Book Now Available:
"Glen Pray - The Man Who Brought Legends to Life"
Read the Book Review

The Classic Cord and the Cord 8/10 Sportsman

     The Cord was a truly revolutionary automobile.  It was unlike anything made at the time.  It featured front wheel drive, disappearing headlamps, no running boards and no visible radiator.  It looked fast and it was.  Supercharged models were guaranteed to exceed 100 mph (a big deal in 1936).   The story of the development of the car is inspirational.  It's a story of risk taking, tight schedules and budgets and the teamwork needed to get the job done. 
     A group of Tulsa area businessmen headed up by Glenn Pray and Wayne McKinley made plans to manufacture a Chevrolet Corvair-powered front wheel drive version of the original 810 Cord with a convertible top and a Royalex® body developed by U.S. Rubber Company.  Glenn Pray departed at the early stages of manufacturing while Leroy Duncan and Wayne McKinley stayed through until approximately 95 of the Corvair-powered 810 Sportsmans were built.  
     The Cord was in production for only two years - a victim of the depression. In time the company doors were closed and the assets  sold off.  Glenn Pray of Broken Arrow Oklahoma ended up purchasing these assets and in 1966 introduced a modern version of the timeless classic.  The Glenn Pray Cord was an 8/10th scaled version of the original.  It featured a novel ABS plastic body, and a six cylinder air cooled Corvair engine with an optional turbocharger.  Approximately 95 were made before financial troubles halted production.