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Article: Auburn did Hoosier state proud.(Auto Monday)(Collector cars)
- Article from:
- Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL)
- Article date:
- February 27, 2006
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Byline: Jim Leman
The Auburn, a car manufactured in Auburn, Ind. from 1900 to 1936, began as a fledgling venture of a carriage maker, became part of E.L. Cord's stylistic trinity of famous vehicles, and then finally succumbed to management neglect and one too many economic depressions.
Auburn is perhaps best remembered as one Cord's three great vehicles - Auburn, Duesenberg and Cord -- all manufactured in Indiana: the Auburn and Cord's namesake the Cord in Auburn; the Duesenberg in Indianapolis. Cord had acquired the mighty Duesenberg in 1926 from its owner, Duesenberg Automobile and Motors Corporation and Fred Duesenberg.
Of the three ...
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... ... automaker. But Cord turned it into his Auburn-Cord-Duesenberg auto empire after making ... them together with his Chicago-based Cord Corp. and Auburn Automobile Co., in Auburn, Ind. The Cord 810/812 originally was meant to be a ...
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