Category:Cord Corporation

The Cord Corporation was founded in 1926 by Errett Lobban Cord as a holding company for his ventures, mainly in the transportation field. The Corporation folded in 1937. Identified companies include:

• Vehicle manufacturers
• Auburn Automobile Company, Auburn and Cord brands
• Duesenberg, Inc.

• Auburn—Cord—Duesenberg Company, 122 South Elm Place, Broken Arrow, Oklahoma

• Lexington Motor Company, Connersville (Indiana); closed May, 1927
• McFarlan Motor Car Company, Connersville (Indiana), McFarlan brand (1910–1928, automobiles, coachwork).
• Checker Motors Corporation, Kalamazoo (Michigan), taxi cabs. Owned 1933-1936
• Parmalee Transportation Company, Chicago, taxi operator and manufacturer, owned the Yellow Cab Company
• Stinson Aircraft Company

• Coachbuilders
• LaGrande
• Limousine Body Company
• Central Manufacturing Company, Connersville (Indiana)
• A.H. Walker Company, Indianapolis (Indiana)
• Union City Body Company, Union City, (Indiana)

• Engines, parts, and components
• Lycoming Manufacturing Company, engines
• Ansted Engineering Company, Connersville (Indiana), engines
• Columbia Axle Company

• L.G.S. Devices Corporation
• Century Airlines, predecessorof American Airlines