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55th Anniversary Souvenir Edition
Aug. 27 - Sept. 5, 2011
AUBURNCORD
DUESENBERG
Festival
1911 2011
100Years THE NEWS SUNTHEHERALDREPUBLICAN StarThe
55th An
niversary ouvenir E
ition
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BY DAVEKURTZ
The 2011 version of the Auburn Cord
Duesenberg Festival celebrates a special
milestone in automotive and local history.This year marks the 75th anniversary of
the 1936 Cord 810, a car that may have
changed automotive history more than any
vehicle since the first horseless carriage.
The 1936 Cord took a giant leap
forward in design and engineering with its
graceful lines, absence of chrome,
disappearing headlamps and bevy of
technical firsts. More than merely
beautiful, the Cord set a world speed
record by averaging 101 mph for 24 hours.That remarkable burst of brilliance took
place right here in Auburn at the headquar-
ters of Auburn Automobile Co., a building
that today houses the Auburn Cord Duesen-
berg Automobile Museum.
The success came in the unlikely
atmosphere of a collapsing company that
lost $2.5 million in 1935 and would close
its doors in 1937.
The desperate company set young
designer Gordon Buehrig loose to shoot for
a miracle. Working under severe budget
constraints and amid management chaos,
Buehrig and his team created a master-piece.
In this section, youll read about how
Josh Malks spotted a Cord as a schoolboy,
fell in love with it and saved his money to
buy a used Cord on his 18th birthday.
Today, Malks ranks as perhaps the leading
expert on Cords.
Youll also hear about Eric Killorin,
who came to the Auburn Cord Duesenberg
Festival in his fathers Duesenberg as a 13-
year-old. This weekend, Killorin returnswith his late fathers Duesenberg, now
restored to prize-winning condition.
Recalling his first visit to Auburn,
Killorin said, People were up all night,
driving around with the exhaust cutouts
open, drinking beer, eating popcorn on
Ninth Street. It was just incredible.
We hope youll think the 2011 classic
car festival in Auburn is incredible, too.
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Welcome to the Auburn Cord Duesenberg Festival
On the cover:
A 1936 Cord is shown with its creator, Auburn Automobile Co. designer Gordon Buehrig,upper right, and the man for whom the car is named, E.L. Cord, who led Auburn AutomobileCo. to world renown.
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BY DAVE [email protected]
People writing about the 1936 Cords place in automo-
tive history often begin with its long list of innovations,
said Cord historian Josh Malks of California.
The Cord introduced many features found on cars today
such as unit-body construction, disappearing headlamps
and the absence of running boards.
But thats not what made the Cord stop people in their
tracks, Malks said. What makes the Cord special at firstglance is its visual impact.
There is nothing else that looks like it, he said.
Thats still true today, but it was certainly true in 1936.
Malks adds, The Cord looks right. Ive watched people
walk around a Cord and say, This thing looks right from
every angle. It was really the look of the Cord that
made it immortal.
In designing the Cord at Auburn Automobile headquar-
ters in Auburn, The work that Gordon Buehrig and his
team did is unique in automobile history, Malks said.
It went from a clay model to a production car withonly the changes needed to make it practical, he said. In
production cars, that is unheard of before that time, and
its unheard of since.
Once it rolled out of Auburn Automobile Co.s produc-
tion line in Connersville, Malks said, The Cord was a hit
with people who looked at it. It was a hit with the
engineers. It was not a hit in the marketplace.
Sales of the Cord lagged for several reasons, including
production problems.
It was really impossible to mass-produce the Cord,
Malks said. As one example, workers had to weld seven
pieces of steel together to make the roof a costly
process.
As a result, the price of the Cord rose by 20 percent
from 1936 to 1937, its final year.
Thats hardly a good tactic for selling a car in a
recession, Malks said. With a price tag that could pay for
three Oldsmobiles, the Cord could not find its market
niche.
The people who loved the Cord, mostly young drivers,
couldnt afford one, Malks said. The people who couldafford a Cord tended to be more staid and conservative.
They preferred luxury cars such as Packards.
Everybody admired it. Hardly anybody bought it,
Malks summed up about the Cord.
As Malks travels the country in his own 1936 Cord,
people often tell him, Oh, my uncle had one of those, he
said.
My estimate is that if everybody who says their family
member owned a Cord really did, Cord would have
outsold Chevrolet, he said.
Whatever thought the public may have had about the
Cord, within the automobile industry, the Cord itself and
the people who built it were very highly regarded, he
added.
Malks fell in love with the Cord at first sight when he
was 12 years old, playing hooky from school on a bright
spring day in the Bronx.
Malks was walking past a used-car sales lot when he
spotted a car like nothing he had seen before.
From that moment, I collected every piece of informa-
tion I could on a Cord, he said. He saved his money to
buy a Cord on his 18th birthday legal driving age in
New York City.
Malks now owns his fifth in a string of five Cord 810
Westchesters, which he considers the best example ofBuehrigs design work.
The body style that is considered artistically the best is
the original four-door sedan, Malks said. I dont know of
any other car where the best-looking car in the line is the
four-door sedan.
In a half-century love affair with the Cord, Malks has
written two books about the car and become perhaps the
leading expert on the subject.
He and his wife, Betty, have driven their latest Cord77,000 miles four times from the West Coast to
Auburn, with a fifth trip planned this year. Theyve
traveled in the Cord on the highways of nine different
nations, crossing Europe to reach Israel.
For all hes learned about the classic cars, Malks said,
he remembers the words of a friend: There are no Cord
experts. There are Cord scholars, because we learn
something new about them all the time.
There is nothing else that looks like it
Josh Malks with his latest Cord 810 Westchester,which he was driving from California to Auburn in the
Cord Caravan, set to arrive this weekend.
PHOTOCONTRIBUTE
Josh Malks with his first 1936 Cord in 1958.
PHOTOCONTRIBUTE
1936 Cord revolutionized
world of automobile design
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BY BOB [email protected]
AUBURN Dave Yarde sat in the back
seat of his 1936 Cord and closed his eyes.
His brother, Dan Yarde, drove the 75-year-
old car at 55 mph on S.R. 3 near Avilla.
Feel that? Dave Yarde asked, smiling.
Its so smooth. If you didnt know any
better, youd think youre riding in a new
Cadillac.
The brothers car will ride in the Auburn
Cord Duesenberg Festivals Parade ofClassics Saturday for the 75th anniversary
of the cars creation.
