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THE 1911 2011 HERALD Ye The 100 ars REPUBLICAN Star THE NEWS SUN 2 Auburn Cord Duesenberg Festival kpcnews.com • ©KPC Media Group Inc. Sept.1, 2011 Welcome to the Auburn Cord Duesenberg Festival

BY DAVE KURTZ The desperate company set young [email protected] designer loose to shoot for The 2011 version of the Auburn Cord a miracle. Working under severe budget Duesenberg Festival celebrates a special constraints and amid management chaos, milestone in automotive and local history. Buehrig and his team created a master- This year marks the 75th anniversary of piece. the 1936 Cord 810, a that may have In this section, you’ll read about how changed automotive history more than any Josh Malks spotted a Cord as a schoolboy, vehicle since the first horseless carriage. fell in love with it and saved his money to The 1936 Cord took a giant leap buy a used Cord on his 18th birthday. forward in design and engineering with its Today, Malks ranks as perhaps the leading graceful lines, absence of chrome, expert on Cords. disappearing headlamps and bevy of You’ll also hear about Eric Killorin, technical firsts. More than merely who came to the Auburn Cord Duesenberg beautiful, the Cord set a world speed Festival in his father’s Duesenberg as a 13- record by averaging 101 mph for 24 hours. year-old. This weekend, Killorin returns That remarkable burst of brilliance took with his late father’s Duesenberg, now place right here in Auburn at the headquar- restored to prize-winning condition. BOB CULP ters of Co., a building Recalling his first visit to Auburn, Dan and David Yarde of DeKalb County own this 1936 Cord 810. that today houses the Auburn Cord Duesen- Killorin said, “People were up all night, berg Automobile Museum. driving around with the exhaust cutouts On the cover: The success came in the unlikely open, drinking beer, eating popcorn on atmosphere of a collapsing company that Ninth Street. … It was just incredible.” A 1936 Cord is shown with its creator, Auburn Automobile Co. designer Gordon Buehrig, lost $2.5 million in 1935 and would close We hope you’ll think the 2011 classic upper right, and the man for whom the car is named, E.L. Cord, who led Auburn Automobile its doors in 1937. car festival in Auburn is incredible, too. Co. to world renown. BILL’S & BILL’S II Bringing Hollywood to DeKalb County for more than 72 years! LIQUOR STORE 1939 ~ Our 72nd Year ~ 2011 LABOR DAY SPECIALS AUG. 29-SEPT. 5 THE HISTORIC SILVER SCREEN CINEMA 8S+IV[ !! BUDWEISER FAMILY, MILLER LITE FAMILY, COORS FAMILY  !!  !! SPICED RUM  4  4  !! !! VODKA  4 8S+IV[WZ8S*W\\TM[ AUCTIONS AMERICA BILL’S LIQUOR BY RM Downtown Garrett Bill’s: 1348 S. Randolph St., Garrett STORE AUCTION PARK (opened 1939 as the Gala Theatre) 3-1/2 MILES 357-4156 CR 11A Garrett CR 56 Randolph St. DEKALB COUNTY’S OLDEST THEATRE Bill’s II: 309 N. Randolph St., Garrett 205 SR 327 I-69 357-5989 N Ft. Wayne Sept. 1, 2011 ©KPC Media Group Inc. • kpcnews.com Auburn Cord Duesenberg Festival 3

