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Essex Terraplane Historical Society, Inc., was organized in 1990 for
charitable, educational and research purposes. |
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The Society's mission is to discover, collect and memorialize the
history and the products produced by the Hudson Motor Car Company,
from 1909 to 1954, and for Hudson products produced by the American Motors
Corporation from 1954 to 1957. |
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Our ultimate goal is to collect cars, pictures, books, drawings,
etc., and to establish a Museum. This Museum will display these items to
the public and will be preserving the history of one of the worlds
greatest independent car companies. |
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Some
of the Reasons We Seek To Preserve The
History of the
Hudson Motor Car Company
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- Founded in 1909 by Howard Coffin, Joseph L. Hudson, Roy
Chapin, George W. Dunham and others.
- In its second year of production Hudson was 11th in production in the
nation.
- 1911: Hudson was one of the first to produce closed models.
- Other interesting advances in the auto field: Steering wheel moved to the
left side of the car; hand control moved inside to the center of the car; self
starter; dual brakes.
- 1916: The first balanced crankshaft which changed the entire industry. Thus
the Super-Six name began.
- 1919: A new model introduced called "ESSEX" with all steel body. Sold for
just pennies more than Ford.
- 1932: The Essex-Terraplane cars came out with choice of either six or eight
cylinder engines. Several hill climbing, economy runs, and speed records were
established.
- Hudson assembly plants were built in Belgium, England, and Canada.
- Largest production year was 1929 with over 300,000 units delivered. This
included the Dover commercial vehicles.
- World War II: Hudson built aircraft parts and huge engines for naval craft.
- 1948: Hudson came out with an entire new concept of the automobile designs
which are still found in some of today's autos. This was the "Step-down" model.
Low, wide and extremely well balanced.
- 1951: The ever-famous Hudson Hornet made its debut. The largest six cylinder
engine available in any car. This engine was 145 HP.
- This Hornet burned up the stock car tracks all over the country from 1951
thru 1954. Winning or taking 2nd or 3rd place in nearly every race.
- Hudson Motor Car Company, during its time produced quality products and was
a leading pioneer with its mechanical engineering and advanced styling.
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Come see our main exhibit at
the NATMUS Museum in the Auburn, IN. and our other exhibits
in the Wisconsin Automotive Museum in Hartford, WI and the
Sacramento Automotive Museum in Sacramento, California.
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Click here for a listing of interesting museums |
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NOW IS THE TIME TO HELP
Preserve forever the heritage of The Hudson Motor Car Company.
Your contribution is needed to further our cause, and will be greatly
appreciated. |
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| The Hudson Essex Terraplane Historical
Society is a separate corporation from the Hudson-Essex-Terraplane Club.
However, the President of the H.E.T. Club does sit on the Society's Board
of Directors. |
