1936 Auburn

It is indeed an extremely interesting car. However, it's not an Auburn! This guy's been billing this as a Henney Auburn for years. In reality this is a 1935 Henney Aerodynamic - a Series 2000 model. This was the last "assembled" Henney and was put together from a vast array of various components Henney collected from Lincoln, Auburn, Oldsmobile and Packard. The 2000 Series offerings were powered by Lycoming straight eight engines (like Auburns) but, were built on Henney frames. These Henney 2000 Series cars were the last "assembled" cars offered to funeral directors and were hearses only. There were two models in the Series - the 2000 Two-Way Elecdraulic and the 2001 Two-Way Manual. These sold for $3,844 and $3231 respectively. Thanks for posting the great photo of a rare and unusual car.
 
As I said earlier, despite what the owner likes to claim, this is not an Auburn. As a matter of fact, in 1935-1936 the faltering Auburn Motor Car Company was itself marketing hearses and ambulances of its own design - with uniquely-styled, clam-shell-type rear loading doors. The Henney Aerodynamic models were the last gasp of the traditional "assembled" professional car and very few were supposedly sold. One can understand why the owner would prefer to call it a Henney Auburn - because of the engine and the panache of the Auburn name - but he could just as easily have dubbed it a Henney Lycoming. It is what it is and an interesting and scarce one at that.
 
Thanks for the link to earlier posts regarding this rare car, Adam. You'll note that the radiator shell is Lincoln, the headlamps are from Oldsmobile, the hood from an earlier 900 Series Henney and the intstrument panel is from a Packard. As Brady pointed out, the side-loading table is not original and is from a much later car but, only purists or PCS members would be aware of that. It is a marvellous surviving example of the last of the "assembled cars".
 
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