This is the most fantastic video on the internet.I'm 83 and have been a fan of Cord's for 40 years along with the Tucker.Thanks for your time and effort.
Back in the 80s, I was friends with the owner of a Tucker. It wasn't roadworthy then, but just to be able to sit in one was an experience! Cords and Tuckers are both incredible cars.
I remember being stopped for construction in a wash out by Florence as a kid in the back seat of my Dad's 1968 Chevrolet Impala while he chatted with a worker through the open window when all of a sudden a car flew over the rise behind us and the worker hit our car loudly as he pushed away running to avoid the impending impact! The speeding car went barreling off into the desert instead of rear-ending us and had to be recovered by a wrecker. It was not Tom Mix driving that day but it was my Tom Mix moment that I always remember when out that way. Thank you Bob for this awesome, awesome look at Tom Mix's unique car and it's new owner. Wow. Hats off for Tom Mix and Tony.
When everyone was Fans of John Wayne, Roy Rogers(fan too) me a fan of Tom Mix, Buck Jones, & Johnny Mack Brown 🥰Thanks to my Grandmother, who turn me on to them 😬
My grandparents had a Cord but not the supercharged version they bought it used around 1947 My grandfather drove it daily until the mid 70s (i remember riding in it as a 7yr old) Then he sold it,She was in 'tired' shape he was very meticulous about taking care of it but by the 70s it had way over 100,000mi on it and he kept having trouble finding parts. The transmission was howling and clattering,the engine picked up a knock and it just needed 'everything' to keep it running Too much money for his wallet so he sold it...that car was beautiful! He and I had hats that he called his 'Cagney Hats' or his 'Capone Hats' and he would mimic James Cagney gangster movie roles then he would put a Stogey in his mouth and mimic Capone then hand me a 'swisher sweet' and say...'Dont tell your parents and for God's Sake dont tell your Grandmother!! I miss that car and miss my grandfather terribly
😂 Didn't know you're an Austin-Healey guy too, Bob! 1963 Sprite, 1098 cc with dual carbs, side curtains and a ragtop! Fits in the box of a Ford pickup, but don't ask me how I know that.... 🤠
Wow! When I was a kid in the mid/late 40's Tom Mix was still big on the radio. He had been gone for years, but still popular. Someone else played his role on the air, of course. Fabulous car!
What a great way to tell the story of Tom Mix's most famous car. Bob has done a wonderful job of preserving a priceless artifact of western and Hollywood history. Tom lived life at full throttle and unfortunately for his millions of fans met his demise while enjoying one of his favorite sports, driving fast.
This is fantastic! I happened on Tom Mix Wash a few years ago, and the story has stuck with me since, but I'd assumed the car was a total loss after the accident. Amazing to see it so well-restored. I also wrote a Western crime story featuring Tom Mix and his Cord, which will be published later this year.
Great video. As a retired automotive designer I find Cords fascinating and way ahead of their time. Combine that with True West and Tom Mix and I really enjoyed all aspects of this video. Thanks!
I remember when you wrote for the Phoenix new times. I'm so glad to find this channel. My father stopped at the Tom Mix monument when I was a kid. We did not know who he was. When we got home, my father bought Tom Mix movies on video tape, I've been a fan ever since. Thank you so much.
I stop often at Tom Mix Monument off Highway 79 in Arizona. I even stay th night there sometimes in my travel trailer. It’s a beautiful place, but I am a car guy and I’ve always been interested in what he was driving. I’m a native of Tucson and I probably first heard the story of the crash, as a kid, in the early 1960’s. I heard it was a Cord before I ever knew what a Cord was. Thanks for sharing this and clarifying things! 👍🏼👍🏼😎🌵
I had a friend who owned one of these and had to sell it. I never got to see it personally. Just the painting that he had commissioned of it where it hung in his garage where he had what was left his car collection. He actually at one time owned the largest auto mascot collection in the world. I miss him dearly. He passed away in 2021. We sat in his office with his son and 2 of his grand sons and watched what was one of his cars at one time sell for a million dollars at auction. A 1931 Marmom sixteen coupe.
I enjoyed the Tom Mix museum while passing through Dewey several years ago. It was especially fun because I had never heard of him - having grown up seeing every John Wayne movie. The story of piecing the car back together is just another interesting element of this lively cinema cowboy.
