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22 Aug 2017 06:07 #33450 by auburnandyscar
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A good looking car, BUT it looks as if the same 'Tape measure' was used for the wheelbase on this V12 car and the "Father Divine" car.... (sigh)

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11 Aug 2017 03:21 #33409 by Jonathan Richards
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Happy to see this thread re-activated. What a marvelous machine of Lady Flora Eaton. Come on you Canadian members and put on your Shurlock Holmes outfits and find that this vehicle still exists. Welcome to the website, Leif Hemy, Sincerely, Jonathan Richards Member #1080 , formerly at Red Oak, Iowa and now at Chesterfield\, Missouri , Phone Area 712/621-1854 and new E-mail address [email protected]

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10 Aug 2017 09:00 #33404 by LeifHemy
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Bill Hummel wrote: Here is the car Johnathan mentioned:



Here is the link to the big picture:

www.cordhaven.com/acd/brockman/misc/JBA732.jpg


My apologies for the order of the slides. My software sorts the thumbnails alphabeticaly, not numberically. So all the 7's are together.


This is just amazing! Thanks for sharing, Bill! :)

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20 Dec 2009 15:17 #15350 by
Using the front axle for a focal line does not do the car much justice. I would not have taken a body designed for a much longer wheelbase and scrunched it down to that Cord wheelbase.

It reminds me a little of those LeBaron bodied Packards from 1934. The ones with the disappearing top.

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06 Dec 2009 05:12 #15262 by mikespeed35
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The body was built by McBride's Garage and Auto Body Co. in Toronto. The same Co. that built the van and truck body's for the Eaton Dept. Store. The design was supplied by Auburn from the Gordon Buehrig design for the Duesenberg Dual Cowl Toredo Phaeton. This car was for a wedding gift. Lady Eaton first looked at a Duesenberg by Brunn in Buffalo and was given a price of $19,500 US. Too expensive for a wedding gift so they used the 133" 12 chassis and put the Duesenberg body on it. The last the car was known of was 1940-41 when it was sold to two flight officers in the Royal Canadian Air Force. Look in the 1996 No. two and three issue for the whole story.
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06 Dec 2009 02:56 #15258 by Jonathan Richards
Replied by Jonathan Richards on topic Custom Bodied 1933 Auburn 12 cyl. of the Eatons of Toronto
Thanks to Chris Summers, Mike Huffman and Bill Hummel for responding
to my comment of last evening. I would like to amplify this a bit. There
is no way that the magnificnt Auburn 12 cylinder open car is a standard
run of the mill convertible phaeton sedan. This has got to be a custom
body. Mike has pointed out the other photo images of the car which I was
not able to identify last evening and they are found at Page 3 of the Auburn Archive and carry nos.JBA693,694,695,696,698,699,700 and 701.
These are the same vehicle I referenced last evening and I presume that
Mike has now found that photo image. Several of the winter time photos,
all of which appear to have been taken on the premises of a very posh
residence , feature a male and female figure extremely well dressed. The
coat worn by the lady is most probably a real leopard or jaguar pelt item
and she may be the Lady Flora Eaton whom Mike referenced above. I am
not at all acquainted with Canadian history or gentry but suspect that she
may have had a royal title of some sort. I look forward to Chris finding
the Newsletter article by Brockman about this vehicle. Note the license
plate of the left rear tailamp bracket is Ontario 1933 F-86. The view of
the interior taken from above ( perhaps from a ladder) is marvelous as
it shows the pattern of upholstery in pleated leather and the brackets
with threaded knobs with which the side windows attach to the body. I
suspect that the handsome convertible top assembly folded into the rear of the body in a manner akin to the Brunn Riviera Phaeton Duesenberg
bodies. It looks like there was a latch mechanism on the right rear side
of the body inboard of the right rear tailamp and fender which would have
allowed the rear of the body to open and pivot rearward. What do you all
think? Again I must say, what a machine!! Jonathan Richards in Iowa aka <a href="mailto:[email protected]][email protected][/url]

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05 Dec 2009 06:54 #15250 by Bill Hummel
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Here is the car Johnathan mentioned:



Here is the link to the big picture:

www.cordhaven.com/acd/brockman/misc/JBA732.jpg


My apologies for the order of the slides. My software sorts the thumbnails alphabeticaly, not numberically. So all the 7's are together.

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05 Dec 2009 06:43 #15247 by Chris Summers
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I saw an article on that car, which I believe was written by Jim Brockman, in a 1990s newsletter. I'll dig it out when I get home at the end of this week. (Final exams are upon me.)

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05 Dec 2009 05:57 #15245 by mikespeed35
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I didn't mention that it was sold by O'Donnell-Mackie in Toronto Ont. There is no mention of a custom body. They only sold eight 12 cyl. cars for all production years. Jim made no mention of the car still existing.
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05 Dec 2009 05:42 #15244 by mikespeed35
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Hi Johnathan, I can't find a JBA 732 but if you are refering to JBA 693 thru JBA 701 that car is actually refered to as a 1933 Auburn Dual Cowl Phaeton purchased by John David Eaton. It is serial no. 1324L. It was sold to him on Sept. 30 1933 and the color is indicated as Prime.
Also of interest is Lady Flora Eaton owned two L-29 Cords and purchased a Auburn 8-101 on Jan. 17, 1933. A nice ACD family.
CORDially Mike

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05 Dec 2009 02:59 #15239 by Jonathan Richards
MISC ARCHIVES / Costom Bodied Auburn V-12 was created by Jonathan Richards
My first comment is to express my awe at the treasure trove of ACD and
other automotive history so generously entrusted to our club website.
Thank you to the Brockmans and all who have worked on this project.
Now to the Auburn inquiry. Please go to Page 1 of the Miscellaneous
Archives section of the Brockman Collection and view Photo JBA 732.
This is a right side view of a very elegant and racy custom bodied 1933
or 1934 Auburn 12 Cylinder in a dark color and with chromed wheels.
The body is somewhat akin to the Duesenberg Model J Weymann-La
Grande Torpedo phaetons ( SJ526 / 2554 and J582 / 2608 ) in the side
window treatment and the rear aspects of the close-coupled open body
but the front door cut down is much more pronounced. Can someone
please identify the coachbuilder and is this vehicle still extant? There
is another frontal view of this vehicle in the collection but I failed to make a note as to the location and image number. It will turn up again.What a
machine!! Jonathan Richards at Red Oak, Iowa aka <a href="mailto:[email protected]][email protected][/url]

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