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WE HAVE THIS WONDERFUL TURN KEY READY TO GO 101 YEARS OLD ESSEX SUPER SIX.
IT COMES WITH A HUGE HISTORY FILE INCLUDING THE ORIGINAL BUILD SHEET AND HANDBOOKS.
MANY OF YOU WON'T HAVE HEARD OF THE "ESSEX" CAR BRAND, FOUNDED IN 1918 IT WAS A STAND ALONE BRAND UNTIL 1922 AFTER WHICH IT BECAME A DIVISON OF THE AMERICAN "HUDSON BRAND" THIS CAR WAS ONE OF THE RARER RIGHT HAND DRIVE VERSIONS CREATED FOR THE NON US EXPORT MARKET BY THE WELL REKNOWNED AMERICAN BRAND.
ONE OF THE UNIQUE FEATUTURES OF THE ESSEX WAS IT'S SUOPER STRONG "PIANO HINGE" DOORS THAT WERE A BENCHMARK OF STRENGTH AND ENGINEERING.
IN THE US POST WW1 MANY MANUFACTURERS WERE KEEN TO EXPLOIT THE EXPANDING WORLD MARKET.
HUDSON WERE KEEN AS ANY TO GET A FOOTHOLD IN THIS NEW WORLD MARKET FOLLOWING THE END OF THE GREAT WAR AND THE HUGE LEAP FORWARD IN TECHNOLOGY FROM EARLY BRASS CARS AND HORSELESS CARRIAGES AND WITH THE FORD MODEL T CHANGING THE WHOLE MARKET HUDSON WANTED A SLICE OF THE RAPIDLY GROWING WORLD MARKET.
THE PROBLEM WAS HOWEVER THAT IF HUDSON WANTED TO EXPORT THEIR CARS THEIR WAS A HUGE 40% EXPORT DUTY TO PAY.
HAVING VISITED THE FORD SET UP IN ENGLAND HUDSON SET UP THEIR OWN MANUFACTURING BASE IN OF COURSE... ESSEX WHICH WAS DESIGNED TO RECEIVE CARS IMPORTED IN PARTS AND THESE WOULD THEN BE ASSEMBLED IN ENGLAND AND THIS MEANT AVOIDING THE 40% DUTY AS THE CARS WERE ASSEMBLED OUTSIDE OF THE USA.
TERMED AS "CKD" OR COMPLETE KNOCK DOWN, THE RIGHT HAND DRIVE CARS WERE SOLD IN THEN TO BOTH ENGLAND AND THE COMMONWEALTH.
UK CARS "MANUFACTURED" CARS ARE RARE, WITH MOST GOING TO AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND AND FEW SURVIVING HERE.
THIS CAR WAS SENT TO NEW ZEALAND, WHICH YOU CAN TELL AS IT HAD TO HAVE SEPARATE INDICATORS ON EACH CORNER A SPART OF THEIR UNIQUE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS.
FOUND IN A BARN IN NEW ZEALAND IT WAS RESTORED AND LATER RE-IMPORTED BACK TO THE UK.
IT HAS A SMOOTH RUNNING STRAIGHT SIX ENGINE AND MANUAL GEARBOX.
IT IS OFFERED IN IT'S ORIGINAL LIVERY OF CREAM WITH BLUE VELET INTERIOR, THE SEATS HAVING BEEN RESTORED BUT THE HEADLINE IS TOTALLY ORIGINAL AND LOVELY. THE CABIN IS A VERY NICE PLACE TO BE!
IT HAS BEEN FULLY RESTORED SOMETIME AGO BUT IS STILL IN REMARKABLE CONDITION. BEAUTIFULLY ENGINEERED WITH HICKORY WOOD WHEELS AND WOODEN STEERING WHEEL, IT STARTS STRAIGHT UP AND IS EXTREMELY COMFORTABLE.
IN THIS LIVERY IT MAY WELL BE AN IDEAL WEDDING CAR.
THERE HAS BEEN A RECENT SALE OF A NUMBER OF ESSEX CARS FROM A COLLECTION AND THESE ARE ALL IN VARIOUS STATES CONDITION WISE AND ALL NEED AT THE VERY LEAST RE-COMMISSIONING THROUGH TO FULL RESTORATION.
THE BEAUTY OF THIS CAR IS THAT IT'S TURN KEY AND READY TO GO AND IN SUPERB CONDITION WITH NO WORK REQUIRED.
DESPITE ONLY HAVING REAR BRAKES AS STANDARD IT'S ACTUALLY QUITE EASY TO DRIVE.