Absolutely fascinating story. Mr. White, please bring this piece of history to the Fountain Hills Concourse in the Hills next year. It would truly be THE best in show! I have seen a Cord last year at this event also several years ago at the Saturday car show at the pavilions in Scottsdale. Beautiful car.
There were more boys sent to the office for playing that song wipe out. Now I’ve got it playing in my head and will for awhile. Thank you for this information I thoroughly enjoyed it and the car with all its extras. Bob I don’t know where you’ve been but I’ve missed you
Terrific topic for your come back episode Mr. Bozell. Great insight on one of the greatest cowboy movie stars and his famous personal vehicles. Beautiful restoration work. My compliments to the owner. Much ablige to both you hombre's for sharing 🤠🐎 🎥🏜️ PS are band also plays wipeout in are song list 🥁👍
In 1953, when I was 9, my uncle took me to the Cord factory in Auburn. I don't remember what company was running the place, but there was crew working om rebuilding Cords. They told us one of the cars was Tom Mix's car. About all I remember is the the door panels were upholstered in Holstein cow hide (with the hair still on it).
Great to hear this story and see the Cord. I remember an issue of Special Interest Autos from the 70's that had a story about Coachcraft of Los Angeles and it showed a custom built Studebaker woodie wagon that they built for Tom Mix. I wonder if that still exists. I think it may have been a '39 model.
In the mid-60’s, my best friend’s father took us along to visit Mr. Fettering. My friend’s father was a collector. We saw the Tom Mix car, Clark Gable’s car, a building devoted to Corvettes, and in a single stall garage a Mercedes from WWII Germany. Homer had us hop in a modern Lincoln (suicide doors) for a ride in the field with his buffalo. My friend’s father, Harold, took his 28 Packard up Pikes Peak once. (Gladden Tour, I think). My friend once drove their 37 Cord around the Indianapolis Speedway. I grew up around everything from a Crosley Hot Shot and a Messerschmitt to 12 cylinder Packards, Lincoln Town Car and a Cord. Indian motorcycles, too.
As a retired Long Haul trucker I remember going from Phoenix over to Tucson and I don't remember what I was doing on that Tulane road but I stopped to look at all the cactus and I seen that Monument to Tom Mix and I'm like oh no way this is where that happened so that was kind of cool
Thank you for this fantastic video & story. Until your presentation I had read somewhere that Tom Mix was driving an Auburn so thanks for setting me straight on that. BTW, it's noteworthy that another famous Cord owner/driver who suffered in a vehicle crash has been in the news lately; Amelia Earhart. Thanks again for posting!
Mix died on a stretch of deserted two-lane highway, SR 79, which runs northwest from Tucson/Oracle AZ up to the southeast Phoenix suburbs. The Tom Mix Monument is found about 20 miles from Oracle and features (if it's not been stolen - again) a metal cutout of Tom Mix' famous horse TONY.
Yep.. Tony has been replaced about 30 times... they were making exact replicas back in the 80's... maybe 1000 replicas made ! So.... if someone try's to sell you a real 'Tony'.... it's more than likely a replica. Replica and real look the same in every way.
I used to work for Roy Huggins who bought and lived in Tom Mix`s house in LA Roy Huggins discovered James Garner. There were a lot of Tom Mix things still in the house.
Great story Mr bell, stopped by today with my grandkids to get photos , nice little rest area in the middle of nowhere,no accommodating bathrooms! You guys ever get a chance to go to Auburn Indiana , check out Auburn duesenberg chord museum, very impressive also!
Are there "imposter" Tom Mix "Cords" around? Because decades ago, I saw what I was told was his Cord, in an Auto Museum, in either Las Vegas or Indiana, (can't remember which)! That car was "cream colored" & somewhat faded! I touched the driver's door & all these years, thought it was the "real thing", but may have been duped!
Tom Mix was born and spent his early years in PA. The small village of Driftwood in Cameron county is very close to the family homestead. There is a stream and a road bearing the Mix name as well as a roadside sign on Rt 555 a few miles west of Driftwood in commemoration of him.
Tom Mix was before my time, but my grandparents were fans, and I would hear them talking about Tom Mix. What is great is how information is assimilated, and we can now have a good idea of who this man was.
