1937 Cord 812 Phaeton Convertible & Supercharged Engine Sound on My Car Story with Lou Costabile 

When I was little, my neighbor used to have one like this and an Auburn. Thanks for the memory...🙂

These cars have intrigued me for quite awhile. The shifting gears then pressing the clutch is the exact opposite from what I was taught. Their are plenty of these at the Auburn, Cord, Duesenberg Museum in Auburn, Indiana. I took an elderly friend to that museum a few weeks ago, and he loved it.

Best Cord 812 SC Phaeton I've ever seen...and I've been a Cord enthusiast since 1971!

One problem that happens with Cords -- the owners sometimes find drool on the fenders. LOL

just an unbelievably beautiful piece of history. Rolling piece of art the cord is

This forecasts the future cars of the mid to late 1940s with no running boards and headlights directly on the fenders. I was born a few years after 1950. When I was a boy I still saw some cars from that era on the road in 1960s NYC.

My mother loved this type of car best.

This is incredible. I have a 1:43 scale model in creme yellow with a caramel colored softtop from Matchbox. Caramel seats. This car will age well. Those wheel arches. Gosh it's amazing.

Wow Lou! Just keep raising the bar,, no way other presentation people can top it.

THANKS LOU AND MEL ,THIS WAS MY FIRST DREAM CAR.FOR ALL THE FEATURES AND A BEAUTY AS WELL 🤩🤩🤗💚💚💚

Cords look fantastic! A quite futuristic style

You can hear the blower whine! Great sound!

This is not a car, but a work of art.

Lou, thank you. I always wanted to see one. It was one of my favorite cars.

this is where those Italian designers got their inspiration and you said it best LOU; " GEORGOUS " thanks for finding and showing us !

Beautiful Car ,remember a Cord from the reincarnation of Peter Proud.Good movie by the way.Love the shfter and speaker, what a beautiful interior.

The Cord automobile, was and still is one of the most exquisite designs of its day," in automotive history". When Cord went in receivership, during the depression, was bought and manufactured by Grampaige automobile company up till 1940. The quality under their manufacturing process, were not the same, in the quality of " fit and finish." Also they discontinued the," hide away headlights." This Cord featured in the video, was an excellent example of a beautiful Cord !!! Kevin Phoenix

Beautiful, love the colour. Whether it's a '37 Cord or a '56 T-Bird, visually they are both modern Art Deco classic cars.

AMAZING‼️ I learned a couple of things from this, I didn’t know the transmission was a 4 speed and “in the tree” also thought until now the hidden headlights were electric operated or hydronic I didn’t ever think that they were operated with a crank. I too love Cords. My father born in 1920 had spoken of Auburns several times and talked about an uncle from the states driving up here with a Cord, it was a fond memory for him. Cheers to you, your viewers, the host and to this museum. 👍🥂🇨🇦🍻🇺🇸

ooohh i love these cars!!! they were ahead of they're time!!!

Soooo beautiful!! JUST PLAIN BEAUTIFUL!!!!

I have pity for the four fools who voted "dislike" so far. I really love those Cords.

That is a bucket list car for me!

06:14 - Central Manufacturing crafted that fine bodywork and, _believe it or not,_ then went on to manufacture most of the body 'tub' subassemblies for Willys and Ford built MB and GPW 'Jeeps' as well as Bantam TC-3 and Willys MB-T trailer 'tubs' during WW2.

What a stylish and gorgeous car! I have never seen anything like it. Thanks for a great video.

I had the privilege to drive one of these

So Stunning. The Gear Selector reminds me of the Tucker - one was featured - #31- which was the Tucker Family car. The Bakelite steering wheel on the Tucker had the cigar burns from Preston Tucker's smoking habit! These cars are Heritage Treasures.

Stunning from every angle.

Um dos mais belos carros já produzidos. Lindo demais!

WOW. Amazing car and what a restoration.

Fantastic automobile.

Another one of my Favorites LOU! If I remember Right Lou. You Shift first then you depress the clutch? It was something like that. Way to cool an automobile for it's time. You had to think you were in heaven. Imagine trying to get this worked on by a local garage? haha.

There is beautiful example at the Franschhoek Motor Museum in South Africa.

A1 Restoration beautiful automobile! With that said next to the 1937 Packard 1508 Convertible Sedan it would be like comparing a Lincoln Continental with a Ford Taurus!

ART

Neighbor kid had one in 50s rode around at the car hops broke Down a lot though .

What a beauty..... I build this car in scale 1/12 from AmtErtl. Nice kit. I took a Silver bodycolour and a blue interior

Awesome :)

GREAT CAR I HAVE A MODEL 1 18 OF ONE

Great card ❤😂😅👍👍👍👍👍.

What a stunning car absolutely amazing!!!

👍 👍 Super sehr Gut Immer like 👍 👍

Looks mint

Lou, Thank You! I still prefer exposed headlights, brass era cars up till the Duesy. short wheel base SSJ. I really like videos with you being driven on the road in the featured car by it's owner! I get a much better sense of a car as it's being operated or driven, seat of the pants sensation? Peter Brooks.

FYI=The engines were reversed with the transmission up front to drive the front wheels.

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My understanding these cars were anti roll proof because of their weight and wide wheel base.

I beleive the color was called cigarette cream!

Cowboy star Tom Mix was killed when he lost control in a yellow 812 Phaeton. Somehow he missed a marked road closure and drove off a bridge at somewhere between 80 and 110 miles per hour. The car rolled and a metal suitcase transported in the back seat hit the actor in the head, breaking his neck.

Does the trunk open "down"...?

Ford made the first flathead V8 in 1932!

Lou's 'My car story' but it is not the man's car... It has been preserved, but will it ever be driven again?

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In an airplane crash in the early eighties in New England cape cod

Like my fathers, except black top and black and white interior.

John junior

Seriously, if you negative comment this, there is something seriously wrong with you! Get help

Plymouth murals

J Kennedy Jr died

It would be nice if they knew something about cars.

Number xv.c.37 Purdue Identification Number b12f9i9 Title Amelia Earhart standing in front of her new yellow Cord car Description Amelia Earhart standing in front of her new yellow Cord car and her Lockheed Electra airplane, September 20, 1936 that was 3 days before coming through towanda.. I thought it was white.... Wow. Date of Original 1936-09-20 Subjects Earhart, Amelia, 1897-1937--Photographs Cord automobile Lockheed Electra Genre (TGM) Photographic prints Type image Format JP2 Extent of Original 1 photograph : b& w ; 19 x 23 cm. Orientation Landscape Collection George Palmer Putnam Collection of Amelia Earhart Papers Collection Web Site www.lib.purdue.edu/aearhart Rights Statement Rights held by Purdue University Libraries Repository Purdue University Libraries, Archives and Special Collections Capture Device Epson Expression 10000XL Photo Scanner Capture Details Silverfast 6.4.1 r8c by Lazersoft Date Digitized 06/17/2006 Resolution 600 ppi Color Depth 24 bit Color Management Monaco EZcolor using an IT8 target CD Number AECD_367 URI ark:/34231/c6z0366g Amelia Earhart's car was yelloW.

President John f Kennedys son.

Mike everybody or forget it. Sound is awful. 0.

GREAT CAR I HAVE A SCALE MODEL OF ONE