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2014 Auburn Festival

Worldwide Auctioneers at the 2014 Auburn Festival

Worldwide Auctioneers at the 2014 Auburn Festival"
The headliners for Worldwide Auctioneers at the 2014 Auburn Festival auction were a 1931 Cord L-29 Convertible Sedan (above left), a 1929 Cord L-29 Town Car (center) and a real 1935 Auburn 851 SC Boattail Speedster, known as “The Honeymoon Speedster” (right).

 

Rare Vintage Motorcar Auction …

On Saturday we visited the Worldwide Auctioneers at the 2014 Auburn Festival. Worldwide Auctioneers consider themselves to be Vintage Motorcar Specialists and have held an auction at the NATMUS Museum for many years. While the big national auctions may have a few vintage motorcars in their auction sale list, in truth, that’s all Worldwide Auctioneers caters to here. When viewing their inventory display at the NATMUS Museum on Saturday we were struck by the vision of old Cords, Auburn Speedsters and Packards for sale all in one place. This was truly a special sale to attend. We thought we would bring you some photos of these old treasures.

Although it is not an Auburn, Cord or Duesenberg we figured this 1955 Hudson Italia Coupe was by far the most rare piece of coachwork at the show. Only 26 of them were ever produced by Hudson Motor Company. This particular car is considered the finest example in existence and is owned by Ed Souers, the president of the Hudson Italia historian for the Hudson Essex Terreplane Club and manager of the Hudson Motor Company Museum in Ypsilanti, Michigan.  Hudson had been winning in NASCAR for three years but wanted a sports car to compete in the Mexican Carrera Panamerican, an international event. Hudson believed it could achieve success in the European market through competition. Hudson could design what they wanted to build but needed an Italian coachworks to help it produce the car in low volume. They turned to Carrozzeria Touring to complete the very custom build.

1955 Hudson Italia Coupe sale by Worldwide Auctioneers at the 2014 Auburn Festival
1955 Hudson Italia Coupe displayed by Worldwide Auctioneers at the 2014 Auburn Festival event. The engine is a 211.4 ci inline 6 cylinder rated at 114 hp with two dual barrel carburetors, independent front suspension, rear leaf springs and a three-speed manual transmission. Worldwide Auctioneers estimates it to be worth just under a half-million dollars. (Photos by Bob Boberg of eClassicAutos.com.)

1955 Hudson Italia Coupe by Carrozzeria Touring logo     Unusual rear valance on the 1955 Hudson Italia Coupe     front valance of the 1955 Hudson Italia Coupe

 

1931 Cord L29 Convertible Sedan
1931 Cord L29 Convertible Sedan as seen in the inventory display for Worldwide Auctioneers at the 2014 Auburn Festival

 

1938 Talbot Lago T-23 Sport Cabriolet
1938 Talbot Lago T-23 Sport Cabriolet

 

1929 Packard 645 Rollston Roadster
1929 Packard 645 Rollston Roadster complete with woodlights

 

1934 Packard Twelve 1108 Convertible Sedan
1934 Packard Twelve 1108 Convertible Sedan with custom coachwork by Dietrich.

 

1951 Nash Healey Roadster
1951 Nash Healey Roadster, America’s first true sports car, predated the Chevrolet Corvette and the Kaiser Darrin.

 

Cars On Line.com is covering the 2014 Auburn Cord Duesenberg Festival here in Auburn, Indiana this weekend. Click here to see tons of photos of vintage motorcars.

 

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