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BY DAVE KURTZ [email protected] People writing about the 1936 Cord’s place in automo- tive history often begin with its long list of innovations, said Cord historian Josh Malks of California. The Cord introduced many features found on today — such as unit-body construction, disappearing headlamps and the absence of running boards. But that’s not what made the Cord stop people in their tracks, Malks said. What makes the Cord special at first glance is its visual impact. “There is nothing else that looks like it,” he said. “That’s still true today, but it was certainly true in 1936.” Malks adds, “The Cord looks right. I’ve watched people walk around a Cord and say, ‘This thing looks right from every angle.’ … It was really the look of the Cord that made it immortal.” In designing the Cord at Auburn Automobile headquar- ters in Auburn, “The work that Gordon Buehrig and his team did is unique in automobile history,” Malks said. “It went from a clay model to a production car with only the changes needed to make it practical,” he said. “In PHOTO CONTRIBUTED production cars, that is unheard of before that time, and Josh Malks with his latest Cord 810 Westchester, Cord Caravan, set to arrive this weekend. it’s unheard of since.” which he was driving from California to Auburn in the Once it rolled out of Auburn Automobile Co.’s produc- tion line in Connersville, Malks said, “The Cord was a hit member owned a Cord really did, Cord would have with people who looked at it. It was a hit with the outsold ,” he said. engineers. It was not a hit in the marketplace.” “Whatever thought the public may have had about the Sales of the Cord lagged for several reasons, including Cord, within the automobile industry, the Cord itself and production problems. the people who built it were very highly regarded,” he “It was really impossible to mass-produce the Cord,” added. Malks said. As one example, workers had to weld seven Malks fell in love with the Cord at first sight when he pieces of steel together to make the roof — a costly was 12 years old, playing hooky from school on a bright process. spring day in the Bronx. As a result, the price of the Cord rose by 20 percent Malks was walking past a used-car sales lot when he from 1936 to 1937, its final year. spotted a car like nothing he had seen before. “That’s hardly a good tactic for selling a car in a “From that moment, I collected every piece of informa- recession,” Malks said. With a price tag that could pay for tion I could on a Cord,” he said. He saved his money to PHOTO CONTRIBUTED three , the Cord could not find its market buy a Cord on his 18th birthday — legal driving age in Josh Malks with his first 1936 Cord in 1958. niche. . “The people who loved the Cord, mostly young drivers, Malks now owns his fifth in a string of five Cord 810 couldn’t afford one,” Malks said. “The people who could Westchesters, which he considers the best example of He and his wife, Betty, have driven their latest Cord afford a Cord tended to be more staid and conservative.” Buehrig’s design work. 77,000 miles — four times from the West Coast to They preferred luxury cars such as . “The body style that is considered artistically the best is Auburn, with a fifth trip planned this year. They’ve “Everybody admired it. Hardly anybody bought it,” the original four-door sedan,” Malks said. “I don’t know of traveled in the Cord on the highways of nine different Malks summed up about the Cord. any other car where the best-looking car in the line is the nations, crossing Europe to reach Israel. As Malks travels the country in his own 1936 Cord, four-door sedan.” For all he’s learned about the classic cars, Malks said, people often tell him, “Oh, my uncle had one of those,” he In a half-century love affair with the Cord, Malks has he remembers the words of a friend: “There are no Cord said. written two books about the car and become perhaps the experts. There are Cord scholars, because we learn “My estimate is that if everybody who says their family leading expert on the subject. something new about them all the time.” Sept. 1, 2011 ©KPC Media Group Inc. • kpcnews.com Auburn Cord Duesenberg Festival 5 ‘That’s the car I’ve always dreamed of owning’ DeKalb County brothers own a 1936 Cord together BY BOB CULP [email protected] AUBURN — Dave Yarde sat in the back seat of his 1936 Cord and closed his eyes. His brother, Dan Yarde, drove the 75-year- old car at 55 mph on S.R. 3 near Avilla. “Feel that?” Dave Yarde asked, smiling. “It’s so smooth. If you didn’t know any better, you’d think you’re riding in a new .” The brothers’ car will ride in the Auburn Cord Duesenberg Festival’s Parade of Classics Saturday for the 75th anniversary of the car’s creation. The car began as their father’s dream and turned into the brothers’ reality. Their connection to the car began young. When the Auburn Cord Duesenberg Festival reunion began in Auburn, the Yarde brothers would travel with their dad around the event — and they would always stop at the Cords. “He would always tell us, ‘Boys, that’s the car I’ve always dreamed of owning,’” said Dave Yarde. BOB CULP In 1996, during the Kruse Labor Day weekend collector-car auction, the Yarde Brothers Dan and Dave Yarde of DeKalb County with their 1936 Cord. brothers saw a white 1936 Cord in the lineup. It was lunchtime, and many people cost about $800. — including high bidders — were away for “(The engineering) was so far advanced lunch, but the auction persisted. for its day,” Dave Yarde said. They talked to the owner. The car drove, The 1936 Cord has a front suspension shifted and operated well. The interior and comprised of independent trailing arms exterior were in good shape. The Yarde joined by a transverse leaf spring. The car brothers knew they couldn’t pass it up. featured an electric gear selector, allowing “We found our opportunity, and the the driver to chose a gear from a switch price was right,” Dave Yarde said. “We near the steering wheel and then shift by bought it with the idea that if any upkeep depressing a clutch pedal. was needed, it would be a joint effort.” The Cord packs 125 horsepower, All the brothers have needed to do is allowing the car to reach 90 mph and go change the fluids. Each winter, after from zero to 60 mph in about 11 seconds. months of solitude, the car still starts like it “They made so few of them that they all just came off the Connersville assembly were sort of a production prototype car,” line. Dan Yarde said. “They made so few of “It always surprises me,” Dan Yarde them, I guess they did it right.” said. As Dan Yarde drives the automobile The Auburn Automobile Co. built about down the highway, people peer out their 3,600 Cords in 1936. Of those, about half windows to stare at the piece of history. still exist, Dan Yarde estimates. “Kids will go by and give you the The car sold new for $3,500 during the thumbs up. They don’t know what it is, but BOB CULP , a time when a new Ford they like the looks of it,” Dave Yarde said. The dash of the 1936 Cord features aviation-inspired design elements. 6 Auburn Cord Duesenberg Festival kpcnews.com • ©KPC Media Group Inc. Sept.1, 2011 2011 Auburn Cord Duesenberg Festival events Museums Thursday only Auburn Cord Duesenberg Automobile Museum — 1600 Wayne St. in south Kickoff Luncheon — Noon, Willennar Auburn. More than 100 classic cars in a Hall, Auburn Cord Duesenberg Automobile historic setting. Viewing hours: 9 a.m.-5 Museum, $15 per person, reservations p.m. daily. Admission $10 for adults, $6 for encouraged at 925-3600, acdfestival.org ages 5-17, free for under age 5, $25 per ACD Automobile Museum Benefit family; 925-1444; automobilemuseum.org Extravaganza — 6 p.m. in the museum’s NATMUS — More than 100 special Willennar Hall, $125 per person, reserva- interest cars and trucks are displayed at the tions and jacket required, 925-1444, National Automotive and Truck Museum of automobilemuseum.org the . NATMUS is housed in two former buildings of the Auburn Thursday and Friday Automobile Co. at 1000 Gordon M. Buehrig Place, directly east of the ACD Classic Collection Book Sale — AUBURN CORD DUESENBERG AUTOMOBILE MUSEUM PHOTO Automobile Museum; open daily 9 a.m.-5 Thursday 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.; Friday 10 a.m. Ad advertising photo from 1936 shows a Cord. p.m. Admission $7 for adults, $4 for to 2 p.m. at 603 S. Jackson St.. Shop for children ages 5-12; and free for children 4 books on automotive topics and by Airport; exhibition of Cord automobiles, streets, follows parade route and finishes and under; 925-9100; natmus.org authors at the 100-year-old library built B-17 bomber and other aircraft; $15 at courthouse square; registration $20 on National Military History Center and with donations by Charles Eckhart, adults, $25 family; children under 16 free race day or at lakewoodpark.org Kruse Automotive and Carriage founder of the Auburn Automobile Co. with adults; $12 seniors 60 and older; free Auburn Arts Fair & Music Festival Museum — C.R. 11-A just west of I-69 parking. — 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., DeKalb Outdoor exit 126. Hours for Saturday and Sunday Friday only Club Cricket — Entertainment tent on Theater, 301 S. Cedar St., free admission. are 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Other days 9 a.m. to 5 Seventh Street between Main and Jackson Parade of Classics — 1 p.m., nearly p.m. Admission is free for World War II Pancake-and-sausage breakfast — 7- streets. Friday 5 p.m. to 1 a.m.; Saturday 300 Auburn, Cord and Duesenberg classic veterans with ID; $8 for seniors 55 and 10 a.m., National Automotive and Truck 10:30 a.m. to 1 a.m.; live music at 7 p.m. cars roll through Auburn from Eckhart older; $6 for children ages 6-12; $4 for Museum of the United States, freewill both nights. Free admission. Must be age Park to Ensley Avenue; north on Jackson veterans and active military personnel; free donation. 21 or over. Street to Second Street; east one block to for children under age 6. Regular adult Auburn Cord Duesenberg Club Swap Main Street, then south to the courthouse admission is $10 or $25 per family; 925- Meet — 7 a.m. to noon in the south Saturday only square. Cars will be on display around the 9144; dvkfoundation.org parking lot of the Auburn Cord Duesenberg courthouse square after the parade. Free Hoosier Air Museum —10 a.m.-4 p.m. Automobile Museum. Free admission. 56th annual Auburn Cord Duesen- admission. daily and 1-4 p.m. Sunday, 2822 C.R. 62, Vintage Treasure Sale by Ladies of berg Club Car Show — 7 a.m.-1 p.m., Motoring to the Square — 4 p.m. on south side of DeKalb County Airport; the Auburn Cord Duesenberg Club — 8- Eckhart Park, more than 300 classic cars parade lineup at Eckhart Park; 5:30 p.m. admission $5 adults, $4 ages 12-18, free 11 a.m. inside the Auburn Cord Duesen- in wooded setting; admission $5. parade to courthouse square for cruise-in; for 11 and under, free for active military berg Automobile Museum. Museum Featuring an exhibition of Cord “cousins” $10 per vehicle; specatators admitted free. personnel in uniform; hoosierairmu- admission required. — Graham Hollywood, Hupp Skylark and Gala Ball — Auburn Cord Duesenberg seum.org. Downtown Cruise-In — 1 p.m. Toronado. Museum, 7-11 p.m. Dancing to big band through evening. Open to cars that are Duesy Walk 5K and 10K Volkswalk music. Open to museum members only; Auctions vintage, antique, classic, special-interest, — Start and finish at DeKalb Memorial memberships will be sold at the door. muscle, hot rod, custom or milestone. Enter Hospital, 1316 E. Seventh St. Walkers The Auburn Auction by Worldwide a car for $10 or come and look for free. depart between 8 and 11 a.m. Non- Saturday and Sunday Auctioneers — 5008 N. County Line Road Sundaes on Friday Ice Cream Social competitive, 5-kilometer or 10-kilometer East, five miles south of Auburn; auction of — 5-8 p.m. on the northwest corner of the leisure walks through the streets of Pancake-and-sausage breakfast — 7- collector cars; Friday, Saturday and courthouse square. Buy Edy’s Ice Cream historic Auburn. Free, or pay $3 for 11 a.m. both days at the National Military Sunday; $10 adults; $25 three-day pass; for $1 per scoop and sweeten it with official credit. History Center, south of Auburn at 5634 children 12 and under free; Saturday caramel or chocolate topping from Pre-parade Concert — 10 a.m., C.R. 11-A; $6 for adults, $3 for ages 4-12, evening Main Event $25 for two. DeBrand Fine Chocolates. Enjoy it while Courthouse Square downtown, music by free for ages 3 and under; free museum Auctions America by RM — Auburn admiring the cruise-in cars. DeKalb High School Dynamix choir and admission with breakfast ticket. Fall Collector Car Auction at Auburn Auburn Community Band. Crafts, antiques and flea market — 9 Auction Park, 5536 C.R. 11-A; Thursday, Friday and Saturday Kids Art Tent — 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. on a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday and 9 a.m. to 3 Friday and Saturday 8 a.m.-10 p.m., Eighth Street near Main Street. Free activi- p.m. Sunday at the DeKalb County Sunday 8 a.m.-6 p.m.; $10 daily admission, Indiana Aviation and Autovation Fair ties for ages 2-12 (must be with an adult). Fairgrounds, South Union Street. $25 four-day pass, free for children 12 and — Friday 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. and Saturday 10 Auburn Cord Duesenberg Festival Auburn Historic Tours — See historic under; auctionsamerica.com a.m. to 4 pm., Kendallville Municipal 5K — Noon. Starts at Main and Sixteenth CONTINUED ON PAGE 7 Sept. 1, 2011 ©KPC Media Group Inc. • kpcnews.com Auburn Cord Duesenberg Festival 7

