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Hudsonrules

:)Just curious, s there any information on the Hudson Dealer Network from the '40s and '50s? Their locations here in the States.? Thanks in advance. Arnie in Nevada

junkcarfann

That would be wonderful if someone compiled such a list.

My grandfather sold Hudsons before WWII, and my father grew up down the street from a country Hudson dealer.

53jetman

I believe the H-E-T Club store has a booklet that lists Hudson-Essex Dealers from way back in the 20's thru to the last ones in the mid 50's. I know for a fact that H-E-T Director Sheldon Rody is working to update this information so that a revised listing can be provided by the Club Store in the future.

Jerry

53jetman

hudsontech

Yes, Lee Dodd's wife, Sue, put together the original list, I think it was.

Club store item #380, Listing of World Wide Dealers $20.

Hudsonly,

Alex Burr

HudsonTech

Memphis, TN

Ol racer

FYI

Upon opening a NOS Distruibutor Cap box I found an Invoice inside with the Hudson Triangle Logo from N.O. Smith Garage, apparently the Hudson Dealer at 945 Franklin St, Johnstown Pa. pre dated with 194_ but unable to read the actual year because Ink faded.. Incidently the new cap cost $1.00 at that time.

37 CTS

to Old Racer, thank you for the dealer listing , that one was not in

The wordwide Hudson Dealers book, it will be listed now.

Sheldno

bill a

being raised in the JOHNSTOOWN, PA AREA, I HAVE A WOODEN FOOT LONG RULER WITH THE N.O. SMITH HUDSON DEALER IN JOHNSTOWN. I BOUGHT IT IN THE JOHNSTOWN AREA LAST YEAR WHEN VISITING.

Ol racer

The pleasure was all mine. Glad it brought up some memories...

Ol racer

Remember the days without long phone numbers and without the long computerized Part Numbers?

Check out this Hudson Invoice from back in those simpler days..........

Sarah Young

I'm working on a photo page of Hudson dealerships. Check out what I have so far... Hudson Dealerships

hudsonjeff

The Building My Body Shop Is In Started Life As A Body Shop In 1937 In 1948 They Added A Show Room And Sold Hudsons Until 57 Then Sold Ramblers Into The Early 60's But There Was Already A Rambler Dealer 2 Miles Up The Road. They Went Back To Body Work And General Service Repair Until 1988. I Bought It In 1998 And In 1999 Bought My First Hudson For The Showroom. I Since Have Collected 8 More Hudsons And Alot Of Signs And Collectibles. I Have Some Pictures From The Late 40's As Well As Current Ones I Will Try And Post. The Dealer Was Kromrei Motors And Also Ecorse Motor Sales 3965 W Jefferson Ecorse Mi . Less Than 10 Miles South Of Downtown Detroit. The Building Looks Much Like The 1950 Complete With Offices Tile Floor And Built In Show Cases. We Also Had A Home Chapter Meet And Our Quest Was Harvey Kromrei Who Ran The Shop With His Brother Until 1988. Inthe Show Room Now Is 1951 Super Six Conv. With 73k Miles And 1955 Hudson Met With 20k Miles

ESSX28-1 · ESSX28-1 January 2009 Posts: 995Platinum Member

New Zealand small town dealer in 1930. My 28 Essex Coupe almost certainly came from here!!

Hudsonrules

:)Hi Sarah, Thanks for your interesting site. In Seattle, there were a few Hudson dealers, one of which was McDonald Motors on Auroa ave. across from Greenlake. I had a '49 Hudson repaired there back in the sixties when I lived in the area. The one in Tacoma was a couple blcks above Pacific Ave around 9th. I do not remember the street name though.I have the name and address of the

Hudson dealer in Reno during the fifties, and a distance picture of the Hudson dealer in Carson City, but I do not know where they are. The one in Carson is now a restaurant and several antique stores . Keep up the good work. Arnie in Nevada

Ol racer

Sarah Young wrote:

I'm working on a photo page of Hudson dealerships. Check out what I have so far... Hudson Dealerships

Excellent Work on the Hudson Dealerships Photo Page. Additional Info on the Erie Pa Dealership is the name was Birkland Auto.

The Building was torn down and a new building erected a few years ago. I know a family whose father worked there afterwards when Yale & Towne Forklift. Their father owned a lot of Hudsons so I will inquire if they may have a picture of the Birkland Building.

