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RARE 1964 Cord Automobile Company LOT Auto TULSA BROKEN ARROW Oklahoma AUTOS Car
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Rare lot of items including an order sheet, large pamphlet, envelope, and full brochure from the Cord Automobile Company of Tulsa / Broken Arrow, Oklahoma. Postmarked December 9, 1964. Fantastic publication on "The Indestructible Cord." This reincarnation of Cord manufactured replicas in the 1960s/70s. The original Cord went out of business in the 1930s.
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Cord History:
The automotive history in this site deals primarily with the Cord replicas manufactured in the 1960's and 1970's. Specifically, the Cord Sportsman 8/10 and the Cord automobile referred to as the S.A.M.C.O. models of that time period.
1929 to 1937. The Cord Corporation founded by Errett Lobban E. L. Cord - Picture Courtesy of The American Airlines Museum Cord (1894-1974) established a holding company that produced the Cord Automobile along with the Auburn and Duesenberg Automobiles in Indiana. Other transportation entities included in the Cord Corporation were Stinson Aircraft, Checker Cab and American Airways which later became American Airlines.
1937 Cord Cabriolet1937. After building some of the finest and most beautiful automobiles in the world, with revolutionary designs, The Depression catches up with the Cord and Cord Automobile files for bankruptcy.
1937 to 1941. Bankruptcy and legal proceedings occupy the trustees time and no effort to continue manufacturing cars was attempted. E. L. Cord became the victim of legal proceedings, including an order by the U. S. Securities and Exchange Commission that dealt the company its final blow. Cord moved to California, where he became successful in real estate and broadcasting. He later relocated to Nevada where he served as a State Representative.
1941 to 1945. World War II effectively curtailed all auto production in the U.S. The Cord Corporation was dissolved and became The Aviation Corporation and is known to this day as AVCO-Lycoming.
1945 to 1960. The Cord automobile effort was dormant, except for the beginning of some restoration efforts.
1960 to 1963. U.S. Rubber Company and Gordon Buehrig, the original Cord designer, joined efforts in redesigning a scaled down version of the original Model 810 Cord body. Glenn Pray acquires the original Cord Automobile Company and relocates to Broken Arrow, Oklahoma.
1964 to 1966. Wayne McKinley a Chevrolet Dealer of O'Fallon, Illinois helps finance the manufacturing of the new Cord Sportsman 8/10. With a Chevrolet1966 Cord Sportsman 8/10 Corvair power plant, and front wheel drive, the new version of the original 8/10 Cord features a convertible top, and a body composite called Royalex® developed by U.S. Rubber Company. However, a lack of financial oversight and manufacturing experience by the companies original participants from Broken Arrow, Oklahoma, doom any long term possibilities of mass production of the 8/10 model Cord. Leroy Duncan and Wayne McKinley stay through until 97 of the Corvair-powered Sportsman's are built.
Though impressive in outward appearance, the underpowered, fire-prone and often controversial Corvair engine along with the car's poor handling characteristics proved too much to overcome. Cord assembly, Tulsa, Oklahoma circa 1965 The manufacturing goal of ten cars per day was never achieved and persistent financial difficulties pushed the company into bankruptcy by 1967. However, the car with such a popular and timeless design would not be forgotten, and soon captured the attention of another manufacturing genius.
1967- 1968. William P. Lear, father of the LearJet and President of The LearJet Company in Wichita, Kansas, expressed interest in the now bankrupt Cord Automobile Company of Tulsa, Oklahoma. Local businessman, Oklahoma State Legislator and Lear friend, Howard Williams, further excited Lear's interest and the company soon became the Photo of Bill Lear and Bill Landers (Landers is second from right holding a cigarette) Photo Courtesy of WilliamPLear.comSports Automobile Manufacturing Company (SAMCO). LearJet's former production Vice-President Bill Landers, seen with Lear in this early Lear Jet production meeting, would head up the manufacturing arm of the new company, while Howard Williams would preside over sales, distribution and dealer relations.
LEAR'S INVOLVEMENT IN THE CORD AUTOMOBILE:
Lear's ongoing interest in the Cord was a result of his desire to equip an automobile with his Lear Vapor Turbine Engine, but his efforts were later refocused on mass transit vehicles. He had made a valiant effort with several million dollars of his own money in building a workable low-emission propulsion system.Bill Lear with his Vapor Turbine Engine Long after Lear sold out to Gates Rubber Company, he pursued the building of his LearFan airplane in Reno, Nevada. Later, Howard Williams and former Oklahoma Congressman Victor Wickersham, aided Lear in locating financing from the Middle East for his LearFan aircraft project. Lear died of leukemia in 1978 never seeing the maiden flight of his LearFan in 1981.
