AUTOS CARS CUSTOM

above: 53 Corvette





above: great auxiliary lights


not often you can find 2 Cords or two cars with flex tube exhaust pipes next to each other

the story of the car, stored and not touched since 1952, all 60 years of sitting there were because some kids vandalized it and broke the heart of the guy who had just bought it, and galleries of photos at http://www.l-29cord.com/html/perry1.html

Of the 196 cars made similar to it, only 3 were built with the rare options like the external spare tire. The other 2 were also owned by celebs, Al Jolson who went through a lot of impressive cars, and Barbara Stanwick owned the other







What are the IMIXIH in the center of the steering wheel representing I wonder. Of course, it's more likely that the straight lines are just decorating between the letters MXH




That pistol handle, might be a parking brake handle, a prop gun, or anything you might imagine




Tom was driving this car at age 60, across Arizona, and missed reading the sign about Bridge Under Construction and swerved to avoid the barriers and construction, and flipped the car, and died.  http://fan.tcm.com/_Tom-Mix-and-His-1937-Cord-812-Phaeton-/photo/16303893/66470.html

Tom did his own stunts, and made 348 movies between 1915 and 1935

 I'm still trying to capture a great hood ornament photo.





The previous gallery with more photos is here:http://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2012/02/1931-cord-l-29-legrande-speedster.html