SuperDave

I have an old fadded and smudged box that contained a stepdown under seat heater. The lable on the box says it came from the "American Motors Parts Division. 800 Chester Pike, Sharon Hill, Pa." It was addressed to a dealer in Lehighton,Pa. The name is difficult to make out.. I may mangle it, so my apology up front..Dzusth & Kistler, RD #3 Lehighton, Pa. I assume that was a Hudson dealer.??:confused:

37 CTS

In the last months I have been going to libraries and looking up dealers in the city directories and phone books. So far in Indiana, Ohio Michigan and Illinois I have found 500 dealers not listed in the book

"Worldwide Hudson dealers" and I have submitted them to be in the next edition of the book

Please list any dealers here that you you konw of and I will include them in the work I am preparing

Please List as follows to fit the book format

Name of Dealership, name of dealer, Address , city state, and years of opperation

thank you.

Sheldon

hudsontech

Sheldon, check your research. Here are the dealers in Kennebunk, ME 1915 into the 1950's

Started out as H. E. Lunge sometime in 1915. Dealership was on Main Street, building still stands today and used for water company storage. I have a newspaper ad from June 25th, 1915 announcing "We have taken the agency for Kennebunk and vicinity":

Sold out to Andrew Murphy sometime in the late 20's, early 30's - Murphy moved the dealership to the east side of town on Route (Maine) 35 (Summer Street). There were two buildings on the property - one was the showroom, the other was the garage. Both buildings still stand today - the garage is still a garage and the old showroom is partly storage and partly used for front end alignments. The garage part was recently renovated, and they actually kept it looking more or less original.

I have a picture of the place taken in the very early 1940's.

Hudsonly,

Alex Burr

Memphis, TN

Sarah Young

Hudsonrules wrote:

:)Hi Sarah, Thanks for your interesting site. In Seattle, there were a few Hudson dealers, one of which was McDonald Motors on Auroa ave. across from Greenlake. I had a '49 Hudson repaired there back in the sixties when I lived in the area. The one in Tacoma was a couple blcks above Pacific Ave around 9th. I do not remember the street name though.I have the name and address of the

Hudson dealer in Reno during the fifties, and a distance picture of the Hudson dealer in Carson City, but I do not know where they are. The one in Carson is now a restaurant and several antique stores . Keep up the good work. Arnie in Nevada

I wonder how many times I've gone past these places and never known! The Tacoma Historical Society and Tacoma Public Library offered me the following:

The neighborhood north of 9th in the Broadway/St. Helens area was Tacomaâ€™s â€œautorowâ€ in early twentieth century.

ALLEN MOTOR CO., 739-45 BROADWAY (Tacoma Daily Ledger 3/15/1925 p.G5 New Hudson-Essex home)

BYE THOMPSON MOTOR SALES, 3320 SO. G ST. (Tacoma Daily Ledger 6/21/1925 p.G11 New associate Hudson-Essex dealers here)

CENTRAL MOTORS, 714-16 BROADWAY (Tacoma News Tribune 11/21/1949 p.21 Grand opening as a Hudson dealer)

And in the southern part of Tacoma: BOYD MOTORS, 8223 PACIFIC AVE.

SuperDave

here is another:

Hudson Beach Garage,Inc.

27 North Atlantic Ave.

Daytona beach Florida

Telephone 2-2562

Unknown years of operation.

Hugh's_Hornet

I found these photos at the Florida Photographs Collection (http://www.floridamemory.com/PhotographicCollection/):

Peerless Motors (not sure of location):

Cordell-Turaville Motors (Hudsons & Packards):

(same dealer as above)

There are a few photos of Hudson vehicles in their collection as well.

RL Chilton

Hugh's Hornet-

Would you send me full size pictures via e-mail, please?

Hugh's_Hornet

Russell- I don't have the actual photos; I just linked to the photos on the website. It may be possible to purchase photos or at least high-resolution images from them.

Hugh

hudsontech

While looking thru a 1923 Automobile Blue Book (touring guide) Southeastern States edition I found the following Hudson dealers:

The Huckabee Auto Co., Albany, GA (No street address);

D. Wilbur Ranck Garage, 300-316 E. King Street, Lancaster, PA;

Midelburg Garage, 1016-1018 Lee Street, Charleston, WV;

Virginia Motor Co., 411-413 Jefferson St., Roanoke, VA;

Central Garage, Rocky Mount, VA (No Street Address - also sold Dodge Bros.);

Bacon Motor Co., Main Street, Greenville, TN (No Street Address - also sold Hupmobile);

When I get a chance I'll look thru a 1926 editon (Southeastern states) to see if there's any others advertising or if these are still listing their busiinesses.

