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Autumn 2017 Volume 64 Issue 3 Published by the Colorado Region Classic Car Club of America Here are a couple of promotional photos for tires using the newly introduced Cord L-29, our featured marque in this issue. The top one is for Goodrich Silvertown airplane tires. The bottom one is for Vogue tires...definitely exotic, aren’t they? Photos, USC Libraries.

Front Cover Back Cover Nellie Creek falls near A Cord ad Lake City, Colorado and Saoutchik Photo by Jason Hatfield artist’s renderings

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The Established 1954 Colorado Classicist Published by the Colorado Region of the Classic Car Club of America

The Colorado Classicist is published by the Colorado Region, Inc., of the Classic Car Club of America as an informative Table of Contents publication for its membership. Message from the Director Page 4 The Colorado Region was chartered as a Message from the Editor Page 5 Region Member of the Classic Car Club of America in 1954. The Colorado Re- Regional and National Events Page 6 gion, Inc., of the Classic Car Club of Letters and Regional News Page 6 America was incorporated under Colora- do State law and granted a charter by the Colorado Concours d’Elegance Page 7 Classic Car Club of America in 1990. AACA Grand National Meet Page 9 The Classic Car Club of America is a non-profit organization incorporated in E.L. Cord Empire Part II, the Cord L-29 Page 11 the State of New York. The Club seeks to Davis Mc Cann’s Cord L-29 Page 14 further the restoration and preservation of distinctive motor cars manufactured from Nordic CARavan in the South Page 19 1915 through 1948, to provide a channel of communication for those interested in Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance Page 23 such cars, and to bring together in good Morgan Adams and Vail Concours Page 28 fellowship all who own or admire these finest examples of automotive craftsman- Tech Tips Page 29 ship. The sole requirement for membership is a demonstrable interest in Classic Mystery Photos Page 31 cars. National Club membership is re- quired to become a Regional member.

It should be noted that this publication is about the events and correspondence for 2017 Board of Managers Colorado Region CCCA the membership of the Colorado Region, Director Joe Pirrone 970 686-9291 [email protected] Inc., and may include some technical articles and other articles of automotive in- Assistant Director Davis McCann 303 841-9265 [email protected] terest. The correctness and applicability Secretary Frank Keller 303 972-6420 [email protected] of the information contained in the arti- Treasurer Phil Doty 303 798-1707 [email protected] cles is the sole responsibility of the au- thor of the article. The Colorado Region, Membership Chairman Davis McCann 303 841-9265 [email protected] Inc. is not responsible for the content of Web Site Master Shiela Koppenheffer 303 457-3821 [email protected] such articles or problems that may arise Classicist Editor Tom Goyne 303 478-0068 [email protected] from following the information in the articles. Collector Car Council of Colo Rep Bill Hunter 303 986-1458 [email protected] Ron Damiana 303 985-4149 [email protected] Full Classic® is a registered trademark of Lonnie Fallin 303 904-8080 [email protected] the Classic Car Club of America. In this publication a car named as Classic or Full Tony Ficco 303 431-6492 [email protected] Classic is a Full Classic® as recognized Terry Johnson 303 761-2444 [email protected] by the Classic Car Club of America, how- Tom Kostelecky 303 978-1777 [email protected] ever, some cars depicted herein may be non-Classic.

Colorado Region Classic Car Club of America 3 Editorial Comments

Message from the DIRECTOR Joe Pirrone

reetings to all of our members!! As we have just turned the corner on the fall season, we are now in the final stretches Gof 2017. Since my last message our club has participated in three memorable events. Many were able to attend the 2017 Pebble Beach Concours, which is the worldwide premier collector car event. A very special congratulations goes to Lou and Kathy Ficco for winning the Art Center Design Award in their 1933 Au- burn Speedster, and to our very own Classicist editor Tom Goyne for having his newly restored 1934 Packard Super-8 invited to participate. Tom has owned his Packard for almost 60 years so I am guessing that it is somewhat of a keeper. Our next event was a Board meeting open to everyone, followed by a beautiful mountain driving tour and a lunch stop. Thanks goes out to Lonnie Fallin and Tony Ficco for their efforts in pulling this outing together for us. Last but not least is the Colorado Region’s annual Mini-CAR- avan. At the time of this writing members who were able to participate are motoring their way back home. Our appreciation and thanks go out to both Tony Ficco and Tom Kostelecky who put in a considerable amount of thought and spent an extraordinary amount of time and effort in organizing the tour and making it a memorable event.

Before 2017 comes to a close we have two more club functions, the annual membership meeting, which will be held on November 14th, and the annual Christmas party which will be held on December 10th. All members will be receiving written notification of each event with complete details. Each of these events will be held at new venues compared to the recent past and we hope to see everyone at both events as we say goodbye to 2017.

Your 2017 Board has been discussing the possibility of hosting a Grand Classic Meet either as a stand-alone event or in conjunction with an AACA National or Grand National Meet sometime in 2019 or beyond. I would like to get your thoughts on such an event, positive or negative, as everyone in the club should have their voice heard. Please feel free to call me at 970 686-9291 or email me at [email protected] with your ideas. Finally, I would like to recognize Betsy and Lonnie Fallin for having their 1934 Packard Twelve Dual Cowl Phaeton being nominated for the first ever AACA Zenith Award. Two cars from each of 10 AACA national meets are selected by a special team of judges to participate in the award ceremony held in conjunction with the Grand National Meet. Last year there were 3300 cars evaluated, making a nomination a very prestigious event. Each participant received a very elegant trophy for their efforts. This year’s winner was a Full Classic, a 1928 Auburn. In addition to receiving the Zenith Award nomination the Fallin’s Packard also received its first place Grand National award. It just does not get any better than this. Until next time……. Joe Pirrone, Director

