Okay, I found it! This was a pair of cars painted in red and blue in 1990 as described on the post above. The Hudson was a 1931 coupe convertible, top down. The other was a 1932 Packard Light 8, and I found it happily in my Packard section, untouched for a looooong time. Here it is:
This is the special box which was made for the pair of specials of the Merley House Museum.
and these are the two models
In 1994 I visited Merley House Museum with a friend. John Hammick (I think I have his name right) had just closed the museum if I recall correctly but was kind enough to allow us to see what remained. I found it very interesting indeed.
