20 Hudson 2-Pass. Cabriolet?

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Paul



I found a picture of my '20 in an album that I bought from American

Motors, back in about 1964, entitled American Motors Family Album.

The picture in that album shows the coupe driven by a woman, crossing

a small concrete bridge out in the country side (could possibly have

been a company sales picture). The album identified the car as a

"Landau Coupe". Recently I discovered, in the Group archives ,

that a coupe cannot be called a Landau unless the top is retractable.



Mine is not, therefore I guess I have a 2-Pass. Cabriolet. Take a

look. This picture is from the Group "Hudson Family Album Page", and

is not the one from the American Motors Family Album.



http://communities.msn.com/HudsonMotorCarCompany/5hudsonmotorcarco1920

1929.msnw?action=ShowPhoto&PhotoID=25



The casting dates on the bell housing & transmission are early 1920.

The rear windows (2) are oval, as are those in the picture in the "A

M Family Album" . All of the pictures that I have seen of the '20s

coupes, the rear windows have been rectangular except the one in that

A M Family Album. There is a storage compartment behind the seat

where I found odds & ends from the original owner, a doctor in

Henderson, Minnesota. Also mingled with the medical rubber hoses,

small American flags (Dad told me that these were often attached to

the radiator orniment on the Fourth of July), was one of the cowel

lanterns that are shown in the above picture (both were missing at

the time) Can't tell you how excited I was to find that! Still need

to find a mate to it.



I have have had the car since 1963. At that point I was in school,

then a stint w/Uncle Sam, and after that raised a family. Now were

back to just the 3 of us (my wife, me and the car). That is why I

stated in an earlier correspondence, the Group was an INSPIRATION to

begin where I left off, when I found the web site. I really admire

those of you that are able to find the time to turn these projects

around in what seems to me a relatively short period.



During the period 63 - 65 I overhauled the motor, went thru the

transmission, dismantled the body, and put tires on it. Early on,

during inspection of the car I found that because it was sitting out

in the weather, when I found it, most of the joints in the wood

framing had gone bad.



I was fortunate, at that time, to have had the help of my Dad and a

family friend Helmer Lewison, a long time Hudson dealer in Owatonna,

Minnesota. The dealership was housed in what used to be a livery

barn. Carriages on the ground level and the horses in the basement.

As of '63 you could still identify the location of the stalls by the

names of the horses wirtten on the overhead framing. Helmer retired

around '66 and sold the building & contents, many parts. Soon the

city "Paved paradise and put up a parking lot"! Was in the Army at

the time and not able to attend the auction.



Dad had bought a new '48 or '49 Commodore 6 from Helmer. That was a

roomy car! As a 5 year old I can remember taking a nap on the rear

window deck and being very comfortable.



At this point I don't have any pictures of my own to post. Right

now the car doesn't look like much. The body is completely

dismantled, working on the wood frame. What a challenge!!



Just yesterday I recieved a reply from Todd Harrington of Thurmont,

MD. He indicates that he has a 1920 4-passenger coupe and knows of

another club member who also has a coupe, model? he didn't say.



Even though the project is presently at a standstill, being able to

exchange info with others who have the same interests helps to

lighten the challenge of this project? Thanks, everyone, for being

there!



Robert Bartosch

Delano, Minnesota 55328