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Message from the EDITOR Tom Goyne

e are just back from a Mini-CARavan to Telluride, which as Joe told you was organized by Tony Ficco Wand Tom Kostelecky. They really did a bang-up job on it! You will get a full report in the next issue, but let me tell a little about it here. It was eventful. The first thing that happened was a dire weather forecast...heavy rain and snow at Telluride and snow and ice at the Eisenhower tunnel approach on our way back. Because of this most of us wimped-out and drove modern cars. The exceptions were the Fallins, the Pumphreys and the St. Clairs. Then on the first day, the Pumphrey’s ‘37 Packard conked out and despite the best efforts of Larry and three others of us, we couldn’t get it going again. So Lonnie and Larry drove the 100 miles back to Denver in Lonnie’s Packard to get Larry’s trailer and both of their Classics had to drop out of the tour leaving the St. Clair’s ‘36 Packard the lone Classic on the tour. Bill won the People’s Choice voting in the Telluride concours, but because of a registration snafu, could not collect the $10,000 award, a real pity. More in the next issue

This has been on my mind for a while...I want to acknowledge and formally thank those members who have helped me with the Colorado Classicist. First is Joe Malaney, who has proofread every one of the issues. Second is Art Cutler for his many Tech Tips articles and the series on his 1931 Cadillac restoration. Third is Lonnie Fallin for his many, many articles on meets and tours. Fourth is Terry Johnson for his Garage Tour reporting and the articles on his cars. Fifth is Frank Keller for the articles on meets and on his Cadillac. And then there are those who diligently wrote or helped me write articles on their cars, in particular Davis Mc Cann, Jim Hull, Steve Anderson, Tony Ficco, Don Braden, Kent Koppenheffer, Rod Brewer, Harvey Delockroy, Whit Otis, Gene and Justin Kerns, Joe Pirrone, Bill St. Clair. I thank you immensely! And, I have no doubt that you and others just like you will help me more in the future. (Hint, Hint.)

I hope to eventually get every car in the region featured in the magazine, but by my calculation, it will take around 20 years to do that. So if you want to get your car featured sooner, call or email me. I guarantee to get it in the Classicist.

This issue features the Cord L-29 with several interesting articles, and has reports on many Colorado and national tours and concours. I hope you enjoy it!

As we are going to press, I learned of the July passing of a long-time Packard man and a real gentleman, C. D. Eldridge of Denver. He was the Chief Master Mechanic for the Denver Fire Department, and was a staple of all things Packard. On tours, he often won the long-distance driving award because he drove his Packards everywhere. He will be missed. Tom Goyne, Editor Proofreader: Joe Malaney

Colorado Region Classic Car Club of America 5 Events and News

Colorado and Regional Events The Board of Managers generally meets on the third Thursday of each month. If you are interested in attending please call one of the Board members for exact time and location. November 14 Annual meeting at Angelo’s Italian Restaurant. Free Pizza! NOTE DATE CHANGE December 10 Christmas party at the completely remodeled Columbine Country Club April 2018 Annual Spring Garage Tour

National Events Check your Classic Car Bulletin or classiccarclub.org for the latest details October 1 Grand Classic, El Dorado Hills, California October 14-22 Scenic West CARavan, Arizona Region October 27-28 Grand Classic, Waxahachie, Texas April 11-15, 2018 Annual National Meeting, Branson, Missouri

Letters to the Editor and Regional News

I want to compliment you on the Summer 2017 issue with MYSTERY PHOTO No one responded with a guess on a Rolls-Royce feature. Both the Phantom I of Bill St. Clair the mystery photo in the last issue, so here is what I know and of Steve Anderson are outstanding examples of Spring- about it. The cars are all Lincoln Model Ls. The center field-built Rolls-Royces. The only historic correction I one is the oldest being 1922 or ‘23. The other two are 1927 would like to make in the article is the statement that the or ‘28. They have been converted to trouble trucks by the engines in the Springfield cars were built in England and Maddux Lincoln dealership at 2100 S. Figueroa, Los Ange- shipped to the US for installation in the US-built Phantom I les, as can be seen on the side chassis. This is not correct as the entire engine in the Spring- of the trucks. Jack Maddux’s field cars was manufactured in the US. There is not one aviation connection is that he single part in these cars made in England. While the engine started Maddux Air Line in and chassis design was based on the English-built Phantom Southern California in 1927 I, modifications to the design were made from the start to with a Ford Tri-Motor. He adapt the cars to American weather and driving conditions. quickly built it into a fleet of My reference for this historic background is the wonderful Tri-Motors and then in 1929 was bought out by Transcon- book, “The American Rolls-Royce,” by Arthur W. Soutter, tinental Air Transport, headed by Charles Lindbergh. The published in 1976. Mr. Soutter was employed at the Spring- next year that company merged with a competitor, Western field factory from 1920 - 1936, at which time it was closed. Air Service, to form what eventually became the giant, TWA. His knowledge and memory of the American Rolls-Royce As to whether the cars are Full Classics or not, I’ll leave that is encyclopedic. Bob Joynt, Illinois to the Classification Committee. -ed. ____ Bob is a Pebble Beach judge, and the owner of the unrestored origi- An update on Georgia Otis who is recovering from a con- nal P-I Trouville Town Car shown cussion due to a fall at home in late May. She is now in a to the left. It was once owned by the movie star Constance Bennett. restorative therapy facility undergoing physical and speech -ed. therapy and continues to make steady but slow progress.

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did not sell at a top bid of $65,000. One of our members, Mecum Auction Terry Johnson, had two very nice 1940 Fords in the auction. Colorado Convention Center One was a coupe and the other a convertible. Both sold. The July 20 through 22 top sale was a Ferrari California T Convertible for $165,000. Among the cars that did not sell was a Camaro ZL1 with a From July 20th through the 22nd, the Mecum Company top bid of $425,000. Although Mecum didn’t publish it, the held their third annual auction at the Colorado Convention sell-through rate on cars seemed low. Center. It featured around 400 mostly ‘70s and later cars, both stock and modified, and those that sold mostly went in the low 5-figure range, some Thanks to our sponsors less. Again this year, only one Full Classic was entered. It To place an ad in the Classicist, was a 1948 Chrysler Town and call or email the editor Country sedan shown above, which had been repainted dark blue but with an original worn maroon leather interior. It was unrestored but reasonably clean and had good wood. It Colorado Concours d’Elegance Benefiting Ability Connection Colorado

By Tom Goyne Photos Tom Carlisle and Tom Goyne

n June 11 the 34th annual Colora- do Concours d’Elegance benefit- Oing Ability Connection Colorado for early childhood education was held on the lawn at Arapahoe Community College. It was a beautiful sunny day with enough clouds to keep it comfort- able. About 450 cars were entered and there were a reported 14,000 spectators in attendance.

