Your docent from the Auburn Cord Duesenberg Automobile Museum reporting in....
This style of Cord was built in 1936 (810 chassis) and 1937 (812 chassis). The police cars were supercharged versions of the base flat head V8 engine that was designed my Fred Duesenberg. The supercharged version was only made for the 812 chassis. These are unit body cars with 'front drive' as it was called back then. The 810/812's were designed and built while the last few nails of Auburn Automobile were being driven into the coffin. (Auburn Automobile was the holding company for Auburn, Cord, and Duesenberg)
These Cords suffer from many quality problems the first year. These was no money, no time, but many orders for the car. The good is they have a low center of gravity and can easily out handle anything else on the road. I have ridden in the one that belonged to its designer, Gordon Buehrig. It does have an amazingly modern feel in its ride. Sooooooo much more to tell about these Cords. Just ask and I will tell.
