1950 Pacemaker vs. Pacemaker Deluxe

That fabric looks the same as the fabric in both of my cars. I have one pull strap with what looks like little diamonds of turquoise and I think the windlace that went around the doors had the same design.

Attached below is a picture of the seatback from my plain Pacemaker showing the two different vinyls. I'm guessing it's original. I should have just done that in the first place. It does look like it used to have ash trays - you can kind of see the holes and outline in the picture.

Here's a link to a page of a Hudson brochure showing the door panels on a plain Pacemaker with the green insert:

http://www.oldcarbrochures.com/static/NA/Hudson/1950_Hudson/1950_Hudson_Brochure/1950 Hudson Brochure-14.html

On the steering wheel, I have the same wheel on my deluxe, but the horn button is much plainer and there is no horn ring. I'm pretty sure it's original. My plain Pacemaker has the two spoke steering wheel you described.

OK, let's reset here...

I noticed a difference between the seat backs on my Pacemaker parts car and my Pacemaker Deluxe that is being restored. As I said in my first post, my original thought was that it was another case of Hudson just making an on-the-go change but then I wondered if it was an intentional difference. I figured that maybe they replaced the green vinyl on the seat backs since they had replaced it on the doors with fabric.

All of this is basically just curiosity on my part because I like to know things like this about cars. The things that make a 50A 'deluxe' especially intigue me because it is such a minor set of changes and yet a whole new serial number series was assigned.

1951hornethardtop - you suggested going to the factory specs for an answer. Do you know where I can find them for a 1950 Pacemaker Deluxe?

Tim - I do have the ashtrays for my Deluxe and probably have the ones from the parts car somewhere. My dad stripped the parts car years ago and I have boxes and boxes of parts from it. If I remember correctly, the ash trays have the same pattern on them as the dash. On the steering wheel, my dad bought the car from his uncle back in the mid fifties and he tells me that he never messed with it so I always assumed it was 'correct'. I've attached a picture. The steering wheel is very rough but I do have another that's in pretty good shape. The picture also shows the aftermarket turn signal module that my dad installed shortly after he got the car.

Long story short - does anyone KNOW everything that makes a 50A deluxe? Is it documented anywhere from 1950? If not, I guess we get to keep having these fun discussions.

Here's the list I have:

Armrests replacing straps and seat fabric replacing green vinyl on doors
Chrome front door window divider (what did the standard have?)
Dual 'stubby' horns replacing a single long horn
Three spoke ivory steering wheel (and maybe upgraded horn button/ring) replacing 2 spoke (my 2 spoke is green - were they all?)
Robe rail on 4 door cars

Anything else? Can I add different seat backs?