Trivia- Tom Mix didn't come from Texas like they say, my folks knew him and his family. He was from Pennsylvania, near a small town called Driftwood, his family's cabin is still there, search "Mix run Pensylvania".
Probably already mentioned: Tom Mix had special tires made for that Cord with "TM"'s in the treads so they would leave his initials behind him in the dirt.
Love your videos. How about making a video about Oliver Lee and the Albert Fountain disappearance in southern New Mexico? I remember a little about that from Tularosa, an old book I read by Eugene Rhodes
I saw this car in 1972 or so in San Fernando :Valley in a guys house.. he restored it twice once after the war started again after he sold it . He also had Mixes girl friends car an identical cord with the continental kit. he said the only two kits on any cord....
My Dad had a chance to buy a Cord in 1944. However, he didn't have the money & he was shipped out to the Philippines a couple of weeks later. He thought it had transmission problems as well.
I heard he was on his way too The Red mountain ranch in Mesa Arizona that was a cattle ranch and later on a dude ranch or guest ranch that my wife's family owned
Hello Bob I Learned About Tom Mix Nov.22, 1940 . Traveling On Hwy. 99 Near Wheeler Ridge Ca. A Packard Pass Us Veeded Off Road Struck A Pole The Driver Lived. Just Like Tom Mix Accident My Father Told Me About Tom . I Know My Motor Vehicles At Eighty Six Of Age (86) Note: Coffyville Kansas (Dalton) The Name Ms Thertha Smith Farm Oct.4, 1892 Mean Anything To You ?????
Hey Bob, your hair looks like a stump full of grandaddies when your hat's off. Tom Mix did all his own stunts and could shoot caraway seeds off a hard roll on a foggy morning, yet was killed by his own suitcase. Still and all, we might have been kin, cause I'd be an orphan it wasn't for drunks. My mother would testify at church how she was sure I didn't drink, because I was always so thirsty in the morning. Love this channel, buddy.
"Killed in a wash named after him" reminds me of what a guide at a Civil War battlefield said. He says that some visitors ask "How did they fight the battles with all the monuments here?"
Cord bodies were produced by American Central Manufacturing (ACM) who would go on to produce hundreds of thousands of body 'tubs' for 'Truck, 1/4 Ton, 4X4, G503' and their CJ2A offspring; better known as 'Jeeps'.
I was born and raised in Arizona. I have been by the monument many times over the years. The story as told to me by my Grandpa had Tom playing poker and drinking all the night before and decided to run down to New Orleans. He liked to carry his money in metal because he didn't trust paper so that suitcase was filled with silver dollars. That is where it got the energy to break his neck. My version of the story, but it seems plausible to me.
My mom bought me the legends of the west stamp set for christmas when they came out. We were talking about the guys on the stamps and her dad who had a stutter said, theyre more like the D D D D D DICKS of the west.
Carriages, not Wagons. The Carriage that carried the name Phaeton was an owner-driven sporting vehicle. Hence, the designation of Phaeton for Tom Mix's Cord 812. The name was taken from the Greek God Phaeton who was the son of the God Helios. Being that Phaeton was a bit of an idiot, it was appropriate that Tom Mix would meet his end in the same way, losing control of his chariot.
i have a friend who was hit by an unmounted stereo speaker on the rear deck who is crippled from the waist down because it flew front and hit his neck. yup, this can and will happen guys.
Those roller food eateries sure do pull in those Message Board Reservist's LLCs, Bill. Every other cute thing on their shoe leather signs must come with big bites of their behinds, You have you a fine Road Ready Sunday evenin' drive, Mr. Bill.
This is the most fantastic video on the internet.I'm 83 and have been a fan of Cord's for 40 years along with the Tucker.Thanks for your time and effort.
Back in the 80s, I was friends with the owner of a Tucker. It wasn't roadworthy then, but just to be able to sit in one was an experience! Cords and Tuckers are both incredible cars.
I remember being stopped for construction in a wash out by Florence as a kid in the back seat of my Dad's 1968 Chevrolet Impala while he chatted with a worker through the open window when all of a sudden a car flew over the rise behind us and the worker hit our car loudly as he pushed away running to avoid the impending impact! The speeding car went barreling off into the desert instead of rear-ending us and had to be recovered by a wrecker. It was not Tom Mix driving that day but it was my Tom Mix moment that I always remember when out that way.
