GTP Cool Wall: 1936-1937 Cord 812

[Wiegert]

1936-1937 Cord 812 nominated by @Roger the Horse

Body Styles: 4-door saloon, 2-door convertible
Engine: 4.7L Supercharged V8
Power: 170 hp
Torque: 260 ft-lbs
Weight: 1900 kg
Transmission: Three-speed semi-automatic w/ overdrive
Drivetrain: Front-engine, front wheel drive​

Spoiler: Additional images

 

[LivingWithGames]

Now *THIS* is a car.

 

[FT-1]

Those poor front wheels are tugging so much weight around!

 

[LM7325]

It has a better P/W ratio than most cars from the period.

I have to go Sub Zero here.

 

[Joey D]

Cords are one of my favorite cars of all time, totally sub-zero.

 

[SlipZtrEm]

An important milestone in automotive history, that also doubles as a fine-looking mode of transport.

SZ.

 

[Dennisch]

Silly engineering. Putting the gearbox in front of the engine.

 

[Adamgp]

Love the old coffin-nose Cords.

Easy SZ.

 

[AlvaroF]

Funky, but very cool indeed.

 

[Roger the Horse]

Utterly audacious in the most understated way possible.

 

[Centroid]

Not just sub-zero, absolute zero.

 

[Mike458]

That front grill makes it colder than liquid nitrogen. 'Nuff said.

*drops mic*

 

[Ettick]

Not a fan of the looks from the front. But it's beautiful otherwise. SZ.

 

[FerrariF1GT]

Not really familiar with Cords, but just by looking at it I voted sub-zero.

 

[Stotty]

Wibble. .

SZ

 

[MisterWaffles]

I can't get over the way the front just drops off like that and turns flat. Meh it is.

 

[CyborgGT]

^ Ditto. That front end ruins any beauty this car may have had. Looks like an old tractor.

 

[7up747]

Solid cool.

 

[ildd]

friggen cool because suicide doors and pop up head lights

 

[SVX]

Doesn't really do anything for me. Low cool.

 

[LM7325]

I imagine these made quite a statement surrounded by typical 1930s rolling stock when they first appeared.

 

[Stephan]

That body.....can make a good hot rod out of that Cord though.

Sub Zero.

 

[Vegard]

Totally irrelevant but still - Supercharged 'murican V8 and front wheel drive

SZ - because reasons.

 

[TexRex]

Silly engineering. Putting the gearbox in front of the engine.

*cough* *cough* Citroen *cough* *cough*



Easy SZ.

 

[CyborgGT]

Silly engineering. Putting the gearbox in front of the engine.

*cough* *cough* Citroen *cough* *cough*



Easy SZ.

*cough* Porsche 911 *cough*

 

[Wiegert]

The Century of Cars collectors folio brought this beast to my attention over a decade ago and it's still no less of a jaw-dropper now. External exhaust piping and the wraparound grille made it look like some sort of retrofuturistic mob mover.

Perhaps a little too slab-nosed to be Sub Zero. But that shred of inelegance can't take much away from such a cool creation.

 

[TexRex]

*cough* Porsche 911 *cough*

Well, yeah, but the transaxle ahead of the engine in a rear-engined car is virtually a must--cars like the Subaru 360 and NSU TT have the engine aft of the differential but the transaxle is tacked onto the side as in typical front-drive applications--but Citroen [in the Traction Avant, DS 21, SM, etc.] used the exact same layout as the Cord with the engine aft of the transaxle mounted longitudinally, in a front-mid arrangement. Oh and you can't forget Tucker with the rear-engine layout, particularly when he used actual Cord components.

 

[TB]

Thirties, '40's and '50's cars don't do it for me.

*shrugs*

Meh.

 

[huskeR32]

Love the old coffin-nose Cords.

Easy SZ.

You like an FWD car? The end of days must surely be nigh...

 

[Adamgp]

You like an FWD car? The end of days must surely be nigh...

While I'm not a fan of FWD, but I've voted fwd cars cool or higher in the past.