Re: [HSS] Pics Of the Stahl 20 Touring Limo Posted

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Thanks for the great photo's time and effort.

John.

PS

Update on carb bowls, am investigating a Loctite process to seal any

microporosity

that may be present in castings. Don't want any problems.

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Subject: [HSS] Pics Of the Stahl '20 Touring Limo Posted





> This past weekend at the Hudson Essex Terraplane Club Western Regional

in

> Monrovia, I got my first look at Buzz & Pam Stahl's 1920 Hudson Touring

> Limousine. For those not familiar with this car, it is an unrestored

original

> that has only 33,000 miles and has been very well cared for during it's

long

> life. The car was painted back in 1979 and has been repaired through the

> years, but mostly it is as it was when new.

> What is original here? While the paint while new, is in the original

> colors and in the original nitrocellulose lacquer. Modern paints have a

> different look that is almost a wet look. Outwardly, this Hudson looks

much

> as it did 82 years ago. The interior is almost completely original. The

> headliner, rope hat rack, seats, silk privacy blinds, door and side panels

> and even the carpets are as they were when Biddle and Smart installed so

long

> ago. Areas with high sun have some visible fading and the carpet has

> threadbare areas, but mostly riding in this car is like riding in a new

car.

> The engine compartment is another gem, in the proper black, with bare

AL

> crancase. The wiring has the correct fittings and is made of the correct

> cotton insulated wire. It may even be original although this would seem

> unlikely. Don't miss the coil, a very, very rare item. Even the fan belt

is

> of leather and in the original style.

> I shot a pile of pics, and selected 50 of them for posting to the

Hudson

> Super Six 16-29 list home page. Yahoo has a fairly new feature which I

have

> used here for the first time. It is the PHOTOS section. This section

allows

> us 30 megabytes of space and offers thumbnail views of the pics. You loose

a

> little control of the image, but for web use this hardly matters, and the

> tradeoff seems a good one.

> To view the pics, go to the HSS List home page and click on the PHOTOS

> button on the left side of your screen. That address in below in my sig

line.

> Immediately below is the direct link for those of you able to use it.

>

>

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>

> Paul O'Neil, Hudson29@aol.com

> Fullerton, California USA

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