The car began as their fathers dream
and turned into the brothers reality.
Their connection to the car began
young.
When the Auburn Cord Duesenberg
Festival reunion began in Auburn, the
Yarde brothers would travel with their dad
around the event and they would always
stop at the Cords.He would always tell us, Boys, thats
the car Ive always dreamed of owning,
said Dave Yarde.
In 1996, during the Kruse Labor Day
weekend collector-car auction, the Yarde
brothers saw a white 1936 Cord in the
lineup. It was lunchtime, and many people
including high bidders were away for
lunch, but the auction persisted.
They talked to the owner. The car drove,
shifted and operated well. The interior and
exterior were in good shape. The Yarde
brothers knew they couldnt pass it up.
We found our opportunity, and the
price was right, Dave Yarde said. We
bought it with the idea that if any upkeep
was needed, it would be a joint effort.
All the brothers have needed to do is
change the fluids. Each winter, after
months of solitude, the car still starts like it
just came off the Connersville assemblyline.
It always surprises me, Dan Yarde
said.
The Auburn Automobile Co. built about
3,600 Cords in 1936. Of those, about half
still exist, Dan Yarde estimates.
The car sold new for $3,500 during the
Great Depression, a time when a new Ford
cost about $800.
(The engineering) was so far advanced
for its day, Dave Yarde said.
The 1936 Cord has a front suspension
comprised of independent trailing arms
joined by a transverse leaf spring. The car
featured an electric gear selector, allowing
the driver to chose a gear from a switch
near the steering wheel and then shift by
depressing a clutch pedal.
The Cord packs 125 horsepower,
allowing the car to reach 90 mph and go
from zero to 60 mph in about 11 seconds.
They made so few of them that they all
were sort of a production prototype car,Dan Yarde said. They made so few of
them, I guess they did it right.
As Dan Yarde drives the automobile
down the highway, people peer out their
windows to stare at the piece of history.
Kids will go by and give you the
thumbs up. They dont know what it is, but
they like the looks of it, Dave Yarde said.
Thats the car Ive always dreamed of owning
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Brothers Dan and Dave Yarde of DeKalb County with their 1936 Cord.
The dash of the 1936 Cord features aviation-inspired design elements.
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DeKalb County brothers
own a 1936 Cord together
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Museums
Auburn Cord Duesenberg Automobile
Museum 1600 Wayne St. in south
Auburn. More than 100 classic cars in ahistoric setting. Viewing hours: 9 a.m.-5
p.m. daily. Admission $10 for adults, $6 for
ages 5-17, free for under age 5, $25 per
family; 925-1444; automobilemuseum.orgNATMUS More than 100 special
interest cars and trucks are displayed at the
National Automotive and Truck Museum of
the United States. NATMUS is housed in
two former buildings of the Auburn
Automobile Co. at 1000 Gordon M.
Buehrig Place, directly east of the ACDAutomobile Museum; open daily 9 a.m.-5
p.m. Admission $7 for adults, $4 for
children ages 5-12; and free for children 4
and under; 925-9100; natmus.orgNational Military History Center and
Kruse Automotive and Carriage
Museum C.R. 11-A just west of I-69
exit 126. Hours for Saturday and Sunday
are 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Other days 9 a.m. to 5
p.m. Admission is free for World War II
veterans with ID; $8 for seniors 55 andolder; $6 for children ages 6-12; $4 for
veterans and active military personnel; free
for children under age 6. Regular adult
admission is $10 or $25 per family; 925-
9144; dvkfoundation.orgHoosier Air Museum 10 a.m.-4 p.m.
daily and 1-4 p.m. Sunday, 2822 C.R. 62,
on south side of DeKalb County Airport;
admission $5 adults, $4 ages 12-18, free
for 11 and under, free for active military
personnel in uniform; hoosierairmu-
seum.org.
Auctions
The Auburn Auction by Worldwide
Auctioneers 5008 N. County Line Road
East, five miles south of Auburn; auction of
collector cars; Friday, Saturday and
Sunday; $10 adults; $25 three-day pass;
children 12 and under free; Saturdayevening Main Event $25 for two.
Auctions America by RM Auburn
Fall Collector Car Auction at Auburn
Auction Park, 5536 C.R. 11-A; Thursday,
Friday and Saturday 8 a.m.-10 p.m.,
Sunday 8 a.m.-6 p.m.; $10 daily admission,
$25 four-day pass, free for children 12 and
under; auctionsamerica.com
Thursday only
Kickoff Luncheon Noon, Willennar
Hall, Auburn Cord Duesenberg AutomobileMuseum, $15 per person, reservations
encouraged at 925-3600, acdfestival.org
ACD Automobile Museum Benefit
Extravaganza 6 p.m. in the museums
Willennar Hall, $125 per person, reserva-
tions and jacket required, 925-1444,
automobilemuseum.org
Thursday and Friday
Classic Collection Book Sale Thursday 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.; Friday 10 a.m.
to 2 p.m. at 603 S. Jackson St.. Shop for
books on automotive topics and by Indiana
authors at the 100-year-old library built
with donations by Charles Eckhart,
founder of the Auburn Automobile Co.
Friday only
Pancake-and-sausage breakfast 7-
10 a.m., National Automotive and TruckMuseum of the United States, freewill
donation.Auburn Cord Duesenberg Club Swap
Meet 7 a.m. to noon in the south
parking lot of the Auburn Cord Duesenberg
Automobile Museum. Free admission.Vintage Treasure Sale by Ladies of
the Auburn Cord Duesenberg Club 8-
11 a.m. inside the Auburn Cord Duesen-
berg Automobile Museum. Museum
admission required.Downtown Cruise-In 1 p.m.
through evening. Open to cars that are
vintage, antique, classic, special-interest,
muscle, hot rod, custom or milestone. Enter
a car for $10 or come and look for free.
Sundaes on Friday Ice Cream Social
5-8 p.m. on the northwest corner of the
courthouse square. Buy Edys Ice Cream
for $1 per scoop and sweeten it with
caramel or chocolate topping fromDeBrand Fine Chocolates. Enjoy it while
admiring the cruise-in cars.
