Amelia Earhart's 1937 Cord 812 Phaeton convertible is about to go on display on the National Mall in Washington, D.C.
The handsome, low-slung classic will be presented Thursday as part of the Hagerty Drivers Foundation’s annualEarhart was the first woman to cross the Atlantic by air — and the first person to cross it twice. She was determined to circumnavigate the Earth; on May 21, 1937, she and navigator Fred Noonan left Oakland, California, and headed east. After covering 22,000 miles over several weeks, they touched down in New Guinea for fuel, departing on July 2, 1937.
The car featured other quirky stuff such as forward-opening doors with hidden hinges , and hidden headlights. Instead of a chrome-laden grille, the 810 featured subtle horizontal louvers. The car features Palm Beach Tan paint. The Cord eventually ended up in the garage of car collector Jack Boyd Smith Jr., who bankrolled a painstaking restoration by Travis LaVine of LaVine Restorations. It is now owned and exhibited by the JBS Collection.
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