Guest Magoo Posted December 26, 2014 Share Posted December 26, 2014 Here's the sixth volume in our continuing series on lost, lapsed, and forgotten Motor City auto manufacturers. How many can you recognize? Fun car lore!Still More Forgotten Detroit-Built Cars | Mac's Motor City Garage.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zeke01 Posted December 27, 2014 Share Posted December 27, 2014 I'm willing to bet that the sweet young thing in the rumble seat won't soon forget that 1929 Hudson. Zeke Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keiser31 Posted December 27, 2014 Share Posted December 27, 2014 Are you sure it isn't an Essex? Look closely at the hubcaps and hood louvers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zeke01 Posted December 27, 2014 Share Posted December 27, 2014 The Essex looks similar to the Hudson except smaller. Either way, what woman wouldn't fall for a guy with his hair parted in the middle like that? My hair parts in the middle, only the part is about 2" wide. Such is life. Zeke Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larry Schramm Posted December 27, 2014 Share Posted December 27, 2014 1929 Essex is my vote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Magoo Posted December 28, 2014 Share Posted December 28, 2014 I believe the car is a 1930 Essex Convertible Coupe but feel free to correct me if I am wrong. I respect the great expertise in this forum. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Dobbin Posted December 28, 2014 Share Posted December 28, 2014 The girl in the rumble seat should worry less about the guy with the bad hairdo and tell the lady driver to face the road instead of the guy she's directing her attention to. Maybe that's why so few of these cars survived. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hudsy Wudsy Posted December 31, 2014 Share Posted December 31, 2014 Hudson ranked number three in sales in '29. I'm reminded that some gentlemen were recently discussing which way fake landau arms should be mounted to most resemble real ones. Perhaps the answer lies here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Magoo Posted December 31, 2014 Share Posted December 31, 2014 Hudson ranked number three in sales in '29. I'm reminded that some gentlemen were recently discussing which way fake landau arms should be mounted to most resemble real ones. Perhaps the answer lies here.The landau irons on the Henry Ford's Bugatti Royale at some point were installed upside-down. When it came time to correct the mistake, there was some debate about changing anything as by that time, they had been upside-down on the car longer than they had been right side-up, and therefore more original or authentic or something. Or so I have been told. Today they are in proper orientation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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