Old Hot Rod found - HELP ID original builder!

Is that a Buick or Caddy steering wheel and column?

A Caddy in a Cord gotta love the effort.

 

WOW man,,,,i'll be watching this one,,,,,

 

If it came out of san francisco it could be my dads old car, he's 87 now and that was kind of his trademark the cad engine in everything including in his early delivery trucks, see if the car was yellow also. My dad owned it right before he went off to war in 45.

 

Beautiful style, and a great drive train ''now'' I bet the guy who bought it is going crazy. Those are only a dream car to me.

 

never mind I just talked to my dad he took the motor out before he sold it to the wrecker? wow the sh-t my dad has junked!!

 

Yo Paul like father like son lol..................

Endsville.V.f.

 

I'd like to see that in person.

 

That is really a nice body style. It would be great if some time you could get some more pictures of it all around. Gary 4T950 Chevy Guy

 

interesting find. I believe those were front wheel drive to start with. I think when Cord went under either, Hupmobile or Graham bought the body tooling and continued to make a cobbled up version of the Cord, I could be wrong though.

 

Is there any kind of indication of time of the build are all the mods from 40's 50's cars. Thats alot of expensive car parts all Caddy Olds and Buick. Good taste though.

 

probably late 50s? look at that master cylinder...those weren't around till about 55

 

I think most of those old Cords had a Plaque on the dash telling you how fast the actual car was tested to before leaving the factory...any word on whethter or not that is itact?

 

Don Lee is the first guy that comes to mind. The OFFY powered Cord he ran on the Dry Lakes is restored and in Massachusetts now. Is this car converted to rear drive now?

 

so its rear wheel drive now I suppose... is he leaving it as is or restoring back to cord drivetrain.............

 

I have the roof off of a Hollywood Graham that my buddy junked out laying out in my shed.

You would be amazed at some of the stuff his dad junked "back in the day"

He thought Fords were junk and cut up a 32 Cabriotlet and buried it in the back yard.

 

I wonder if any of the fellas at the ADC museum in Indiana might be able to help. It's not like there's a ton of those around anymore.....

 

Next to the Phantom Corsair the Cord is about the prettiest car ever made.
There was a roadster at the Pomona Swap last year for 50g's. Wish I had the bread. -stick

 

There is a collector here in the bay area named al Engel, he collects alot of hot rods and has ongoing restorations , a month or so ago we went on a tour of his collection and he had just had a 36-37 cord sedan restored and the car was so similar to this one ,it had an early hemi in it with 40 chev head lights and a 46-8 lincoln rear window, the car had been originaly built in th 50's it was an odd ball,it also had lincoln caps and a 50's buick or olds dash and wheel ,but im not positive on that. The car had just been restored. man i wish i had snapped a pick!,ill see if i cant find out the history on that car to see if these two have anything in common,they sure look like it.
thanks,Brandon

 

There was a guy here in Ammon Idaho that was a mechanic back in the late 60's, early 70's that had 3 Cords and a couple Zephyrs he worked on. One of the Cords was Caddy powered. We used to stop and check progress on it whenever we brought a truck in for an overhaul. Could be the same car. That one was red, but I never saw it completed before I went in the Navy. Guy ran Vaughn's garage. I think he died in the 70's. 3 Cords and 2 Zephyrs would be a hell of a collection today.

 

Gotta metal detector.......................

 

Get diggin'!
Way cool car. The flattie I'm workin on came from a Cord Restorer. Can't remember the old dude's nam to save my life. He let me drool on his pics of past cars. Really cool.

 

You dont see many of those customized, I bet there will be a lead soon.
You may try these guys too. Since its an old custom they may be alittle more open.

http://forums.acdclub.org/phpbb2/index.php

 

The wheel is the same as my 49 Buick.