я понимаю что не бывает ничего идеального и возможно тогдашние дизайнеры нашли бы в этой машине какие нибудь червоточины, излишества или пошло-банальность но для неискушённого в старине наблюдателя он выглядит почти идеальным

хе-хе

спорю на бутылку пива, шо это реплика :-Р

то есть не реплика, а рекриация - RECREATION - взяли какой-нить настоящий Корд-Л29 с обычным кузовом и на его базе сделали этот спидстер. таких несколько сделали в 80-х

хе-хе

а вот как выглядел настоящий - у него крылья совсем другие

http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=1011278&d=1277410503

и он был выпущен всего один

в 1931 году, а не 30-м

и его похерили во Франции, судя по всему еще в 2-ю мировую войну

This [b]boattail Cord was built for the 1931 New York Auto Show[/b] and once owned by actress Jean Harlow. [b]The original car was lost in France over six decades ago[/b]. The exacting project used authentic Cord parts and was undertaken by Tyree Auto Restoration in Turlock, Calif.

как я и писал ранее, это не оригинальный кузов, о чем пишут в аннотации к данной конкретной тачке

http://www.rmauctions.com/FeatureCars.cfm?SaleCode=HF11&CarID=r169&fc=0

A particularly distinctive example is the boat-tail “LeGrande” speedster designed by Phil Wright. Wright had left Murphy and was headed to Detroit in search of work when he stopped in Auburn. Auburn Automobile Company president Roy Faulkner found Wright’s sketches intriguing and authorized the construction of a body. Company stylist Alan Leamy was called in to make the car more “Cord-like,” and [b]a [u]single[/u] example was built[/b].

According to Cord restorer Stan Gilliland, actress Jean Harlow and her husband, MGM executive Paul Bern, saw the finished car at the New York Auto Show. Bern bought it for his wife, and they took it to France, with the intent of exhibiting it at the Paris Salon. They returned to the United States, [b]leaving the car in France, but its trail has gone cold after that[/b].

The idea of building a reproduction had been floated for years. Only when North Carolina orthodontist Fay Culbreth offered to finance the project did it come to fruition, with Gilliland’s help. When finished, the car became a permanent exhibit at the Auburn Cord Duesenberg Museum.

Several further reproductions have since been built, the last in 2005. This is one of those cars and was acquired in 2005 from the Al Wiseman Collection in Florida, at which time it was noted to be an outstanding example. Striking in red and black, it has chrome wire wheels and was a 1999 AACA National First Prize winner, with Senior status. It was reportedly also named AACA Show Vehicle of the Year, for which no documentation is on file, however.

There are cars that never were and cars that managed but a short life. The Cord speedster is one of the latter, and this car is an example of the automobile that should have been. It is a beautifully designed and constructed sporting motor car on the forward-thinking L-29 chassis.

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