Beautiful, radical and futuristic, the Tom Mix Cord is arguably the rarest of all cords. Just 196 Supercharged Cord 812 Roadsters were built. This is one of the only three with a rare set of options, including an external mounted spare. The other two belonged to jazz singer Al Jolson and actress Barbara Stanwick.
The car is easily capable of speeds in excess of 100 mph and Tom Mix, America’s first cowboy movie star was travelling nearly 80 when he missed the sign saying “Bridge Under Construction.” Ironically Mix, who performed his own stunts, died in the crash when he was hit in the head with an aluminum suitcase filled with money.
The current owners purchased the car at auction in 2010 and began a painstaking frame off restoration, the first since 1940. The restoration revealed damage from the fatal crash. The “Tom Mix Cord” now appears as it did 5 minutes before the accident.
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