Talk:Cord Automobile
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The layout of the page needs to be fixed. There are 3 edit buttons next to each other and out of place.
- can you explain? edit "buttons" are placed automatically by the inclusion of headlines. I don't see what you are referring to in the page as it exists today. David 03:06, 14 April 2006 (UTC)
===1929=== It was the year of the Wallstreet crash. The degree of advanced engineering for the L-29 was staggering. Front wheel drive, about than 35 years before it's introduction on even a few high-end Detroit cars. Even the L-29 head lamps were utterly unique. (The 3D image of the L-29 will make it easier to visualize that design. The 3D interior image of the L-29 will give you a good sense of the feel of the car for a driver. Note the backward swinging "Suicide Doors", a unique Cord touch.
The thin headlamps shown on the L-29 images were installed on other marques and so were the reverse suicide doors as far as I know.
UPDATE 04/03/06 The lights pictured on the 3-D image are of an aftermarket or optional equipment known as "woodlights" and were avaiable for any make of automobile in the 20's and 30's.
Suicide doors were commonly used on many makes of automobiles until WWII.
Suicide doors were common pre-WW2 for the same reason that most modern convertibles have 2 doors: there is no B-pillar to mount the rear doors to. Aftermarket parts were not uncommon in the era. If you could afford a luxury car in 1937 America, you could afford to have it restyled to suit your tastes. Joel Blanchette 20:01, 10 April 2006 (UTC)
This is not a subject that I know much about, but it seems from the text of the entry that this might be more properly titled Cord automobile or Cord (automobile)?cbustapeck 17:14, 25 July 2006 (UTC)
