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1909 Hudson Model 20, first year of Hudson production. Per Wiki: The name "Hudson" came from Joseph L. Hudson, a Detroit department store entrepreneur and founder of Hudson's department store, who provided the necessary capital and gave permission for the company to be named after him. A total of eight Detroit businessmen formed the company on February 20, 1909,[1] to produce an automobile which would sell for less than US$1,000 (equivalent to approximately $26,248 in today's funds[2]). One of the chief "car men" and organizer of the company was Roy D. Chapin, Sr., a young executive who had worked with Ransom E. Olds. (Chapin's son, Roy Jr., would later be president of Hudson-Nash descendant American Motors Corp. in the 1960s). The company quickly started production, with the first car driven out of a small factory in Detroit on July 3, 1909. The new Hudson "Twenty" was one of the first low-priced cars on the American market and very successful with more than 4,000 sold the first year.
![1909 Hudson Model 20, first year of Hudson production. Per Wiki: The name "Hudson" came from Joseph L. Hudson, a Detroit department store entrepreneur and founder of Hudson's department store, who provided the necessary capital and gave permission for the company to be named after him. A total of eight Detroit businessmen formed the company on February 20, 1909,[1] to produce an automobile which would sell for less than US$1,000 (equivalent to approximately $26,248 in today's funds[2]). One of the chief "car men" and organizer of the company was Roy D. Chapin, Sr., a young executive who had worked with Ransom E. Olds. (Chapin's son, Roy Jr., would later be president of Hudson-Nash descendant American Motors Corp. in the 1960s). The company quickly started production, with the first car driven out of a small factory in Detroit on July 3, 1909. The new Hudson "Twenty" was one of the first low-priced cars on the American market and very successful with more than 4,000 sold the first year.](https://photos.smugmug.com/Sports/Lemay/i-sz6kc4K/2/a0d5e014/Th/Point%20Defiance-LeMay-318b-Th.jpg)
![1930 Packard Standard 8. Per Wiki: The Packard Eight was a luxury automobile produced by Packard between 1930 and 1938.[1] Offered in three models, the Standard Eight, Custom Eight,[2] and De Luxe Eight,[3] it was powered by a low-compression aluminum-head[4] L-head inline eight[5] producing 90 bhp (67 kW)[6] (hence the name).[7] Packard ads bragged the engine "floated" on new rubber mounts.[8] Power would be upgraded to 110 hp (82 kW) in 1932[9] and 120 hp (89 kW) in 1933.[10] The Eight offered optional (no extra cost)[11] four-speed synchromesh transmission.[12] Like other Packards of this era, it featured Ride Control, a system of dash-adjustable hydraulic shock absorbers.[13] The Eight also featured automatic chassis lubrication[14] and "shatterproof" glass.[15] The Eight was available on several wheelbases: 127.5 in (3,240 mm) and 134.5 in (3,420 mm) for the 1930 Standard Eight,[16] 140 in (3,600 mm)[17] and 145.5 in (3,700 mm) for the De Luxe in 1931,[18] 130 in (3,300 mm) and 137 in (3,500 mm) for the 1932 Standard Eight.[19] For 1938, the Eight's wheelbase was stretcched 7 in (180 mm) over 1937, and the body was also wider.[20]](https://photos.smugmug.com/Sports/Lemay/i-spDVHzw/2/8316fe2a/Th/Point%20Defiance-LeMay-341a-Th.jpg)
