Re: [HSS] Super Six Door Handles

Unknown

Hudson29@aol.com wrote:

>

>

> It's great to hear that something besides Hudson parts will fill. I

> wonder if the Biddle & Smart and other body vendors used parts bin handles

> that might be interchangeable.

> I just bid on the '29 Hudson outside door handles on ebay that Pete

> bird-dogged for us. Only after the fact did it occur to me that these handles

> are in the pinecone pattern while my Town Sedan is in the rose pattern. Does

> anybody know what the Town Sedan actually used? I have some suspicion that my

> handles, while elegant, may not be the originals. In view of my second

> thoughts on the suitability of the ebay handles, please feel free to bid

> against me. Should I win them, I may not be able to use them.

>

> Paul O'Neil, Hudson29@aol.com

> NEW email list for Hudson Super Six Cars, 1916-1929!

> http://www.onelist.com/subscribe/HudsonSuperSix16-29

> 1926 Hudson Anderson Bodied Coupe

> 1926 Hudson Parts Car "The Grapes Of Wrath"

> 1928 Hudson Roadster Project

> 1929 Hudson Town Sedan

> 1939 Cadillac Coupe (How'd that get in there?)

> Fullerton, California USA

> AEROMARK - Need Rubber Stamps or Signs? See:

> http://www.aeromark.net

>

> Community email addresses:

> Post message: HudsonSuperSix16-29@onelist.com

> Subscribe: HudsonSuperSix16-29-subscribe@onelist.com

> Unsubscribe: HudsonSuperSix16-29-unsubscribe@onelist.com

> List owner: HudsonSuperSix16-29-owner@onelist.com

>

> Shortcut URL to this page:

> http://www.onelist.com/community/HudsonSuperSix16-29

Briggs and Biddle & Smart used the Wild-rose pattern, Hudson bodies used

the pine-cone. Unfortunately the custom models used die-cast, which

makes them vulnerable to ageing and breakage. There are two types of

locking door handles with the rose pattern, one which disables the inner

shaft, oleaving the handle going round in circles unable to connect, and

the other which activates a slide which prevents the handle from

turning. I think the former were used on the Town sedan, but not sure

on this. Dashboards, there were three variations. Briggs bodies had a

wild-rose pattern, but this was coarser than the finer and smaller

design of the flowers and leaves on the Biddle & Smart, whilst again the

Hudson bodies used pine-cone background.

Geoff.