A SECOND GENERATION OF CORD'S IS INTRODUCED
1968 to 1970. Sporting a new redesigned body, the Cord was reintroduced again in the late 60's. This time, with plenty of horsepower. The "SAMCO" model Cords rolled out of the Tulsa factory in two different models, Cord manufacturing plant Tulsa, Oklahoma 1969 The Warrior and Royale. The Warrior, with a 108 inch wheel base, and the extended version Royale with a 113 inch wheel base. Both models came equipped with either a Ford 302 engine, or the Chrysler 440 Magnum engine. The factory soon moved its production work to the Keystone Lake community of Mannford, Oklahoma West of Tulsa. During this three year period, some 400 cars were built eclipsing the earlier production models of 1966.
1971 to 1974. Carl Renstrum, owned the SAMCO manufacturing facility and had invested millions of dollars into the project. Renstrum made a decision to convert the Cord Warrior at the Mannford, Okla. plantautomobile factory into a motor home factory which brought an end to the production run for the SAMCO model Cord automobiles. Later, Williams acquired all of the investors' interest in the Cord automobile project from the investors.
1975 to 1982. A few Cord automobiles were restored and sold through Williams' effort and help. Millions of dollars in molds and tooling were being stored in a field West of Tulsa when a grassfire destroyed most all of the tooling, except for a body mold recovered by Williams.
With the deaths of E. L. Cord in 1974, and Bill Lear in 1978, Williams' efforts to have both of these great entrepreneurs involved in the resurrection of the Cord Automobile came to an end.
1983 to 1985. Gene Bicknell, former Chairman and CEO of NPC International (National Pizza Company) and life-long friend of Howard Williams, expressed an interest in the project and decided to help preserve the historyHoward Williams & Gene Bicknell 1983 of the Cord automobile by assisting Williams in bringing this project back to life. The first Cord of this period was built using a modified Oldsmobile Cutlass frame and power plant. A redesigned windshield and enlarged cockpit were also added. Howard Williams and Gene Bicknell look over the first car in this 1983 photo.
1986 - 2000. Limited work continued with improvements to the drive assembly and power plant. New automotive technologies evolve. Foreign automobile manufacturer's dominate the U.S. car market. Gasoline prices quadruple.
2000 - 2014. A growing interest among a new generation of car enthusiasts emerges, and new owners of Cord automobiles throughout North America and Europe work toward preservation and restoring the Cords of the late 60's and early 70's. Using the original body design from the late 60's, with improved front end suspension, a streamlined power plant and enlarged cockpit, a Cord for a new generation is introduced.
Presently. Over 70 years since its beginning, this fabulous automobile, through its many evolutions, continues to travel down roads all over the world.
Cord was the brand name of an American luxury automobile company from Connersville, Indiana, manufactured by the Auburn Automobile Company from 1929 to 1932 and again in 1936 and 1937.
The Cord Corporation was founded and run by E. L. Cord as a holding company for his many transportation interests, including Auburn. Cord was noted for its innovative technology and streamlined designs.
1930 L-29
Cord innovations include front-wheel drive on the L-29 and hidden headlamps on the 810 and 812.
Hidden headlamps did not become common as a standard feature until the 1960s (though DeSoto used them in 1942). The early Oldsmobile Toronados, whose GM stylists later stated they were trying to capture the "feel" of the Cord's design, also featured hidden headlamps.
"Servo" shifting was accomplished through a bendix electro-vacuum pre-selector mechanism (a type of electromechanical shifting).
Cord L-29[edit]
This was the first American front-wheel drive car to be offered to the public,[1] beating the Ruxton automobile by several months, in 1929.[2] The brainchild of former Miller engineer Carl Van Ranst, its drive system borrowed from the Indianapolis 500-dominating racers, using the same de Dion layout and inboard brakes.[2] While commonly used today in all front-wheel-drive vehicles, its first use was on the front-wheel-drive 1929 Cord. Built in Auburn, Indiana, the Cord was the first front-wheel-drive car to use CV-type drive axle joints.
