1931 Cord L-29 Rumble Seat Cabriolet

The current owners purchased this car in 1976, in what would be called 'in barn find' condition, from John Cowan in Danbury, Connecticut. He apparently purchased the car in 1953 from a dealer who, in turn, bought it from Elizabeth B. Ganung of Millerton, New York, who was the last registered owner. John Cowan proceeded to disassemble the Cord from the firewall forward, which is the way it was found in 1976. Every nut and bolt was removed from the engine with parts strewn all over the barn floor mixed in with a lot of Corvair parts thrown in for good measure. Restoration started in December 1976 but came to a grinding halt a few years later with three boys in college and a business. It was pulled out of the garage in 2002 (some 22 years later), and the restoration was completed in 2012.