Thank you Bob for this awesome, awesome look at Tom Mix's unique car and it's new owner. Wow.
Hats off for Tom Mix and Tony.
When everyone was Fans of John Wayne, Roy Rogers(fan too) me a fan of Tom Mix, Buck Jones, & Johnny Mack Brown 🥰Thanks to my Grandmother, who turn me on to them 😬
My grandparents had a Cord but not the supercharged version they bought it used around 1947
My grandfather drove it daily until the mid 70s (i remember riding in it as a 7yr old)
Then he sold it,She was in 'tired' shape he was very meticulous about taking care of it but by the 70s it had way over 100,000mi on it and he kept having trouble finding parts.
The transmission was howling and clattering,the engine picked up a knock and it just needed 'everything' to keep it running
Too much money for his wallet so he sold it...that car was beautiful! He and I had hats that he called his 'Cagney Hats' or his 'Capone Hats' and he would mimic James Cagney gangster movie roles then he would put a Stogey in his mouth and mimic Capone then hand me a 'swisher sweet' and say...'Dont tell your parents and for God's Sake dont tell your Grandmother!!
I miss that car and miss my grandfather terribly
Tom Mix was the real deal, not just a movie star. Too bad he went out that way. Thanks for Sharing.
Great car, stories and story tellers. You keep that person alive when you speak of them.
Have been to the monument, but never thought I would see the ACTUAL CAR! Great find, Bob: the car and that hat! 🌵😎✌️
😂 Didn't know you're an Austin-Healey guy too, Bob! 1963 Sprite, 1098 cc with dual carbs, side curtains and a ragtop! Fits in the box of a Ford pickup, but don't ask me how I know that.... 🤠
Wow! When I was a kid in the mid/late 40's Tom Mix was still big on the radio. He had been gone for years, but still popular. Someone else played his role on the air, of course. Fabulous car!
What a great way to tell the story of Tom Mix's most famous car. Bob has done a wonderful job of preserving a priceless artifact of western and Hollywood history. Tom lived life at full throttle and unfortunately for his millions of fans met his demise while enjoying one of his favorite sports, driving fast.
Fabulous fabulous fabulous. Magnificent restoration, and fabulous history.
This is fantastic! I happened on Tom Mix Wash a few years ago, and the story has stuck with me since, but I'd assumed the car was a total loss after the accident. Amazing to see it so well-restored. I also wrote a Western crime story featuring Tom Mix and his Cord, which will be published later this year.
Good to see you, Bob. That's a good looking hat.
Great video. As a retired automotive designer I find Cords fascinating and way ahead of their time. Combine that with True West and Tom Mix and I really enjoyed all aspects of this video. Thanks!
Thanks for bringing this to us Mr. Bell.
I remember when you wrote for the Phoenix new times. I'm so glad to find this channel. My father stopped at the Tom Mix monument when I was a kid. We did not know who he was. When we got home, my father bought Tom Mix movies on video tape, I've been a fan ever since. Thank you so much.
Love those old coffin nose Cords. Cowboys and Cords, what a Mix! LOL!
Aviatrix too!
What a great story! Something some might not realize is how hard and dangerous making those old Westerns was.
My dad would have loved this video as he liked singing cowboys and vintage supercars made in Indiana.
I stop often at Tom Mix Monument off Highway 79 in Arizona. I even stay th night there sometimes in my travel trailer. It’s a beautiful place, but I am a car guy and I’ve always been interested in what he was driving. I’m a native of Tucson and I probably first heard the story of the crash, as a kid, in the early 1960’s. I heard it was a Cord before I ever knew what a Cord was. Thanks for sharing this and clarifying things! 👍🏼👍🏼😎🌵
What a fantastic video! Bob, you look so happy it’s wonderful!!!
I had a friend who owned one of these and had to sell it. I never got to see it personally. Just the painting that he had commissioned of it where it hung in his garage where he had what was left his car collection. He actually at one time owned the largest auto mascot collection in the world. I miss him dearly. He passed away in 2021. We sat in his office with his son and 2 of his grand sons
and watched what was one of his cars at one time sell for a million dollars at auction. A 1931 Marmom sixteen coupe.