Ability Connection Colorado has four

The setting at Arapahoe Community College is top notch. Their lawn is lush and green; there is no blowing dust; the cars are arranged nicely with wide pathways between the rows so people can stroll easily and kids can run around without worry. At the left is Lonnie Fallin and your editor with their cars.

Colorado Region Classic Car Club of America 7 Creative Options Centers for Early Childhood Education cation intervention, prevention, as well as support and edu- throughout the Denver area. These centers provide services cation services for parents and expectant mothers. To learn from birth to five years of age and include early care, edu- more about their services, visit www.AbilityConnection- Colorado.org. ■

Here are more members who showed cars at the concours. Above is Tim Gilmartin, 1936 Cord Westchester; right are Gene and Lyn Osborne, 1927 Paige sedan (nc); below is Roger Willbanks with a Corvette sporting its unique factory flame paint job (nc); and Marty Canino, with his father’s Mercedes-Benz coupe (nc).

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AACA Grand National Meet Independence, Missouri Story and photos by Lonnie Fallin

In the background is the impressive awards table chock full of Zenith trophies.

Joe Pirrone and Lonnie Fallin, our esteemed Director and past that is held East of the Mississippi River in even years and Director, attended this summer’s AACA Annual Grand National the West of the Mississippi River in odd years. In 2017 it was Meet, which was held in Independence, Missouri on July 16th. held in Independence, Missouri, on June 16th. This is a large Lonnie describes the meet and how and why he decided to go to it meet with anywhere from 200 to 400 or more vehicles that and who won what... have been awarded a Senior Badge to be judged for a Grand National Award. or those of you that do In 2016 the Board not know, F of Directors of the AACA stands for AACA approved a the Antique Au- major new award tomobile Club of program to recog- America. It is the nize magnificent largest auto club restorations that in the world with were worthy of be- over 60,000 mem- ing the best of the bers. They have year. It is called numerous regions the Zenith Award. in the USA. The A select group of Region every- judges attended one hears about AACA National is Hershey where meets across the the swap meet US during 2016; and judging hap- Joe and Lonnie at the AACA Grand National and out of over 3,300 cars pens every year in October. in front of Joe’s 1931 Packard 840 Waterhouse Victoria. judged, they selected 20 During the year they have cars to participate for the other meets all over the US First Annual Zenith Award. where members bring their cars to be judged. Betsy and I had brought our 1934 Packard 12 Dual Cowl Every year they have hold an Annual Grand National Meet Sport Phaeton to a meet in Cheyenne, WY over Labor Day

Colorado Region Classic Car Club of America 9 weekend in 2016. It had already been judged and awarded The cars ranged from a one cylinder car, a 1903 Holley Mo- the Senior badge and was at the Cheyenne meet in the Pres- torette, to a 1967 Chevrolet Chevelle Super Sport convert- ervation Class. ible.

After the car was judged in the Preservation Class, another Of the 20, only 7 were Full Classics. They were: a ‘28 Au- team of judges came by and wanted to know about the car. burn 8-88 Speedster, a 1941 Cadillac Convertible Sedan, a We did not know why, but we found out in January 2017 1942 Cadillac Sedanette, a 1934 Duesenberg SJ by Rollston, when a registered letter requiring a signature was delivered 3 Packards: our 1934 12 Dual Cowl, a 1937 12 Convert- by the mail man. Our car had been selected to be one of ible Victoria and a 1938 Super-8 Custom bodied Bohman & the 20 cars to be shown in a special grouping at the Annual Schwartz car with a removable hard top. Grand National Meet in Independence, MO, on June 16th, 2017. These 20 cars were staged inside in the Silverstein Arena on Friday, the day before the Grand National judging outside, These cars, and one truck, a 1931 Ford US Mail Truck, were so the judges could judge them without the crowds. from many eras and were chosen not only for their quality but correctness as well. Some were recent restorations and There were two teams of 4 judges and each team judged ev- others were older. Our 1934 Packard was restored in 2005. ery car and then spent several hours in the afternoon decid- ing which car would get the “Restoration of the Year”.

In talking with a lot of the other owners, we all agreed it would be a very difficult task for the judges to choose only one. In this case, every car was a winner, and needless to say, every one of us wanted our car to win the First Annu- al Zenith Award. The judges choice was a ‘28 Auburn 8-88 Speedster.

The next day was the Grand National meet and judging. There were about 200 vehicles to be judged. Our Pack- ard was judged for a First Grand National Award and Joe Pirrone’s 1931 Packard 8, 840 with a custom Waterhouse The first annual Zenith Award winner was this 1928 Auburn 8-88 Speedster. In this pre-show photo by Bob Convertible Victoria body was also judged for a First Grand Compton, note the plastic-wrapped wheels. National Award. Both of our cars were awarded their First Grand National Award trophy. ■

Lonnie and Joe above left both look very happy with their AACA Grand National First Place trophies. Betsy is holding the Zenith award in the right photo in front of Lonnie and Betsy’s 1934 Packard Twelve Dual Cowl Phaeton.

