CORD PAINT COLORS

Is E.L.'s black on tan S/C Beverly in the museum the original color combination, or was it done after he acquired it?

Cord did many things to sell cars, one of which was to offer to new car buyers a deviation from the standard dealer catalog eg: Phaeton cigarette cream paint standard red interior, special order from the factory cigarette cream paint with brown interior dash color of interior dark brown. wheels always body color most of the time except for special orders. Usually dash was fabric color.