Hudsons with a British Accent
Nov 09, 2019
3 minutes
BY JOHN A. CONDE
AMERICAN MOTORS
From the book, The Cars That Hudson Built, by John A. Conde, published in December 1980 by Arnold-Porter Publishing Company.
One of the most unusual Anglo-American automotive ventures began during the depths of the economic depression, when Hudson engineers in Detroit installed an eight-cylinder Hudson engine in an Essex-Terraplane chassis. It was in late spring of 1933.
The special chassis was shipped to England, then a big export market for Hudson-built automobiles.
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