Friday and Saturday
Indiana Aviation and Autovation Fair
Friday 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. and Saturday 10
a.m. to 4 pm., Kendallville Municipal
Airport; exhibition of Cord automobiles,
B-17 bomber and other aircraft; $15
adults, $25 family; children under 16 free
with adults; $12 seniors 60 and older; free
parking.Club Cricket Entertainment tent on
Seventh Street between Main and Jackson
streets. Friday 5 p.m. to 1 a.m.; Saturday
10:30 a.m. to 1 a.m.; live music at 7 p.m.both nights. Free admission. Must be age
21 or over.
Saturday only
56th annual Auburn Cord Duesen-
berg Club Car Show 7 a.m.-1 p.m.,
Eckhart Park, more than 300 classic cars
in wooded setting; admission $5.
Featuring an exhibition of Cord cousins
Graham Hollywood, Hupp Skylark and
Oldsmobile Toronado.Duesy Walk 5K and 10K Volkswalk
Start and finish at DeKalb Memorial
Hospital, 1316 E. Seventh St. Walkers
depart between 8 and 11 a.m. Non-
competitive, 5-kilometer or 10-kilometer
leisure walks through the streets of
historic Auburn. Free, or pay $3 for
official credit.
Pre-parade Concert 10 a.m.,Courthouse Square downtown, music by
DeKalb High School Dynamix choir and
Auburn Community Band.Kids Art Tent 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. on
Eighth Street near Main Street. Free activi-
ties for ages 2-12 (must be with an adult).Auburn Cord Duesenberg Festival
5K Noon. Starts at Main and Sixteenth
streets, follows parade route and finishes
at courthouse square; registration $20 on
race day or at lakewoodpark.orgAuburn Arts Fair & Music Festival
10 a.m. to 6 p.m., DeKalb Outdoor
Theater, 301 S. Cedar St., free admission.Parade of Classics 1 p.m., nearly
300 Auburn, Cord and Duesenberg classic
cars roll through Auburn from EckhartPark to Ensley Avenue; north on Jackson
Street to Second Street; east one block to
Main Street, then south to the courthouse
square. Cars will be on display around the
courthouse square after the parade. Free
admission.Motoring to the Square 4 p.m.
parade lineup at Eckhart Park; 5:30 p.m.
parade to courthouse square for cruise-in;
$10 per vehicle; specatators admitted free.
Gala Ball Auburn Cord Duesenberg
Museum, 7-11 p.m. Dancing to big band
music. Open to museum members only;
memberships will be sold at the door.
Saturday and Sunday
Pancake-and-sausage breakfast 7-
11 a.m. both days at the National Military
History Center, south of Auburn at 5634
C.R. 11-A; $6 for adults, $3 for ages 4-12,free for ages 3 and under; free museum
admission with breakfast ticket.Crafts, antiques and flea market 9
a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday and 9 a.m. to 3
p.m. Sunday at the DeKalb County
Fairgrounds, South Union Street.Auburn Historic Tours See historic
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SUBWAY SANDWICH SHOP
The Hicksville
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260-927-1700
www.thehicksvillebank.com
Historic tours offered Saturday, Sunday
homes and sites of Auburn on a 45-minute
ride in an air-conditioned van. Tours
Saturday at 9 and 10 a.m. and 3 and 4 p.m.
and Sunday at noon, 1, 2, 3 and 4 p.m. $5
per person. Tours depart from the DeKalbCounty Fairgrounds on South Union
Street.
Tri-Kappa Antiques Show and
Market Saturday 9 a.m.-5 p.m. and
Sunday 10 a.m.-4 p.m. at DeKalb High
School, 3424 C.R. 427, two miles north of
Auburn on C.R. 427 (Main Street).
Vendors display and sell high-quality
antiques. Sponsored by Tri Kappa
sorority. Admission $5. Children 12 and
under free.Sunday only
Outdoor Garage Sale and Flea
Market 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Heimach
Senior Activity Center, 1800 E. Seventh St.
(S.R. 8), just east of DeKalb Memorial
Hospital. Chicken barbecue and homemade
desserts. Free admission.Arts and Crafts Show and Sale 9
a.m. to 4 p.m. in downtown Auburn; more
than 200 area artisans display and sell their
handcrafted works on the courthouse
square; sponsored by the Downtown
Auburn Business Association; free
admission; daba4auburn.orgCricket Cafe 10:30 a.m. to 4 p.m.,
sandwiches and beverages on Seventh
Street between Main and Jackson streets.
AUBURN The Auburn Art Fair &
Music Festival is returning for its second
year as a Labor Day weekend event.
The fair takes place Saturday from 10
a.m. to 6 p.m. at the DeKalb CountyOutdoor Theater. Admission is free.
The theater is on the east side of Cedar
Creek, accessible by a bridge from the
DeKalb County Fairgrounds on South
Union Street. It also may be reached by car
from Center Street.
The fair will feature a lineup of artists
that has grown to 30 or more, who will be
selling their works and demonstrating their
talents. Music starts at noon and continues
to 6 p.m., including Broadstreet,
Supercharged, Glenn Shelburne, Eileen
Myers, Paul Kuhlhorst and the DeKalb
show choirs octet.
A fundraising plastic frog race in Cedar
Creek starts at 4 p.m. at the bridge to the
outdoor theater.
Arts and music fair expands
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The festival raises money for DeKalbHigh School show choirs.
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He saw the car and fell in love with it
BY DAVE [email protected]
Karl Killorin helped build Duesenbergs
at the Indianapolis factory in 1929 and
1930.
Nearly 20 years later, he built his own
Duesenberg from a chassis he bought for
$150 and a Cadillac body he found for $25.
In 1967, teenaged Eric Killorin rode inthat 1923 Model A Duesenberg with his
father on a trip from New England to
Auburn.
The story of that Duesenberg reaches a
new chapter this weekend, when the car
returns to Auburn in fully restored
condition as the winner of two prestigious
awards this summer
If those who have seen it recently are
any indication, I think weve pulled off a
really nice restoration, said Eric Killorin,of Vermont, who inherited the car from his
late father.
We were able to restore it in a fashion
that was very consistent with what Duesen-
berg built at the time and yet maintains the
soul of its history with my father.
At the Concours dElegance of America
in Plymouth, Mich., Killorins car won
awards as best in class and the debut award
for the best new restoration of any make.
However, Killorin said, The big
celebration for me was my son,
representing his grandfather and our car.
Andy Killorin, 20, exhibited the car
while wearing authentic Duesenberg Co.
coveralls, driving helmet and goggles that
belonged to his grandfather.
Karl Killorin of the Boston area was 24
years old when he saw one of the very first
Duesenberg Model Js at the New York
Auto Show in 1928.He saw the car and just fell in love,
Eric Killorin said.
