Editor’s Note: I like these ’32 Auburn Boattail Speedsters almost as much as the iconic 1935 and 1936 Auburn 852 Boattail Speedsters. Therefore, we’d like to publish a ’32 Boattail. Thank you, RM Auctions for permitting us to publish the photos and your article. By the way, this one sold at RM Auctions’ Amelia Island event 2013, which occurred on March 9, 2013.
Photo Credit: Stephen Goodal ©2010 Courtesy of RM Auctions
Chassis no. 8100A 9288ESerial no. 9288 Engine no. GU 73382Frame no. 8288.
1932 Auburn Boattail Speedster
The Auburn is equipped with a 100 bhp, 268.6 cu. L-head inline eight-cylinder engine, three-speed transmission along with Columbia two-speed “Dual Ratio” rear axle, solid front and live rear axles with semi-elliptic leaf springs, and four-wheel Steeldraulic drum brakes.
- Certified Category One by the ACD Club
- Best of Show by the ACD Club National, CCCA Senior Premier, and AACA Senior Grand National champion
- Among the really finest renovated examples to be found
The lover of 1930s-era classic automobiles needs no introduction to a 1932 Auburn 8-100A Speedster. They know that this was the Auburn Automobile Company’s most incredible eight-cylinder offering, a suitable Depression-era road burner for those who might afford it. They know that it supplied outstanding performance for a dashing raccoon-coated couple, along with the flexibility of a two-speed rear axle giving a low ratio for city use and a high ratio for open roadways in all three gears. They know that today, few Auburns from the glorious Art Deco era are better.
The example provided right here has actually been licensed as Category One by the Auburn Cord Duesenberg Club, as it has a matching numbers 8-100A chassis, engine, transmission, axles, body, and all other significant elements. It is critical to note the originality of the body, which was constructed for Auburn by Union City Body Company, rather compared to being just one of the lots of reproduction bodies discovered on original chassis today.
The Auburn’s current owner acquired the Speedster in 1989 and, with the objective of developing a best of show winning vehicle, spent five years recovering it on an initial 8-100A chassis that was born with sedan coachwork. At the very same time, the sequential number, which was initially 9288 A, representing a sedan, was altered to 9288 E, representing the real speedster coachwork that the chassis now wears.
With the exemption of urethane paint, picked for its longevity, the Auburn was totally returned to initial factory specs in every respect. Considerable study was done on all components to ensure that they would be positively authentic to the last degree and hold up to the examination of the most scrupulous Auburn expert.
Simple adjustments to the rear of the body were very carefully and authentically fixed, and new fenders were formed from initial Auburn car fenders. This job was properly reported in the September-October 1995 issue of Antique Automobile magazine, showing the Auburn previously, during, and after the restoration had actually been completed.
The Auburn was shown at the ACD Club’s 1995 homecoming in Auburn, Indiana, where it was judged Best Auburn and Best in Show; it passed to once more catch Best Auburn in 1996 and 2002, confirming the supremacy and authenticity of its renovation and presentation.
It has consequently been judged a Senior Grand National winner by the Antique Automobile Club of America, and it has gotten to Senior Premier condition in the Classic Car Club of America. The owner has actually taken the car to concours from shore to shore, featuring Meadow Brook, Pebble Beach, and Lehigh, and it has actually never returned home without an award. The most recent win was gained at the Concours d’Elegance of America at St. John’s in 2012– 18 years after the completion of the renovation! This is, rather simply, among the finest, most authentically finished 1932 Auburn Speedsters around.
The lover of 1930s-era classic vehicles requires no introduction to a 1932 Auburn 8-100A Speedster. They understand that this was the Auburn Automobile Company’s most magnificent eight-cylinder offering, an optimal Depression-era roadster for those that might manage it. They know that today, only a couple of Auburn’s cars are far more prized.
Minor alterations to the rear and body were extremely meticulously and authentically fixed, and brand-new fenders were shaped from initial Auburn sedan fenders. This is one of the finest, most legitimately completed 1932 Auburn Speedsters in existence.
