Talk:Hudson Motor Car Company/Archives/2013

Formatting
Hmm, I don't think I'm seeing the problems you (User:Infrogmation are seeing with formatting. Both look equivalent in terms of formatting to me using Win2k and IE 6. &mdash;Morven 19:03, Jul 20, 2004 (UTC)


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move. &mdash; Nightst a  llion  (?) Seen this already? 07:44, 27 March 2006 (UTC)

Requested move
Hudson Motor Car → Hudson Motor Car Company – Page name should reflect full name of company as it's noted in the article — BRossow 21:11, 22 March 2006 (UTC)
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 * Support I would have done the page move without even asking as it's pretty obvious that it should be done (IMHO) but as there was more than one edit to the redirect page I was prevented from so doing. &rArr; BRossow T/C 21:16, 22 March 2006 (UTC)
 * Support here I have been tearing through the articles and just assumed it so. I agree with BRossow on this - we're talking about a Corporation, not a "car". Now if you all will excuse me, I am going to wash the egg of my face. Stude62 21:23, 22 March 2006 (UTC)
 * Support Reasonable. If you could use the assistance of an admin in such a move, ask on my user talk page. -- Infrogmation 22:15, 22 March 2006 (UTC)
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Automobile self starter
"The company had a number of 'firsts' for the auto industry. These included the automobile self starter,"

I am interested to know why someone is eager to credit Hudson with the creation of the self starter while it is has stated that Clyde J. Coleman invented the automobile self starter in 1899; then later onto General Motor's Cadillac division in 1911.


 * To my knowledge, first car offered with an electric starter was Cadillac, ca. 1914. This device was patented in 1911 for Charles F. Kettering, founder of AC Delco. Kettering later sold AC to General Motors and was GM chief engineer for many years. --Chief tin cloud (talk) 12:21, 10 February 2011 (UTC)

I am interested, too, in knowing someone credits Hudson with the first self starter. I've read it went to Cole and Chevrolet, too... --squadfifteen

I'd like to see some details about the life and death of the Hudson Racing Team.

While visiting the naval air museum in penna,fla, i noticed a folded wing on a plane,inside was a tag stating that the wing was made by the hudson motor car co.

More WW2 Hudson production
The Invader engines were built under license from Hall-Scott. Here's some pictures. http://i79.photobucket.com/albums/j145/Swaggerm/IMG_3989.jpg http://i79.photobucket.com/albums/j145/Swaggerm/IMG_3992.jpg http://i79.photobucket.com/albums/j145/Swaggerm/IMG_3995.jpg From http://www.whiteaeroltd.com/Terraplane.asp "Hudson manufactured 21 different items during World War II with the building and operation of the 20mm Oerlikon anti-aircraft gun plant given the highest priority. Hudson would also manufacture three fuselage sections and wing tips for the B-29 Bomber, totaling 16% of the entire airplane, cabins for Bell P-39 Aircobra fighters, Martin Marauder B-26 bomber fuselage sections, wings for the Curtiss Helldiver fighter, outer wings for the Lockheed P-38 Lightning, and 4000 Hudson Invader engines for naval landing craft. Other items included pistons and rocker arms for Curtiss-Wright Cyclone engines, bomb fuses, mine anchors, ammunition boxes, aircraft auxiliary fuel tanks, suspension parts for the M-5 tank, gun mounts, torpedo tubes, fire-control apparatus, radar parts, starter parts for diesel and aircraft starters. Hudson's Aviation Division was awarded the Army-Navy E award in 1943 and again in 1944 for high achievement in war production." The P39 Airacobra used production Hudson automobile doors on its cabin, instead of the slide or flip open canopy used by other fighter planes. Bizzybody (talk) 09:50, 16 September 2010 (UTC)
 * An exclusionist editor has repeatedly removed authorlinks to Frederic M. Scherer and Department of Defense "Whiz Kid" Merton J. Peck from the 13th reference citation to this article. Perhaps that editor believes these individuals are so well known it is unnecessary to provide links, or the editor may think color of the links interferes with the readability of reference citations. The editor also deleted a link to the reference publisher Harvard Business School. Curiously, I hadn't heard of either of these authors, and find color differentiation improves my comprehension of the abbreviated reference citation format. I don't want my individual perspective to be disproportionately emphasized in this article; but if other editors see an advantage to restoring these links within the reference citation, I would appreciate the effort to make the article useful to a broader audience.Thewellman (talk) 16:51, 21 April 2013 (UTC)

Putting inflation calculator back in
Editor CZmarlin took out the inflation calculator from the article. I am putting it back in as Wikipedia created the formula to inform readers about the true cost of an item.Shemp Howard, Jr. (talk) 15:39, 9 December 2013 (UTC)