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homes and sites of Auburn on a 45-minute Market — 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Heimach Grandstaff AUBURN PLAZA ACD Museum ride in an air-conditioned van. Tours Senior Activity Center, 1800 E. Seventh St. Auburn Drive Saturday at 9 and 10 a.m. and 3 and 4 p.m. (S.R. 8), just east of DeKalb Memorial West 7th St. • State Road 8 427 and Sunday at noon, 1, 2, 3 and 4 p.m. $5 Hospital. Chicken barbecue and homemade 69 CR N Auburn CR 23 per person. Tours depart from the DeKalb desserts. Free admission. Kruse County Fairgrounds on South Union Arts and Crafts Show and Sale — 9 Exit 126 CR 11A Street. a.m. to 4 p.m. in downtown Auburn; more AARON’S Tri-Kappa Antiques Show and than 200 area artisans display and sell their Market — Saturday 9 a.m.-5 p.m. and handcrafted works on the courthouse ADVANCE AMERICA Sunday 10 a.m.-4 p.m. at DeKalb High square; sponsored by the Downtown AUBURN MARTIAL ARTS CENTER School, 3424 C.R. 427, two miles north of Auburn Business Association; free CAMPBELL & FETTER BANK Auburn on C.R. 427 (Main Street). admission; daba4auburn.org DEKALB COUNTY SCHOOL Vendors display and sell high-quality Cricket Cafe — 10:30 a.m. to 4 p.m., antiques. Sponsored by Tri Kappa sandwiches and beverages on Seventh DOLLAR GENERAL sorority. Admission $5. Children 12 and Street between Main and Jackson streets. DUNHAM’S SPORTS under free. Sunday only FAMILY VIDEO GAMES AND GADGETS GENERAL NUTRITION CORPORATION GLIK’S Arts and music fair expands H & R BLOCK AUBURN — The Auburn Art Fair & HUNGRY HOWIE’S Music Festival is returning for its second KATIE’S KLOSET year as a Labor Day weekend event. The fair takes place Saturday from 10 KROGER a.m. to 6 p.m. at the DeKalb County LAN’S NAIL SALON Outdoor Theater. Admission is free. LEGACY’S HALLMARK The theater is on the east side of Cedar LOW BOB’S TOBACCO Creek, accessible by a bridge from the DeKalb County Fairgrounds on South MIRROR IMAGE Union Street. It also may be reached by car OUTMAN & MOAK AGENCIES from Center Street. PEKING BUFFET The fair will feature a lineup of artists that has grown to 30 or more, who will be STAR FILE PHOTO PEOPLE LINK STAFFING selling their works and demonstrating their The festival raises money for DeKalb RADIO SHACK talents. Music starts at noon and continues High School show choirs. FIESTA/REGIS SALONS to 6 p.m., including Broadstreet, Supercharged, Glenn Shelburne, Eileen A fundraising plastic frog race in Cedar SEARS Myers, Paul Kuhlhorst and the DeKalb Creek starts at 4 p.m. at the bridge to the SUBWAY SANDWICH SHOP show choirs’ octet. outdoor theater. PLAZA EAST Subway • Fitzone The Hicksville Italian Grille • Edward Jones Beltone Hearing Center Bank Duesenberg & 7th St., Auburn Convenient location adjacent to 1130 W. 15th St., Auburn DeKalb Health and Lake City Bank