This was a beautiful Tribute...thank you 🎉
Great show, the old cars and trucks I always think of the song, give me forty acres and I’ll turn this rig around. Thanks
What a wonderful video ! A story about cowboys and cars. It doesn't get any more American than this!!!!!
Mr bell here, I think is a wonderful historian!He keeps us in touch with our heritage
I enjoyed the Tom Mix museum while passing through Dewey several years ago. It was especially fun because I had never heard of him - having grown up seeing every John Wayne movie. The story of piecing the car back together is just another interesting element of this lively cinema cowboy.
Great interview, thanks for keeping history alive!
I've seen that monument to Tom Mix. The first time I was on that highway I spotted it at the side of the road and stopped to see it. Was I surprised!
Absolutely fascinating story. Mr. White, please bring this piece of history to the Fountain Hills Concourse in the Hills next year. It would truly be THE best in show! I have seen a Cord last year at this event also several years ago at the Saturday car show at the pavilions in Scottsdale. Beautiful car.
Very classy Cord. I particularly love the leather splash guards! Mr. Mix really tricked it up wonderfully!
I REMEMBER SEEING IT IN 1967 ON MY SENIOR CLASSTRIP IN A ROADSIDE MUSEUM IN SOUTH DAKOTA ON THE WAY TO THE BLACK HILLS OF SOUTH DAKOTA
Outstanding as always BBB!!!❤😊
There were more boys sent to the office for playing that song wipe out. Now I’ve got it playing in my head and will for awhile. Thank you for this information I thoroughly enjoyed it and the car with all its extras. Bob I don’t know where you’ve been but I’ve missed you
Terrific topic for your come back episode Mr. Bozell. Great insight on one of the greatest cowboy movie stars and his famous personal vehicles. Beautiful restoration work. My compliments to the owner. Much ablige to both you hombre's for sharing 🤠🐎 🎥🏜️ PS are band also plays wipeout in are song list 🥁👍
In 1953, when I was 9, my uncle took me to the Cord factory in Auburn. I don't remember what company was running the place, but there was crew working om rebuilding Cords. They told us one of the cars was Tom Mix's car. About all I remember is the the door panels were upholstered in Holstein cow hide (with the hair still on it).
Great to hear this story and see the Cord. I remember an issue of Special Interest Autos from the 70's that had a story about Coachcraft of Los Angeles and it showed a custom built Studebaker woodie wagon that they built for Tom Mix. I wonder if that still exists. I think it may have been a '39 model.
always good to see a nice old Dove such as this one!!
In the mid-60’s, my best friend’s father took us along to visit Mr. Fettering. My friend’s father was a collector. We saw the Tom Mix car, Clark Gable’s car, a building devoted to Corvettes, and in a single stall garage a Mercedes from WWII Germany. Homer had us hop in a modern Lincoln (suicide doors) for a ride in the field with his buffalo.
My friend’s father, Harold, took his 28 Packard up Pikes Peak once. (Gladden Tour, I think). My friend once drove their 37 Cord around the Indianapolis Speedway. I grew up around everything from a Crosley Hot Shot and a Messerschmitt to 12 cylinder Packards, Lincoln Town Car and a Cord. Indian motorcycles, too.
Great interview and photos. I really missed seeing the engine and supercharger and interior. Do you have another video that shows these parts?
Check the book The Tom Mix Cord book by Bob White for engine pics.
As a retired Long Haul trucker I remember going from Phoenix over to Tucson and I don't remember what I was doing on that Tulane road but I stopped to look at all the cactus and I seen that Monument to Tom Mix and I'm like oh no way this is where that happened so that was kind of cool
Yes, been there also.
Beautiful car !!
I love the Cord beautiful car
Thank you for this fantastic video & story. Until your presentation I had read somewhere that Tom Mix was driving an Auburn so thanks for setting me straight on that. BTW, it's noteworthy that another famous Cord owner/driver who suffered in a vehicle crash has been in the news lately; Amelia Earhart. Thanks again for posting!
Mix died on a stretch of deserted two-lane highway, SR 79, which runs northwest from Tucson/Oracle AZ up to the southeast Phoenix suburbs. The Tom Mix Monument is found about 20 miles from Oracle and features (if it's not been stolen - again) a metal cutout of Tom Mix' famous horse TONY.
