1936 CORD 810 SUPERCHARGED CABBRIOLET "SPORTSMAN" Chassis No. 1163F Engine No. FC 2133 Black with black leather upholstery Engine: Lycoming V8, side valve, 4,729cc giving 170bhp; Gearbox: four speed with electro-vacuum pre-selector; Suspension: independent transverse leaf front, half-elliptic rear; Brakes: four wheel hydraulic drum. Left hand drive. The Cord 810/812 needs little introduction. The famous design of Gordon Buehrig and August Dusenberg, it astonished visitors to the 1936 New York Auto Show and soon earned accolades from the Museum of Modern Art in that City, which classed it with the top ten pieces of industrial design of the era. E.L. Cord's career included making a success of the ailing Auburn Motor Co. and then taking on the greater challenge of Duesenberg. Somehow Cord found time to concieve a brand new marque bearing his name that started with some amazing front wheel drive luxury cars with largely conventional looks. Then came the completely different 810, with its elegant pontoon fenders, distinct "coffin nose" and retractable headlights. It utilized a Lycoming V8 engine from another of the firms in the Auburn-Cord-Duesenberg empire and had an ingenious form of pre-selector gearbox. Despite the acclaim, the public wanted something more ostentatious for their money and only 1,174 of the the original 810 cars were sold in the first year. The 810 V8 engine produced 125 horsepower and had a top speed of 90mph. In 1937 however, a Schwitzer-Cummins supercharger became an added option for the 812 model and this raised the horsepower to 170, producing a top speed of 110mph. The ability to travel from 0 to 60 in a mere 13 seconds made the Supercharged Cord one of the fastest pre-war American production cars. The model on offer today was dubbed the Sportsman after the Cabriolet sales brochure referred to its design as "a sportsman-like automobile". This sportsman has been uprated to the most desirable specification possible by the replacement of its engine with that of a later 812 Schwitzer-Cummins supercharged unit. Apart from the option of a supercharger, there is no notable difference between the 810 & 812 models. This stunning Cord was fully restored some years ago to an exceptional standard and has spent the past few years on display in a prominent private collection.
1936 CORD 810 SUPERCHARGED CABBRIOLET "SPORTSMAN" Chassis No. 1163F Engine No. FC 2133 Black with black leather upholstery Engine: Lycoming V8, side valve, 4,729cc giving 170bhp; Gearbox: four speed with electro-vacuum pre-selector; Suspension: independent transverse leaf front, half-elliptic rear; Brakes: four wheel hydraulic drum. Left hand drive. The Cord 810/812 needs little introduction. The famous design of Gordon Buehrig and August Dusenberg, it astonished visitors to the 1936 New York Auto Show and soon earned accolades from the Museum of Modern Art in that City, which classed it with the top ten pieces of industrial design of the era. E.L. Cord's career included making a success of the ailing Auburn Motor Co. and then taking on the greater challenge of Duesenberg. Somehow Cord found time to concieve a brand new marque bearing his name that started with some amazing front wheel drive luxury cars with largely conventional looks. Then came the completely different 810, with its elegant pontoon fenders, distinct "coffin nose" and retractable headlights. It utilized a Lycoming V8 engine from another of the firms in the Auburn-Cord-Duesenberg empire and had an ingenious form of pre-selector gearbox. Despite the acclaim, the public wanted something more ostentatious for their money and only 1,174 of the the original 810 cars were sold in the first year. The 810 V8 engine produced 125 horsepower and had a top speed of 90mph. In 1937 however, a Schwitzer-Cummins supercharger became an added option for the 812 model and this raised the horsepower to 170, producing a top speed of 110mph. The ability to travel from 0 to 60 in a mere 13 seconds made the Supercharged Cord one of the fastest pre-war American production cars. The model on offer today was dubbed the Sportsman after the Cabriolet sales brochure referred to its design as "a sportsman-like automobile". This sportsman has been uprated to the most desirable specification possible by the replacement of its engine with that of a later 812 Schwitzer-Cummins supercharged unit. Apart from the option of a supercharger, there is no notable difference between the 810 & 812 models. This stunning Cord was fully restored some years ago to an exceptional standard and has spent the past few years on display in a prominent private collection.
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