Labor Day Weekend was a celebration of all things ACD, as demostrated by an array of Cords and Auburns outside the wonderful Auburn Cord Duesenberg Museum.


On Saturday, we joined more than 65 Cords on display in Eck- hart Park, then tucked in behind noted Cord author and historian Josh Malks, who led a parade of ACD-ers into historic downtown Auburn. Townspeople smiled and waved; Norman Rockwell would have been right at home with his easel. Parked around the historic courthouse square, where we lined up for the “ice cream social,” these racy Auburn Speedsters, majestic Duesenbergs and Erté-in-


spired Cords were a poignant reminder that beginning a century ago, skilled craftsmen in this small Indiana town created automo- biles of great stature that are still coveted and respected. Company founder Errett Lobban Cord was a brilliant financier, a successful businessman, a visionary and perhaps something of a stock manipulator, but he’s fondly remembered in Auburn as a hero. William Cord Hummel, oldest grandson of E.L. Cord and president


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