Looking for 1929 Roadster Owners ???

awca12a

Hoping that members here could help put me in contact with people they know who own a 1929 Essex Roadster.  I've been tracking 9 that I know of but several of these owners have passed on or simply left the HET club.   Trying to update the list and gather photos of the interiors to piece together a booklet showing what they look like today and hopefully make a reference for restoration.

Specifically trying to find out what happened to the cars owned by:

Bush Lee of British Columbia

Lester Ours of Butler, MO

Lt Col Trevor Watts of Melbourne, AU

Terry Jessee of Egg Harbor Township, NJ

Vehicle serial #948029

Thank You!

Jon B

Question: you are trying to locate owners of ROADSTERS only, with side curtains, not convertibles(with roll-up windows -- right? I believe Hudson put out both, in 1929.

Have you tried the person who maintains the registry for 1929 Essexes, in your quest?

If you put together a reference for restoration, I hope you'll share it with the H-E-T Club!

awca12a

looking for roadsters with side curtains only.

Geoff

Trevor Watts died earlier this month.  Not sure what is happening to his cars. 

awca12a

Geoff, 

Thank You for the update on Trevor.    

If you have an opportunity to find out about the cars at a later date and/or find the S/N#, that would be appreciated.   We have a list of SN's for cars we know existed but don't know who owned them.  That would either expand or shrink the list of documented roadsters.

Thank You either way.

awca12a

The restoration reference will be sent to the club for inclusion in the library.  My current plan is to visually document each roadster, circulate it to the current owners and then post a final version sometime in 2016.

I have been the 1929 Essex registrar since 2007 so if anyone reads this who owns a 1929 Essex but isn't a member, or is a member but didn't register their car, please send me a PM with your S/N# & Body type so we can update the master list.  Ideally if you could include your name and address that would help us locate where the remaining cars are located.  You don't need to be a member to be included on the master listing but your support by doing so would be appreciated.