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www.thehicksvillebank.com 269-963-5591 8 Auburn Cord Duesenberg Festival kpcnews.com • ©KPC Media Group Inc. Sept.1, 2011 ‘He saw the car and fell in love with it’ Duesenberg’s roots run deep BY DAVE KURTZ [email protected] Karl Killorin helped build at the factory in 1929 and 1930. Nearly 20 years later, he built his own Duesenberg from a chassis he bought for $150 and a Cadillac body he found for $25. In 1967, teenaged Eric Killorin rode in that 1923 Model A Duesenberg with his father on a trip from New England to Auburn. The story of that Duesenberg reaches a new chapter this weekend, when the car returns to Auburn in fully restored condition as the winner of two prestigious awards this summer “If those who have seen it recently are PHOTO CONTRIBUTED any indication, I think we’ve pulled off a Andy Killorin wears his grandfather’s original 1929 1923 Model A Duesenberg this summer at the Concours really nice restoration,” said Eric Killorin, Duesenberg factory uniform while displaying the family’s d’Elegance of America in Plymouth, Mich. of Vermont, who inherited the car from his late father. “He was fond of saying Auburn is Eric Killorin “We were able to restore it in a fashion drives the that was very consistent with what Duesen- like ‘Gunsmoke’ on Saturday night.” bare chassis of his 1923 berg built at the time and yet maintains the Duesenberg soul of its history with my father.” in the At the Concours d’Elegance of America Eric Killorin Parade of in Plymouth, Mich., Killorin’s car won Recalling 1967 trip to ACD Festival Classics at awards as best in class and the debut award Auburn a for the best new restoration of any make. • few years However, Killorin said, “The big ago. His passenger is celebration for me was my son, with his suitcase. Mary representing his grandfather and our car.” Killorin rose quickly from sweeping Hartman of Andy Killorin, 20, exhibited the car floors to working on an assembly crew for Auburn, his while wearing authentic Duesenberg Co. Model J Duesenbergs. He tested Duesen- host for the coveralls, driving helmet and goggles that berg chassis on the Indianapolis Speedway past 13 years belonged to his grandfather. track and delivered new cars to customers. during the Karl Killorin of the Boston area was 24 He even served on the pit crew for Duesen- annual festival. years old when he saw one of the very first berg entries in the Indianapolis 500 race in ’s at the New York 1929 and 1930. Auto Show in 1928. His father’s death in 1930 took him “He saw the car and just fell in love,” back to work in the family business in Eric Killorin said. Wakefield, Mass. Killorin had become a fan of board “He had always wanted to buy a Model track racing in the Northeast and even J, … but he couldn’t afford one. They were served on a couple of pit crews. a whopping $500 in the late ’40s,” Eric Karl Killorin got three references from Killorin said about his father. racing people, took a train to Indianapolis Instead, Karl Killorin bought a Model A and showed up at the Duesenberg factory CONTINUED ON PAGE 9 PHOTO CONTRIBUTED Sept. 1, 2011 ©KPC Media Group Inc. • kpcnews.com Auburn Cord Duesenberg Festival 9

PHOTO CONTRIBUTED Karl Killorin participated in the 1929 Indianapolis 500 race as a pit crew member for a Duesenberg entry. Car driven to Auburn three times

FROM PAGE 8 Duesenberg from a garage in the Boston area for $150 in 1948. He installed a Cadillac Fleetwood body he found for $25. “It was a great performing and running car,” he said. “I grew up riding in the back seat, with my friends, eating ice cream cones.” Three times, Karl Killorin drove the Duesenberg to Auburn for the national meet of the Auburn Cord Duesenberg Club. The second time, in 1967, he brought Eric, who was 13. “He was fond of saying Auburn is like ‘Gunsmoke’ on Saturday night,” Eric Killorin said. “People were up all night, driving around with the exhaust cutouts open, drinking beer, eating popcorn on Ninth Street. … It was just incredible.” Karl Killorin died in 1989, and the car became Eric’s. He soon began a 20-year restoration. “At one point I was tempted to rebody the car to a correct Duesenberg body,” Eric Killorin said. Now, he’s glad he decided to keep the car as his father created it. “I’m very proud of the fact that this is a Cadillac body my dad grabbed out of a junkyard for 25 bucks in the late ’40s and PHOTO CONTRIBUTED made it work,” Eric Killorin said. “I’m very proud of the fact A young Eric Killorin sits with his father, Karl, on in this photograph from 1956. the car has my father’s personal touches.” the running board of the family’s 1923 Duesenberg

