Hudson Heaters

otto54 wrote:

Merry Christmas to all, Need your knowledge, on step downs when were the heater controls put on the dash as opposed to the under dash units and was it different on each model. happy new year, jeff

All 1948-9 models had the Ranco heater control located on the bottom of the heater/blower box. The 1950 models had the Ranco heater control on the sub dash just to the right of the steering wheel just below the ignition switch. The 1950 Pacemakers had the control as the 48-9 units did,under the heater/blower box. In 1951 All controls were placed on the sub dash to the left of the steering wheel. There were however a number of 1951 Pacemakers that still had the heater control on the blower box but later production moved them to the dash. After 1951 all models from then on had controls on the dash.Most Hudsons had heaters and controls installed at the factory however since this was still an optional piece of equipment, there were some cars that came with no heaters or controls and a few of those cars still exist. Special delete plates were used on the sub dashes where normally the slide lever control would have been located. Hope this helps Jeff.