Help ID these parts?

faustmb
faustmb Senior Contributor
edited November -1 in HUDSON
I'm looking for help to ID these parts, I'm sure somebody needs them worse than my dad. They have been garage art for far to long. Planning on listing in the next WTN...

The grill is NOS, the wheel is used but solid and appears straight. It measures about 24" OD on the steel.

Thanks,
Matt





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  • Geoff
    Geoff Senior Contributor
    1924-1926 Essex.
  • faustmb
    faustmb Senior Contributor
    That was quick! There is a ton to learn about these, every time I deal with these parts I learn a bit more.

    Thanks.
  • bent metal
    bent metal Senior Contributor
    Geoff, I too think that grill is '24 Essex. But isnt' that wheel newer? Like '27 or so? ...Maybe?
  • faustmb
    faustmb Senior Contributor
    I compared the wheel to my dads 27, and it is definatley different, larger OD If I remember right. It has a "Hudson" center cap.
  • Geoff
    Geoff Senior Contributor
    Looking closer at the wheel, you are correct, it is not Essex 6, but a Hudson wheel from around 1922 or earlier. These were 24" diameter. I assumed the radiator and wheel were off the same car, but this is obviously not so. The Essex 4 wheels were also 24", but the hub caps are smaller.
  • bent metal
    bent metal Senior Contributor
    Ok, so those parts are identified. The wood in that wheel looks pretty good too.

    So how about these wheels. I thought they were '24 Essex, only 16"!



    What do you think?:)
  • faustmb
    faustmb Senior Contributor
    Geoff C., N.Z. wrote:
    Looking closer at the wheel, you are correct, it is not Essex 6, but a Hudson wheel from around 1922 or earlier. These were 24" diameter. I assumed the radiator and wheel were off the same car, but this is obviously not so. The Essex 4 wheels were also 24", but the hub caps are smaller.

    The grill is NOS - so never was on a car :) The wood on the wheel is very solid. I'm hoping to find someone that needs it for their car, they can't be too easy to find.
  • Geoff
    Geoff Senior Contributor
    My guess on the 14-spoke wheels is that they have been adapted to fit a 1927 or '28 Essex hub. These wood wheels were an optional extra on the '35 Hudson 8 l.w.b. cars, but were 5 stud bolt-ons originally.
  • essexcoupe3131
    essexcoupe3131 Senior Contributor
    edited August 2011
    Geoff, we need to plug in a hard drive into that brain of yours so all the information you have is saved for generations to come
    Mike
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