Hudson "Firsts" Down Through the Years -- Your Input Needed!
Okay, amateur automotive historians, please put on your thinking caps!
Here is a list of the supposed Hudsons "firsts" over four decades as an attached PDF file. Click on the almost-invisible PDF icon below.
I got this from the 1971 HET roster but it may have appeared in a number of places, subsequently. My guess is that Doc Daugherty originally put it together, though i could be wrong.
I need your input. I want to verify these "firsts", delete those that are not truly innovations, and possibly even add some "firsts" that Doc never got. Can you help me? Here are the "tests" for each of the listed "firsts":
1. Did Hudson truly pioneer this innovation? If not, I need to remove it. But, I may still be able to retain it IF Hudson could claim it was the first "In America", the first "in a low priced automobile" and so on.
2. Is the description adequate or does it need to be more specific to be correct?
3. Is it overly generalized (like "modern high-speed power plant")? Could it be re-written in order to retain it's "first-ness"?
4. Is it merely "hype" and not worthy of being called an innovation? Was "Symphonic Styling" a true break-through, or merely Hudson's name for color coordination? Was "Auto-Poise" merely an advertising name for something in use by several car companies, or was it truly unique and groundbreaking?
5. Is it an "advance" that's of dubious value? (So what if they invented pinned piston rings! No one else ever used them!)
I've added a couple additional features at the end, which occur on my 1937 and which (I thought) might be true "firsts" -- but maybe someone else beat Hudson to the draw on these inventions. Comments are appreciated there, too -- and maybe you can think of something else that Hudson offered but Doc forgot to add to the list!
(Sorry it didn't print first time 'round; I pasted the list to this messag, hit the SAVE button, and left -- never guessing that there is a limit to the length of text in any discussion!)
Here is a list of the supposed Hudsons "firsts" over four decades as an attached PDF file. Click on the almost-invisible PDF icon below.
I got this from the 1971 HET roster but it may have appeared in a number of places, subsequently. My guess is that Doc Daugherty originally put it together, though i could be wrong.
I need your input. I want to verify these "firsts", delete those that are not truly innovations, and possibly even add some "firsts" that Doc never got. Can you help me? Here are the "tests" for each of the listed "firsts":
1. Did Hudson truly pioneer this innovation? If not, I need to remove it. But, I may still be able to retain it IF Hudson could claim it was the first "In America", the first "in a low priced automobile" and so on.
2. Is the description adequate or does it need to be more specific to be correct?
3. Is it overly generalized (like "modern high-speed power plant")? Could it be re-written in order to retain it's "first-ness"?
4. Is it merely "hype" and not worthy of being called an innovation? Was "Symphonic Styling" a true break-through, or merely Hudson's name for color coordination? Was "Auto-Poise" merely an advertising name for something in use by several car companies, or was it truly unique and groundbreaking?
5. Is it an "advance" that's of dubious value? (So what if they invented pinned piston rings! No one else ever used them!)
I've added a couple additional features at the end, which occur on my 1937 and which (I thought) might be true "firsts" -- but maybe someone else beat Hudson to the draw on these inventions. Comments are appreciated there, too -- and maybe you can think of something else that Hudson offered but Doc forgot to add to the list!
(Sorry it didn't print first time 'round; I pasted the list to this messag, hit the SAVE button, and left -- never guessing that there is a limit to the length of text in any discussion!)
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Where's the list?0
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Looks like Jon found the oatmeal before the cookies hit the oven!0
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