10 The Colorado Classicist featured marque The E. L. Cord Empire Part II The development of the L-29 Cord

by Tom Goyne and Davis Mc Cann

In the Autumn 2016 issue of the Classicist we featured Auburns adapted for front wheel drive by flipping it so that the timing and told the story of how Errett Lobban Cord was hired in 1924 cover was to the firewall and the flywheel was forward. This to resurrect the nearly defunct Auburn Automobile Company, and posed a problem for shifting the three-speed transmission, then how in the following year he cashed in his stock options and which is ahead of the engine and bell housing. An exten- completed a buyout of the company. This marked the beginning sion for the shift lever is mounted over the top of the engine of the E. L. Cord empire. We continue the saga here with the first and through the dash. To shift into low, the lever is rotated Cord Automobile, the L-29. to the left and pushed forward. Second is to the right and back. Third is straight forward. This seems like it would be he 1929 Cord L-29 was the first American front-wheel awkward but is really quite practical. When the car is in 3rd drive car to be offered to the public, beating the Ruxton gear the shift knob is close to the dash and not in the way of by several months. The brainchild of former Miller T a third passenger in the front seat. Gearing in both transmis- engineer Carl Van Ranst, its drive system borrowed from the sion and front axle was low because the designers wanted to Indianapolis 500-dominating racers, using the same de Dion achieve the best low-end torque for this heavy car. But that suspension and inboard brakes. This allowed it to be much limited top speed to a bit over 80 mph, readily exceeded by lower than competing cars. In 1926, Auburn Motors bought the less expensive Auburn. Still, the styling was wonderful, the rights to the Harry Miller front wheel drive designs and handling was superb. and started develop- Priced around $3,000, ment of a front wheel it was competitive drive automobile. The with many models of L-29’s chief stylist Cadillac, Marmon, was Alan H. Leamy, Lincoln, Packard, a self-trained designer Franklin, and Stutz. who had heard about the project and written The team’s first pro- to Cord directly, and totype became oper- soon thereafter was ational in November hired at Auburn. He 1927, and E. L. came developed the Cord’s out to the Miller shops sporty styling: its low in Los Angeles to test chassis, set-back radi- it around the city and ator, sloping fenders up into the Santa Mon- and V-shaped radiator ica Mountains. There grill. Its windshield was some hopping of rose straight up from This stunning L-29 is a recreation of a lost Cord L-29 “LaGrande” boat the front wheels but the cowl at a 90 degree tail speedster. There is more about it on page 18. Photo, RM Auctions this was resolved with angle, and it sat on a U-joint modifications. 137-inch wheelbase. The car was deemed ready for further refinement and was sent on to the Duesen- The engine was almost the same as the 301 cu in 125 hp berg plant in Indianapolis. From there, in August 1928, the L-head Lycoming straight-8 from the Auburn 120, but it was project moved to Auburn.

Colorado Region Classic Car Club of America 11 The next iteration of the car was operational in January 1929, the National Automobile and Truck Museum in Auburn, In- and E. L. himself, accompanied by a mechanic and traveling diana. incognito, drove one of the prototypes 10,000 miles cross country, listening to comments from those who saw the star- In June 1929, the improved model had its European debut, tling new car. In March, another four preproduction cars hit to great acclaim. Many Europeans felt as though an Ameri- the roads. The factory compiled the comments, tweaked the can car finally approximated their idea of good design. design a little, and got it ready to go. In May 1930, the L-29 Cord Cabriolet was the pace car for After the successful trial run to LA and back, the Auburn the Indy 500 mile race. This car is on display at the Indy plant behind the offices of the Auburn Automobile Co., were 500 Museum. closed and re-tooled for production of the L-29 Cord. The assembly and production building for the L-29 Cords is now The new Cord’s graceful lines won stares and popularity. Its

Photo, RM Auctions Probably the world’s best known L-29 Cord and winner of countless awards, sold under the Amelia Island RM Auc- tion hammer in 2012 for a record $2.42 million. This particular car was designed by Count Alexis de Sakhnoffsky and built by Hayes Motor Body Works of Grand Rapids, Michigan specifically for international show competition at a rumored $20,000 cost--a very large sum of money at the time.

When the car arrived in Europe it swept all before it, winning the Paris, Monte Carlo and Beaulieu Concours d’El- egance all in the same year, 1930. The feat had been performed before, but never by an American car. The car returned to Hayes Body Works after its European showings, then was refurbished to new condition and sold to W.B. Johnson, a Hayes company director who had noticed the distinctive coupe on a visit to Hayes’ facilities. Johnson, who went on to become the President of the National Erie Corporation, drove the Coupe for three years and then placed it in storage.

In 1941, rising industrial designer Brooks Stevens acquired the coupe for just one dollar from Mr. Johnson. Later, Stevens placed the Hayes Coupe in his noted museum and retained it for the next five decades. The coupe was completely restored by his museum curator Allen L. Bonk in preparation for its entry into the 1987 Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance, where it again swept the field by winning Best in Class, the Co-Chairman’s Award and Peo- ple’s Choice.

The Hayes Coupe was featured in many publications in the late eighties including Motor Trend, the April 1988 Col- lectible Automobile and The Classic Car, and reproduced in highly detailed 1:16 scale model form by the Danbury Mint. In mid-1991, the car received Level 1 Original Certification (CL-073) by the Auburn Cord Duesenberg Club. Then at the 2008 Meadow Brook Concours d’Elegance it won Best in Class for the ACD class.

12 The Colorado Classicist lowered height (a full ten inches lower than other cars of the a 1930’s Modern Mechanix, “The new car is being built for time) and its headlights captured special attention. Rather a distinct field — for those who demand the advancements than the typical headlight cross bar in front of the radiator that only a front drive car can give and are willing to pay the shutters, struts tied the fenders to the radiator shell and head- price for these advancements.” lights perched on them. This feature was widely adopted later. Taillights perched on tall vertical pillars. Timing for introduction of a new luxury brand in the already crowded field could not have been worse. The 1929 stock The car came in four models: 6-window sedan, 4-window market crash both in fact and psychologically limited peo- brougham, 4-door phaeton, and cabriolet, all weighing in at ple’s ability to afford these fine cars, and despite the promis- about 4,600 pounds. An ad firm created the Cord crest that ing start, Cord’s sales were lackluster. was the crowning touch on the hot new car: closed knight’s helmet, three hearts and three darts, further “proof” that a Cord persisted, though, and in other efforts to attract buyers Cord owner was among America’s elite. In the beginning, turned the spotlight on the car’s safety features and its over- sales were brisk and plans were made to bring more Cords to all value. One ad featured a Cord on a rainy road with the the sales room floors. As E.L. Cord said in an interview for headline “FRONT DRIVE IS SAFER.” After a year’s proof

Here are five handsome L-29 Cords. Clockwise from the right: a standard cabriolet; next, a phaeton (as Cord called the convertible-sedan), then on the bottom, two town cars: Clive Cussler’s at Pebble Beach in 1987 (featured in the Dirk Pitt novel, “Treasure”); and opposite it the last remaining standard-wheelbase Murphy town-car; and finally above that, a four-window brougham.