Hudsonly,

Alex Burr

Memphis, TN

1049superg

I have a NOS metal dealer trunk badge that's from the Hudson dealer, Schreiber Sales of Lowell, Indiana. It was given to me by Mr Schreiber's son-in-law a few years ago. My first Hudson, a '53 Wasp sedan, was sold new from this dealer.

Sarah Young

Here's a picture of Gifford Motor Company, a Rambler and Hudson agency. The picture is from 1-31-1958. Puyallup Roller Rink was in the upper level of the building. Looks like there may be a couple used cars on the lot, perhaps traded in on a new 1958 Rambler. The building was destroyed by fire in 1965.

Address: 200 Main Ave. E., Puyallup, WA

hudsontech

Dug out the following:

1923 New York/New England editon - Automobile Blue Book

Bennington Garage, Main St., Bennington, VT (No Street Address - also Federal);

Simmons Garage Co., Richfield, Springs, NY (No Street Address - also sold Overland, Willys Knight, Oldsmobile)

1926 Auto Blue Book (touring guide) Middle Atlantic & Southeast:

Central Garage, Hancock, MD (No Street Address - also Studebaker);

Midelburg Garage (See 1923 list);

Walter Motor Co., Southern Pines, NC (No Street Address);

Little Motor Co., De Kalb St., Camden SC (No Street Address - also Franklin);

Hudson-Essex Sales Co., 9th & Clay, Hopkinsville, KY;

1930 Motor Trips Guide book - Northeastern edition

Fred G. Kaza's Garage, 529 Park Street, Hartford, CT (also Dodge)

Red Ball Garage, 142-156 East 31st St., New York, NY (also Auburn)

NOTE: The Red Ball Garage gained noteriety in the 1970's as being the starting place for at least one of the infamous Cannonball Runs - if you have not heard about those the idea was to get from New York City to Redondo Beach, CA, driving, as fast as you could. As I recall there were 4 of these "outlaw" road races - 1971, 1972, 1975 and 1979. The official timed record for one of these races is 32 hours and 51 minutes (about 87 mph), set in the final run by Dave Heinz and Dave Yarborough in a Jaguar XJS in 1979 - you got to know these guys were going a tad over the limit (at that time the national speed limit was that congressionally imposed insanity of 55 mph.)

I just thought I'd toss this in as a side bar because Hudson and Essex cars were involved in transcontinental speed runs. A bit over 5 days in 1916 from Frisco to NY (and 5 days back) was a loooong way from 32 hours, when you think about it.

Hudsonly,

Alex Burr

Memphis, TN

53jetman

Here's a small picture of my Dad's place. Vic Bean's Garage, 333 S. Belemore St., Leipsic, OH - Jerry, 53jetman

broyer

This Hudson dealership supposedly opened in 1954 in Altoona, Pa. Seems to me that Hudsons may have come late to Altoona. But most things do! Fiores now sell Pontiac, Chrysler, VW, Buick, and GMC.[IMG]http://Hudson dealer in Altoona pa[/IMG]

RL Chilton

Alex-

I don't know why I never thought to ask you, but do you have a listing for Guy's Auto Sales? My sedan still has the original dealer tag on the back of the car along with the word: "Hudson". It would have been a Mid-Atlantic dealer, probably in MD or perhaps PA, in all likelihood.

hudsontech

RL Chilton wrote:

Alex-

I don't know why I never thought to ask you, but do you have a listing for Guy's Auto Sales? My sedan still has the original dealer tag on the back of the car along with the word: "Hudson". It would have been a Mid-Atlantic dealer, probably in MD or perhaps PA, in all likelihood.

Havne't come across Guy's Auto Sales yet. The Automobile tour guides became a little thin on car garage and dealers ads after around1930 - but I'll go thru the ones I have for that area in my later guide books.

Hudsonly,

Alex Burr

Memphis, TN

Sarah Young

Here's some photos of an unknown Hudson Essex Dealership in Chicago. I believe this building served as an auto row of sorts, also hosting a Cadillac Branch and Willys & Overland at some point.

