Car Questions - "H"
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Have you ever heard of the Hubmobile?There was a Hub, a light single-cylinder two-seater, made in 1907 by the Hub
Automobile Co., Boston, Mass. but you are probably thinking of the Hupmobile, (1908 - 1940), made by the Hupp Motor Car Corp., Detroit Michigan, and Cleveland, Ohio.
Is that a Hupmobile on the back of the $10 bill?It took us a while to get our hands on an old $10. bill. The new bills don't show cars in the street. From the shape of the grill, we agree that the car on the back looks like it could be a 1925 Hupp. This has been confirmed by our car club friends.
When did they first start producing Hudsons? HUDSON (US) 1909 - 1957
Hudson Motor Car Company, Detroit, Michigan (1901 - 1954)
American Motors Corporation, Kenosha, Wisconsin (1954 - 1957)
The Hudson was created by Roy D. Chapin, and financed by J. L. Hudson, head of Detroit's famous department store of that name. The first product was a 20hp 4-cylinder car of conventional design, capable of 50mph, of which 4,000 were sold in its first season. These fours were supplemented and then supplanted by a 6-cylinder line. The Super Six of 1916 really made the company's name and used the first of a line of high-compression sv engines which lasted almost to the end of production. A Super Six made the first two-way transcontinental trip, from New York to San Francisco and back, in 1916.
Hudson's booming sales in the 1920s were largely due to their inexpensive companion car, the Essex. The company also pioneered modestly priced closed cars, and in 1922 their 'coach' ( a 2-door saloon) sold for only $100 more than a tourer. Until 1929, the Super Six remained the staple Hudson model.
The 1930s were not as good for the Hudson, except in Britain where it was very popular. The first post war Hudsons were a continuation of the 1942 models, but 1948 brought the revolutionary Step-Down series with the company's high-compression sv in-line engines. These low built cars had unitary construction of chassis and body, rear wheels mounted
Source: The New Encyclopedia of Automobiles, 1885 to the Present
