This is a very rare 1914 Hudson Six-54 Phaeton that benefitted from an older restoration that looks fantastic today.  This Six-54 has decades of touring experience and drives wonderfully today.  The Hudson Six-54 is an impressive early automobile that is powerful and advanced for its time.

“The New Ideal of a Distinguished Car,” Model Six-54 represents the Hudson Motor Car Company’s largest and most prestigious offering ever. While the firm would produce other grand models, notably during the Classic Era, the Six-54 was a true luxury car for its time, with a 135-inch-wheelbase chassis and a 421-cubic-inch inline six-cylinder engine, cast in pairs, with a self-starter, and producing 55 horsepower—sufficient, it is said, for a top speed of 70 mph.  Further, the Six-54 was Hudson’s first left-hand-drive model.

This has been part of several important collections, including Walter Millers.  Writing of his Hudson in 2019, a year after purchasing it, the late Walter Miller commented, “I have admired the Six-54 for many years and jumped at the chance to acquire one. This car is fully restored, luckily well-documented going back many years and was previously owned by several well-known early antique car collectors, including some in New York State.” While that documentation has yet to be uncovered at the time of cataloging, the car does retain a plaque from the 1964 Texas Tour in Kerrville, hosted by the Alamo City Horseless Carriage Club, as well as a second identifying its owner at the time, Don McKay.

A very nice older restoration, the car is finished in the correct black and blue two-tone livery for the model, with an interior that almost certainly dates to more recent decades; it remains in well-preserved condition for touring. Wooden artillery wheels, finished in cream with black striping, add a jaunty accent, with a pair of spare tires hung off the driver’s side. The car retains a Carter carburetor, Delco lighting system, and Stewart combination odometer/speedometer, as well as a Hudson-badged Waltham clock, Spartan electric horn, and Hudson “Six” Moto-meter. A small luggage trunk at the rear is best suited for containing the jack and crank handle, which it does to this day. An original Hudson service manual also accompanies.

Any collection of big and powerful early cars really demands a Hudson Six-54, perhaps the grandest automobile that the company ever built, and a machine that can hold its own on Brass Era tours against the likes of Peerless, Locomobile, and Pierce-Arrow.

This Hudson comes complete with tools, jack, a convertible top boot cover, the original carburetor and many spare parts.  Also included are parts and owner’s manuals.

For more information and details, please call or text Harry Clark at +1.602.245.7200 or email us at sales@classicpromenade.com.  This Hudson Six-54 is available for inspection at our showroom in Phoenix.  We are pleased to coordinate inspections, and we help coordinate shipping worldwide. We also have financing partners if you are interested in financing.