Some cars by the coachwork alone make you think how things worked in the old times. That is to say, when you were rich. The 1929 Cord L29 was a serious choice in itself. Not too many front wheel drives around in those days and most certainly not in 'the town-car market segment' (can you name one competitor?).
Now let's suppose you ordered a costly Cord L29 chassis and thought "Now all I need is a decent, nice conservative coachwork from a well respected firm. After a chat with your Cord dealer, some friends at the country club, your wife finally coems up with the suggestion of D'Ieteren from Belgium. What on earth does she know about coachbuilding? Well while shopping down town Manhattat the subject came up and two well to do friends both appeared to have a car made by D'Ieteren. One being a Pierce Arrow and the other a Hispano Suiza. Well that does it. Go with the flow and order from Belgium, they seem to know their job.
And you were right. Four owners and more than eight decades down the road the car still holds up very well. And this without any restoration work done. Go check it here, the car will be sold by Worldwide Auctioneers, August 30, Auburn.