What year is this car?

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edited November -1 in HUDSON
Hi, I've been checking this site out for a while now. I figured it was time to join. I have a 1948 Hudson 2 door (no pics) and I just picked up a new one pics attached. I think it's an Essex but not for sure. Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks,

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  • Jon B
    Jon B Administrator
    Here's a 1928 Essex coupe. Note the thin beltline molding and the exterior visor with the slightly rounded sides. Your photo does not show it well, but is there a stamped thin molding at the sides of the cowl, which continues the hood molding back almost to the door, and then swings up? Also note the position of the 'piano hinges' on the door -- are they the same as yours? Note the curvature of the bottom of the windshield versus the curvature of the cowl, below it -- then compare this to Essexes of other years.



    I'm not sure, but the Hudson coupe for 1928 might have shared its body with the Essex, so you might have an 'either / or' in your backyard. (Geoff Clark will undoubtedly come along and straighten this matter out!)



    Have you no builder's plate with a serial number on it, which could be used to identify the car?



    Go to Alex Burr's photo site at http://groups.msn.com/HudsonMotorCarCompany/11essexmotors19261931.msnw and click the links at the left to compare the Hudson and Essex lines of different eras. Note that there are several pages of photos for each link you click.





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  • Geoff
    Geoff Senior Contributor
    It is indeed a 1928 Essex body. The Hudson shared the same body from the windscrren post back, but the scuttle was higher and wider, and had a slotted hole in the firewall for the carburettor heat control rod.

    Geoff.
  • Uncle Josh
    Uncle Josh Senior Contributor
    Scuttle? SCUTTLE?
  • Uncle Josh
    Uncle Josh Senior Contributor
    Scuttle? Did I read SCUTTLE? The odd-shaped pails we use to store coal in?
  • Jon B
    Jon B Administrator
    Cowl to you. Get with the program, Josh! LOL!
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