It was powered by Auburn's 4,934 cc (301 cu in) 125 hp (93 kW) L-head Lycoming[3][4] inline 8 from the Auburn 120,[2] with the crankshaft pushed out through the front of the block and the flywheel mounted there,[2] driving a three-speed transmission. Gearing in both transmission and front axle was inadequate, and the 4,700 lb (2,100 kg)[2] car was underpowered, limited to a trifle over 80 mph (130 km/h),[2] inadequate even at the time, and readily exceeded by the less expensive Auburn.[2] Still, the styling was lovely, and despite the 137.5 in (3,490 mm) wheelbase and steering demanding fully four turns lock-to-lock, handling was reportedly superb.[2] Priced around US,000, it was competitive with Cadillac, Marmon, Lincoln, Packard, Franklin, and Stutz;[2] the 1930 Chrysler copied several styling elements.[4] It could not outrun the Great Depression, and by 1932, it was discontinued, with just 4,400 sold.[2] Wheelbase was 137.5"[5] and the height of the sedan was 61".[3]
Cord Model 810/812[edit]
Main article: Cord 810/812
1937 Cord 812 Westchester sedan
The Model 810/812 are probably the best-known of the company's products. Styled by Gordon M. Buehrig, they featured front-wheel drive and independent front suspension;[4] the front drive enabled the 810 to be so low, running boards were unnecessary.[4] Powered by a 4,739 cc (289 cu in)[6] Lycoming V8 of the same 125 horsepower (93 kilowatts) as the L-29,[4] the 810 had a four-speed electrically-selected semi-automatic transmission,[6] among other innovative features.
The car caused a sensation at the New York Auto Show in November 1935. Orders were taken at the show with Cord promising Christmas delivery, expecting production of 1,000 per month. Production delays pushed the expected delivery date to February 1936. This proved optimistic; the first production vehicles were not delivered until April.[7] In all, Cord managed to sell only 1,174 of the new 810 in its first model year.[6] The car is well known for the flat front nose with a louvered grille design. The front was so similar in look to a coffin, the car was often called "Coffin Nose".
Demise of the Cord[edit]
Early reliability problems, including slipping out of gear and vapor lock, cooled initial enthusiasm, and the dealer base shrank rapidly. Unsold left-over and in-process 1936 810s were re-numbered and sold as 1937 812s. In 1937, Auburn ceased production of the Cord. A single 1938 Cord prototype with some changes to the grille and transmission cover was built, and it still exists (2015). The Cord empire, amid allegations of financial fraud, was sold to the Aviation Corporation, and E.L. Cord moved to Nevada where he earned millions in real estate and other enterprises.
Revival[edit]
Hupmobile Skylark
The Cord 812 design was re-marketed almost immediately in 1940, as ailing automakers Hupmobile and Graham-Paige tried to save money, and revive the companies, by using the same body dies. Except for their similarity to the 810, their four-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. While Hupp Motor Company built a few prototypes in 1939 that gained them sales orders for the 1939 model year they did not have the resources to manufacture the car. Graham Paige stepped in offering to build the Hupmobile Skylarks on a per piece contract basis. Graham built a combined 1850 units for sale in the 1940 model year. Hupmobile closed before the 1941 model came around. Of the 1850 cars produced in the 1940 model year by Graham only about 450 were the Hupmobile Skylarks. Graham continued to build the Hollywood late into 1941. They stopped production in November of that year having only built a rumored 400 units. The Hollywood was powered by a supercharged Continental in line six making 124 HP, almost 50 less than the original supercharged Cord.
In popular culture[edit]
The plot of the David Niven movie Where the Spies Are features a rare Cord convertible as the incentive for the hero to undertake an espionage mission.
In the novel Live and Let Die, Felix Leiter drives a Cord of unspecified model when he and James Bond are in Florida.[8]
The original design for the Batmobile was a red convertible based on the Cord 812, which Batman creator Bob Kane considered one of his favorite vehicles and fitting for the millionaire vigilante.
In the 1937 film Topper, Cosmo (Roland Young) Topper's friends Marion and George Kirby (Constance Bennett and Cary Grant) are driving a Cord when they crash and die to become Topper's ghostly compatriots.
In the 1994 film The Shadow, the cab driven by Moses Shrevnitz (Peter Boyle) appears to be a Cord or replica.
"bePUZZLED" brand puzzles is a series of puzzles which feature a short mystery story to go along with the picture in the assembled puzzle. A puzzle and story in the series is called A Classic Case of Murder and features a creme colored 1936 810 Cord in the story and pictured in the puzzle. Copyright 1992.
See also[edit]
List of automobile manufacturers
List of defunct United States automobile manufacturers
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