Photo, Motor1.com

Photo. Shahed Hussain Photo. @favcars.com

Photo, TG57Roadmaster Photo, @Clive Cussler

Colorado Region Classic Car Club of America 13 of front-wheel drive superiority, the text claimed, the Cord had become “the standard of value among fine cars.” And, the claim continued, “it does all the things any other fine 1930 L-29 car can do, with less driver effort, with greater riding comfort, with better roadability and with greater safety.” An- 6-Window Sedan other ad of the day went further still, predicting that public demand would force other car makers to adopt front-drive By Davis McCann construction. It had come through its probationary period, Photos by Tom Goyne the text read, and “today ranks supreme among fine cars in Cord advancement and value.” The reliability of that prediction would later be questioned since Cords still didn’t sell and Last year at this time I met Davis McCann at his home outside of since front-wheel drive did not come into common usage in Parker to do a photo shoot and story on his freshly restored 1932 America until GM introduced it on its 1966 Olds Tornado. Auburn 12-160A Phaeton Sedan. While I was there I caught a glimpse of his Cord L-29 and determined to do an article on it. I Between March 1929 and December 1931, the factory pro- had forgotten, however, that Ken Matthews had done one earlier, duced 1,985 sedans, 617 Broughams, 1,168 Phaetons, and in 2010. So, I am reprinting that 1,173 Cabriolets. They also shipped 62 chassis to custom earlier article on Davis’s L-29 body builders and produced 5 “specials”. But in December Cord, the only one in the region. 1931, production of the L-29 ended without a replacement Actually, that is not quite true. model. Rather than the anticipated production of 10,000 The Cussler Museum, a member cars per year, over four model years only 5,010 cars had of our region, also has an L-29, been built. but it is now in restoration and has been for some time, so is not According to the ACD club there are less than 200 L-29 available to us. Davis tells us Cords of all body styles known to exist out of the 5,010 pro- here of his L-29. duced. In fact, there are only 103 listed in the 2010 ACD Club directory. It is thought that there are 4 in the State of have been a fan of Cord Colorado. ■ automobiles from the first time I saw one at age 10. Primary references for this article are: Second Chance Garage I It was a 1936 Westchester se- web site, Cord: A different roadability: Standard Catalog of dan. I knew then that some- American Cars, Beverly Rae Kimes and Henry Austin Clark, Jr. day I would have one. At that time I didn’t know Cord had made an earlier front wheel THE ACD MUSEUM drive car. As time went on, The offices and original showroom for the Au- I became more exposed to burn Automobile Company are now the Auburn Sports cars, Antique cars and Cord Duesenberg Museum, one of the premier Auto Classics and I noticed more Museums in and more the L-29 Cord and the coun- thought, “maybe someday.” try. In it are the Well “someday” came in Feb- original ruary 2009. “Ellie,” that’s Art-Deco what I call her, became avail- floors, able. I contacted the owner in staircase, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, and and light- after several phone calls and ing. Ii a trip to see her, she was mine. “Ellie” is a 40,000 original is well mile car that has been repainted, and the engine compart- worth ment refreshed. She left the factory two tone blue, but was seeing! repainted burgundy with black cherry trim and detailed in the late 1980’s. She has won Senior awards with the An- tique Automobile Club of America, Auburn Cord Duesen-

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On labor day weekend 2009, we attended the ACD festival in Auburn, Indiana where she earned the Senior Emer- itus award. The ACD club designated 2009 as the “Year Ever wonder what the “L” stood for in the of the L-29 Cord”. The club asked L-29 owners to display Cord “L-29” designation? Some say it is for their cars at the festival in the hope that they would get 29 Lycoming, the E. L. Cord-owned company of the L-29’s to attend, and they did. This is probably the that made Cord’s engines, but most think that most L-29 Cords in one spot in the last 75 years. I was also is was for Lobban, E. L.’s middle name. Know- pleased to show the Cord at the 2009 Morgan Adams show ing Cord’s ego, this latter explanation makes at Centennial Airport. I look forward to many more outings the most sense. with “Ellie.”

That’s my story and I am sticking to it! ■

Davis Mc Cann’s 1929 L-29 Cord 6-Window sedan The long, graceful lines are emphasized in this full side view. The vacuum operated horns are a period-correct accessory

Colorado Region Classic Car Club of America 15 16 The Colorado Classicist Every detail of Davis’s L-29 is a work of art. Note the elaborate patterning of the castings and stampings in the interior and dash on the left. Even the front suspension is artistically done. In that photo, note the Harry Miller-inspired double-cantilever springs and inboard brakes. The tail light on a stalk was unique.

Below is a photo of Davis and the car at the 2009 ACD Club’s “Year of the L-29 Cord” meet at Auburn, Indiana.

And below that is a nice pairing of the L-29 and Davis’s 1932 Auburn, which was featured in the Autumn 2016 Colorado Classicist.

Colorado Region Classic Car Club of America 17 The LaGrande Cord L-29

Photos: Hemmings Motor News Philip Wright was a young designer who had been working for the Walter M. Murphy Company in Pasadena. In 1930 he was able to get an interview with Auburn President Roy Faulkner to present a sleek design for a Cord L-29 boat tail speedster. Faulkner liked it, hired him, and gave the go-ahead to build one show car. The coachwork was built by Union City Body Company, Auburn’s in-house body works, on a standard Cord L-29 chassis. Completed in time for the New York Auto Salon in late-1931, the car was introduced as the LaGrande Speedster.

Following the New York Salon, the LaGrande Speedster was shown in Toronto, Canada and then at Cord dealerships throughout the US. Afterwards, it was repainted yellow and orange at the factory in Auburn, Indiana, and its Wood- lite headlights, which were illegal in Europe, were replaced with standard Cord headlights. The B&W photo above is of the original car at this point in time. The speedster was shipped to France, where it appeared with actress Suzy Vincent at the Paris Concours d’Elegance and won First Place, repeating the prior-year success of Count Alexis de Sakhnoffsky and his Hayes-bodied L-29 Coupe. At some point, an unproven but persistent connection between the LaGrande Speedster and MGM movie producer Paul Bern, Jean Harlow’s husband, appeared. It is conjectured that the car either returned to California or stayed in Europe, but despite the best efforts of collectors, historians, restorers, and dealers over the intervening years, not the slightest hint of its fate has yet surfaced. It was likely scrapped during the War.

