To many enthusiasts the dramatic front-wheel-drive Cord is one of the most fascinating Full Classics.

It is never more desirable than in its most rakish body style, the two-passenger Cabriolet—nicknamed “Sportsman” by enthusiasts—with the factory-optional supercharged 190-horsepower engine.

The example offered here has a recorded ownership history back to 1960, when it was owned by Douglas M.

Naughton of Burlingame, California.

Later in the decade it made its way to Wisconsin, and in 1967 was acquired by the prominent early collector and Classic Car Club of America member, Del Beyer of Wauwatosa.

Mr. Beyer sold the Cord to David Kerr of Englewood, Colorado, in whose ownership it was exhibited at Arthur Rippey’s well-known Veteran Car Museum in Denver during the early 1970s.

It was then purchased by Edward M.

Lee, also of Englewood, with whom it would remain for nearly two decades.

In 1987 the Cord was acquired from Mr. Lee by well-known collector Roger Willbanks of Denver.

It ...