Killorin had become a fan of board
track racing in the Northeast and even
served on a couple of pit crews.
Karl Killorin got three references from
racing people, took a train to Indianapolis
and showed up at the Duesenberg factory
with his suitcase.
Killorin rose quickly from sweeping
floors to working on an assembly crew for
Model J Duesenbergs. He tested Duesen-
berg chassis on the Indianapolis Speedway
track and delivered new cars to customers.
He even served on the pit crew for Duesen-
berg entries in the Indianapolis 500 race in
1929 and 1930.
His fathers death in 1930 took himback to work in the family business in
Wakefield, Mass.
He had always wanted to buy a Model
J, but he couldnt afford one. They were
a whopping $500 in the late 40s, Eric
Killorin said about his father.
Instead, Karl Killorin bought a Model A
Duesenbergs
roots run deep
Andy Killorin wears his grandfathers original 1929
Duesenberg factory uniform while displaying the familys
1923 Model A Duesenberg this summer at the Concours
dElegance of America in Plymouth, Mich.
PHOTOCONTRIBUTE
He was fond of saying Auburn is
like Gunsmoke on Saturday night.
Eric Killorin
Recalling 1967 trip to ACD Festival
Eric Killorindrives thebare chassisof his 1923Duesenbergin theParade ofClassics atAuburn afew years
ago. Hispassenger isMaryHartman ofAuburn, hishost for thepast 13 yearsduring theannualfestival.
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Duesenberg from a garage in the Boston area for $150 in 1948.
He installed a Cadillac Fleetwood body he found for $25.
It was a great performing and running car, he said. I grew
up riding in the back seat, with my friends, eating ice cream
cones.
Three times, Karl Killorin drove the Duesenberg to Auburn
for the national meet of the Auburn Cord Duesenberg Club. The
second time, in 1967, he brought Eric, who was 13.He was fond of saying Auburn is like Gunsmoke on
Saturday night, Eric Killorin said. People were up all night,
driving around with the exhaust cutouts open, drinking beer,
eating popcorn on Ninth Street. It was just incredible.
Karl Killorin died in 1989, and the car became Erics. He
soon began a 20-year restoration.
At one point I was tempted to rebody the car to a correct
Duesenberg body, Eric Killorin said.
Now, hes glad he decided to keep the car as his father
created it.
Im very proud of the fact that this is a Cadillac body my
dad grabbed out of a junkyard for 25 bucks in the late 40s and
made it work, Eric Killorin said. Im very proud of the fact
the car has my fathers personal touches.
Car driven to Auburn three times
Karl Killorin participated in the 1929 Indianapolis 500 race as a pit crew member for a Duesenberg entry.
PHOTOCONTRIBUTE
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A young Eric Killorin sits with his father, Karl, onthe running board of the familys 1923 Duesenberg
in this photograph from 1956.
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AUBURN Auburn Cord DuesenbergFestival visitors will be able to enjoy
classics of another kind at the Classic
Collection Book Sale at Eckhart Public
Library.
The new event will take place today
from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Friday from 10
a.m. to 2 p.m. at the library, 603 S. Jackson
St.
Items available will include vintage
literature, automotive and transportation
books, works of Indiana authors and otherhistorical finds.
Many of the items were donated to the
Friends of the Eckhart Public Library by
Judy Waanders, owner of the former
Waanders Bookmark bookstore in Auburn.
Wanders gave many vintage books and
books by Indiana authors to the library
friends when she retired and sold her
business, library director Janelle Graber
explained.The Friends of the Eckhart Public
Library conducts book sales throughout the
year, including sales of specialty items.
Funds raised from the sales are given to the
library.
Library friends volunteer Karen Farlow
is the book sale co-chair and has been
setting aside automotive-related and other
historical items for a sale for about five or
six years, she said. Enough items have
been gathered that now is the time to hostthe sale, Graber added.
This is the first, and only time, we
anticipate doing this, Graber said of the
event. We decided this would be a good
year to do this. It was a very generous
donation from Judy (Waanders), and weve
been saving them for this special
occasion.
Classic book sale is
newest festival event
Eckhart Public Library director Janelle Graber shows some of the books that willbe offered for sale during the Classic Collection Book Sale today and Friday at thelibrary.
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From our Automotive Heritageto Worldwide Festivals,Antique & Specialty Shops,and Tasty Restaurants,DeKalb County offers
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Two museums serving breakfasts
More festival events
A sausage breakfast will take place Friday from 7-10 a.m.
in the south parking lot of the National Automotive and Truck
Museum of the United States. Donations will be accepted.
The Kruse Foundation will host a pancake-and-sausagebreakfast Saturday and Sunday from 7-11 a.m. at the National
Military History Center. Tickets are $6 for adults, $3 for
children age 4-12 and free for children 3 and under. Free
museum admission will be given a breakfast ticket.
The Kids Art Tent will be open for children age 2-12, along
with their parents, Saturday from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Eighth
Street near Main Street. Admission is free.
The 42nd Annual Tri Kappa Antique Show and Market will
take place at DeKalb High School on Saturday from 9 a.m. to
5 p.m. and Sunday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Admission is $5,
with children 12 and under admitted free.The DeKalb County Council on Aging, 1800 E. Seventh
St., will host its fourth annual outdoor garage sale and flea
market Sunday from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Admission is free.
A crafts, antiques and flea market will take place Saturday
from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. and Sunday from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the
DeKalb County Fairgrounds.
The Downtown Auburn Business Association will host the
32nd annual arts and crafts show Sunday from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.
in downtown Auburn. Admission is free.
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AUBURN Rolling towardAuburn from points all over the
map, 35 drivers formed a Cord
Convoy to celebrate the 75th
anniversary of their classic cars.
The group converged on
Indianapolis Wednesday, and
planned to drive to Auburn this
morning, escorted by Indiana State
Police. The Auburn Police Depart-
ment met them at the DeKalb
County Airport to lead the final fewmiles to the Auburn Cord
Duesenberg Automobile Museum.
Working inside the building that
is now the museum, Gordon
Buehrig and a team of engineers
designed the 1936 and 1937 Cords.
At least half a dozen Cord
owners are driving from the West
Coast on a route that will take them
over the Rockies.Were going to climb Trail
Ridge Road through Rocky
Mountain National Park, reaching
an elevation of 12,183 feet, said
Cord owner Josh Malks of
California. Were going to discover
whether Cords can do that.
