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Regarding the Mystery Foto of the Hudson I am amused to see all four doors are SUICIDE DOORS. Seems unusual, even for a car from that era.
From Update#2:Mystery Foto #27 Solved : A 1935 Hudson Special Eight in Front of the Roslyn Mill Tea House
John Mahoney:
The photo shown is a 1935 Hudson, and it look like it was taken in the town of Roslyn in front of the Grist Mil
From Update#2:Mystery Foto #27 Solved : A 1935 Hudson Special Eight in Front of the Roslyn Mill Tea House
Thanks Sam‼️ About 25 years ago there was a fantastic racing car weather vane on top of the house…..it’s gone now??? but the last time I visited there were lots of cement posts along the road.
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Howard Kroplick
Janet, here is the weathervane: http://www.vanderbiltcupraces.com/blog/article/wednesday_january_6_2010_the_motor_parkway_weather_vane
It is currently owned by a member of the Long Island Motor Parkway Preservation Society.
From Cradle of Aviation Archives: Hangars and Aircraft of Roosevelt Field Along Clinton Avenue
Knew I knew that mascot! Nitpicking again - Terraplane was “just” a model of Hudson in 1935. Looking at side views, unless you can read the hubcaps, how can you tell a Hudson from a Terraplane? Howard N.‘s comment raises a question. I always “knew” the roadway had been raised but the mill dam did NOT obscure the ground floor in the ca. 1890 photo. When was the dam raised or the roadway elevated? Sam, III
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Howard Kroplick I
Sam, that is an excellent question. I believe in the late 1890s, the current “Old Northern Boulevard” was paved on top of the Mill Dam and was higher than the ground floor of the Roslyn Grist Mill. in the 1920s, the road was raised again, likely due to flooding from Silver Lake and Hempstead Harbor.
From Update#2:Mystery Foto #27 Solved : A 1935 Hudson Special Eight in Front of the Roslyn Mill Tea House
ID make/year of auto: 1935 Hudson Terraplane?
AD location/ ID Landmark Building/ Original Use: No luck on my end, ran out of time. I suspect this building is in the heart of Roslyn, vicinity of the clock tower.
From Update#2:Mystery Foto #27 Solved : A 1935 Hudson Special Eight in Front of the Roslyn Mill Tea House
I have one question. Why didn’t Chrysler, just make another one? I mean, it’s not like they didn’t have the money! Hell, they had a damn nice looking “idea” car! Lost or not, they should’ve followed thru, and made another one. Hell, they were reimbursed by the insurance co.‘s anyway! So Chrysler didn’t lose a dime!
From The 1956 Chrysler Norseman Concept Car Lost at Sea Updated 1/13/16
Mystery Foto# 27… Sadly I can’t remember if I already sent in my answer for this week’s Mystery Foto so here it is.
The car in the photo is a 1935 Hudson Terraplane. The photo in the ad was shot in front of The Roslyn Mill Tea House on Old Northern Boulevard in Roslyn. The building, built in the early 18th century, was originally a Grist Mill but in 1916 it became the Roslyn Mill Tea House as shown here.
And if you go down to your local Hudson dealer you can buy one of these for about $695.00 according to the ad.
From Update#2:Mystery Foto #27 Solved : A 1935 Hudson Special Eight in Front of the Roslyn Mill Tea House
Vehicle - 1935 Hudson sedan
The ad was photographed in the Village of Roslyn on Old Northern Blvd.
The building is the old Roslyn Grist Mill. It was used as a grist mill until being turned into a restaurant in the early 1900’s. The restaurant was the Roslyn Mill Tea House at the time the photo was shot.
From Update#2:Mystery Foto #27 Solved : A 1935 Hudson Special Eight in Front of the Roslyn Mill Tea House
The car - 1935 Hudson Special Country Club Eight series HTL
The photo location - On Old Northern Blvd., Downtown Roslyn NY
The landmark building - The Old Grist Mill - A restaurant at the time of photo?
From Update#2:Mystery Foto #27 Solved : A 1935 Hudson Special Eight in Front of the Roslyn Mill Tea House
Color and finish is fantastic. Would look great in the outside courtyard of the Eagles Nest on Sept.16
From On the Road to Pebble: The First Video of the Newly Painted Tucker 1044
Hudson - early 1940s
I’ll take a wild guess and say the ad was photographed somewhere in Roslyn. Roslyn Hotel?
From Update#2:Mystery Foto #27 Solved : A 1935 Hudson Special Eight in Front of the Roslyn Mill Tea House
I just returned from vacation and found your email. No idea what the car is but the location is Old Northern Boulevard in downtown Roslyn village in front of the historic Robeson-Williams Grist Mill (1715-1745?). At one time it was a tea house (1919-1975). You only see the top half of the building because the roadbed is so high across the milldam.
Howard Needleman
former Trustee, Inc. Village of Roslyn
From Update#2:Mystery Foto #27 Solved : A 1935 Hudson Special Eight in Front of the Roslyn Mill Tea House
Lucky people that saw it go down the road!!
From Take a Test Ride In the Alco Black Beast
Instant ID. ‘34 Hupmobile -except that it’s not. ‘34 Oakland? Not quite. I KNOW that mascot; darn! On North Hempstead Turnpike (todays’ Northern Boulevard, Rte. 25A, under the Bypass) smack in the middle of Roslyn village, looking (LI) north at the Roslyn Mill, repurposed by then as the veddy-elegant Roslyn Tea House (I vas dere, Cholly, a very few years later, the proper little gentleman, however unwillingly, with my mother). Sam, III
From Update#2:Mystery Foto #27 Solved : A 1935 Hudson Special Eight in Front of the Roslyn Mill Tea House
Thanks, Mark (side vent - duh!). Janet - HQ house? If you mean the LIMP Superintendant’s House, it is in the lower left but hard to see. I posted a marked-up detail for you at <http://sbiii.com/limpnaer/superaer.jpg>. Sam, III
From Cradle of Aviation Archives: Hangars and Aircraft of Roosevelt Field Along Clinton Avenue
Beautiful paint job!
From On the Road to Pebble: The First Video of the Newly Painted Tucker 1044
Just saw the article about the historians coming together. Great idea—keep at it.
Ken Harris
From Newsday: Long Island historians come together to preserve region's history
1935 Hudson/Terriplane at the Roslyn Grist mill on old northern blvd
From Update#2:Mystery Foto #27 Solved : A 1935 Hudson Special Eight in Front of the Roslyn Mill Tea House
Coming along nicely….
From On the Road to Pebble: The First Video of the Newly Painted Tucker 1044
The old Grist Mill in Roslyn village! Thanks for posting these great pictures. Gene
From Update#2:Mystery Foto #27 Solved : A 1935 Hudson Special Eight in Front of the Roslyn Mill Tea House
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