, it's a 65 registered in 66 matching numbers car (still have all the original parts) the first owner had Porsche fit a dog leg 5 speed in 1969 it been 18 months of hard work but very pleased with the result it's now 1722cc with twin Dellorto's when it was dyno'd last week it produced 137.8bhp at the crank.
Just setting up the suspension & getting it back to European specification height wise & finishing off the little jobs.
Great car you lucky man.Just setting up the suspension & getting it back to European specification height wise & finishing off the little jobs.
Edited by ZX10R NIN on Tuesday 11th August 09:44
It was mine I'd be very worried parking next to pavement with a white van man behind
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