Winter ! (UPDATE II, see below)

Ah!, at last the icy season is back ! A warm welcome to fog & frost, hailstorm & blizzard. Perfect conditions for good winter rallying and to really taking your fine tuned vintage car to the test. Brush up your Monte Carlo Rally knowledge at Wikipedia.org. What fun to deliver final proof why your thirties front wheel drive was so much better than those old fashioned reardrives.... "Oh no, never!" we can hear your moaning, 'my precious restoration may not be touched by a single drop of water'. Let alone, snow, or even worse salt. Ok, ok, you may be right. But now look at it from another angle. Today not only winter starts. Also summer...: Down Under! So forget a moment what winter can do to your perfect 1937 Cord 812 and look what a series of exceptionally good summers + a little lack of Ozon can do to your car.... check this Cord L-29... in a 1999 backissue of 'The Automobile' ..... (ill. Harry Anderson, collection William F. Walling )

Update II by Kit Foster: "I concur with Peter Pegg. The car is an Auburn, for the reasons he states."
Update I : Peter Pegg writes regarding the 'Cord L 29': "Gentlemen, viewed your Winter article with interest, and the alleged Cord L29. I doubt very much if this car is a Cord. I suspect it is an Auburn. As far as I can ascertain, the Cord was never fitted with artillery wheels; The transmission was very evident ahead of the radiator, and the radiator cowling was shortened to clear the transmission housing. The car pictured will be an exciting restoration project as it has very rare coachwork, but the photograph does not suggest a Cord.....

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