In 1994, Dr. Fay Culbreth of North Carolina commis- sioned Stan Gilliland of Kansas and Mark Kennison of Ohio to build a duplicate of the Speedster. Culbreth do- nated it to the ACD Museum, where it is displayed in the main showroom. This replica sports the gaudy bright orange and yellow paint scheme the original LaGrande acquired during its first refurbishment at the factory. The color determination was based on Gilliland’s interview of a former Auburn Automobile Co. employee.

The second replica was done by the Tryee brothers of Cal- ifornia under the tutelage of Arnie Addison. It is shown top right and on page 11. “No detail was overlooked,” Addison said. “The interior was redesigned as the original and includes a bar with crystal decanters and glasses in the right door, and a cigar humidor in the driver’s door. We even tracked down a 94-year-old member of the Auburn Cord Duesenberg club who actually saw the car at the 1931 New York Auto Show to verify its original color...”

No matter which replica is the best and most original, both are equally stunning.

18 The Colorado Classicist Caravan

Nordic CARavan in the South By Tom Goyne

All of the tour cars, 39 of them, lined up in front of Steve Brauer’s gazebo on the second day of the tour.

The Upper Midwest Region of the CCCA sponsored the Nordic CARavan in the South from St. Louis to New Orleans between May 12 and May 21, 2017. Attending from the Colorado region were Bill and Jo Ann St. Clair in their 1937 Packard Twelve Con- We started with a reception bar and buffet provided by Mark vertible Coupe, and Tom Goyne with Maury Wilson in Tom’s 1941 Hyman of Hyman, Ltd. at his sales facility in St. Louis. It Lincoln Continental Coupe. Here is a first-hand description of it... showcased his large inventory of cars, most of which were his CARavan ran from St. Louis to New Orleans, a for sale. His staff was on hand to help us with car problems distance of over 1,000 miles, making it one of the before the tour if we needed it. longer point-to-point T The following day we saw Steve CARavans. The relatively early May date for it was chosen Brauer’s spectacular collection, so that the heat as we got farther which was followed by a BBQ and farther south would not be lunch at his estate under a gazebo overwhelming, and that choice large enough to hold all of us plus worked well. Weather in gen- some. At the lunch were two in- eral was very nice, except for teresting Indianapolis-made cars, one deluge as we were entering a Full Classic 1919 Cole and a (nc) New Orleans. The tour was or- 1924 Dorris. The Cole was shown ganized so that we drove most by Helen Cole Imbs, the grand- of one day to a new city, and daughter of company founder J. then the next day visited col- J. Cole and her grandson, Cole, lections or saw special things whose car it now is. The Dorris was shown by George Dorris. in that city. That allowed us a A Paris street scene tableau welcome day of relaxation after at Steve Brauer’s collection. every day’s drive. Day 3 saw us on the road to Bran- son with a stop at Steven Plaster’s

Colorado Region Classic Car Club of America 19 huge collection of some 600 cars called Evergreen Historic of the antebellum mansions in the area. These mansions Automobiles. Steve enthusiastically showed us through the are now open to the public for a fee to help defray the high collection himself. His dad, the late Bob Plaster, started it maintenance and restoration costs. The first mansion was all in the 1970s. Bob Plaster was a Springfield, MO, grocery a beautiful home still in the original family and furnished store worker who founded the Empire Gas Company on a with most of the original furniture. It was a real time cap- shoestring in 1963, building it into a propane gas empire, sule. Second was a large well restored plantation-style home along the way quietly stocking the “car barns” with his son, with period furniture and wall coverings. The third place we Steve. visited, Longwood House, was to me the most interesting. Design and construction started on it just before the Civil Day 4 was a free day in Branson to see the sights, and then War using a Philadelphia architect and Pennsylvania Dutch on day 5 we drove 300+ miles to Hot Springs, Arkansas. We workers. When the War broke out, all of the northeners fled stayed at the historic 1924 (read: past its expiration date) back to Pennsylvania and progress on the house stopped. Arlington Hotel in the middle of Hot Springs’ Bath House The family lost all of their money during the War and the Row. Both the hotel and Bath House Row are part of Hot house was never completed. It stands today just as it was Springs National Monument. Hot Springs was developed in 1860. Fortunately, the roof and side walls were finished in the late 1800s as a mountain town where one went to so it escaped the ravages of winter rains and so one can see “take the waters,” which supposedly cured whatever ailed exactly how it was constructed, the materials used and the you. Taking the “cure” is not so popular nowadays, but Hot countless details normally hidden. Springs remains a popular resort town because of the nearby recreational lakes. The last two days were spent driving through Mississippi and Louisiana to New Orleans and visiting another planta- Days 7 and 8 were the long drive to the “southern belle” tion, Houmas House, where we had lunch. The gardens at town of Natchez, Mississippi, and afterward touring three this place are nothing short of spectacular. The following

One of the tour participants was Helen Cole Imbs, left, the granddaughter of J. J. Cole, the founder of Cole Motor Company. With her is her cheerful grandson, Cole, the new owner of this 1919 Cole. Readers may remember that there was an article on Cole in the Spring 2016 issue of the Classicist, which showed Ms. Imbs and Cole in this car on the Indianapolis Speedway.

Below right are two of the silver trophies the car won in competition during the twenties. Cole with its big V-8 was a hot rod in its day.

20 The Colorado Classicist day in New Orleans we boarded a tour bus and were taken start in St. Louis, there was the problem of getting back there. to the World War II museum. This is one of the best muse- Many of the participants including yours truly and contin- ums in the country. If you get a chance, go see it. Then we gents from both Ontario and Missouri just got back in the old visited Mardi Gras World, a bizarre collection of Mardi Gras cars and headed home. Others organized a mini-CARavan floats and the grotesque papier-mâché characters that adorn back to St. Louis and their trailers. For me, the round trip them. It was creepy enough to give me nightmares. was 3,572 miles and as I am sure you can well understand, I did not want to set my patootie back in the Continental for a All-in-all this was an excellent CARavan. There was more good long while after I got back. ■ driving than many wanted and if one trailered their car to the

Above is one of the many, many rooms of Bob Plaster’s 600-car collection. There was every kind and make of car you can imagine.

Left and below are some of the macabre papier-mâché characters at Mardi Gras World.