Yep.. Tony has been replaced about 30 times... they were making exact replicas back in the 80's... maybe 1000 replicas made ! So.... if someone try's to sell you a real 'Tony'.... it's more than likely a replica. Replica and real look the same in every way.
A little before my time...but a fantastic story. Thank you.
Crazy story, thanks for another great show!
I used to work for Roy Huggins who bought and lived in Tom Mix`s house in LA Roy Huggins discovered James Garner. There were a lot of Tom Mix things still in the house.
Wow, what an interesting interview. Thanks so much for sharing!
Nice car … with ‘Armstrong’ steering😊! Cheers from NZ🇳🇿.
I did notice the antenna was missing on the front bumper guard as well as the guard on the left side . Awsome story .
Thank you from Toronto! I love this video!
Age 17 in 1973-74. Living in Phoenix AZ. A newspaper article talked about Tom Mix and Arizona. Didn’t even know who Tom Mix was.
Great story Mr bell, stopped by today with my grandkids to get photos , nice little rest area in the middle of nowhere,no accommodating bathrooms! You guys ever get a chance to go to Auburn Indiana , check out Auburn duesenberg chord museum, very impressive also!
Are there "imposter" Tom Mix "Cords" around? Because decades ago, I saw what I was told was his Cord, in an
Auto Museum, in either Las Vegas or Indiana, (can't remember which)! That car was "cream colored" & somewhat
faded! I touched the driver's door & all these years, thought it was the "real thing", but may have been duped!
Yep... there are 3 that I know of...
It was displayed in Las Vegas at a car museum at one time. BMW
Tom Mix was born and spent his early years in PA.
The small village of Driftwood in Cameron county is very close to the family homestead.
There is a stream and a road bearing the Mix name as well as a roadside sign on Rt 555 a few miles west of Driftwood in commemoration of him.
In the photo at 15:00 it looks like the convertible top is not black. It is probably a custom made top that matches the color of the car itself.
Good observation. Out of the factory it had a canvas colored top, but he replaced later with a black top, which is what it had when he crashed. BMW
Incredible!
My grandfather was friends with Tom Mix
How do I get in touch with this gentleman??
Great to see some new stuff from you we appreciate it. 👍
Tom Mix was before my time, but my grandparents were fans, and I would hear them talking about Tom Mix. What is great is how information is assimilated, and we can now have a good idea of who this man was.
BEEN TO TOM MIX MUSEUM IN DEWEY OUTSTANDING😊
Trivia- Tom Mix didn't come from Texas like they say, my folks knew him and his family. He was from Pennsylvania, near a small town called Driftwood, his family's cabin is still there, search "Mix run Pensylvania".
Really interesting and fun video 👍
Phaeton means Owner Operated in horse drawn vehicles. and some times it also refers to some the body style.
Haliburton does a lot of Oil Well Drilling ..in Texas, I have seen their Trucks in Michigan.
They sold the suitcase line around 1939-40. BMW
they need to make a movie after his life!
Very cool car with great history
Cool car cool story. Has an 851 /852 Auburn hood ornament on it too.
Probably already mentioned: Tom Mix had special tires made for that Cord with "TM"'s in the treads so they would leave his initials behind him in the dirt.
I could not find any photos or evidence of the TM tires. Bob White
I never knew Tom Mix died in a car wreck or that he had this wild Cord.
I was in a driver education required class 25 + years ago and they used his death as an example of loose objects in a car of not what to do
Love your videos. How about making a video about Oliver Lee and the Albert Fountain disappearance in southern New Mexico? I remember a little about that from Tularosa, an old book I read by Eugene Rhodes
I saw this car in 1972 or so in San Fernando :Valley in a guys house.. he restored it twice once after the war started again after he sold it . He also had Mixes girl friends car an identical cord with the continental kit. he said the only two kits on any cord....
That was Ray Nelson.
I love hearing that gear run off in these old cars
My Dad had a chance to buy a Cord in 1944. However, he didn't have the money & he was shipped out to the Philippines a couple of weeks later. He thought it had transmission problems as well.
I heard he was on his way too The Red mountain ranch in Mesa Arizona that was a cattle ranch and later on a dude ranch or guest ranch that my wife's family owned
Thanks for the video.
