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8100 A (2) Boattail (2) 653 (1) Speedster (1)

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1936 Auburn Boattail

$249,995 10,923 miles

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Frequently Asked Questions about Classic Auburn

Auburn was founded by brothers Frank and Morris Eckhart in Auburn, Indiana, as an outgrowth of the Eckhart Carriage Company established by their father, Charles Eckhart. The Auburn Automobile Company was incorporated in 1903. Sources differ on the first car: RM Sotheby's dates the brothers' first runabout to 1900, while the Auburn Cord Duesenberg Automobile Museum dates the first car sold to the public to 1903.

Auburn cars were built in Indiana, first in the town of Auburn, where the company was founded and kept its headquarters. The company also had a manufacturing plant in Connersville, Indiana, and according to the Auburn Cord Duesenberg Automobile Museum, all of its mass production was later moved there.

Errett Lobban Cord was a car salesman hired in 1924 to run Auburn, which the Eckhart family had sold in 1919 to a group of Chicago investors that included William Wrigley Jr. Cord sold off the company's stock of unsold cars, gained a controlling interest and became president in 1926. Some sources, including RM Sotheby's, date his arrival to 1923.

Auburn, Cord and Duesenberg were all part of E.L. Cord's business group. Cord bought the Duesenberg company in 1926 while running Auburn, and in 1929 he formed the Cord Corporation as a holding company over both. The Cord car, introduced in 1929 as the front-wheel-drive L-29, was built by the Auburn Automobile Company, as was the Gordon Buehrig-styled Cord 810 of 1936.

The Auburn Speedster is an open car with a tapered boattail rear, first shown in 1928 and offered in 1935-1936 as the 851 and 852. That version was styled by Gordon Buehrig and its supercharged straight-eight was rated at 150 horsepower. Supercharged cars carried a dashboard plaque signed by record driver Ab Jenkins certifying a speed above 100 mph, which RM Sotheby's describes as factory decoration.

Yes, Auburn introduced a twelve-cylinder line for 1932. Its 391-cubic-inch V12 was rated at 160 horsepower, was designed by Auburn chief engineer George Kublin and was built by Lycoming, with the cylinder banks set at a 45-degree angle. The model was sold as a low-priced twelve-cylinder car.

Auburn production ended in 1936, and the Auburn Automobile Company filed for bankruptcy in 1937. The company had its best sales year in 1931, but sales fell away during the Depression. E.L. Cord sold his interests in 1937, and the Cord and Duesenberg marques went out of production as well.

Yes, the Auburn Cord Duesenberg Automobile Museum occupies the company's former Art Deco administration building in Auburn, Indiana, and opened on July 6, 1974. After the company closed, the building served as a parts and service center for Auburn, Cord and Duesenberg cars under Dallas Winslow's Auburn-Cord-Duesenberg Company. The site was named a National Historic Landmark in 2005.

The 6 Auburn listings on Classic Cars Arena right now include 5 with an asking price of $1,000 or more. Those are priced from $69,995 to $249,995, with a median asking price of $89,895. These are the prices sellers are asking today, not sale prices, and the figures change as cars are listed and sold.

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