1936 Auburn 852 Labourdette Cabriolet

ID.#GH5025   Engine#35229

ONLY VERY FEW EXAMPLES OF FOREIGN COACHWORK ON THE AMERICAN-BUILT AUBURN HAVE BEEN RECORDED BUT NONE MORE STRIKING THAN THIS EXAMPLE BY THE NOTED FRENCH CRAFTSMAN, JEAN HENRI LABOURDETTE, FOR SINGER/ACTOR MAURICE CHEVALIER. 

THE FRONT OF THE CAR RETAINS THE EXCELLENT DESIGN OF GORDON BUEHRIG WHILE THE REST OF THE ELEGANT, ONE-OF-A-KIND CABRIOLET BUILT IN LABOURDETTE’S SHOP ACCURATELY REFLECTS THE FRENCH MASTER’S DEFINITION OF THE COACHBUILT CAR: “AN EXPRESSION OF LINE, OF TASTE, OF FANTASY, OF PERSONALITY, AND FROM TIME TO TIME, OF VANITY.