Guy Beatty of Virginia owned and restored a Packard Tom mix owned
does he still own it or know where it's at
@@BobWhite-zm8lm You would have to research his name…not sure if he’s still with us . All his cars were concours quality
Hello Bob I Learned About Tom Mix Nov.22, 1940 . Traveling On Hwy. 99 Near Wheeler Ridge Ca. A Packard Pass Us Veeded Off Road Struck A Pole The Driver Lived. Just Like Tom Mix Accident My Father Told Me About Tom . I Know My Motor Vehicles At Eighty Six Of Age (86) Note: Coffyville Kansas (Dalton) The Name Ms Thertha Smith Farm Oct.4, 1892 Mean Anything To You ?????
Hey Bob, your hair looks like a stump full of grandaddies when your hat's off. Tom Mix did all his own stunts and could shoot caraway seeds off a hard roll on a foggy morning, yet was killed by his own suitcase. Still and all, we might have been kin, cause I'd be an orphan it wasn't for drunks. My mother would testify at church how she was sure I didn't drink, because I was always so thirsty in the morning. Love this channel, buddy.
Have you ever thought of making a video about the life of Tom Horn?
Like a Railroad Lantern.
How may I inquire about getting a copy of the holster under the steering column.
Harry Knight, the rodeo stock contractor was Toms son inlaw . Tom had just left Knights house around florence when the wreck took place.
This is BBB and some of us believe Tom was on his way to Harry Knight's home in Florence when he died.
@@bobbell7213 Harrys son Bill told me he had just left so i dont know.
"Killed in a wash named after him" reminds me of what a guide at a Civil War battlefield said. He says that some visitors ask "How did they fight the battles with all the monuments here?"
Cord bodies were produced by American Central Manufacturing (ACM) who would go on to produce hundreds of thousands of body 'tubs' for 'Truck, 1/4 Ton, 4X4, G503' and their CJ2A offspring; better known as 'Jeeps'.
Man I need to own this so it’s back in the family!!!!!!
I was born and raised in Arizona. I have been by the monument many times over the years. The story as told to me by my Grandpa had Tom playing poker and drinking all the night before and decided to run down to New Orleans. He liked to carry his money in metal because he didn't trust paper so that suitcase was filled with silver dollars. That is where it got the energy to break his neck. My version of the story, but it seems plausible to me.
Who sells parts for Cords?
The Auburn Cord Duesenberg company in Broken Arrow OK. BMW
When you are just getting on the road, right where it splits, it looks like the road just south of Carefree.
It was at the Desert Mountain golf club. BMW
LJ!!!!!!! //Thanks
3rd time watching this one BBB.😊🤠
I think I went to school with Bob did he go to charter Oak high school
My mom bought me the legends of the west stamp set for christmas when they came out. We were talking about the guys on the stamps and her dad who had a stutter said, theyre more like the D D D D D DICKS of the west.
I’m wondering why the top color is different? Originally cream and now it’s black?
Mix had changed the top to black by the time he crashed. BMW
I was in a driver education required class 25 + years ago and they used his death as an example of loose objects in a car of not what to do
I just stopped at the memorial today!
I’d take that over any other car on this planet. I have a car collection and some mega rare cars, but this is a dream car here
Carriages, not Wagons. The Carriage that carried the name Phaeton was an owner-driven sporting vehicle. Hence, the designation of Phaeton for Tom Mix's Cord 812. The name was taken from the Greek God Phaeton who was the son of the God Helios. Being that Phaeton was a bit of an idiot, it was appropriate that Tom Mix would meet his end in the same way, losing control of his chariot.
The holster under the steering wheel was the coup d'grace.
i have a friend who was hit by an unmounted stereo speaker on the rear deck who is crippled from the waist down because it flew front and hit his neck. yup, this can and will happen guys.
I'm a picker too. Piano to be exact.
Killed in a collision between Tucson and Phoenix?
Those roller food eateries sure do pull in those Message Board Reservist's LLCs, Bill. Every other cute thing on their shoe leather signs must come with big bites of their behinds,
You have you a fine Road Ready Sunday evenin' drive, Mr. Bill.
Going 80 mph on a country road when most people were driving 30mph…