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Randy my brothers and I went to one of our favorite cruises this evening its a small cruise. There are usually a few rare cars there but tonight was better than most some were Packard and Packard connected and some were just nice. Not to mention good food and friends
No picture of Randy 400 but it was there holding up its postion as other best

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Guscha, you are spot on about the Airflow. Although the drive line has been replaced, the bodywork is gorgeous and the chrome and stainless testifies that some serious money has been invested. Two Hudson convertibles, a Nash (which raised some questions), a 48 Lincoln Continental, a 57 Stude truck and more. Scarce cars and at a small cruise to boot.

Question about the Nash. The fellow with the 57 Hudson (running an AMC engine) said that the Twin Ultra as used in the Nash and Hudson had only five selector positions.
Park, Neutral, Drive, Low and Reverse. As far as I know, the Nash/Hudson twin Ultra had six positions like every other 55-56 Twin Ultra. Can anyone confirm this?

Bullpuckey! The Ultra that was in my '55 Hudson Hornet V8 was your standard Ultra. The ONLY difference between it and the Packard version was that it had the funky tailshaft setup for AMC's stupid enclosed driveline. Otherwise, it had the two selector positions around "D", just like a column shift Packard.

By all accounts the Ultramatic sales to Nash/Hudson were Twin Ultramatics.

What a nice collection of cars, the Hudson & Nash, Continental, and of course the Airflow, a 1934 I believe. The more Chrysler tried diminish the original Airflow styling in succeeding years, the less appealing it got, IMO, and 1934 was the best. Have any of you ever had the occasion of seeing one of the two LWB Crown Imperial Airflows (the Major Bowes car, or it's companion)? Absolutely stunning interiors, just reeking of art deco. Without much arguement the Airflow was the best engineered new car on the American market in 1934.