The Hudson Monthly. Upcoming Meets and Events. Rain or Shine? Dedicated to the Preservation of the great cars built by Hudson

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1 The North Texas Chapter of the Hudson-Essex-Terraplane Club, Inc. The Hudson Monthly Volume 44, Issue 4 Dedicated to the Preservation of the great cars built by Hudson April 2015 Chapter Officers President - Calvin Buchanan 1382 CR 4191 Decatur, TX Vice-President - Mike Harrel 241 Richerson Denison, TX Secretary Clinton Webb 194 County Rd. 197 Gainesville, TX Treasurer/Editor Lew Bird 1513 Treehouse Ln. S. Roanoke, TX Historian - Mark Huffman 1637 Quail Hill Rd. Whitesboro, TX Sunshine Person - Helen Huebert 2309 Robin Hood Dr. Grand Prairie, TX Inside this issue: March Business Meet Minutes April Meet and Parade Information New Members Interchange Parts Bluebonnet Festival 5 Ranco Valve Repairs 6 News paper Article 1932 Amelia Earhart Application Sheet NTC - HET Rain or Shine? The whole area had some heavy rain in the morning with more forecasted for the afternoon. The old 47 was the only Hudson driven to the March meeting. The month of March marks 49 years of ownership for our Club Coupe. More on the March Meet on page 2. Upcoming Meets and Events April 11 - Medal of Honor Parade and Chapter Meet, Gainesville April 18 - Blue Bonnet Festival, Ennis, TX May 25 - Memorial Day Parade and Meet, Richardson, TX June - Buchanan Hudson Ranch July 25 - Joint Meet with the South Texas Chapter, Lorena, TX The North Texas Hudson Dealers - Chartered 1971 One of the oldest Chapters in the Hudson-Terraplane-Essex Club

2 PAGE 2 THE HUDSON MONTHLY VOLUME 44, ISSUE 4 North Texas Hudson Dealers March 21, Saturday The NTHD President, Calvin Buchanan, called the annual Kelly Hinegardner meet to order. The Treasurer offered that all monies were in good order and the monies were listed at $8,042. The Secretary called for the order to agree on minutes of the last meet. Two new members joined the NTHD. Kevin Graulty and Robert and Barbara Sims, are our new members. A total of 74 members! WOW George Dennis has an illness and is in the hospital. Dennis s short time lasted just overnight. Dick McLean is out of the hospital. He is grateful to go Home. Martin White still has his problems, but is improving. The Number of members was 17 and only one Hudson. The members and Auto numbers are due to early heavy rain. New Business: Clinton Webb spoke to the Medal of Honor. The times to meet the MOH s, the offers to purchase books and other offers are available. The method to attend things such as allowing to drive your Hudson in the parade, or to eat and speak with the MOH s please check with Clinton Webb at or cwebb@kiowaonline.net. The Blue Bonnets will be in bloom again this year in Ennis, Texas. The AAIAA will be at the event and if you wish to go to this meet, Mike or Teri in our Hudson Club can give you information at John Clement can also give his number at The Memorial Day Parade will be in the Hoppman home in Richardson, Texas. The time, address etc. will be noted in the Hudson Monthly. The Buchanan s Calvin and Virginia will not have their annual August meal and business meeting this year. The 16 th of June will be in place. Information will be in the Hudson Monthly. The S@O meet in Granbury was successful. The American Heart Assn. received from John Clement and his helpers a total of $ in all. Old Business: None The NTHD Junior President obtained the floor for the purpose placing the 2015 Officers. A motion was called to keep the current officers. All sitting Officers agreed to continue their current positions. The members agreed and continued the 2015 officers. The motion was called and without objection the meet was closed. Approved President Approved Sect. Calvin Buchanan Clinton Webb

3 VOLUME 44, ISSUE 4 THE HUDSON MONTHLY PAGE 3 North Texas Hudson Dealers April Meet Date: April 11, 2015 Saturday Time: 1:00 PM Location: Clinton and Diane Webb Home Address: 194 County Road 197, Gainesville, TX RSVP Clinton cwebb@kiowaonline.net Phone: Clinton s Cell Dianne s Cell The Hosts will furnish the main dish. Please bring a side dish to pass. Spare ribs, sausage, hot links, Tea, soft drinks by the host The Medal of Honor parade will be in the morning on the 11th. The parade will start at 10:00 Direction: Their home is east of Gainesville, TX and north of US Hwy 82 on County Road 197. About seven miles east of Gainesville, turn north at Shooters it s a Pool Hall on the north side of the US Hwy 82. Travel north several hundred feet and turn right into CR-147. CR-147 is unpaved, travel east less than a mile and turn north onto County Road 197. They live on the east side at the end of the road. The Red Dot is the location of their home. The Blue Square is the location of Shooters. The speed limit on Hwy 82 in Oak Ridge is 55 MPH; need to watch out for the local cop.

