Re: [HSS] 26 LIM0

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In a message dated 1/12/06 11:58:07 AM, meaddhs@aol.com writes:

i was under the impression that it

was a rare car. how do you know it is restored incorrectly or even

restored at all. some people have looked at it and say it could be

origional and special ordered in 26. i love feed back . come on back.





Oh yes, it is undoubtedly rare, but there is little demand for it either. I have a '26 Anderson bodied Coupe, the only one known to exist. You can't get rarer than that! Nonetheless, were I to sell it now I would be surprised to get more that $15,000 for it, and very like it would fetch less than that. It may be unique, but few lay awake at night thing about it outside of myself.



Just from what I can see on the pic at:



http://www.americandreamcars.com/1926hudsonlimo.htm



The colors are unlikely. Creme was not a choice many would many in 1926 for any car as it chalked quickly. Formal cars were invariably dark.



Also the paint is applied in a non-authentic pattern. Whoever did it never bothered to check ANY period references. The fenders & splash pans should be black. The runningboard mats should be grey linoleum. The wheels should be painted upper body color with silver rims.



The radiator shell should be black and the body should be a dark color with an even darker upper body. Reveals should probably be lower body color. The car was certainly stripped, but tastefully, not like a circus wagon.



From memory of the previous posting some years ago, I seem to recall that the interior had been done in a solid material to match the upper body color. It would have come with grey or brown fabric, possibly stripped, possibly with some sort of brocade. We have very little specific info to go by here, but surviving examples have never shown any reddish material that I have ever heard of.



That's my 2