Malks believes he then will hold
a record for driving a Cord to the
highest and lowest elevations. He
previously took his Cord to theDead Sea in Israel, 1,200 feet below
sea level.
A Cord owner for more than 50
years, Malks also believes he has
driven Cords more miles than
anyone.
Malks has owned five Cords, and
his current model has 128,000 miles
on its odometer 77,000 of them
logged by Malks and his wife,Betty.
Malks feels certain his Cord has
visited more nations than any other.
For one trip, he shipped it to
London, and drove it in France,
Switzerland, Monaco, Italy, Greece,
Rhodes and Cyprus on his way to
Israel.
On tours such as the Cord
Convoy, Malks typically cruises in
his Cord at 55-60 mph.The Cords are capable of going
much faster than that, but theres
simply no reason to push 75-year-
old machinery, he said.
Cord owners coming from the
West Coast this week tried to avoid
interstate highways, Malks said,
explaining, You see much more of
America that way.
Cord Convoy converges onAuburn from across America
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THISSTORYabout the origin of the 1936 Cord
appeared in The Star in 1986 on the cars 50th
anniversary:
BY DAVEKURTZ
AUBURN Its the Year of the Cord
this weekend in Auburn.
If General Motors hadnt been so blind,the party site could have been Detroit, or
Flint, or Lansing.
Giant GM had the first shot at building
the timeless Cord automotive, but it took
little Auburn Automobile Co. to do it.
Auburn Autos living legend, Gordon
Buehrig, worked for GM in 1933 when he
sketched his first design for what became
the Cord. GMs management accorded it
last place in a companywide contest.
Buehrig didnt toss his rejected tracings
in the trash can, though. He carried them
back to the Duesenberg division of Auburn
Automobile, where his bold pen strokes
had crafted mighty limousines a few years
before.
The lines of his Cord begged to leap
from the drawing board to shiny,seductively curvaceous metal. After a 2
1/2-year birth struggle, interrupted by his
work on the sleek Auburn Speedster,
Buehrigs 1936 Cord finally rolled out of
the factory in Auburn to the cheers of
an admiring public.
Only Auburn Automobile, a company
daring by nature, desperate for a sales
Creator says committeewould have killed Cord
Gordon Buehrig in his design studio at Auburn Automobile Co. in the 1930s.
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Buehrig: I never attended a meeting
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uburn had the guts to build daring 36 Cord
boost and devoid of bureaucracy, could
grant Buehrig the creative room to push
auto design 10 years into the future.
That Cord would have never got by a
committee in one of the big autocompanies, Buehrig said this month.
Those people spend all their time in
meetings, and during the years I worked
for Cord Corporation (Auburn Automo-
biles parent company), I never attended a
meeting.
At Auburn Automobile, Buehrig
answered to few superiors. He called
Auburn a small organization that had the
guts to build the Cord.
Buehrig rewarded his risk-taking bosseswith body lines that drove automotive
writers to ecstasy, one of the first
successful front-wheel-drive systems and
more technical wonders, such as the first
disappearing headlights and electric gear
shift.
There was only one problem.
Buehrig designed his remarkable car
for a struggling company that barely
could afford to build it. As a result, the
Auburn plant had four months to get itready for the November 1935 New York
Auto Show.
They simply did not have time enough
to get that car right before they brought it
out, Buehrig said. The car was not a
dependable automobile when it came out.
Despite the rave reviews for their looks,
driving the first Cords was another matter
entirely. Engines overheated, and transmis-
sions balked. Perfecting an all-new
machine on such short order was simplytoo much to ask, Buehrig said.
Had the car been built right, it would
have saved the company, he said.
Instead, fewer than 3,000 Cords were
made before Auburn Automobile closed its
gates in 1937.
Ironically, before its demise the Cord
was refined into a smooth-running car.
Through the years, Cord lovers have
forgiven the cars trespasses because it is
so stunningly beautiful.
Buehrig, now 82, is eternally grateful tohis cars devoted fans.
It surprises me when I talk to some of
these people how really deeply they are
involved in the Cord car, he said. If it
hadnt been for this ACD Club, those cars
would probably be out in a junkyard
somewhere.
Cord fanciers have solved the cars
nagging flaws, so the cars in todays
parade may be better machines than they
were a half-century ago.They probably wont admit the faults
of the car that I know about, Buehrig said
of the dedicated Cord owners.
This weekends tribute to the Cord
revives a question that has been asked
down through the decades. What if Auburn
Automobile had been blessed with the time
and money to make the Cord a financial
success?
The cars design was so advanced,
Buehrig says, that yearly model changeswould have been pointless.
I dont think we would have needed to
do anything new for quite a while, he said
of the Cords design.
Maybe not for 50 years.
FROM PAGE15 Had the car been built right, it
would have saved the company.
Gordon BuehrigDesigner of 1936 Cord
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BY JANDRA SUTTON
When asked to describe Auburn to a
visitor, one thing comes to mind: old cars.
One car in particular has managed to
mark the American conscience even today,
the 1936 Cord 810.
This year marks the 75th anniversary of
the Cord, a car that sparked a revolution in
auto making. The sleek design was a
sensation that was far ahead of its time.
But behind every car is a designer, and
behind every designer is an idea. It was the
man behind this idea that lends his name to
the Cord 810, a savvy business mogul who
revitalized the Auburn Automobile Co.during his short period in this town.
E.L. Cord was born July 20, 1894, in
Warrensburg, Mo., into middle-class
means. His father, Charles William Cord,
the proprietor of a local general store,
moved the family to Illinois before settling
them in Los Angeles, where Cord would
attend high school.
Cords ambitions were first recognized
in an essay he wrote, saying Genius is
born to a man. Talent is obtained by aman. He never graduated high school, but
by 1913 Cord discovered a clever new way
to make money. He purchased Ford Model
T automobiles and converted them into
speedsters with flashy bodies, then resold
them for a profit. Within two short years,
he had converted 20 Speedsters and earned
nearly $10,000 in the process.
Cord eloped with Helen Marie Frische
and moved to Arizona, where his first son,
Charles Everett, was born in 1915,followed by Billy James in 1917. The
family moved around for the next seven
years before settling in Chicago in 1924,
when Cord decided he wanted to manufac-
ture automobiles.
