Trevor Cowell is no stranger to magazine readers. His impressive stable contains Chevys, Pontiacs, a Ford, a Cadillac and a Mercury. He likes his cars unique, so most are customised to some degree and have been featured in these pages and in other titles. The bar is set high for any Cowell car, but with his latest acquisition he has really outdone himself.
The Cord is instantly recognisable even to people who have never seen one. Conceived for society’s elite, its celebrity has endured on account of it being one of the most original and striking examples of pre-war car design. In appearance, it is neither American nor European. With its concealed lights and distinctive ‘coffin nose’, it scarcely resembles a product of the Thirties. A Cord is a Cord and that’s that.
It’s even admired by people who don’t ordinarily care for American cars. As Ian Fleming wrote in Live and Let Die: “Leiter
