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Jon B

Mr. Nitin Dossa of India would like to complete his restoration of the rare 1933 Hudson phaeton by installing a nice hood ornament. These are few and far between -- a "rare bird", if you will. Would you have a spare hanging on your wall, that you'd like to part with?

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oldhudsons

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what you have pictured is the "bird" hood ornament of a '32 NOT a '33 which is the Assyrian "griffin" hood ornament

oldhudsons

and as you can tell from the 2 photos they are not interchangeable either, completely different shape, size, angle of fit to radiator shell, etc.

oldhudsons

for the '33 T8 enthusiasts, the '33 Hudson hood ornament is about 25% larger than the '33 T8

OlHudson8r

Pete, You are correct about the mascots. The first one pictured is for the 1932. I have one of those with its emblem but have not found one of the 1933's in unaltered condition. Once in awhile one shows up on eBay, buy often they have a piece sawed off somewhere. Dee

Jon B

It appears that Del Fast was here on the Forum in August, looking for the same ornament for the same fellow in India! My apologies, I never put two and two together! Maybe with this additional appeal (from me) we can pry one loose for Mr. Dossa!

essexcoupe3131

I do have the 31-32 Birds but I have been making them for the Essex and have been informed the Hudson are very slightly bigger 1/8-3/16" longer
It is the same 1 I have on my 31 Coupe, I am hoping to complete them over Xmas for plating as had quite a few ordered
they were cast from brass this time
cant help with the griffin though

Mike

Old Fogey UK

Does anyone have a source for replica Hudson triangle emblems ? I need one for my '34 and my friend with the '33 Terraplane Windover Sports is still looking for an Essex Terraplane Six emblem for his car.

delfast

I found a 1933 Griffin for Mr. Dossa but the bottom name part was missing. He wanted to have something on the grill so he has that item I sent him but he now needs either a complete ornament or the bottom name section to add to what he has. Glad he is getting help from several members but a lot of effort is duplicated since he is difficult to communicate with and doesn't say whether he has found any items that he was looking for. He asked me about a starter and a Startix unit which I have located. Anybody else looking for the same things? I hate to commit to acquiring the items if someone else has already sold him the same items!

Thanks,
Del Fast

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