1934 Hudson 8 Lt Special Convertible Coupe

This beautiful example of a 1934 Hudson 8 is owned by Jim and Beth DiGiorgio.  I took these photographs on the lawn of Larz Anderson Auto Museum in Brookline, MA during a lawn event called “Extinct Cars”.  

The Hudson Motor Car Company was formed in 1909 in Detroit. The name came from Joseph L Hudson (1846-1912), the founder of Hudson's department store in Detroit.  It seems reasonable that his name was used for the car company as he apparently supplied the necessary start-up capital, though it seems that a total of eight Detroit businessmen were responsible for forming the company.

Hudson merged with Nash-Kelvinator in 1954 to become American Motors (AMC).

According to a plaque displayed next to his car, Jim's Hudson was shipped to him from the midwest as a “basket case”.  In my mind I envision baskets (crates and boxes) of various loose parts. This was in 1998.  Much of the restoration took place over the next eight years.  The beautiful green color is called Daphnis Green. Since the factory symbol for this color is “T”, I assume this is an original color, though not the original paint job. 

According to Jim's write-up only twelve 1934 Hudson 8 convertibles remain. I feel lucky that I was able to see this one!  

Thank you, Jim and Beth for reviving this beauty!

Below are 12+ images.  These are low resolution images for blog publishing.  Higher resolution images can be seen on my photography website, here:

http://www.peterfraileyphoto.com/1934hudson8

Summer Reflections: A New Baby in the Family

Date of Birth: September 22, 2016

Images from September 22, 2016

September 23, 2016

Summer Reflections: August visit to Maine

We had great weather in Maine this year.  It's been nearly three months since our trip, but I don't recall even one day of rain during a week long visit. That's perhaps nothing to be happy about, as we're in a severe drought throughout much of New England; but when you're on vacation or traveling, rainless days are quite nice.

Here is a selection of images.  I'm proud of myself for getting up early for sunrise most days. That was well before 5 a.m.  If you don't believe me, you'll see some proof below.

Sunrise

Thurston's Wharf

Old Salts

Blueberries!

Silky Sky Sunrise

Fishing from the dock

Bailey's Island

Bailey's Island

Stonington

Stonington

Sunset

Sunrise

Pink Lily

Sunrise

Black Eyed Susan

1955 Canary Yellow Chevy Belair two-door

On a Sunday earlier this month, my wife and I headed to southern New Hampshire with a camera on my lap, looking for "color".  Does this canary yellow Chevy count?

We were driving through Peterborough, NH to an awesome diner appropriately named the Peterborough Diner.  It would have been hard to miss this yellow Chevy as we drove through the downtown.

I've checked with a few of my friends and it is agreed that this is a 1955 Chevrolet Belair.  She (are cars "she's", like ships?) remained in this parking spot out in front of the Nonie's Restaurant and Bakery throughout our afternoon visit to Peterborough.  I would guess that she belongs to the owner of the restaurant.   Perhaps I should have gone in and asked... as I wonder about the story behind the Maui plate on the front.

1959 Alfa Romeo Giulietta 750 Sprint 5-speed two door coupe

Two Saturdays ago I went to the Italian Day lawn event at the Larz Anderson Auto Museum.  To be honest I don't have much of an understanding of the differences between Ferraris, Lamborghinis, and Maseratis, other than to know that they are beautiful and expensive luxury automobiles.... And that Ferraris should be red! (Though the yellow ones I saw looked pretty sweet too!)

At the event there was also a smattering of Alfa Romeos, and I pretty much skipped over the Fiats.  I was  simply too enraptured by a couple of Ferraris, one burgundy Lamborghini (prior post), and a red Alfa Romeo (below) to bother with the Fiats.  Maybe at next year's event I'll carve out some time to hang out with a Fiat or two.

Below I have posted about a dozen pictures of a 1959 Alfa Romeo Giulietta 750 Sprint that intrigued me. The first image is an overall view of the automobile.  The others images were taken as I walked around the body a few times.

From 1954 to 1965 a total of 177,690 Giuliettas were made, this one being a 2-door Sprint coupe. The engine is a 1.3 liter twin cam straight four with an aluminum alloy engine block. This one is a 5-speed. 

Camera used for these images: Sony a6000 with Tamron 90mm macro lens plus circular polarizer.