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Car of the Day : August 12, 2014; Ertl '36 Cord 810
Topic Started: Aug 11 2014, 09:56 PM (327 Views)
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Car of the Day for August 12, 2014 is the Ertl 1936 Cord 810

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The Cord 810 (and related Cord 812) was an automobile produced by the Cord Automobile division of the Auburn Automobile Company in 1936 and 1937.


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It was the first American-designed and built front wheel drive car with independent front suspension. It followed the 1934 Citroën Traction Avant and the Cord L-29, both of which also had front wheel drive. The 810/812 was also the first to offer hidden headlights.


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The styling of the Cord 810 was the work of designer Gordon M. Buehrig and his team of stylists, which included young Vince Gardner. While the first American front-wheel drive car with independent front suspension, but an archaic tube rear axle with semi-elliptic rear springs. Power came from a 4,739 cc (289 cu in) Lycoming V8 of the same 125 hp (93 kW) as the L-29. The semi-automatic four-speed transmission (three plus overdrive) extended in front of the engine, like a Traction Avant. This allowed Buehrig to dispense with the driveshaft and transmission tunnel; as a result, the new car was so low it required no running boards. It had a 125 in (3,175 mm) wheelbase.


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The car caused a sensation at its debut at the New York Auto Show in November 1935. The crowds were so dense, attendees stood on the bumpers of nearby cars to get a look. Cord had rushed to build the 100 cars needed to qualify for the show...


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For more info see:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cord_810/812

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Bruce Wayne's "other" ride. Dark Deco and dressed to kill... :D

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I had these but they didn't fit with my collection so I shipped them to Firehawk.
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:toy: I, too, had one of these in my collection at one time. One of those neat little licensed models from ERTL and not the normal Batman type of model.
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