Is This a 1917 Hudson?

mars55
mars55 Senior Contributor
edited March 2012 in HUDSON
This car is suppose to be a 1917 Hudson with a custom body, is it?

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  • Jon B
    Jon B Administrator
    That is either a classy body design, or it is melting.
  • hudsonsplasher1
    hudsonsplasher1 Senior Contributor
    mars55 wrote:
    This car is suppose to be a 1917 Hudson with a custom body, is it?

    120362d1330458891-what-make-car-ca-top.jpg

    Looking at the head lights splash apron and fenders, it looks like my 17. More pictures would help, but I say yes.
    Gene.
  • hudsontech
    hudsontech Senior Contributor
    edited March 2012
    They were all so much alike thru those years it's really hard to tell from just a side view. About the only way to tell for sure would be if there was a serial number available, tho not in this case.

    There's a picture of a 1917 in my General Info Handbook that looks similar to your picture along the beltline. You can see that picture by going to the online library at:
    http://hetclub.org/burr/lithomepage.htm - the Handbook is in the "Other Hudson-Essex-Terraplane Literature section.

    I don't recall seeing a picture of those wheels, either, so can't determine anything with those.

    Hudsonly,
    Alex Burr
    Memphis, TN
  • StillOutThere
    StillOutThere Expert Adviser
    What coachbuilding company is said to have created this? And in what country? By the curves I'm guessing French origin.
  • onerare39
    onerare39 Expert Adviser, Member
    Page 41 of the Butler book shows a 1917 4 passenger Speedster that looks very similar, wire wheels too.

    John
  • mars55
    mars55 Senior Contributor
    Yes, it is 1917 Hudson. Here is Factory Photo of a 1917 Speedster.

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  • bent metal
    bent metal Senior Contributor
    Looks like a stock '17 to me. Just with a custom top and the door handles turned 90 degrees.

    I don't have a '17 but I think the door hinges were probably painted out in the photo of the black one?
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