He was approached by the Chicago-
based board of directors of the AuburnAutomobile Co. and offered a position with
the company, which he initially turned
down. He countered their offer with
demands of his own he wanted a
percentage of the profits, the right to
purchase stock in the company, and
complete control over every aspect of the
company.
In July 1924, Cord became general
manager of the Auburn Automobile Co.,
with the intent to eventually take it over. Tomove the existing inventory, Cord ordered
the cars to be repainted in flashy colors and
have accessories added to give them more
appeal. This proved successful, and soon
the inventory was completely sold.
In February 1926, at 31 years old, Cord
became the youngest president of an
American auto manufacturing company.
He began racing the Auburn in 1927, and
it soon broke all speed records for stock
cars at the Atlantic City Speedway. In1929, he founded Cord Corp. to serve as a
holding company for his rapidly expanding
empire.
Jon Bill, director of education and
archives for the Auburn Cord Duesenberg
Automobile Museum, painted a picture of
Cords dedication to the job while in
Auburn.
The man E.L. Cord is somewhat of an
enigma, Bill said. He had his inner circle
of trusted friends and business partners.
They were all fairly tight, but E.L. Cord
wasnt the type. Although Cords wife,
Helen, was quite charitable and involved in
the community, Cord didnt seem
compelled to do the same in Auburn.
(But) if he liked you and you worked hard
for him, he would reward you, Bill said of
Cords work-oriented nature, adding that
workers respected and liked Cord in return.
Other than smoking, Cord had few
personal vices, believing they would only
make it harder to do his job. It was this
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E.L. Cord pulled Auburn Automobile Co. out of mediocrity to create some of themost enduring cars in automotive history.
AUBURNCORDDUESENBERGAUTOMOBILEMUSEUMPHOT
Cord took the struggling
Auburn Automobile Co. and built it
into Americas No. 13 automaker
(out of 50) in 1931.
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focus and vision that turned the Auburn
Automobile Co. around. By producing a
car that not only performed well, but was
visually appealing, Cord managed to lift
the company out of its depths for a short
time.
The companys cars filled a certain
niche in the market, according to Bill. He
said Cord took that struggling company
and in 1931, in the middle of the Depres-
sion, (lifted it) until it was No. 13 of all
U.S. automakers out of 50.
In 1931, Auburn Automobile Co. sold
33,000 cars, and the next year Cordssuccess landed him on the cover of Time
magazine. But it was around this time that
Cord left the company to its executives,
who oversaw a rapid backslide in the
coming years. Only 10,000 Auburns were
sold in 1932, and half that the next year.
Even after Gordon Buehrig designed the
revolutionary Cord 810 in 1936, following
Cords idea of creating a car that would sell
itself, sales were not strong enough to save
the company.His first wife died in 1930, and Cord
quickly married to Virginia Kirk Tharpe on
Jan. 3, 1931, and moved his family away
from Auburn. From 1934 to 1935, Cord
fled to England after a kidnapping threat
was directed toward his two sons. His sons
returned to the United States in September
1934 and attended Culver Military
Academy in Indiana, but Cord remained
abroad for a short time before moving to
California.After selling Cord Corp., Cord spread
his interests into mining, ranching,
broadcasting, real estate development, and
further attempts in the transportation field
with the New York Ship Co. and Stinson
Aircraft Co.. He developed Century
Airlines, which eventually merged into
American Airways known today as
American Airlines.
Cord fell under suspicion of stock
market manipulation, causing him to be
featured on the cover of Time magazine
again in a different light. The newlyformed Securities and Exchange Commis-
sion investigated him, but never officially
accused Cord of any wrongdoing.
During the 1950s, Cord moved from
California to Nevada, where he bought a
self-sufficient ranch.
Cord could be a recluse when he felt
like it, Bill said, adding that sometimes
Cord used a scrambling device for the
telephone.
Often involved in high-powered
business and government dealings, Cord
was a member of the Nevada State Senate.He was pressed to run for governor, but
declined. Cord remained in Nevada until he
died Jan. 2, 1974.
Mysterious, yet powerful, Cord was a
generous individual who loved his children
and loved those around him, Bill said,
describing him as a man who was very
active (and enjoyed) entertaining
people.
Bill called E. L. Cord a pioneer hot
rodder whose legacy is ever-present in
Auburn and in the minds of automobile
enthusiasts all over the world. His successis recognized 75 years later, not only in the
automobiles he produced, but in the founda-
tions of many industries still active today.
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In later years, E.L. Cord, left, became involved in politics and rubbed shoulders with leaders such as John F. Kennedy, right.
AUBURNCORDDUESENBERGAUTOMOBILEMUSEUMPHOT
Cord twice appeared on
cover of Time magazine
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BY DAVE [email protected]
AUBURN For its fourth year, The
Auburn Auction by Worldwide Auctioneers
is growing again, the company says.
We doubled last year. Were doubling
again. Were very, very much growth-
minded and providing a very friendly
experience for everybody that comes by,
said Rod Egan, auctioneer.
The auction also has shifted its dates to
Friday through Sunday on its site six miles
south of Auburn, at the DeKalb-Allen
county line along I-69.
This year, a car corral will add 250 carsto the event, while the auction lineup
remains at last years level of 550 cars. The
growth also features an expanded layout of
vendors offering automotive products.
We are still much more focused on
quality rather than quantity when it comes
to cars, Egan said.
The auctions 78 top cars will be sold in
its Main Event on Saturday evening.
This year from a quality standpoint,
I think we have the best group of cars thatweve ever had and possibly thats ever
been in Auburn, said John Kruse, co-
founder of the company with Egan.
Topping the sales lineup is a 1912
Rolls-Royce Silver Ghost London-
Edinburgh-Type Tourer. Kruse called it
arguably the best, finest Silver Ghost in
the world, adding, A lot of people think
the Silver Ghost is the best car ever built.
Worldwides catalog estimates the Silver
Ghosts value at $1.9 million to $2.4million.
Second billing in the auction goes to a
1965 Shelby Mustang GT Competition
Model, with an estimated value of
$800,000 to $1.2 million.
Its a race car thats never been
wrecked, so the sheet metal and the welds,
all the stuff that makes it real you cant
find cars like that, Kruse said.
Kruse also gushes about the hot rod
collection from the estate of the late FredKohl of Pennsylvania. It includes well-
known hot rods such as The Instigator, a
1934 Chevrolet Phantom Sedan, and The
Z-Rod, a 1937 Ford Coupe.