Alfred Samuel Alschuler (1876-1940) was the architect for this building. It was constructed in 1923. It has been demolished.

glens46golden

Here is Harry Luff's dealership in Salt Lake City in 1940. dealership is located at 13th south and 700 east. You might find it interesting that the 1937 Terraplane pickup is now mine and the one shown in the upper left corner.

essex6

Anyone have a listing for New Castle, Pennsylvania? I believe the dealer was on North Mercer street. The building is still standing and has the ship and castle crest over the door. Will try and get a picture when I visit over the weekend.

SRCraftsman2

essex6 wrote:

Anyone have a listing for New Castle, Pennsylvania? I believe the dealer was on North Mercer street. The building is still standing and has the ship and castle crest over the door. Will try and get a picture when I visit over the weekend.

I talked to the Lawrence County Historical Society and the building is supposed to be on North Street not North Mercer. I believe it now belongs to Comcast, previous owner was Universal Rundle. Not 100% sure of the location. I have been meaning to visit the Library but have not made the time.

I live close by, if you want company to try and find the building email me.
pat.l@comcast.net or PM me here.

Sarah Young

The following are some pics I'm posting on behalf of Glen. He bought some NOS driving lights on ebay for his 49 and they came in the original box sealed with the old style Christmas tape as well as original directions.

48super6

I don't know if you have it in your dealer lists:

My father was a mechanic and, later, the service manager for J.C. Bednar Motors Inc., 520 Boston Avenue in Bridgeport, Connecticut. They started as a dealer in 1919 until they closed in the early eighties. They sold Hudsons and then kept with the Ramblers, AMCs, and Jeeps.

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hdsn49

Here is a picture of Lanson Brothers Garage from Wallingford, CT. My brother and I purchased 3 of our Hudsons from George Lanson In 1977.

hudsontech

Sarah Young wrote:

The following are some pics I'm posting on behalf of Glen. He bought some NOS driving lights on ebay for his 49 and they came in the original box sealed with the old style Christmas tape as well as original directions.

That diagram needs to be in the club library.

Hudsonly,

Alex Burr

Memphis, TN

royer

A client of mine brought this ad from a 1949 Las Vegas Review Journal.

willy74

Arnie,

If you look on page 31 of Langworth's "Hudson: The Classic Postwar Years" there's a reprinted map of the dealership locations circa 1947 across the country. In Nevada, looks like we had them in Ely, Elko, Vegas, Tonopah, Austin, Fallon, Reno, Carson, Winnemucca, maybe Pahrump and about half a dozen other places as well. Of course finding the family members of some of those previous store owners (to see if they have NOS parts in their garages) is quite difficult. I've tried and come up with nothing here in Ely.

-Jason

HudMotCarCo

Anyone familiar with the Brown Motor & Implement dealership in Goodland, KS that sold Hudson's in the early '50's? My wife's family purchased a new '52 Hornet there. We still have the car but no information about that dealership.

Ron P

Little Young Mid 80's Lady

Went to a job today (Lakewood Calif.) and met a very nice young lady in her mid 80's I would guess. She had one of those berlap desert water bags hanging in her garage and asked if she would like to sell it. She said no it was her husbands and thought it must of been a keep sake for her. I said it would be for my 1929 Hudson..She said HUDSON ??, my family owned a Hudson dealership back in the old days in Coffeyville, Kansas named Lair Motor Co. We talked a little and she never said another word about that desert bag. LOL. Oh well..Ron

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46HudsonPU

Ron P wrote:

Little Young Mid 80's Lady

Went to a job today (Lakewood Calif.) and met a very nice young lady in her mid 80's I would guess. She had one of those berlap desert water bags hanging in her garage and asked if she would like to sell it. She said no it was her husbands and thought it must of been a keep sake for her. I said it would be for my 1929 Hudson..She said HUDSON ??, my family owned a Hudson dealership back in the old days in Coffeyville, Kansas named Lair Motor Co. We talked a little and she never said another word about that desert bag. LOL. Oh well..Ron
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Well, here's a 'desert water bag' for you -
http://cgi.ebay.com/Desert-Water-Bag-Rat-Rod_W0QQcmdZViewItemQQcategoryZ47300QQihZ016QQitemZ260360621827QQrdZ1QQsspagenameZWDVW

Glen

The diagram of the light wireing in my photos and the box can go to a safe place for tech info or Hudson History. When I get back home I would be happy to send every thing but the lights to who ever will preserve them for the use of all. All I need is the address and if you want the original or a copy.

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