Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-07-13
HOWARD E. COFFIN
AND 48 ENGINEERS
BUILD HUDSON "37''

The first composite motor car In the
history of the automobile has been
built
Official announcement Of this re-
markable idea for building motor cars
was made today by J. w. Goldsmith,
the Atlanta Hudson dealer. when he
promulgated the news of the birth Of
the New Hudson 81"
For two years Howard 5. Coffin and
as designers of international fame rep
resenting each automobile building ma
ton have worked on a composite car,
the completion Of the New Hudson "37'
marking the new way for building cars.
Because this is the first composite
automobile ever built the news of its
birth is considered one Of the most
important motor car announcements in
the past five years
The New Hudson "37" is a large car
developing ALP horsepower on the
brake test 1t has a long stroke motor
Of extraordinary strength and previous
TO its announcement had performed re-
markable feats in the Allegheny noun
tains and over the worst roads in the
United states 60-mile stretch be-
tween Toledo. Ohio. and Detroit, Mich
Among the experts who took part in
building their composite masterpiece
is former Fiat engineer who was later
with the DeDion- Bouton and Beriet,
the latter two cars being French auto
mobiles
Another is an English engineer who
has tested and experimental in France
Italy. Spain England and America. An
other engineer has been the the Da-
racq. Mercedes. English Napier, Bel
den and Thomas At one time he was
"A very successful racing driver. Aus
tria contributes TO the composite car
with the services OF a leading designer
Of that country a specialist in motor
design Still another Is man who
designed four cars and after whom
motor car company was named
Another was Cadillac designer; an
other with the Packard Still another
was with the Olds and e. r. Thomas
Others had a hand in building equally
famous cars Of high price. Howard E.
Coffin. their chief has himself built six
famous cars All As are noted engi-
neers and each has an envabe career
They are great specialists of the motor
car industry and they worked jointly
in creating the first composite automo-
bile built They learned that plan was
more successful than the usual system
Of having one man create the entire
car These As engineers in addition to
their chief MI Coffin-have had a
hand in building 81 different makes of
cars. over 100000 motor cars.
Photographs of their new creation
show 1t TO be beauty large. hand
some car. with wheel base Of lis
inches
There is nothing to do about the car
that can not be done from the drivers
seat for the car is electric lighted and
electric self cranhng. 1t is equipped
with a rain vision wind shield, uphol-
STEERING twelve inches deep oil and
gasoline gauges on the dash and every
convenience possible upon an automo-
bile.
Regarding its mechanical efficiency 1t
was tested 10000 miles in the Alleghe-
MES. over fierce roads al mile a =
minute speed in the effort to break the
car to pieces. if that were possible
The test was equal to 10000 miles or
binary driving because, instead of try
ing to give the car treatment. the eff
fort was to give 1t the greatest possi-
BILE abuse Yet the 10000 miles show.
ed not a single basic defect of design.
illustrating that mistakes are practical
ly impossible under the composite plan.