For 1928, Hudson split the job: a Pasadena coachbuilder drew the Model O's custom bodies, and a Massachusetts rival was hired to actually build them.
Lead trim: Super Six 1927 F-head six (92 hp)
Hudson Super Six1927–1928
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FactFor 1928, Hudson split the job: a Pasadena coachbuilder drew the Model O's custom bodies, and a Massachusetts rival was hired to actually build them.
For 1927 the Hudson Super Six received a complete redesign with a new F-head engine, 18-inch wood-spoke wheels (rather than 21) and four-wheel brakes; the car was lower and more stylish and power rose from 76 to 92 hp (many consider the rating very conservative; Hudson chose not to raise the claimed power when the engine was updated in July 1927 with a new manifold and head design). The lower-cost Model R used a 118½ in wheelbase and the Model S 127⅜ in; two standard bodies (a two-door Coach and a four-door Sedan) plus five Custom body styles on the Model O by Biddle and Smart of Massachusetts. For 1928 the Model O and S continued with a taller, slimmer radiator, oval headlights and vertical hood louvers plus a standard Coupe and a Biddle and Smart roadster on the short chassis. In 1927 Essex also adopted the Super Six label and kept it off and on until 1932; for 1929 the Super Six badge was dropped for the "Greater Hudson".
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Trims & Figures
One published trim in the catalogue. A blank is a figure not recorded, not zero.
| Trim | Years | Engine | Power | Torque | 0–60 | Drive | Gearbox | MSRP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Super Six 1927 F-head six (92 hp) | 1927–1928 | — | 92 hp | — | — | RWD | — | — |
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Hudson brought the Super Six name back for 1940 — the same year it fitted coil-spring independent front suspension and aircraft-style shocks mounted inside the springs, a big leap for cars in its price class.
This "Hudson" was really a rebadged Essex. Hudson borrowed its fading sister brand's Super-Six Pacemaker name for a single model year, 1933, then dropped it again.
For 1928, Hudson split the job: a Pasadena coachbuilder drew the Model O's custom bodies, and a Massachusetts rival was hired to actually build them.
In 1919, an inventor named Ben Ellerbeck bolted a fold-away hardtop roof onto a Super Six roadster — one of the very first retractable hardtops ever built, decades before Detroit took the idea seriously.
Rivals
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