4 PAGE 4 March is the Month for Chapter Dues Please forward your Dues to Lew Bird. New Members For only $10 a year. Welcome to Robert Graulty and Cheryl Reader, new members from Huntsville, Robert is looking for a 1937 Terraplane to buy. Robert and Barbara Sims, long time Hudson members from Walters, Oklahoma. They have driven the yellow and black 1955 Hornet to the S & O numerous times, They also have a 1927 Essex. Welcome to the North Texas Hudson Dealers THE HUDSON MONTHLY Interchange Part Numbers VOLUME 44, ISSUE Mike Griffin had provided some new numbers for wheel cylinders replacement for 1936 to 1947 models. Part Numbers for the front WC 4808 and WC 4803 O Reilly Auto parts. They are a little pricey. Part Numbers for the rear NAPA 7564 and 7563 has 7/16-24 thread with the inverted flare. Also NAPA and NAPA with 3/8-24 thread, they will need an adapter. Other Replacement Part Numbers Gasket for the manifold to exhaust pipe, Fel-Pro or ROL They will replace the old Hudson # A good replacement condenser for the six or eight, O Reilly Part Number BWD G111 Replacement for the old stone filter in the AC gas pumps, Wix Fuel Filter #33039 Check out the 1948 or 49 Stepdown sedan driving down Knox Street in Dallas. The photo was dated 1949 and sent to me by Sam Jackson. Gone are all of the overhead power lines and telephone poles. The population of Dallas in 1949 was 430,000, the US was 149,188,130.

5 V O LU M E 4 4, I S S U E 4 T HE H U D S O N MO N T H LY PAGE Bluebonnet Trails Festival - Antique American Independent Auto Show April 18th in Ennis, Texas Visit us online at: The Fourth Annual, Antique American Independent Auto Association (AAIAA) Show of extinct Marques such as Packard, Kaiser/Frazer, Nash, AMC, Graham, Hudson, Graham, Studebaker, etc. will be hosted by the N. TX. Studebaker Drivers Club and held in conjunction with the 2015 Bluebonnet Trails Festival in Ennis. Public viewing is scheduled for Saturday, April 18st, between 10:00 am and 3:00 pm in the N. 300 blk of West Main Street, between Belknap and Baylor Streets in downtown Ennis. Cars may enter the display area between 9:00 and 10:00 a.m. by traveling along Belknap and turning south onto N. West Main Street. Parking attendants will be on hand to assist in positioning cars for display. Event registration will be a $5.00 donation to Helping Hands of Ennis in support of their food and clothing pantries. Come expecting to have a great time and enjoy sharing your beautiful antique car with a host of folks and earlier Ford, GM and Chrysler brands may be displayed adjacent to the north side of the AAIAA Show field. Cars from the Bluebonnet Trails Festival & Antique American Independent Auto Show Following the car show, you are invited to participate in a short guided tour of beautiful Ellis County Bluebonnet Trails with photo opportunities along the way from 3:00 to 3:30 pm. This will complete our event leaving plenty of time for participants to pursue other interests and get back home before dark. We have obtained special room rates at the Ennis Quality Inn at 107 Chamber of Commerce Drive, I-45 at Highway 34, in Ennis, for participants who would like to arrive on Friday night, April 17th. Be sure and mention the Vintage Cars Show when calling before April 5th for our special rate of $ tax/ couple. We are expecting over three dozen AAIAA participants this year, please join us!

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7 V O LU M E 4 4, I S S U E Oakland Tribune, August 21, 1932 T HE H U D S O N MO N T H LY PAGE 7 Article submitted by Virginia Buchanan WOMAN FLIER OFFERS PRIZE FOR WOMEN Amelia Earhart, Best-Known Woman Flier, Sponsors Prize for Woman Flier Amelia Earhart, premier woman flier of the world and the only woman who has ever made a solo flight across the Atlantic ocean, has announced that she will sponsor an Amelia Earhart trophy race to be held for woman fliers at the National air races in Cleveland during the week of August 27 - September 3. First prize of an Essex Terraplane automobile will be awarded by Miss Earhart to the women winning first place in this race, which will be the biggest women's event in connection with this year's national air races. Numerous entries already have been received. Miss Earhart recently christened the next Essex Terraplane automobile at Detroit. The car which she christened at a ceremony later was presented by the Hudson Motor Car company to Orville Wright of Dayton, Ohio., inventor of the airplane. The Terraplane, because of its high power to weight ratio, has many of the characteristics of the airplane. Hudson engineers have announced that a Terraplane engine, placed in an airplane of the same weight as a Terraplane car, would fly the airplane at a rate as high as 100 miles per hour. Amelia Earhart obtained her first practical experience in mechanics with automobile engines at a New England school. Her interest became so great that she soon took up flying, and now is credited with being the world's greatest woman flier. When the new Essex Terraplane automobile was developed, Miss Earhart took a keen interest in it, and soon following her trans-atlantic flight she inspected the new car at the Hudson factories in Detroit. Her christening of the new Terraplane car before a crowd of thousands of Detroiters and the subsequent driveaway of 2000 of the new cars by Hudson-Essex dealers from all parts of the United States, was reported to have been the biggest industrial celebration ever staged in Detroit, which is no novice to automobile demonstrations. At the christening Miss Earhart publicly stated that the Terraplane car is of particular interest to aviators because of its high power to weight ratio and the steady manner in which it handles at high speeds.

8 T HE H U D S O N MO N T H LY PAGE 8 V O LU M E 4 4, I S S U E 4 The North Texas Chapter of the Hudson Essex Terraplane Club Annual Dues $10.00 March 2015 to March 2016 Send Dues to: North Texas Chapter % Lew Bird 1513 Treehouse Ln. S. Roanoke, TX Name: Member and Spouse Street City, State, Zip Phone (include area code) Address National Membership is required of all Chapter Members The Hudson Essex Terraplane Club Membership Application To join fill out this form and send to: H.E.T. Club, Inc., 2850 North Meridian Ave., Wichita, KS U.S. Regular mail: $33.00 a year U.S. 1st Class mail: $43.00 a year Name: Member and Spouse Street City. State Phone and Please include information on the Hudson built cars Year Make