an auburn I like

Hello Gang. The victoria in question belongs to Global classics [ Korea] as do most of the cars on display upstairs at Blackhawk. Randy

I was told that the Labourdette car was owned by someone in the far east, and was only stored in the Blackhawk Museum. We tried very hard to feature it in Car Collector when I was editor, but was told that the man from the Far East would have no part of any publicity.

I have a picture of Labourdette standing between the frame rails of that car with a hammer in his hand.

Blackhawk makes sense. It disappeared about the same time he sold eighteen cars to Blackhawk.

Thanks, Kellie. You ARE probably the #1 Coupe Fan in the club, but you've been around yours longer than most other owners!

Chris- This got me thinking to my earliest Coupe memory this Sunday morning. It was my grandpa returning on Labor Day Sunday from Auburn to our family's Annual "Chowder". We had to run to the grocery store. My great uncle, grandpa, my sister, and I all piled into the coupe. Keep in mind, I was probably no older than six or seven and my sister is two years younger than I am. Obviously, with the Coupe being a two passenger vehicle, that left limited space. My sister rode in the back window ledge of the car while I rode between my grandpa and my uncle. Wow have times changed with the seatbelt laws! One of the reasons I never liked the Coupe when I was a "stupid" little kid was that it didn't have a rumble seat, and it wasn't a convertible. Thank goodness, I got wise quickly in 1990 when I was able to come to my first Reunion! Although, my very first Auburn was in 1983, but I didn't get to stay the weekend or experience 9th street!

Thanks, Kellie. I really like that car. I will look for it at Auburn next year in case it shows up.

I think Bill is talking about the Labourdette-bodied Cabriolet. Last I saw it was at the Blackhawk Museum, although they could have sold it since. It had been there for a while.

The maroon coupe with the tan leather top is now owned by the Bartels of MI. It has been in Auburn several times, but they are very active in the CCCA and it is more likely to be seen at one of their events. I know they have taken it on several CCCA caravans with rave reviews.

The coupe in the ACD museum is a 6 cylinder. There is also another 8 cylinder that is green and has a tan canvas top. It too has been to the reunion over the years. However, I am not sure who it belongs to.

I guess I am not sure about the French car with the speedster fenders to which the other member is referring to. In my almost 20 years at Auburn (I know you all thought that I was still in my twenties <!-- s:oops: --><img src="{SMILIES_PATH}/icon_redface.gif" alt=":oops:" title="Embarassed" /><!-- s:oops: --> ), I do remember seeing several European Auburns, however, I don't have any pictures or any specific details.

I said somewhere before that I tried to follow Dee Howard across San Antonio. I was was in a 454 GMC truck and he was in that auburn. I was pretty hard pressed to keep up with him.

The Auburn I'm wondering about is a Cabriolet that Jerry Moore used to have. It was a full width Auburn Cabriolet, but it had speedster fenders, frame covers, and, since it was built in France, a fold away hood ornament and electric turn signals to make it legal under French law.

In fact, we had some post cards printed, which I still have, featuring it, J-212, and L-29, and some others. If anyone is interested P/M your mailing address and I'll send you a set.

Thanks, Kellie. You ARE probably the #1 Coupe Fan in the club, but you've been around yours longer than most other owners!



I've seen three in person - the car upstairs in the ACD Museum, yours, and the five-window at O'Quinn's.

Whatever happened to the red coupe Dee Howard of TX has/had? It had a tan top and a lot of modern modifications for highway driving. I remember seeing it in an old "Car Collector" from the 1980s. I've heard it was quite a speed demon.

Chris - as a fan of the 35-36 Auburn Coupe (can I say I am the club's #1 '35 Auburn Coupe fan??-I only speak the truth ), I asked Randy Ema how many are still in existance. He told me between the 8 and 6 cylinders that there are probably less than 10. He has a 6 cylinder. Also, not all Coupes had rumble seats - the trunk was available and much more functional. It makes the Coupe a great touring car for someone like me that doesn't know the meaning of pack light!

As far as the SC black Coupe, I just went back through my scrapbooks and it was at the Reunion in '02 for the Anniversary. I remember the car specifically because of it was so stunning, and the owner/creator made a point of showing my grandfather all that he had done in designing the car, because he knew he would appreciate the beauty of the Coupe.

Jerry Moore used to have an L-29 Cord that was Cigarette Green, and Mercedes had a Cigarette Brown, and they should have left well enough alone. Cigarette Cream just doesn't do it for me, at least not on that car.

Bob Pass owned the car for years, and for the last couple of years had a slight case of seller's remorse. He would liked to have bought it back, but it was sold another direction.

There's no reason you couldn't have seen it at Auburn, they had time after Pebble Beach to get there.

Mikes black coupe had a trunk, not a rumble seat. Mike really didn't do too much work on the car. Two close friends of his did the Lions share. In 02 when Mike was at Auburn with the coupe he ran it through judging and it won a first place. There was a full deduct for originality and and it still won. Needless to say the car is nice!

bubbabill wrote: After I spent meny months and many thousands of OQuinn's dollars, and collected all the supercharger parts, they sold the car I was getting all the stuff for.

I swear I saw that speedster at Auburn this year but I'm not sure. Forgive me but all Cigarette Cream speedsters look the same to me.

How many of the original two-passenger coupes with rumble seats from 1935 and 1936 are known to exist? I always thought that those were very attractive cars. I heard most were chopped into convertibles later in life.

The black SC coupe was built by longtime club member Mike Schinas from Connecticut. In the builders mind, it was meant to showcase a car that Auburn never built but should have. All parts on the car, i.e. inside exhaust is genuine Auburn.

I believe the car made its debut at the Annual Auburn Reunion around 2002.

I believe it was you who told me about the car before, It and a convertible sedan. I don't know if I told you, but the convertible sedan is in the collection, too.

Any chance you could share a couple of photos of the graft taking place?

I agree with you, Auburn should have make that car.

After I spent meny months and many thousands of OQuinn's dollars, and collected all the supercharger parts, they sold the car I was getting all the stuff for.

That black Auburn coupe is a fantasy car. The inside s/c exhaust are genuine Auburn parts. The car started out life as a coupe, a four door sedan top was shortened and grafted to the coupe. The solid top is a 67 Camero hood. I have pix of that car when it was being built. It is the coupe Auburn should have made.

There is an interesting Auburn in the OQuinn collection. It is a supercharged car with no side pipes, and it is a steel roof, five window coupe. They evidently used the rear roof and quarter windows from a four door sedan to make the roof cap.

One of the guys I was talking to while buying supercharger parts was very familiar with the car. I don't remember which vendor he was.