Hot Rods Ford Cord. For curiosity's sake.

Does any Hamber own a Ford Cord ? Does anybody know its specifications ? (engine, wheelbase,etc.)
Thanks, Tagliari.

 

Huh?

 

Ya got me. What's a Ford Cord?

 

What the heck is a Ford Cord?
A Ford is a Ford. (everyman's car, 1909-now)
A Cord is a Cord.(full classic made form 20s to late 30s, front wheel drive)

 

Maybe it's what you use to plug in one of them new Fusion hybrids...

 

Ha, That's funny!!

 

2nd on the huh??

 

um. not sure if you talking about the Auburn Cord..which was not a ford.. but the designer of that car later went to work for ford and helped make the 51 vicky and the 56 I think lincoln.
Or if you mean the ford cord wood saw..
throw up a pic or info abotu what your talking about.. is it american? or one of the oversea's fords?

 

i would assume it was someones hotrod, cord body, ford power? or maybe the other way, but i dont see anyone making there Rear-wheel drive ford front-wheel drive to get the cord power...

 

Cortina?

 

I worked at the Cord plant in Tulsa, OK in the late 60's 68-69 . It used a fiberglass body and a Ford 302 or a Chrysler 440. Had Ford econoline front axles. What do you want to know ?
Don

 

This is the only one that I've ever seen.
Its a Ford "Elite" Motorhome which uses 1 cord of solid plywood,,

stunning, rare and desirable...

 

And a horse is a horse...

...of course

 

HOLY crap that is funny. BUTTTTT that is a DODGE not a FORD. Now to stay on topic, WTH is a CORD CORD??? This I am curious about as well.

will

 

starter cord ? give it a pull to start your ford

 

Is this what you are looking for? I have seen a couple of Cords with Flathead Ford engines also... jdl

1968 to 1970. Sporting a new redesigned look, the Cord was rolling down Americas highways once again in the late 60's. This time, with plenty of horsepower. The "SAMCO" model Cords rolled out of the Tulsa factory in two different models. The Warrior and Royale. The Warrior, with a 108 inch wheel base, and the extended version Royale with a 113 inch wheel base. Both models came equipped with either a Ford 302 engine, or the Chrysler 440 Magnum engine. The factory soon moved its production work to the Tulsa suburb of Mannford, Oklahoma. During this three year period, a total of 430 cars were built.

 

Looks like a Dodge woody to me lol!!

 

Don't piss off Taggi, he'll send you a nasty PM

 

I'll take a cord of fords any day Start at 1929 and work you way up. just don't stack em like wood.

 

sweeeeeet needs to be chopped

 

Should be chopped with an axe -

In fairness, they did build a lot of strange cars in Brazil - the Willys Aero, for instance, was made by Ford for a year or so after Willys de Brazil was sold to them - and the motor continued in a version of the Maverick. Their version of the Chevy Suburbans around 90 or so had grilles/headlights like a 90s Ford van and rear side windows like an 80s Dodge Ramcharger, too.

 

Auburn Cord, eh? Kinda like a Ford Cord or a Cord Ford?

Auburns were Auburns.
Cords were Cords.
Duesenbergs were Duesenbergs.

And, uh, Fords were Fords.

 

I'm a Tulsa moron, but go there now and again. Campus, Liquor Store, and Cain's Ballroom. Thats it. So anyone know if the Cord plant still exists, and where I can go to take a look??

 

Hey,

Anyone what the difference between a Samco and a Glen Prey?

thanx,

Swankey Devils C.C.

'' It's time for another Tea Party !''

 

yup..had a moment of drain bamage there didnt I? what I meant to say was the guy who worked as a designer for auburn and cord also worked for ford on vicky.. my proofreading sucks..

 

A friend of mine has a Glen Prey, here is a link that explains the two.
http://www.stutzbearcat.com/cordhistory.htm

 

are you talking about Gordon Buehrig? i think he came to Ford sometime after ACD folded in 1937

 

BTW neo-classics suck, guys

 

I lived in Tulsa when Glenn Pray built the Cord 8/10. I remember going to see it when it was unveiled at a Tulsa shopping center. I also remember as a teen cruising in Broken Arrow and driving by Pray's shop just south of the railroad tracks on 161st East Ave. He had a bunch of original Cord bodies from the 30s, mostly sedans.

Here's a quick history of the replica Cords from the Encyclopedia of American Cars:

"Cord (1964-66;1968-70) This mid-60s replicar revived one of the all-time greats: the 1936-37 Cord 810/812. It was built by the Cord Automobile Co. of Tulsa, Oklahoma (registered as a Delaware corporation) under the aegis of Glenn Pray, a former school teacher. Gordon Buehrig, who had designed the original, styled the revival too, and kept its lines faithful to the original's. Pray's car was about 80 percent of the 1936-37 model in size, so it was designated the Cord 8/10.

"U.S. Rubber, now Uniroyal, had developed a plastic material in the early '60s called Royalex, and this was chosen for the 8/10 body. Maintaining tradition, the new Cord retained front-wheel drive. Power came from the Chevrolet Corvair air-cooled flat six that developed 110 horsepower from 164 cubic inches.

"Available only as a two-passenger convertible, the Cord 8/10 was priced at $4000 in 1964. This rose to nearly $6000 by the time production ended in 1966. A total of 91 Cords were built, excluding prototypes.

"Despite several attempts by company president Wayne McKinley to keep the firm solvent, the Cord Automobile Company went into receivership. (Glenn Pray was no longer part of the organization by then.) A bankruptcy sale was held in March 1967.

"In 1967-68, the firm was owned by Elfman Motors Inc. of Philadelphia. Exactly what took place during that time is hazy, though it seems certain no cars were produced during the Elfman regime. Then in 1968, the car was taken over by the Sports Automobile Manufacturing company of Mannford, Oklahoma.

"SAMCO, as the company was more commonly known, produced a much different car than the previsous version. Since the Corvair was being phased out, a new powerplant was sought and two were finally adopted. The Ford 302-cid V8 was selected as the standard engine and Chrysler's 440 Magnum V8 was offered optionally. SAMCO phased out Royalex and reverted to conventional fiberglass body construction. The styling was also revised. It retractable headlights were now fixed in the open position, and the front-wheel drive gave way to rear drive.

"Two models were offered: the Warrior, on a 108-inch wheelbase, and the Royal, on a 113-inch wheelbase. (The original Cord's wheelbase was 125 inches, and that of Pray's revival was 100 inches.) SAMCO prices were $7300 and up. Production end in the spring of 1970."

Now, I've seen the Pray replicas and the SAMCO replicas, and to me, the Prays are nice looking cars but the SAMCO cars, with the hideous headlight pods high on the fender in place of the hidden headlamps, are just ugly, IMO.

 

arkie -

You said - "the SAMCO cars, with the hideous headlight pods high on the fender in place of the hidden headlamps, are just ugly, IMO." <!-- / message -->

I couldn't agree more. Hideous is the perfect word. Uggh!!