1931 Essex Super Six

STOCK # 2599

The Essex was a brand of automobile produced by the Essex Motor Company between 1918 and 1922 and by Hudson Motor Company of Detroit, Michigan between 1922 and 1933.

Essex cars were designed to be moderately priced cars which would be affordable to the average family. Proving durable, their capabilities were checked upon and confirmed by AAA and the United States Post Office. In 1919 an Essex completed a 50-hour, 3,037.4 miles (4,888.2 km) endurance test in Cincinnati, Ohio, at an average speed of 60.75 miles per hour. The early Essex cars also captured many hill climb records. In a special Essex race car, Glen Shultz won the 1923 Pikes Peak Hill Climb. It had a 108.5-inch (2,760 mm) wheelbase.

Initially Essex marketed a line of touring cars (open four-door cars with canvas tops), which was the most popular body style of cars in production at the time. While Essex added an enclosed sedan in 1920, it was the introduction of the 1922 closed coach, priced at $1,495 (which in early 2015 would be between $15,917 and $21,015, depending on the inflation calculator used), $300 above that of the touring car. By 1925 the coach was priced below the touring car. While Henry Ford is credited with inventing the affordable car, it was Essex that made the enclosed car affordable.

• CLEAN TITLE
• 283 8 CYL. ENGINE
• TH400 AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
• 9” REAR
• NEW PAINT, NEW CUSTOM UPHOLSTERY, NEW TIRES, NEW WIRING
• DROP AXLE FRONT, COIL OVERS IN REAR
• FRONT DISC BRAKES , DRUMS REAR
• TOUCH SCREEN STEREO WITH BACKUP CAMERA
• COMPLETED LAST YEAR AND IT HAS 425 MILES
• RUNS AND DRIVES GREAT