Supercharged V8, FWD, Pop Up Headlights in 1936... Huh?

"Money Hustard" (moneyhustard) 09/16/2014 at 13:13 • Filed to: None

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The 1936 Cord 810 "Sportsman" Convertible Coupe took me by complete surprise today. It's so weird it's beautiful, it has pop up headlights , only a few hundred were made, and it has what I can only imagine to be a hilarious FWD setup.

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Coming in multiple shades of brown this was a car way ahead of its time. I was also sort of surprised to find that Rob Zombie and Paul Bearer never owned one due to the fact that it looks like a badass coffin on wheels.

I ask you: is this car Jalop or a flop?

Nate-964 > Money Hustard 09/16/2014 at 13:15

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This is my favorite American car from the 1930s! I am going to say Jalop!

RazoE > Money Hustard 09/16/2014 at 13:16

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Too bad it's FWD, but it's Jalop as hell.

Arch Duke Maxyenko, Shit Talk Extraordinaire > Money Hustard 09/16/2014 at 13:16

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Sn210 > Money Hustard 09/16/2014 at 13:19

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these cars are all kinds of Jalop! I've seen a handful of Cords in person. They are classic American beauties

check out the gear selector on this coupe I saw at a Cruise Night

Money Hustard > Arch Duke Maxyenko, Shit Talk Extraordinaire 09/16/2014 at 13:21

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The only other front-mounted transmission I can think of is a Ferarri FF (sort of). Do you know of others?

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > Money Hustard 09/16/2014 at 13:26

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Yep. Cord's contemporary Ruxton, for one, and a large number of specialty racecars.

duurtlang > Arch Duke Maxyenko, Shit Talk Extraordinaire 09/16/2014 at 13:59

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Relatively modern examples are the Renault 4 and 5 (LeCar). An older one is the illustrious 1934 Citroën Traction Avant, the car that pioneered mass produced FWD vehicles (760,000 built).

desertdog5051 > Money Hustard 09/16/2014 at 14:05

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Very Jalop. If you are ever near Auburn, IN, (north of Ft. Wayne) you have to go to the ACD museum.

Money Hustard > desertdog5051 09/16/2014 at 14:08

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Yeah I totally plan on making it to Auburn if I ever find myself in that part of the country. So much car heritage in one place!

StoneCold > Money Hustard 09/16/2014 at 14:35

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MMMMMMMM...COOOOOOOORD.

Jedidiah > Money Hustard 09/16/2014 at 16:18

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The Cord 810 was the first car to use an independent front suspension and fwd.

Early fwd cars like the Cord and Citroen Traction Avant didn't use CV joints, but rather universal joints, which were problematic since they did not conserve angular momentum.

The Olds Toronado used ifs, cv joints, was unibody and fwd, but had a longitudinal engine. Regardless it was still considered to be the first modern American fwd car.

The BMC Mini used a transverse engine and is generally considered to represent the formula for fwd cars that is used everywhere.

quarterlifecrisis > Money Hustard 09/16/2014 at 16:43

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It's always cool to see cars show up here where you've taken very similar pictures, and stood in the same spot to take said pictures. the ACD museum is a great place.

Dsscats > Money Hustard 09/16/2014 at 22:47

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The Nethercutt museum has one. It's awesome.

Dsscats > Money Hustard 11/12/2014 at 23:15

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IIRC, they made something along the lines of 64 convertibles. So far I've been lucky enough to see 3