New Handles Cast Up
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Some weeks ago as I was assembling bits on the '26 Hudson project, I
broke one of the electric switch handles on the instrument panel with my
head. Inevitable smart aleck comments aside, I had really done it this time
as this car was the only one I had ever seen that had both handles intact and
replacements for these die cast gems were just a pipe dream.
Thanks to a tip from Dave Kostansek I arranged to send them off to:
Jere & Marge Verdone
31 Stricklertown Loop Rd.
Newmanstown, PA 17073
PH (717) 949-2782
FX (717) 949-2782
About 8 weeks after I shipped the originals to them, the new ones
arrived. The price came to a bit less than $100. The new parts were cast in
stainless and polished rather than being nickel plated. The detail was not
too bad, not what I had hoped to see, but far better than I had feared. Some
detail had been polished out by poor buffing, but overall the new handles are
acceptable.
The #8 screw holes needed to be bored and threaded and a local machine
shop did the job for $30. the pair. An hour or so with jeweler's files
tailored the casting to the switch parts and the switch went together without
trauma.
It is now wired in the car and functions as it should. The handles DO
look a little different from the originals to my eyes, but as the saying
goes, a blind man riding by on a horse couldn't tell the difference!
A pic is attached to this post and another one will follow in a separate
email. A final pic showing the finished installation will follow in a day or
so when I have time to download it from the camera.
Paul O'Neil, Hudson29@aol.com
Fullerton, California USA
NEW email list for Hudson Super Six Cars, 1916-1929!
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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?)
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broke one of the electric switch handles on the instrument panel with my
head. Inevitable smart aleck comments aside, I had really done it this time
as this car was the only one I had ever seen that had both handles intact and
replacements for these die cast gems were just a pipe dream.
Thanks to a tip from Dave Kostansek I arranged to send them off to:
Jere & Marge Verdone
31 Stricklertown Loop Rd.
Newmanstown, PA 17073
PH (717) 949-2782
FX (717) 949-2782
About 8 weeks after I shipped the originals to them, the new ones
arrived. The price came to a bit less than $100. The new parts were cast in
stainless and polished rather than being nickel plated. The detail was not
too bad, not what I had hoped to see, but far better than I had feared. Some
detail had been polished out by poor buffing, but overall the new handles are
acceptable.
The #8 screw holes needed to be bored and threaded and a local machine
shop did the job for $30. the pair. An hour or so with jeweler's files
tailored the casting to the switch parts and the switch went together without
trauma.
It is now wired in the car and functions as it should. The handles DO
look a little different from the originals to my eyes, but as the saying
goes, a blind man riding by on a horse couldn't tell the difference!
A pic is attached to this post and another one will follow in a separate
email. A final pic showing the finished installation will follow in a day or
so when I have time to download it from the camera.
Paul O'Neil, Hudson29@aol.com
Fullerton, California USA
NEW email list for Hudson Super Six Cars, 1916-1929!
http://www.egroups.co.uk/group/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?)
AEROMARK - Need Rubber Stamps or Signs? See:
http://www.aeromark.net
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