Kruse described Kohl as a super-partic-
ular, finicky collector he only had the
best of the best.
Kohls cars are among six entire collec-
tions and 200 cars in all that are selling
with no reserve, or minimum, prices.The sellers have confidence in the
marketplace, and the buyers are wanting to
put their money into something that has
value, that probably will maintain its
value, and they can have fun with, Kruse
said.
Im anticipating a pretty lively Auburn
weekend, because weve got great stuff,
and people who have money want to put
their money into great, hard assets, and
were going to have them, Kruse added.Egans personal favorite in the auction
lineup is a French-built 1948 Delahaye
135M Drop Head Coupe that has been
stored in the Northwest United States since
1965.
It is entirely dead original, Egan said
of the car, adding Its like looking at a
time capsule.
Egan added, There is literally dust, ash
from Mount St. Helen, sitting on top of that
car that has not been disturbed. To have
that car here, entirely untouched, is magnif-
icent. Weve had huge interest from all over
the world, literally China, all over
Worldwide auction doubling in year 4
Rod Egan, left , and John Kruse of Worldwide Auctioneersstand beside a 1941 Cadillac Convertible Sedan outside their
auction tent six miles south of Auburn.
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Burt Reynolds Bandit TransAm is among the celebrity cars in the WorldwideAuctioneers sale this weekend.
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Europe, U.K. of course everywhere.
The Delahaye is selling at no reserve.
We have an estimate in the $200,000
range on that car. I will not be surprised if
it far exceeds that, Egan said.
We have some really neat celebrity
cars in the auction, Kruse said.
They include a Merry Pranksters tour
bus associated with the Grateful Dead rock
group, actor Burt Reynolds Bandit
Pontiac TransAm, a Mayberry police
cruiser from The Andy Griffith Show,
Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Ben
Roethlisbergers 1972 Oldsmobile Cutlass
resto-mod and musician Richard
Carpenters first collector car, a 1959Plymouth Sport Fury.
NASCAR attractions at the auction are
expected to include a Roush Racing
exhibit and Kasey Kahnes rig.
As of last week, Worldwide had sold
more than 15,000 tickets in advance.
We going to have some pretty big
crowds out here, which will be fun, Egan
said.
uction lineup includes Merry Pranksters tour bus associated with Grateful Dead rock band
HOOSIERAIRMUSEUMBanquet & Meeting Facility
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The museum banquet hall has a
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Aircraft on Display: 1 946 Stinson Gullwing
1935 Speedbird (One of a kind)
1946 Cessna UC-78
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1945 Piper J-3 Cub (85 HP)
1942 Boeing Stearman
1979 Bell AH-1 Cobra Helicopter Gunship
1942 Beech AT-11 Bomber Trainer
1944 Pratt Read 2 Man Training Glider
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1 936 Stinson SR-9
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Auctioneers think this 1912 Rolls-Royce Silver GhostLondon-Edinburgh-Type Tourer could bring the highest bids
at Worldwide Auctioneers sale this weekend.
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The well-known hod
rod, TheInstigator, is
part of theFred Kohlcollection
that will besold at no
reserve in theWorldwide
auction this
weekend.
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AUBURN The Auburn Fall Collector
Car Weekend will nearly double in size for
its second year at Auburn Auction Park,
organizers say.
Auctions America by RM will take bids
on 1,200 cars in the four-day sale, up from
850 last year.
The events car corral is expected to
have another 1,000 cars on sale double
last years total.
The event runs Thursday through
Sunday, with Carlisle Events operating the
car corral and swap meet.
The auctions featured cars are:
a 1932 Duesenberg SuperchargedModel J Boattail Speedster (estimated
price $600,000-$750,000) in canary yellow
over black, with a black leather interior.
The car was restored to show quality for
the 2004 Meadow Brook Concours
dElegance.
a 1934 Auburn Twelve Salon Phaeton
that won an award at the Pebble Beach
concours, in two-tone green paint with a
tan canvas top.
a 1969 Chevrolet Yenko Camaro(estimated $275,000-$325,000) in hugger
orange with black upholstery and just over
5,500 miles, it is one of only 171 equipped
with the top-end powertrain a four-
speed manual transmission and 450
horsepower 427 V-8.
a 1969 Shelby GT500 equipped with a
Ram Air 428 Cobra Jet V-8 and original
Shelby wheels, signed and photographed
with Carroll Shelby.
The auction lineup includes several carswith celebrity ties:
a 1933 Cadillac V-12 convertible
coupe used in the movie Seabiscuit.
a 1938 Packard Landaulet that
belonged to tobacco heiress Doris Duke,
who at the time was known as the richest
little girl in the world.
a 1970 Cadillac limousine customized
for country singer Johnny Paycheck, who
scored a hit with Take This Job and Shove
It. It features a gold velour interior, televi-sion and refrigerator.
a 1953 Buick Skylark convertible
owned by Bill Campbell of the Campbell
Soup Co.
a 1997 Chevy Camaro Z-28 featured
in the movie Runaway Bride
A total of 150 cars in the auction will be
selling at no reserve to the highest bidders.They include:
68 vehicles from Indianas Rag Tops
Auto Museum in Michigan City,
highlighted by a 1957 DeSoto Firedome
convertible (estimated $140,000-$180,000);
a fully restored 1958 Dodge Coronet
convertible (estimated $70,000-$95,000); a
1970 Plymouth Superbird, with 56,000
miles (estimated $100,000-$125,0000) and
a 1999 Shelby Series I Roadster with 498
miles (estimated $90,000-$120,000). Thecollection also features a 2001 top-fuel
dragster sponsored by the New York
Yankees and autographed by Yankees
players and former manager Joe Torre.
a series of Indianapolis 500 pace cars
including a 1973 Cadillac Eldorado
convertible given to Gordon Johncock after
he won the 1973 Indianapolis 500 race; and
a 2010 Chevrolet Camaro used during race
week by Mari Hulman George, chair of the
Indianapolis Motor Speedway, and drivenaround the track and signed by 2010
winner, Dario Franchitti.
For buyers who prefer a slower pace
than the auction ring, the event offers its
car corral.
They can take their time, talk to the
owner, start the engine and make a deal
directly with the owner, said Chris Hann
of Carlisle Events, which manages the car
corral and swap meet.
You never know whats going to be in
the car corral. Its like a diamond in the
rough. We dont know what cars are
coming until they get here, Hann said.
The swap meet is a treasure trove of car
parts and surprises, he added.