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THIS STORY about the origin of the 1936 Cord last place in a companywide contest. appeared in The Star in 1986 on the car’s 50th Buehrig didn’t toss his rejected tracings anniversary: in the trash can, though. He carried them back to the Duesenberg division of Auburn BY DAVE KURTZ Automobile, where his bold pen strokes [email protected] had crafted mighty limousines a few years AUBURN — It’s the “Year of the Cord” before. this weekend in Auburn. The lines of his Cord begged to leap If hadn’t been so blind, from the drawing board to shiny, the party site could have been Detroit, or seductively curvaceous metal. After a 2 Flint, or Lansing. 1/2-year birth struggle, interrupted by his Giant GM had the first shot at building work on the sleek Auburn Speedster, the timeless Cord automotive, but it took Buehrig’s 1936 Cord finally rolled out of little Auburn Automobile Co. to do it. the factory in Auburn — to the cheers of Auburn Auto’s living legend, Gordon an admiring public. Buehrig, worked for GM in 1933 when he Only Auburn Automobile, a company sketched his first design for what became daring by nature, desperate for a sales AUBURN CORD DUESENBERG AUTOMOBILE MUSEUM PHOTO the Cord. GM’s management accorded it CONTINUED ON PAGE 15 Gordon Buehrig in his design studio at Auburn Automobile Co. in the 1930s.

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FROM PAGE 15 “Had the car been built right, it boost and devoid of bureaucracy, could grant Buehrig the creative room to push would have saved the company.” auto design 10 years into the future. “That Cord would have never got by a committee” in one of the big auto Gordon Buehrig companies, Buehrig said this month. Designer of 1936 Cord “Those people spend all their time in meetings, and during the years I worked • for Cord Corporation (Auburn Automo- bile’s parent company), I never attended a gates in 1937. meeting.” Ironically, before its demise the Cord At Auburn Automobile, Buehrig was refined into a smooth-running car. answered to few superiors. He called Through the years, Cord lovers have Auburn “a small organization that had the forgiven the car’s trespasses because it is guts” to build the Cord. so stunningly beautiful. Buehrig rewarded his risk-taking bosses Buehrig, now 82, is eternally grateful to with body lines that drove automotive his car’s devoted fans. writers to ecstasy, one of the first “It surprises me when I talk to some of successful front-wheel-drive systems and these people how really deeply they are more technical wonders, such as the first involved in the Cord car,” he said. “If it disappearing headlights and electric gear hadn’t been for this ACD Club, those cars shift. would probably be out in a junkyard There was only one problem. somewhere.” Buehrig designed his remarkable car Cord fanciers have solved the car’s for a struggling company that barely nagging flaws, so the car’s in today’s could afford to build it. As a result, the parade may be better machines than they Auburn plant had four months to get it were a half-century ago. ready for the November 1935 New York “They probably won’t admit the faults Auto Show. of the car that I know about,” Buehrig said “They simply did not have time enough of the dedicated Cord owners. to get that car right before they brought it This weekend’s tribute to the Cord out,” Buehrig said. “The car was not a revives a question that has been asked 1HZVHUYLFHFRPLQJVRRQLQ dependable automobile when it came out.” down through the decades. What if Auburn Despite the rave reviews for their looks, Automobile had been blessed with the time $QJROD$OELRQDQG3RNDJRQ driving the first Cords was another matter and money to make the Cord a financial entirely. overheated, and transmis- success? sions balked. Perfecting an all-new The car’s design was so advanced, machine on such short order was simply Buehrig says, that yearly model changes too much to ask, Buehrig said. would have been pointless. “Had the car been built right, it would “I don’t think we would have needed to have saved the company,” he said. do anything new for quite a while,” he said Instead, fewer than 3,000 Cords were of the Cord’s design. made before Auburn Automobile closed its Maybe not for 50 years.

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BY JANDRA SUTTON Cord took the struggling When asked to describe Auburn to a visitor, one thing comes to mind: old cars. Auburn Automobile Co. and built it One car in particular has managed to mark the American conscience even today, into America’s No. 13 automaker the 1936 Cord 810. This year marks the 75th anniversary of (out of 50) in 1931. the Cord, a car that sparked a revolution in auto making. The sleek design was a sensation that was far ahead of its time. • But behind every car is a designer, and behind every designer is an idea. It was the when Cord decided he wanted to manufac- man behind this idea that lends his name to ture automobiles. the Cord 810, a savvy business mogul who He was approached by the - revitalized the Auburn Automobile Co. based board of directors of the Auburn during his short period in this town. Automobile Co. and offered a position with E.L. Cord was born July 20, 1894, in the company, which he initially turned Warrensburg, Mo., into middle-class down. He countered their offer with means. His father, Charles William Cord, demands of his own — he wanted a the proprietor of a local general store, percentage of the profits, the right to moved the family to Illinois before settling purchase stock in the company, and them in , where Cord would complete control over every aspect of the attend high school. company. Cord’s ambitions were first recognized In July 1924, Cord became general in an essay he wrote, saying “Genius is manager of the Auburn Automobile Co., born to a man. Talent is obtained by a with the intent to eventually take it over. To man.” He never graduated high school, but move the existing inventory, Cord ordered by 1913 Cord discovered a clever new way the cars to be repainted in flashy colors and to make money. He purchased Ford Model have accessories added to give them more T automobiles and converted them into appeal. This proved successful, and soon speedsters with flashy bodies, then resold the inventory was completely sold. them for a profit. Within two short years, In February 1926, at 31 years old, Cord he had converted 20 Speedsters and earned became the youngest president of an nearly $10,000 in the process. American auto manufacturing company. AUBURN CORD DUESENBERG AUTOMOBILE MUSEUM PHOTO Cord eloped with Helen Marie Frische He began racing the Auburn in 1927, and E.L. Cord pulled Auburn Automobile Co. out of mediocrity to create some of the and moved to Arizona, where his first son, it soon broke all speed records for stock most enduring cars in automotive history. Charles Everett, was born in 1915, cars at the Atlantic City Speedway. In followed by Billy James in 1917. The 1929, he founded Cord Corp. to serve as a Jon Bill, director of education and Cord’s dedication to the job while in family moved around for the next seven holding company for his rapidly expanding archives for the Auburn Cord Duesenberg Auburn. years before settling in Chicago in 1924, . Automobile Museum, painted a picture of “The man E.L. Cord is somewhat of an enigma,” Bill said. “He had his inner circle of trusted friends and business partners. Bassett offers solutions! They were all fairly … tight, but E.L. Cord Big City Solutions, Hometown Service wasn’t the type.” Although Cord’s wife, Office Design Office Supplies Let Us Help With Your Offi ce Needs. Helen, was quite charitable and involved in Executive Office Color Copies the community, Cord didn’t seem Local • Reliable • Affordable • Unsurpassed Quality Computer Workstation Speedy Copy Service compelled to do the same in Auburn. Kruse & Kruse P.C. Home Office Free Delivery Fax Service Web Ordering “(But)‚ if he liked you and you worked hard Attorneys at Law Scan & Email Mountain House for him, he would reward you,” Bill said of David A. Kruse • Andrew D. Kruse CARDS Emergency Food Cord’s work-oriented nature, adding that Supplies Xerox® and the sphere of connectivity design are trademarks workers respected and liked Cord in return. Wm. Joseph Carlin, Jr. of Xerox Corp in the United States. Bassett Other than smoking, Cord had few 260-925-0200 509 S. Main St. • Auburn personal vices, believing they would only Fax 260-925-1228 OFFICE FURNITURE & SUPPLY INC. 260-925-1245 • 888-925-1245 make it harder to do his job. It was this 509 S. Main St., Auburn, IN CONTINUED ON PAGE 17 www.kruselaw.com (260) 925-2316 www.bassettoffice.com (800) 222-2035 www.businessimpressions.com Sept. 1, 2011 ©KPC Media Group Inc. • kpcnews.com Auburn Cord Duesenberg Festival 17 Cord twice appeared on cover of Time magazine