Colorado Region Classic Car Club of America 21 Here’s a guessing game for you. These 12 Full Classics were among the 39 which participated in the Nordic CARavan in the South. Can you identify the year and make of each? Answers on page 29

22 The Colorado Classicist Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance Story and photos by Tom Goyne

here is much glitz and extravagance, and even more of Convertible Victoria in the Duesenberg class, and me, your hoopla that accompanies the Pebble Beach Concours editor, with my 1934 Packard Super-8 Coupe-Roadster in Td’Elegance in Monterey every year. But of course that the Packard class. All of these classes are very competitive is expected with what is generally considered the premier and attract some of the premier restorers in the world vying car show in the world, and undoubtedly one of the most ex- to be invited to the concours. pensive to attend. A recent article in the Los Angeles Times decried the fact that the show was not open to the masses; The featured marque this year was Isotta Fraschini so there it was only for the rich...who else could afford $375 tickets? were many of them shown, including some rarely seen early Well, anyone who race cars. And, it was has gone to a well the seventieth anni- known pop concert versary of Ferrari, so knows how much there were unique and those tickets cost unusual ones of them so I really don’t as well. think that is an issue. But hotel pric- A fairly recent addi- es are a different tion to the Concours is matter. They raise the preservation class- the room rates by a es. Many of these factor of 5 or more cars were brought during Monterey from Europe by their Auto Week and owners. Notable was they are booked Above, Lou and Kathy Ficco on the ramp accepting the a 1931 Bentley 8-Li- for months, even Art Center College of Design award tre Vanden Plas Tour- years, in advance. This award is for the car demonstrating the most influential automotive er from Germany, and design, technology and engineering of the period. This makes things a 1915 Packard 2-38 Their car is a 1933 Auburn 12-160A boattail Speedster. tough for us normal Photo: Evan Klein Runabout used by folks; still, though, Best-of-show is shown below, a 1929 Mercedes-Benz S Barker Tourer Carl Fisher of Indi- it doesn’t stop us shown by Bruce McCaw of Bellevue, WA. anapolis Race Track from attending ev- Check out the unique traveling trunk and torpedo-shaped running board fame to survey the ery chance we get. Glidden Tour route that year. This year there were three partic- Lou Ficco won the ipants from the very prestigious Art Colorado region: Center College of Lou Ficco with his Design award for his 1933 Auburn 12- drop-dead gorgeous 160A Speedster in 1933 Auburn Speed- the American Open ster and needless to Classics class, Rog- say, he and Kathy er Willbanks with were one happy cou- his 1930 Duesen- ple! ■ berg SJ Rollston

Colorado Region Classic Car Club of America 23 Pebble Beach Highlights

Above are Colorado region members who attended Pebble Beach celebrating Lou’s win of the Art Center College of Design award. They are Tom and Kathy Kostelecky, Ron and Jeannie Damiana, Kathy and Lou Ficco with their two sons, Mario and Louie, Tony and Jonna Ficco. In case you couldn’t find Lou in the photo, he is the one with the biggest smile. Others from the region attending the concours were Terry Johnson, Roger Willbanks and your editor, who was behind the camera.

Below left is Lou and Kathy’s award, and right the picture-postcard setting on the lawn at Pebble Beach.

24 The Colorado Classicist Pebble Beach Highlights

Below left is Lou and Kathy’s award, and right the picture-postcard setting on the lawn at Pebble Beach.

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Random shots taken at the Concours... 1. A line of Isotta Fraschinis, the featured marque 2. 1947 Delahaye 135 M cabriolet by Figoni et Falaschi with its trademark snout 3. 1904 Holsman Model 3 shown by sisters Marta and Henrietta Holsman. They won the Chairman’s Trophy. 4. Member Roger Willbanks (L) discussing his Duesenberg SJ Rollston Convertible Victoria at the Concours 5. 1929 Rolls-Royce Kenilworth Brewster body retrofit- ted to a 1935 Packard chassis (The last issue of the Classi- cist featured Steve Anderson’s Rolls-Royce Kenilworth with this unique rear air vent.) 6. Your editor’s freshly restored 1934 Packard in Carmel 7. The radio antenna on an early 1937 Packard 120 Darrin 3

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26 The Colorado Classicist More Concours sights. Left to right, top to bottom: 1925 Locomobile Model 38 in the Prewar Preservation class 1935 Duesenberg SJ Bowman & Schwartz Town Car designed for Mae West, but bought by Ethel Mars 1936 Bugatti Type 57 Binder Coupé with a unique grille The hat and the car go nicely together, but perhaps you didn’t notice the hat 1937 Packard 120 Darrin Convertible Victoria, a very early Darrin 1932 Packard Twin-Six convertible Victoria by Dietrich. First in the Packard class. All photos Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance

Colorado Region Classic Car Club of America 27 Concours throughout Colorado

Morgan Adams on the back roads leading to Steamboat Springs. Don Bra- den went on this year’s tour in his 1941 Cadillac 60 Special Concours d’Elegance and reported that the scenery was spectacular.

By Frank Keller The cars were parked throughout the pedestrian-only Vail he Morgan Adams Foundation was founded 15 years streets for the Sunday car show. This may be the first car Tago to benefit pediatric oncology. For each of those years the foundation has held the Morgan Adams Concours d’Elegance to raise money to benefit various research proj- ects to find a cure for childhood cancers.

This year’s event was on the evening of August 26 and held at the Centennial Airport in Englewood, Colorado. The Concours featured a display of aircraft, automobiles and mo- torcycles. The evening included an air show and the display was partnered with both a live and a silent auction, truly delicious food and great music.

