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BUTLER'S HISTORY OF HUDSON
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FROM BILL COHEN:

I have a comment regarding the 1913 - 1914 - 1915 sections of Butler's History Of Hudson. In each year, Butler lists starting and ending serial numbers - implying that all numbers were used. This is misleading, most notably the apparent "over-lap" of 1914 and 1915 Model 54 serial numbers. Please see the attached word transcription of Hudson literature, with Total #'s column added by me.
Obviously, they planned production and assigned the 1914 and 1915 serial numbers at the same time, for both the Model 40 and the Model 54:

1914 640 Roadster 73001-73500 ; 1915 640 Roadster 73501-75000
1914 640 Cabriolet 75001-75500 ; 1915 640 Cabriolet 75501-76000
etc.

1914 654 Touring 56501-59000 ; 1915 654 Phaeton 59001-61500
1914 654 Sedan 61501-61700 ; 1915 654 Limousine 61701-62000
etc.

Please note that the numbers assigned in Handbook Insert No. 109 indicate a maximum number that was planned and may or may not be close to actual production numbers.

Hand Book Insert No. 109
HUDSON MOTOR CAR COMPANY
DETROIT, MICH., U.S.A.
Below is table showing the serial numbers of our cars from car number One to the present day
Model	Year	Cylinders	Car Number			Type	Total #'s
20	1910	Four	1	to	4000	Open Roadster	4,000
20	1910	Four	4001	to	5000	Fore-Door Roadster	1,000
20	1910	Four	5001	to	7100	Touring Car	2,100
20	1911	Four	7101	to	7500	Roadster	400
33	1911	Four	7501	to	9000	Open Touring Car	1,500
33	1911	Four	9001	to	9500	Closed Touring Car	500
33	1911	Four	9501	to	11500	Torpedo Touring Car	2,000
33	1911	Four	11501	to	15000	Pony Tonneau	3,500
33	1912	Four	15001	to	21000	Touring Car	6,000
33	1912	Four	21001	to	23000	Torpedo	2,000
33	1912	Four	23001	to	24000	Speed Roadster	1,000
33	1912	Four	24001	to	26000	Commercial Roadster	2,000
33	1912	Four	26001	to	26500	Limousine	500
33	1912	Four	26501	to	27000	Coupe	500
33	1912	Four	27201	to	30000	5-Passenger Torpedo	2,800
37	1913	Four	30001	to	35000	Touring Car	5,000
37	1913	Four	35001	to	37000	Torpedo	2,000
37	1913	Four	37001	to	39000	Roadster	2,000
37	1913	Four	39001	to	39100	Coupe	100
37	1913	Four	39101	to	39200	Limousine	100
37	1913	Four	39201	to	40000	Special	800
54	1913	Six	45001	to	50000	Touring Car	5,000
54	1913	Six	50001	to	52000	Torpedo	2,000
54	1913	Six	52001	to	54000	Roadster	2,000
54	1913	Six	54001	to	54100	Coupe	100
54	1913	Six	54101	to	54200	Limousine	100
54	1913	Six	54201	to	55000	Special	800
54	1914	Six	56501	to	59000	Touring Car	2,500
54	1914	Six	61501	to	61700	Sedan	200
54	1914	Six	62001	to	62500	Special	500
40	1914	Six	63001	to	73000	Touring Car	10,000
40	1914	Six	73001	to	73500	Roadster	500
40	1914	Six	75001	to	75500	Cabriolet	500
40	1914	Six	76251	to	76800	Phaeton	550
40	1914	Six	77001	to	77200	R.H.D. Touring Car	200
40	1915	Six	73501	to	75000	Roadster	1,500
40	1915	Six	75501	to	76000	Cabriolet	500
40	1915	Six	76001	to	76250	Coupe	250
40	1915	Six	76801	to	76950	Limousine	150
40	1915	Six	77201	to	77600	R.H.D. Phaeton	400
40	1915	Six	77601	to	77700	Landaulet	100
40	1915	Six	78001	to	90000	6-Passenger Phaeton	12,000
54	1915	Six	59001	to	61500	Phaeton	2,500
54	1915	Six	61701	to	62000	Limousine	300

Hand Book Insert No. 117
HUDSON MOTOR CAR COMPANY
DETROIT, MICH., U.S.A.
Serial Numbers of 1916 Hudson models:
							Std. Tread	60" Tread
SIX-40	Standard Tread			60" Tread			Total #'s	Total #'s
Phaetons	G-10001	to	G-29000	G-29001	to	G-30000	19,000	1,000
Roadsters	G-30001	to	G-32000	G-32001	to	G-33000	2,000	1,000
Cabriolets	G-33001	to	G-35000				2,000
Limousines	G-35001	to	G-36000				1,000
Town Cars	G-36001	to	G-37000				1,000
Coupes	G-37001	to	G-38000				1,000
Touring Sedans	G-38001	to	G-40000				2,000
JOB 397-2M 7-7-'15.

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