FROM PAGE 16 focus and vision that turned the Auburn Automobile Co. around. By producing a car that not only performed well, but was visually appealing, Cord managed to lift the company out of its depths for a short time. The company’s cars “filled a certain niche in the market,” according to Bill. He said Cord “took that struggling company and in 1931, in the middle of the Depres- sion, (lifted it) until it was No. 13 of all U.S. automakers … out of 50.” In 1931, Auburn Automobile Co. sold 33,000 cars, and the next year Cord’s success landed him on the cover of Time magazine. But it was around this time that Cord left the company to its executives, who oversaw a rapid backslide in the coming years. Only 10,000 Auburns were sold in 1932, and half that the next year. Even after Gordon Buehrig designed the revolutionary Cord 810 in 1936, following Cord’s idea of creating a car that would sell itself, sales were not strong enough to save AUBURN CORD DUESENBERG AUTOMOBILE MUSEUM PHOTO the company. In later years, E.L. Cord, left, became involved in politics and rubbed shoulders with leaders such as John F. Kennedy, right. His first wife died in 1930, and Cord quickly married to Virginia Kirk Tharpe on further attempts in the transportation field During the 1950s, Cord moved from Mysterious, yet powerful, Cord “was a Jan. 3, 1931, and moved his family away with the New York Ship Co. and Stinson California to Nevada, where he bought a generous individual who loved his children from Auburn. From 1934 to 1935, Cord Aircraft Co.. He developed Century self-sufficient ranch. and loved those around him,” Bill said, fled to England after a kidnapping threat Airlines, which eventually merged into Cord “could be a recluse when he felt describing him as “a man who was very was directed toward his two sons. His sons American Airways — known today as like it,” Bill said, adding that sometimes active … (and enjoyed) entertaining returned to the United States in September American Airlines. Cord used a scrambling device for the people.” 1934 and attended Culver Military Cord fell under suspicion of stock telephone. Bill called E. L. Cord “a pioneer hot Academy in Indiana, but Cord remained market manipulation, causing him to be Often involved in high-powered rodder” whose legacy is ever-present in abroad for a short time before moving to featured on the cover of Time magazine business and government dealings, Cord Auburn and in the minds of automobile California. again in a different light. The newly was a member of the Nevada State Senate. enthusiasts all over the world. His success After selling Cord Corp., Cord spread formed Securities and Exchange Commis- He was pressed to run for governor, but is recognized 75 years later, not only in the his interests into mining, ranching, sion investigated him, but never officially declined. Cord remained in Nevada until he automobiles he produced, but in the founda- broadcasting, real estate development, and accused Cord of any wrongdoing. died Jan. 2, 1974. tions of many industries still active today.

