Mile-A-Minute Roadster

[4Hud]

Does anyone know the condition of the 1912 Model 33 Roadster up for auction at the Owls Head Transportation Museum in Maine on Sept. 26-27?

[rambos_ride]

Does anyone know the condition of the 1912 Model 33 Roadster up for auction at the Owls Head Transportation Museum in Maine on Sept. 26-27?

Not personally - but I dug around and finally found a great page on bonhams site.

http://www.49c8.com/images/fp/mm.bmp

http://www.bonhams.com/cgi-bin/public.sh/pubweb/publicSite.r?sContinent=USA&screen=lotdetailsNoFlash&iSaleItemNo=3913955&iSaleNo=16272&iSaleSectionNo=2#

The Paine Collection’s 1911 Hudson Mile-a-Minute is finished in yellow with black upholstery. Righthand drive, it has C.M. Hall acetylene headlights, Castle kerosene sidelights and an E&J kerosene taillight. The left running board carries the Prest-O-Lite acetylene tank and a round tool box fits snugly inside the rear-mounted spare tires. Its restoration is aged, and not particularly well maintained. Some of the nickel plated trim (particularly the sidelight brackets and gear lever gate) are rusty. The paint is cracked and lifting badly on the fenders.

All of which means little in terms of the basic value and excitement of owning and driving this exceptional 1911 Hudson Mile-a-Minute Roadster. It’s not a Bearcat or a Raceabout, but at 60 mph the sensation of speed, excitement and challenge will be just the same.

It looks good, too, and gives great value for money. That is just as Roy Chapin and Howard Coffin intended in 1911.

Estimate: $35,000 - 45,000

[4Hud]

Thank you.

[rambos_ride]

Thank you.

You're welcome!

If you load the Flash version = you can zoom in on the pictures, sounds like they were pretty fair and honest in the description on the web page.

Is this a car you're interested in buying?

I've never been in an old racer like this - I'm sure it'd be quite a ride!