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The Auburn Automobile Company grew out of the Eckhart Carriage Company, founded in In 1919, the Eckhart brothers sold the company to a group of But aggressive styling and advanced engineering failed to overcome the fact that Cord's extremely upscale vehicles were too expensive for the In 1926, Errett Cord, now the owner of Auburn, partnered with The company employed imaginative designers such as Alan Leamy, chief designer of the 1933 Auburn Speedster, and In 1934, Buehrig was transferred to Auburn Auto where he designed the 1935 Auburn 851 Speedster. In 1924 Auburn output was down to six cars a day. The flat-mounted single-cylinder engine, situated at the center of the car, produced 10 hp (7.5 kW). Auburn Speedsters Company 361-B Franklin Street, Buffalo, NY. Lot 650 1931 Auburn 898 Phaeton Manufactured by the Auburn Cord Duesenberg Company.

As Josh Malks wrote in "Glenn Pray: The Man Who Brought Legends to Life," the Auburn project grew out of Glenn Pray's disappointment over his split from the company he created to build the Cord 8/10. The 1904 Auburn was a touring car model. He kept the car until his death in 1953. A two-speed planetary transmission was fitted. When the new owner, Alan Atkinson, commissioned us to restore this car to its former glory, we gladly accepted the challenge! The Auburn 851 Speedster of 1935 was styled by designer Gordon Buehrig, who also was responsible for the Cord Model 810. 14202 : California Custom Coach / subsidiary of the Auburn Speedster Company. 14202 : California Custom Coach / subsidiary of the Auburn Speedster Company. The rest of the car was straightforward. Manufactured: Auburn 876 Speedster, 2 and 4 place cars. Designed by Buehrig in 1933, it became the acclaimed 1936/37 Cord 810/ 812 Cords, a hit at the November 1935 annual New York Automobile Show—acclaimed for advanced engineering as well as revolutionary styling. Suspension was by semi-elliptic springs all round,The Speedster's iconic "boattail" design would be replicated on cars from later decades, with the two most notable examples being the 1963–1967 Auburn Speedsters Company 361-B Franklin Street, Buffalo, NY. That remained in use until 1930, when it developed 115 bhp, hence the "Speedster 115" model name.

Equipped with a tonneau, it could seat two or four passengers and sold for US$1000, equal to $28456 today. note: these address' are over 20 year old / last updated: 02-2010: September 2011 update from our News of Interest page California Custom Coach - The Tradition Continues. The Auburn Speedster Company inc Pasadena, California. The angle-steel-framed car weighed 1,500 lb (680 kg) and used half-elliptic springs. The Speedster was styled or modified to use leftover speedster bodies. Manufactured: Auburn 876 Speedster, 2 and 4 place cars California Custom Coach 1285 East Colorado Blvd, Pasadena, California, 91106 Tel: 213-796-4395 The first Auburn eight was launched in 1925, and renamed the 8-88 in 1926 with a 4.8-liter side-valve 68 bhp Lycoming engine. The G3 designation also pays homage to his father's Auburn 866 boattail speedster.

Buehrig and a design team were then assigned to E.L. Cord's so-called "Baby Duesenberg" to build a smaller, more affordable car. The Auburn Speedster was an American car, manufactured by the Auburn Automobile Company of Auburn, Indiana. The 1929 Auburn 8-120 Speedster was purchased new by Boxer Johnny Risko and later extensively modified. California Custom Coach 1285 East Colorado Blvd, Pasadena, California, 91106 Tel: 213-796-4395 His design work completed, he left the company in 1937.