I have always been fascinated by Cords. As a child growing up in the 50's, my father and I were crazy about cars in general. The Cord 810 Sportsman was our favourite fantasy car that we had pictures of, but had never seen in real life, and we used to have great discussions on the styling and sheer beauty of the car. At the age of eight I vowed to own a Cord someday.

I have had quite a few classics over the years, including a 34 Chev, 56 Chev,  76 Corvette Stingray, 1948 Chev Pick-up Streetrod and a 1950 Hudson Pacemaker Coupe, but continued to dream of owning that Cord. Things took a turn when I met Mike Otto who is the owner of a beautiful Cord Beverly A friendship developed and Mike was able to persuade Ced Pearce, the owner of a Custom Berline and a Sportsman to part with a 810 Westchester that had been in his barn for over twenty years. Mike and Cedric have owned and built quite a few Cords and are "The Cord Gurus" in South Africa. (See Cords in SA).

Only a handful of Cords remain in South Africa and our restored 810 Westchester is one of them. (See Restoration).  I still get a 'kick' each time I drive it.  We even had a Cord at our wedding (See Wedding).
Drop me a line if you are a Cord owner.

Ray Exton 
ray@cordinsa.co.za

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