Auburn Fall 2018
1937 Cord 812 Supercharged Custom Beverly
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$42,900 USD | Sold
| Auburn, Indiana
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- Single-family ownership since 1971; unseen in 47 years
- Rare factory-supercharged, long-wheelbase Custom model with its original engine
- 190-hp, 288.6-cu. in. supercharged V-8 engine and four-speed pre-selector manual transmission
- Eligible for all Auburn Cord Duesenberg (ACD) Club events and activities
- Classic Car Club of America (CCCA) Full Classic
New additions to the Cord line for the 1937 812 models included an optional supercharged engine, producing 190 hp, and the new Custom sedan models, on a wheelbase extended by seven inches in the rear compartment, with the rest of the body’s lines subtly raised to maintain Gordon Buehrig’s superb proportions. First known with John Elson of Ohio in 1970, the factory-supercharged Custom Beverly offered here was acquired by the current owner’s father from Mr. Elson only a year later, and has been hidden away in their family collection ever since. Overall well preserved with older paint and upholstery, it will would require mechanical sorting before being used on the road. It would be a wonderful basis for a future “driver” for ACD Club activities, or as the best possible basis for a concours-quality restoration.
