1921 Essex Cabriolet
edited by David Barth, 10 January 2009.
Courtesy The Forney Museum of Transportation at 4303 Brighton Blvd., Denver,
Colorado. Photos were taken in January 2009.
The name "Essex" came about as follows: Two or three of the top Hudson executives studied a map of England, looking for
a name with snob appeal. They found the name, "Essex," for their car. Essex was headed by R. S. McAneeny and
Hudson.
Hudson left Essex to build a light car in 1918 because of his concern over increasing manufacturing costs.
The Essex has a four-cylinder engine producing 55 hp. It has a sliding gear transmission and mechanical brakes on
two wheels. In 1922, the Hudson Motor Car Company built both Essex and Hudson cars.
