**This Museum was recently closed and the collection will be sold.

HOSTETLER’S HUDSON COLLECTION

Hostetler’s Hudson Auto Museum
Shipshewana, Indiana
November 2016

Engine: 4-cylinder
Horsepower: 20hp
Weight: 1,800 lbs.
Wheelbase: 100”
Cost: $900

The first Hudson left the new factory July 8, 1909.A total of 1,100 cars were shipped to dealers between July and December 1909. By July of the following year, 4,000 cars had been sold.
Roy D. Chapin and Howard E. Detroit, formally associated with Chalmers-Detroit and Oldsmobile persuaded Joseph L. Hudson, founder of Hudson Department Stores, to invest $90,000 in the new Hudson. They purchased the factory of the Aero Car Co. and the Seldon patent license of the Northern in January 1909.
The company touted their first cars as; “Strong – Speedy – Roomy – Stylish.” It offered a 20 hp four-cylinder engine, a sliding-gear transmission and a leather-faced cone clutch.

Tags:   1909 Hudson Model 20 Roadster Hostetler's Hudson Museum

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**This Museum was recently closed and the collection will be sold.

HOSTETLER’S HUDSON COLLECTION

Hostetler’s Hudson Auto Museum
Shipshewana, Indiana
November 2016

Engine: 4-cylinder
Horsepower: 20hp
Weight: 1,800 lbs.
Wheelbase: 100”
Cost: $900

The first Hudson left the new factory July 8, 1909.A total of 1,100 cars were shipped to dealers between July and December 1909. By July of the following year, 4,000 cars had been sold.
Roy D. Chapin and Howard E. Detroit, formally associated with Chalmers-Detroit and Oldsmobile persuaded Joseph L. Hudson, founder of Hudson Department Stores, to invest $90,000 in the new Hudson. They purchased the factory of the Aero Car Co. and the Seldon patent license of the Northern in January 1909.
The company touted their first cars as; “Strong – Speedy – Roomy – Stylish.” It offered a 20 hp four-cylinder engine, a sliding-gear transmission and a leather-faced cone clutch.

Tags:   1909 Hudson Model 20 Roadster Hostetler's Hudson Museum

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**This Museum was recently closed and the collection will be sold.

HOSTETLER’S HUDSON COLLECTION

Hostetler’s Hudson Auto Museum
Shipshewana, Indiana
November 2016

Engine: 4-cylinder
Horsepower: 20hp
Weight: 1,800 lbs.
Wheelbase: 100”
Cost: $900

The first Hudson left the new factory July 8, 1909.A total of 1,100 cars were shipped to dealers between July and December 1909. By July of the following year, 4,000 cars had been sold.
Roy D. Chapin and Howard E. Detroit, formally associated with Chalmers-Detroit and Oldsmobile persuaded Joseph L. Hudson, founder of Hudson Department Stores, to invest $90,000 in the new Hudson. They purchased the factory of the Aero Car Co. and the Seldon patent license of the Northern in January 1909.
The company touted their first cars as; “Strong – Speedy – Roomy – Stylish.” It offered a 20 hp four-cylinder engine, a sliding-gear transmission and a leather-faced cone clutch.

Tags:   1909 Hudson Model 20 Roadster Hostetler's Hudson Museum

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**This Museum was recently closed and the collection will be sold.

HOSTETLER’S HUDSON COLLECTION

Hostetler’s Hudson Auto Museum
Shipshewana, Indiana
November 2016

Tags:   1910 Hudson Touring Car Hostetler's Hudson Museum

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**This Museum was recently closed and the collection will be sold.

HOSTETLER’S HUDSON COLLECTION

Hostetler’s Hudson Auto Museum
Shipshewana, Indiana
November 2016

Tags:   1910 Hudson Touring Car Hostetler's Hudson Museum

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