Car designer Gordon Buehrig with Cord Sportsman automobile, Calif. 1965
A FOND REMEMBRANCE-Gordon Buehrig fondly looks over one of the original Cord automobiles. He designed the interior and exterior of the famous cars.
Publication: Los Angeles Times
Publication date: November 21, 1965
The Cord was built by the Auburn Motorcar Co. and most were supercharged V8 Lycoming air cooled engines. The large pipes on the sides of the hood were real exhaust pipes to help get heat out from under the hood. The cord was a front wheel drive car, which was very rare in the U.S. They were expensive cars that had reliability problems.