Cord was founded in 1929, and set itself apart from other American manufacturers in its use of front wheel drive on a series of large, luxurious, straight eight powered machine described L29s. it is form the sarcophagus edged 810/812 Series cars that the marque is best remembered, however.cPowered by the specially designed side valve V8 engine this time, the 810/812 Series had crowd stopping looks featuring retractable headlamps and a wrap around grille on a long, narrow bonnet (hence the ‘coffin nose’ nick name). Created by Gordon Miller Buehring, their smooth and slippery profile was truly futuristic, and they had a futuristic specification to match that included an electric gearcahnge and, of course, Cord’s trademark front wheel drive. Several different variations on the original styling theme were employed. Without any doubt however, the most beautiful and sought after of these variants was the convertible model, particularly in 1937 812S form, featuring extremely an impressive supercharged 1700bhp engine. The engine was capable of 4730cc, with 170 bhp. The ride was fully equipped with Drum brakes with for speed manual transmission.
Thus equipped, the Cord was a supremely powerful 100mph (160km/h) car, capable of doing 0-60pmh (96km/h) in 13 seconds. In these 1930s, that was supercar performance. Unfortunately, Cord as a company was in a trouble by then, and its new owner decided to pull out of car production altogether for 1938. There would be no more big front drive American cars until the prologue of the Oldsmobile Toronado 30 years later.
The engine was capable of 4730cc, with 170 bhp. The ride was fully equipped with Drum brakes with for speed manual transmission.
four speed?
capable of 4730cc?