The Concours d’Elegance was generously supported by 10 show many of the people strolling the downtown streets members of the Colorado Region of the Classic Car Club have ever seen. They had lots of questions, particularly who displayed their vehicles at the airport. Members that about the older Classics we drive. Don Braden and I had our displayed their automobiles included both Lou and Tony 1941 Cadillacs parked next to each other at the fountain near Ficco who brought a 1933 Auburn Boat tail Speedster and the base of the Gondola One. a 1940 Packard Custom Darrin. Lonnie and Betsy Fallin Tony and Jonna Ficco showed showed their 1947 Packard Custom Super Clipper, and Da- their Ferrari F-40 positioned at vis McCann showed his 1937 Cord 812. Tim Gilmartin had the center of the much larger his 1936 Cord 810 Westchester there, and Terry Johnson dis- class of exotic and sports cars. played his 1948 Buick Roadmaster (nc). Gerald Oleszek An F-40 always stands out as it brought his 1929 Duesenberg Model J and Rod Brewer did in this group of impressive brought a 1947 Cadillac Series 62. Both Frank Keller and cars. Phil Doty showed their (nc) Cadillacs: a 1953 Cadillac Se- ries 62 convertible and a 1956 Cadillac Eldorado convert- Don’s 60 Special took 1st place ible. in the 1896-1941 class with my Series 62 Coupe taking 2nd. I’m reluctant to admit there were only four cars in this class but we’ll take the ribbons and never let on. The show was a huge amount of fun. The 2018 Vail Automotive Classic Vail will be held on September 5-7 Automotive Classic next year. We may want to By Art Cutler consider this as part of a howing a car at the annual Vail Automotive Classic is group tour. Sa unique experience. The Vail Classic usually consists of a driving tour on Friday and a two-day car show, Satur- day at the Eagle County Airport and Sunday in downtown Top photo shows Don’s and Art’s ‘41 Cadillacs Vail. The Saturday car show was not held this year due to at the fountain in Vail. construction at the airport so the tour was held on Saturday, Middle is Don’s blue ribbon. September 9, and the judging was done at the downtown car Bottom is Tony’s Ferrari F-40 show held on Sunday, September 10. The tour this year was

28 The Colorado Classicist Tech Tips

Most Gear Oils are NOT Compatible with Your removed along with the sacrificial layer each time the con- Transmission tacting metal surfaces interact. by Art Cutler There are a couple of options for avoiding this accelerated wear problem. The first is to use gear oil with an API GL-4 here is always something new to learn about the old car rating. These oils contain significantly less sulphur/phos- hobby. This month’s tech tip started with an article from T phorus resulting in a weaker sacrificial layer which causes the June 2017 issue of the “Skinned Knuckles” magazine significantly less yellow metal wear. Sta-Lube 85W-90 (part forward to me by fellow Colorado Region member Martha # SL24239) carries an API GL-4 rating and is available at Washburn. NAPA stores. The back label specifically says this oil is compatible with yellow metals. I use this in my ’41 Cadillac I was relating my tales of woe to Martha and John Wash- transmission. O’Reilly’s carries a GL-4 SAE 140 weight for burn at breakfast one morning regarding finding the right transmissions needing heavier oil. I continue to use gear oil transmission oil for my ’31 Cadillac. You’re probably con- with a GL-5 rating in the ’41 differential due to its hypoid cluding as you read this that you should find some excuse if construction. I ever invite you to breakfast. Fortunately, Martha recalled the conversation, saw the title of the article (probably while The second option is to use straight mineral (with minimal picking up after John), and sent it along. The article briefly additives) gear oil. My ’31 Cadillac service manual spec- summarized the problem with using modern extreme pres- ifies a gear oil which translates into approximately SAE sure (EP) gear oil in transmissions with brass or bronze bear- 250 weight. Lubriplate SPO-288 is straight mineral gear ings, bushings, or synchronizing clusters. Additional inter- oil which Restoration Supply sells as SAE 250 weight oil. net searching came up with an excellent article by Richard (Note carefully, though, this oil doesn’t provide adequate lu- Widman that filled in some of the details, much of which is brication for hypoid gears so should not be used in hypoid summarized below. rear ends. -ed.) The great majority of gear oils I have seen at the local auto I’ve been amazed at the number of places I’ve seen warnings parts stores have an EP suffix on the label which indicates about using API GL-5 rated gear oil in manual transmissions they will function properly in the extreme pressure environ- since Martha gave me the “Skinned Knuckles” article. The ments generated by hypoid differential designs of modern stern warning in the Cadillac Serviceman from 1931 now day, high horsepower drive trains. These gear oils normally makes sense. Gear oil sold by Restoration Supply (a vendor carry the API GL-5 rating. Sulphur and phosphorus are the many of us use) has a special comments column in their cat- usual additives used in EP gear oil to produce a sacrificial alog specifying which gear oils are OK to use with yellow layer between contacting metal surfaces which greatly re- metals. Numerous web sites have copies of warnings from duces wear. Unfortunately, these additives are not compat- Nissan Motors saying use of GL-5 gear oils in their transmis- ible with the copper, brass, or bronze found in most manual sions designed for GL-4 oils will destroy the transmission. shift transmissions, at least at the concentrations found in most EP oils. Another lesson learned! Call me for breakfast if you’d like to discuss this more. The early versions of EP gear oil used an active sulphur compound which reacted with copper, brass, and bronze Based on Art’s research, I have changed to Penrite “Mild transmission and differential components, usually referred EP” 90-140 wt oil (available from Restoration Supply) in to as ‘yellow metals’ in the literature. The 1931 ‘Cadillac the transmission of my Packard, but continue to use GL-5 in Serviceman’ publication sent to dealers by General Motors the hypoid rear end. -ed. emphasizes this point with a strict prohibition about use in Cadillac vehicles. Later formulations used a buffered sulphur compound which is supposed to eliminate this direct Answers to guessing game on page 21 metallic reaction. The remaining problem is that the sacri- 1940 Packard; 1941 Cadillac; 1947 Packard ficial layer created by the sulphur/phosphorus combination 1937 Packard; 1947 Cadillac; 1941 Lincoln in oils with a GL-5 rating is harder than the yellow metals 1927 Packard; 1948 Jaguar; 1932 Stutz it should be protecting. A bit of the yellow metal surface is 1947 Packard; 1937 Cord; 1937 Packard

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30 The Colorado Classicist Mystery Photos

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The top mystery photo from 1939 shows a highly customized car of the thirties. Its chassis is a V-12 Cadillac but very little else is. Tell me who is the owner standing on the running board; a hint is the blow-up of his monogram on the tail fins. Then tell me what cars supplied the visible components...headlights, grille, etc. The bottom two photos show another of that man’s custom cars with his best pal on the left looking in. Give me your guesses on this car too. Email your answers to the editor, [email protected].

Colorado Region Classic Car Club of America 31 An ad from 1930 or 1931 for the L-29 Cord on the left, with two graceful renderings of the L-29 by Saoutchek on the right.