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Originally Posted by basjoos

I thought the 1935 Cord 810 was the first car with hidden headlights and no running boards (also front wheel drive).

Where did you read otherwise?

The article I already posted claims it was the Cord, for a "production" car that is.

Pop-Up Headlights – Seventy Years of Hidden History
https://www.heacockclassic.com/artic...idden-history/

In 1933, Gordon Buehrig’s proposed “baby Duesenberg” sedan featured headlights that retracted into the fenders; he patented the idea in 1934 and the hidden headlight became another idea for the stylists to use. Making them work, however, would be a problem left for the engineers to consider. The first use of hidden headlights for a production automobile was on the Gordon Buehrig-designed 1936 Cord 810. Buehrig wanted to make the lights retract via electric motors, but cost considerations prohibited it. Instead, the lights were cranked by hand with separate handles under the dash. The Coffin nosed Cord 810 and 812 models rewrote the book on automotive styling and set designers on a new course. The hidden headlight was about to emerge as a styling element that has yet to lose its allure after nearly 70 years.