Auburn Automobile, touring and sports cars, Indiana, United States 1900-1936
 
Auburn hood ornament
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| Automobile Manufacturing | |
| Industry | Automotive |
| Genre | Touring Cars & Sports Cars |
| Fate | Bankruptcy |
| Founded | Auburn, Indiana |
| Founder | Frank and Morris Eckhart |
| Headquarters | Auburn, Indiana, United States |
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Area served
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United States |
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Key people
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Frank and Morris Eckhart, & E.L. Cord |
| Products | Vehicles Automotive parts |
| Services | Automobiles |
Auburn was a brand name of American automobiles produced from 1900 through 1936.
Corporate history
The Auburn Automobile Company grew out of the Eckhart Carriage Company, founded in Auburn, Indiana in 1874 by Charles Eckhart (1841–1915). Eckhart’s sons, Frank and Morris, experimented making automobiles before entering the business in earnest, absorbing two other local carmakers and moving into a larger plant in 1909. The enterprise was modestly successful until materials shortages during World War I forced the plant to close.
In 1919, the Eckhart brothers sold the company to a group of Chicago investors headed by Ralph Austin Bard, who later served as Assistant Secretary of the Navy for President Franklin Delano Roosevelt and as Undersecretary of the Navy for President Roosevelt and for President Harry S. Truman. The new owners revived the business but failed to realize their anticipated profits and in 1924, approached Errett Lobban Cord(1894–1974), a highly successful automobile salesman, with an offer to run the company. Cord countered with an offer to take over completely in what amounted to a leveraged buyout and the Chicago group accepted. Cord aggressively marketed the company’s unsold inventory and completed his buyout before the end of 1925.
But styling and engineering failed to overcome the fact that Cord’s vehicles were too expensive for the Depression-era market and Cord’s stock manipulations that would force him to give up control of his car companies. Under injunction from the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission to refrain from further violations, Cord sold his shares in his automobile holding company. In 1937, production of Auburns, along with that of Cords and Duesenbergs, ended.
Models
The 1904 Auburn was a touring car model. Equipped with a tonneau, it could seat two or four passengers and sold for US$1000. The flat-mounted single-cylinder engine, situated at the center of the car, produced 10 hp (7.5 kW). A two-speed planetary transmission was fitted. The angle-steel-framed car weighed 1,500 lb (680 kg) and used half-elliptic springs.
In 1926, Cord, now the owner of Auburn, partnered with Duesenberg Corporation, famous for its racing cars, and used it as the launching platform for a line of high-priced luxury vehicles. He also put his own name on a front-wheel-drive car, the Cord, later referred to as “L-29”.
Employing imaginative designers such as Alan Leamy — chief designer of the 1933 Auburn Speedster, and Gordon Buehrig, who modified leftover bodies to produce the 1935 851 Speedster and modified the four-door, Cord built cars such as the Duesenberg Model J (1928–37), the Auburn Speedster (1935-7), and the Cord 810/812 (1936-7) that became famous for their advanced engineering as well as their striking appearance. TheAuburn Boattail Speedster was powered by a 4.6L straight eight that, with the popular supercharger option(150 hp), could top 100 mph (160 km/h) making it a popular model in the Hollywood market.
The Depression, coupled with Cord’s stock manipulations, spelled the end of the company and production ceased in 1937. The company’s art deco headquarters in Auburn now houses the Auburn Cord Duesenberg Automobile Museum and became a National Historic Landmark in 2005. The Auburn Automobile Company also had a manufacturing plant in Connersville, Indiana, formerly owned by the Lexington Motor Company.
Auburn production specifications
See also
- Auburn-Cord-Dusenberg Flickr Group
- The Auburn Gallery at White Glove Collection
- RemarkableCars.com– Auburn Photo Galleries
my picture collection found on the world wide web:
![AUBURN [possivel réplica]](https://myntransportblog.files.wordpress.com/2016/02/auburn-possivel-rc3a9plica.jpg?w=302&h=170 "AUBURN [possivel réplica]")
Fabulous – thank you
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There is a guy in Tulsa called Doug Pray whose father Glenn bought up all the parts from the Dusenburg factory back in the 1960’s and is the best person to go to for parts for these beautiful cars. The businness was called ACD Factory. If you have a need or want to know more about purchasing or selling an Auburn, Cord or Duesenberg, please call Doug Pray, President Auburn Cord Duesenberg Company, 918-251-3161, 918-810-5128 You can also watch this programme from The Pickers TV Show which is about a restored Auburn https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M6BvhFUG9TI
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That is a great watch – The American Pickers show with the Auburn being driven back to the home of its previous owner over 600 miles after being made roadworthy for the first time in probably about 40 or more years, as the previous owner had only driven it as a youngster up and down his family’s drive to their mailbox..
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