Coinciding with International Women's Day, the Hagerty Drivers Foundation announced that Amelia Earhart’s 1937 Cord 812 Phaeton would be inducted into the National Historic Vehicle Register. It's the 33rd vehicle to be inducted into the registry, the only federally recognized program to document the historical and cultural significance of the automobile.
Earhart purchased the Cord less than a year before her disappearance when she and navigator Fred Noonan attempted to fly her Lockheed 10E Electra around the world. The Cord will be publicly displayed this September on the National Mall in Washington D.C. during the Hagerty Drivers Foundation’s annual “Cars at the Capital” celebration.
