1936 Cord 810 Westchester Demonstration.

Tom Laferriere taking a drive in a Cord 810

[donjohnson]

This is so mechanical! Even the engine turned dash is art. No start/stop engines, connected cars with an I-pad for a dash, and puny 4 cylinder turbo pieces of crap! This was a real car and an engineering masterpiece. Thanks for sharing a piece of history.

[actonitecordowner.]

All I can say is that is is magical to drive one. In 1936 they were the world's most moder car and still turn heads today. Terry Cockerell, Australia

[justanotheryoutubeuploader]

This gearbox is the cutest thing in the world. I'd love to drive one of those.

[bulldogg]

Fun fact, she has a LLLLRRRR firing order. I find this unique

[dondesnoo]

Sure beats the needed double clutching needed on non syncro transmission's of the day .held my breath though first auto start .😁

[ChrisG]

Not only a beautiful car, it sounds gorgeous. And talk about advanced for its day

[daletheredneck]

Lol couldn't stop smiling while watching this is my dream car. One day I'll hopefully have one

[drd]

I always loved the "coffin nosed" cords. Way ahead of anything made. And such a beautiful interior. Those preselect gears would be awesome even today too. I assume that you can't hurry a change.... Nearest to driving a preselect I have is my ishift civic, but couldn't hold a candle to this.

[YOUGOTIT]

Thank you for posting this wonderful ride in a Cord. I had no idea that gear shift was designed in this manner.

It increases the fun of driving even further.

Beautiful condition - inside and out

[kirkconway]

the deep sound of the supercharged Lycoming V-8 is reallly something.

[MrHulliemam]

that shifting meganism is very nice! dint know it exist and that for a 80 year old car!

[marcob]

This was a great car, far beyond time

[kevin]

Great video. Thanks for sharing a terrific piece of automotive history with your viewers.

[jonathanlule]

This is very cool! Seems like the transmission pre-selecting was ahead of its time. Great video!

[nateo]

Thank you. That was a good video demonstration of the Cord pre-select transmission.

[kiwiroyce]

COOL Thanks Tom.My first car was a 1939 Buick 8 that had the clutch start, Im 38 years old now and regret selling the old beast Gr8 video.

[DeeRox]

Thank you for the great video. Does preselector transmissions I always thought were so cool. I was born in 1979. I used to help a great man work on these

[HD]

One of my dream cars. Thanks for the demonstration !

[boris.teoharov]

Well, well, well, what an amazing car! In 1930s it must have looked like a spaceship to most people.

[darthsentinel]

It's funny. Jalopnik brought me here, and I was watching the video, thinking how strangely similar the light was to the light where I live. Sure enough, I get to the end, and my suspicions where absolutely correct - this was filmed no more than 10 minutes from my house.