Its about finding that part of that piece
of memorabilia youve been looking for all
these years, Hann said.
Auctions America event grows in second year
This 1934 Auburn Twelve Salon Phaeton will be one of thefeatured cars in the classics segment of the Auctions
America by RM sale this weekend.
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This 1938 Packard Landaulet that belonged to tobacco heiress Doris Duke is
among the classic cars in the auction lineup for Auctions America by RM.
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AUBURN After its debut at a spring
auction in May, a Hot Rod and Custom Car
Seminar will return for an encore Friday at
Auburn Auction Park.
It was so successful, it was clear for us
we had no choice but to try it again,
said Ed Cepuran, chief financial officer for
Auctions America by RM.
The seminar will take place Friday from
9-10 a.m. Admission to the panel discus-
sion is included with admission to the
Auburn Fall Collector Car Event.
Special guests for the panel are:
Darryl Starbird, a multi-award-winning
designer from Oklahomas National Rod &
Custom Car Hall of Fame Museum; John DAgostino, a leading California
customizer and creator of the 1959 Cadillac
Eldorado Seville Convertible Elvis Presley
tribute;
Bo Huff, a legendary custom car
builder from Utah, famous for his unique
style and hosting national custom car
shows;
Chuck Miller, a well-known
customizer from the Motor City and Ridler
award-winner; and,
Joe Bortz, automotive archeologist and
founder of the Bortz Auto Collection.
Bill Miller Jr., co-owner and co-founder
of Carlisle Events, will return as moderator.
Panel members will sign autographs
after the seminar.
The Auburn Fall Collector Car Event
auction will have a segment featuring hot
rods and customs. Among the entries are:
a 1967 Ford C-Cab Fire Truck,
designed by Chuck Miller and recipient of
the Ridler award at the 1968 DetroitAutorama;
a trophy-winning 1932 Ford Five-
Window Deuce Coupe show car by Dick
Roy;
a prize-winning, documented 1934
Ford Custom Roadster built by Robert
Roeder;
the 1950 Buick Truly Rare radical
custom built by Gene Howard; and
the 1940 Ford Truck radical custom
known as Scrap Iron by A.L. Clark.
Rod and custom seminar returns for an encore
This 1932 Ford Five-Window Deuce Coupe show car by Dick Roy will be in thesale lineup at Auctions America by RM this weekend.
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Auctions America by RM
weekend scheduleTHURSDAY 3-9 p.m., one ring
FRIDAY 10:30 a.m. to 8 p.m., two rings
SATURDAY 10:30 a.m. to 8 p.m., two rings
SUNDAY 10:30 a.m. to 6 p.m., one ring
Officials of AuctionsAmerica by RM sit in a
1958 Chevrolet convertiblein their auction arena.From left are president
Donnie Gould, chieffinancial officer Ed
Cepuran and marketingmanager Ian Webb.
Behind them are othercars entered in the
companys Sept. 1-4auction. Gould said 58
Chevy convertibles havesurpassed the popular
1957 models in value.
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Former automobile company employee nears 101BY [email protected]
AVILLA Margaret Sockrider
may be the last living former
employee of the Auburn Automo-
bile Co. Sockrider, who lives in
Avilla now, previously lived in
Auburn and worked in the office at
the car factory until 1931, said her
daughter, Patricia Omspach.
Sockrider will turn 101 years
old on Oct. 7. She served as a
secretary to one of the businessmen
at the car company, but Omspach
said the years have faded her
mothers memory as to which one.She enjoyed her job at (Auburn
Automobile), Omspach said. Her
father and grandfather also worked
there doing upholstery.
Sockrider left the company to
raise a family, and her job there
was her only time working outside
her home until she later worked in
the office at a nursing home and at
the DeKalb County clerks office
for several years in the 1960s.
Omspach said her mother
always was fond of her job,
working amongst the cars, and she
always enjoyed coming back to
Auburn and serving as a tour guide
during the Auburn Cord Duesen-
berg Festival.
She loved riding in the trolley
car in the parade, and she
thoroughly enjoyed showing
people around the old building on
tours and telling people about it,
Omspach said. They would have
her upstairs, and shed talk about
how much she loved her job.Her mother also enjoyed
attending the Auburn Automobile
Co. former employee luncheon
sponsored by the Auburn Cord
Duesenberg Automobile Museum.
She tried to attend the
luncheons for employees,
Omspach said. She always
enjoyed that. She enjoyed catching
up with former coworkers.
AUBURN Naomi (Baker) Dragoo,
formerly of Auburn, was proud to be an
employee at the Auburn Automobile Co.
David Dragoo said his mother was looking
forward to the annual luncheon for former
employees and their relatives, as well as coming
to the festivals parade, before her death Aug.
17. She was seven months shy of age 100.
She worked in the office as a clerk for two
years right out of high school, from the age of18 to 20. Her job included keeping track of
orders for parts, as well as invoicing.
Just prior to working there, my mom
attended International Business College in Fort
Wayne, Dragoo said. She wasnt too far from
graduation when she was offered the opportunity
to work for (Auburn Auto).
David said his mother wasnt sure about
taking the job, so she asked her father what to
do. His reply take the job. She began working
there in 1930 and left two years later to start a
family with her husband, Gilbert.
Her job at Auburn Automobile was the only
job she held until much later in life, when she
and her family moved to Hillsdale, Mich.
She would talk about how she worked there
and she was very proud of being a part of the
citys history, David Dragoo said. She had
some sense of how historic (the company) was,
in later years. That might have been one of the
reasons for the fondness of her job, it wouldhave been one of her first real jobs.
He said his mother enjoyed returning to
Auburn when she could and attending the
Connecting Rods employee luncheon sponsored
by the Auburn Cord Duesenberg Automobile
Museum. Her favorite part was talking to the
former employees and sharing stories.
She was really proud of that part of her life,
David Dragoo said.
Automobile company alumna dies at 99
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Ann Kelham, left, and Dorothy Lucas showthe car-theme quilt they helped make for theRetired Senior Volunteer Program. It will be
sold by Worldwide Auctioneers this weekend
to raise money for RSVP. This years quilt, the27th annual, depicts high-performance and
muscle cars. Kelham made two of the 30individual blocks, and Lucas, her sister, made
one. They then quilted the blocks together.Each embroidered block represents approxi-mately 70 hours of work. A closeup shows a
block depicting a Plymouth Barracuda.
Car quilt up for bids
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