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BY DAVE KURTZ [email protected] AUBURN — For its fourth year, The Auburn Auction by Worldwide Auctioneers is growing again, the company says. “We doubled last year. We’re doubling again. We’re very, very much growth- minded and providing a very friendly experience for everybody that comes by,” said Rod Egan, auctioneer. The auction also has shifted its dates to Friday through Sunday on its site six miles south of Auburn, at the DeKalb-Allen county line along I-69. This year, a car corral will add 250 cars to the event, while the auction lineup remains at last year’s level of 550 cars. The growth also features an expanded layout of vendors offering automotive products. “We are still much more focused on quality rather than quantity when it comes to cars,” Egan said. The auction’s 78 top cars will be sold in its Main Event on Saturday evening. “This year … from a quality standpoint, I think we have the best group of cars that we’ve ever had and possibly that’s ever been in Auburn,” said John Kruse, co- founder of the company with Egan. Topping the sale’s lineup is a 1912 Rolls-Royce Silver Ghost London- DAVE KURTZ Edinburgh-Type Tourer. Kruse called it Rod Egan, left, and John Kruse of Worldwide Auctioneers auction tent six miles south of Auburn. “arguably the best, finest Silver Ghost in stand beside a 1941 Cadillac Convertible Sedan outside their the world,” adding, “A lot of people think the Silver Ghost is the best car ever built.” Kohl’s cars are among six entire collec- Worldwide’s catalog estimates the Silver tions and 200 cars in all that are selling Ghost’s value at $1.9 million to $2.4 with no reserve, or minimum, prices. million. “The sellers have confidence in the Second billing in the auction goes to a marketplace, and the buyers are wanting to 1965 Shelby Mustang GT Competition put their money into something that has Model, with an estimated value of value, that probably will maintain it’s $800,000 to $1.2 million. value, and they can have fun with,” Kruse “It’s a race car that’s never been said. wrecked, so the sheet metal and the welds, “I’m anticipating a pretty lively Auburn all the stuff that makes it real — you can’t weekend, because we’ve got great stuff, find cars like that,” Kruse said. and people who have money want to put Kruse also gushes about the hot rod their money into great, hard assets, and collection from the estate of the late Fred we’re going to have them,” Kruse added. PHOTO CONTRIBUTED Kohl of Pennsylvania. It includes well- Egan’s personal favorite in the auction Burt Reynolds’ “Bandit” TransAm is among the celebrity cars in the Worldwide known hot rods such as The Instigator, a lineup is a French-built 1948 Delahaye Auctioneers sale this weekend. 1934 Chevrolet Phantom Sedan, and The 135M Drop Head Coupe that has been Z-Rod, a 1937 Ford Coupe. stored in the Northwest United States since time capsule.” that car here, entirely untouched, is magnif- Kruse described Kohl as “a super-partic- 1965. Egan added, “There is literally dust, ash icent. We’ve had huge interest from all over ular, finicky collector — he only had the “It is entirely dead original,” Egan said from Mount St. Helen, sitting on top of that the world, literally — China, all over best of the best.” of the car, adding “It’s like looking at a car that has not been disturbed. To have CONTINUED ON PAGE 19 Sept. 1, 2011 ©KPC Media Group Inc. • kpcnews.com Auburn Cord Duesenberg Festival 19 Auction lineup includes ‘Merry Pranksters’ tour bus associated with Grateful Dead rock band FROM PAGE 18 Europe, U.K. of course — everywhere.” The Delahaye is selling at no reserve. “We have an estimate in the $200,000 range on that car. I will not be surprised if it far exceeds that,” Egan said. “We have some really neat celebrity cars” in the auction, Kruse said. They include a “Merry Pranksters” tour bus associated with the Grateful Dead rock group, actor Burt Reynolds’ “Bandit” Pontiac TransAm, a Mayberry police cruiser from “The Andy Griffith Show,” Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger’s 1972 Oldsmobile Cutlass resto-mod and musician Richard Carpenter’s first collector car, a 1959 Plymouth Sport Fury. NASCAR attractions at the auction are expected to include a Roush Racing exhibit and Kasey Kahne’s rig. As of last week, Worldwide had sold more than 15,000 tickets in advance. “We going to have some pretty big PHOTO CONTRIBUTED crowds out here, which will be fun,” Egan Auctioneers think this 1912 Rolls-Royce Silver Ghost at Worldwide Auctioneers’ sale this weekend. said. London-Edinburgh-Type Tourer could bring the highest bids

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AUBURN — The Auburn Fall Collector Car Weekend will nearly double in size for its second year at Auburn Auction Park, organizers say. Auctions America by RM will take bids on 1,200 cars in the four-day sale, up from 850 last year. The event’s car corral is expected to have another 1,000 cars on sale — double last year’s total. The event runs Thursday through Sunday, with Carlisle Events operating the car corral and swap meet. The auction’s featured cars are: • a 1932 Duesenberg Supercharged Model J Boattail Speedster (estimated price $600,000-$750,000) in canary yellow over black, with a black leather interior. The car was restored to show quality for the 2004 Meadow Brook Concours d’Elegance. • a 1934 Auburn Twelve Salon Phaeton PHOTO CONTRIBUTED that won an award at the Pebble Beach This 1934 Auburn Twelve Salon Phaeton will be one of the America by RM sale this weekend. concours, in two-tone green paint with a featured cars in the classics segment of the Auctions tan canvas top. • a 1969 Chevrolet Yenko Camaro selling at no reserve to the highest bidders. (estimated $275,000-$325,000) in hugger They include: orange with black upholstery and just over • 68 vehicles from Indiana’s Rag Tops 5,500 miles, it is one of only 171 equipped Auto Museum in Michigan City, with the top-end powertrain — a four- highlighted by a 1957 DeSoto Firedome speed manual transmission and 450 convertible (estimated $140,000-$180,000); horsepower 427 V-8. a fully restored 1958 Coronet • a 1969 Shelby GT500 equipped with a convertible (estimated $70,000-$95,000); a Ram Air 428 Cobra Jet V-8 and original 1970 Plymouth Superbird, with 56,000 Shelby wheels, signed and photographed miles (estimated $100,000-$125,0000) and with Carroll Shelby. a 1999 Shelby Series I Roadster with 498 The auction lineup includes several cars miles (estimated $90,000-$120,000). The with celebrity ties: collection also features a 2001 top-fuel • a 1933 Cadillac V-12 convertible dragster sponsored by the New York coupe used in the movie “Seabiscuit.” Yankees and autographed by Yankees • a 1938 that players and former manager Joe Torre. belonged to tobacco heiress Doris Duke, • a series of Indianapolis 500 pace cars who at the time was known as “the richest including a 1973 Cadillac Eldorado little girl in the world.” convertible given to Gordon Johncock after • a 1970 Cadillac limousine customized he won the 1973 Indianapolis 500 race; and for country singer Johnny Paycheck, who a 2010 Chevrolet Camaro used during race PHOTO CONTRIBUTED scored a hit with “Take This Job and Shove week by Mari Hulman George, chair of the This 1938 Packard Landaulet that belonged to tobacco heiress Doris Duke is It.” It features a gold velour interior, televi- Indianapolis Motor Speedway, and driven among the classic cars in the auction lineup for Auctions America by RM. sion and refrigerator. around the track and signed by 2010 • a 1953 Buick Skylark convertible winner, Dario Franchitti. directly with the owner,” said Chris Hann coming until they get here,” Hann said. owned by Bill Campbell of the Campbell For buyers who prefer a slower pace of Carlisle Events, which manages the car The swap meet is a treasure trove of car Soup Co. than the auction ring, the event offers its corral and swap meet. parts and surprises, he added. • a 1997 Chevy Camaro Z-28 featured car corral. “You never know what’s going to be in “It’s about finding that part of that piece in the movie “Runaway Bride“ “They can take their time, talk to the the car corral. It’s like a diamond in the of memorabilia you’ve been looking for all A total of 150 cars in the auction will be owner, start the engine … and make a deal rough. We don’t know what cars are these years,” Hann said. Sept. 1, 2011 ©KPC Media Group Inc. • kpcnews.com Auburn Cord Duesenberg Festival 21 Rod and custom seminar returns for an encore AUBURN — After its debut at a spring shows; auction in May, a Hot Rod and Custom Car • Chuck Miller, a well-known Seminar will return for an encore Friday at customizer from the Motor City and Ridler Auburn Auction Park. award-winner; and, “It was so successful, it was clear for us • Joe Bortz, automotive archeologist and — we had no choice but to try it again,” founder of the Bortz Auto Collection. said Ed Cepuran, chief financial officer for Bill Miller Jr., co-owner and co-founder Auctions America by RM. of Carlisle Events, will return as moderator. The seminar will take place Friday from Panel members will sign autographs 9-10 a.m. Admission to the panel discus- after the seminar. sion is included with admission to the The Auburn Fall Collector Car Event Auburn Fall Collector Car Event. auction will have a segment featuring hot Special guests for the panel are: rods and customs. Among the entries are: • Darryl Starbird, a multi-award-winning • a 1967 Ford C-Cab Fire Truck, designer from Oklahoma’s National Rod & designed by Chuck Miller and recipient of Custom Car Hall of Fame Museum; the Ridler award at the 1968 Detroit • John D’Agostino, a leading California Autorama; customizer and creator of the 1959 Cadillac • a trophy-winning 1932 Ford Five- PHOTO CONTRIBUTED Eldorado Seville Convertible “Elvis Presley Window “Deuce” Coupe show car by Dick This 1932 Ford Five-Window “Deuce” Coupe show car by Dick Roy will be in the tribute;” Roy; sale lineup at Auctions America by RM this weekend. • Bo Huff, a legendary custom car • a prize-winning, documented 1934 builder from Utah, famous for his unique Ford Custom Roadster built by Robert • the 1950 Buick “Truly Rare” radical • the 1940 Ford Truck radical custom style and hosting national custom car Roeder; custom built by Gene Howard; and known as “Scrap Iron” by A.L. Clark.

