British Field Days

Browniepetersen
Browniepetersen Senior Contributor
edited August 2011 in HUDSON
"So, what is a Hudson doing at a British car show?" This was the first question that I got as I pulled onto the field yesterday at our local British Field Days. There were about 100 British cars that made the show in Salt Lake City. Best part about the show was that they do not do any judging.



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  • oldhudsons
    oldhudsons Senior Contributor
    hope your beautiful car got a lot of attention because it sure deserves it!
    About 10 years ago my buddy Buzz & I drove our respective Railtons, his a '34 "sports tourer" (a roadster to us) & my '36-7 "sportsman's coupe" (a rumble seat conv. coupe to us) to an "All-British Car Show" put on by a San Diego British car club. Like at the show you just attended they were surprised - some had heard of Railtons but I don't recall a single person there, and it was a large show, had ever seen one before. It was mostly Jags, MGs, Healeys, Triumphs which were always big sellers in So. Calif., "run-of-the-mill" stuff, LOL.
  • oldhudsons
    oldhudsons Senior Contributor
    At Regional Meet at Lawrence Welk Resort, Escondido, Ca. about 10 years ago.
  • oldhudsons
    oldhudsons Senior Contributor
    rear view
  • Browniepetersen
    Browniepetersen Senior Contributor
    beautiful cars!!!!!

    The only Railton's that I have ever seen was this year at the National and a few years ago at a winter meet near Melborne, Florida. Sure do not see any out and about. There is a 37 Louganda (Body by Coachcrfaft) in a shop near me. Not a Railton but about as close as you can get.
  • oldhudsons
    oldhudsons Senior Contributor
    the green one was mine, the most interesting car I've ever owned. It had all kinds of British options such as on-board jacks (a crank up jack under the center of the front axle & a pr. of them under rear axle), elec. wipers (std. on Railtons) but the ones of this car made it possible to manually swipe each one, had a cigarette tray & lighter. This model came with a two-position "coupe de ville" top having chrome landau bars, rumble seat ("dickey door" to the Brits) but with a push knob on the inside to open it. There is no fender seam, solid alum. from back of one rear door to the other.
    Bumpers were another option as were "trafficators" which are the little turn signals that pop out of the side of the body & have a light in them - the lenses are yellow plastic.
    You can see it has a beautifully inset lic. plate compartment.
    Those ugly taillights were something mandated by British law at a later date; below them are reflectors. The factory taillights are on each side of the lic. plate.
  • oldhudsons
    oldhudsons Senior Contributor
    you wont' see too many "out and about" as there are only about 25 of them in the U.S. Most were brought in by Hudson collectors as none were ever sold here when new.
  • oldhudsons
    oldhudsons Senior Contributor

    here's another pic of it where it now resides in Eldon's emporium. Notice it has chrome plated hinges & alum. strips on the running board. The oil breather pipes, hood hinge, gear shift lever & it's "remote" (a horiz. rod running from top of trans. to the vertical shift lever), & other small items under the hood were all chrome plated (std.).
  • oldhudsons
    oldhudsons Senior Contributor
    this body style was only offered 2 years, '36 & '37 as were the most expensive std. w.b. model,& I've been told, the Brits didn't like "dickey doors" (rumble seats).
    There are only 4 of this body style known to exist, this one in the U.S., 2 in England, and one in S. Africa.
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