Auctions America by RM weekend schedule THURSDAY 3-9 p.m., one ring FRIDAY 10:30 a.m. to 8 p.m., two rings SATURDAY 10:30 a.m. to 8 p.m., two rings SUNDAY 10:30 a.m. to 6 p.m., one ring

Officials of Auctions America by RM sit in a 1958 Chevrolet convertible in their auction arena. From left are president Donnie Gould, chief financial officer Ed Cepuran and marketing manager Ian Webb. Behind them are other cars entered in the company’s Sept. 1-4 auction. Gould said ’58 Chevy convertibles have surpassed the popular 1957 models in value.

DAVE KURTZ 22 Auburn Cord Duesenberg Festival kpcnews.com • ©KPC Media Group Inc. Sept.1, 2011 Former automobile company employee nears 101 BY NICHOLE HACHA-THOMAS for several years in the 1960s. [email protected] Omspach said her mother AVILLA — Margaret Sockrider always was fond of her job, Automobile company alumna dies at 99 may be the last living former working amongst the cars, and she employee of the Auburn Automo- always enjoyed coming back to BY NICHOLE HACHA-THOMAS do. His reply — take the job. She began working bile Co. Sockrider, who lives in Auburn and serving as a tour guide [email protected] there in 1930 and left two years later to start a Avilla now, previously lived in during the Auburn Cord Duesen- AUBURN — Naomi (Baker) Dragoo, family with her husband, Gilbert. Auburn and worked in the office at berg Festival. formerly of Auburn, was proud to be an Her job at Auburn Automobile was the only the car factory until 1931, said her “She loved riding in the trolley employee at the Auburn Automobile Co. job she held until much later in life, when she daughter, Patricia Omspach. car in the parade, and she David Dragoo said his mother was looking and her family moved to Hillsdale, Mich. Sockrider will turn 101 years thoroughly enjoyed showing forward to the annual luncheon for former “She would talk about how she worked there old on Oct. 7. She served as a people around the old building on employees and their relatives, as well as coming and she was very proud of being a part of the secretary to one of the businessmen tours and telling people about it,” to the festival’s parade, before her death Aug. city’s history,” David Dragoo said. “She had at the car company, but Omspach Omspach said. “They would have 17. She was seven months shy of age 100. some sense of how historic (the company) was, said the years have faded her her upstairs, and she’d talk about She worked in the office as a clerk for two in later years. That might have been one of the mother’s memory as to which one. how much she loved her job.” years right out of high school, from the age of reasons for the fondness of her job, it would “She enjoyed her job at (Auburn Her mother also enjoyed 18 to 20. Her job included keeping track of have been one of her first real jobs.” Automobile),” Omspach said. “Her attending the Auburn Automobile orders for parts, as well as invoicing. He said his mother enjoyed returning to father and grandfather also worked Co. former employee luncheon “Just prior to working there, my mom Auburn when she could and attending the there doing upholstery.” sponsored by the Auburn Cord attended International Business College in Fort Connecting Rods employee luncheon sponsored Sockrider left the company to Duesenberg Automobile Museum. Wayne,” Dragoo said. “She wasn’t too far from by the Auburn Cord Duesenberg Automobile raise a family, and her job there “She tried to attend the graduation when she was offered the opportunity Museum. Her favorite part was talking to the was her only time working outside luncheons for employees,” to work for (Auburn Auto).” former employees and sharing stories. her home until she later worked in Omspach said. “She always David said his mother wasn’t sure about “She was really proud of that part of her life,” the office at a nursing home and at enjoyed that. She enjoyed catching taking the job, so she asked her father what to David Dragoo said. the DeKalb County clerk’s office up with former coworkers.”

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