Jet Convertable

Lee ODell
Lee ODell Senior Contributor
edited November -1 in HUDSON
Did anyone get a picture of the Jet covertable with the top down. We arrived Sunday and saw it with the top down. It was stunning with the top down. By the time we got unpacked and camera in hand, it was covered up for the night. For the rest of the meet the top remained up. I would like to have a copy of the picture with the top down if anyone has one. Lee

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  • RL Chilton
    RL Chilton Administrator, Member
    I only saw it once with the top down and didn't have my camera in hand at the time. Only got some with the top up.
  • frank spring
    frank spring Expert Adviser
    There is one top down pic here, I will get a few more posted.

    http://www.hudsonmotorcarcompany.com/thecars/jetconvertibleprototype.html



    Ed
  • Unknown
    Unknown
    frank spring wrote:
    There is one top down pic here, I will get a few more posted.

    http://www.hudsonmotorcarcompany.com/thecars/jetconvertibleprototype.html



    Ed



    Wow. Very cool. Well done!
  • Lee ODell
    Lee ODell Senior Contributor
    frank spring wrote:
    There is one top down pic here, I will get a few more posted.

    http://www.hudsonmotorcarcompany.com/thecars/jetconvertibleprototype.html



    Ed



    I liked it with the top up but when I saw it with the top down I couldn't wait to see it again with the top down. But it never came down again. I couldn't beleive how beautiful a Jet could be as a convertable with the top down. Lee
  • MikeWA
    MikeWA Senior Contributor
    Sure makes you wish Mr. Barrit had not been partial to hats. . .
  • rambos_ride
    rambos_ride Senior Contributor
    Beautiful job they did - and darn fast too - Hat's off to those who resurected this beauty!

    For me the last 4 years has been a battle of time and money...when I've had the money, I haven't had the time and when I've had the time I couldn't spend the money :(;)
  • super-six
    super-six Expert Adviser
    It's amazing what just a few inches out of the top height would have done for the appearance of a sedan.
  • RL Chilton
    RL Chilton Administrator, Member
    rambos_ride wrote:
    Beautiful job they did - and darn fast too - Hat's off to those who resurected this beauty!



    For me the last 4 years has been a battle of time and money...when I've had the money, I haven't had the time and when I've had the time I couldn't spend the money :(;)



    Dan-



    There's a saying in my family that goes, "You can accomplish absolutely anything in this world-- all it takes is time and money. Most people have too much of one and not enough of the other."



    To my recollection, times are really best when there is an equal balance with both.
  • [Deleted User]
    [Deleted User]
    Russell - As you age you will also realize the most valuable of those two commodities is time... all the money in the world will not buy spent time. My time is pretty dear and when others want to use it the cost is very Dear to them. Our families have a way of capturing lifes values... Grand Dad told me that what ever the cost time was lost while we looked at what others were doing.
  • [Deleted User]
    [Deleted User]
    rambos_ride wrote:

    For me the last 4 years has been a battle of time and money...when I've had the money, I haven't had the time and when I've had the time I couldn't spend the money :(;)



    ...X2!!!...
  • Unknown
    Unknown
    that is so amazing, to see it done. It was such a heap when it started, amzing what time and money can do. I am so happy to see it back together and well restored. I heard it was fantastic. Nice work Frank Spring!!!!!
  • firestone 79
    firestone 79 Senior Contributor
    Hey Frank,



    We made those changes to the convertible for you. She's now lowered with air shocks and we shaved off the door handles. Next up we're gonna nose the front and french the headlights. She'll be ready for pickup next week.



    Regards,

    Greg



    p.s. I hope this doesn't give anyone a heart-attack. It's just a joke.
  • frank spring
    frank spring Expert Adviser
    firestone 79 wrote:
    Hey Frank,



    We made those changes to the convertible for you. She's now lowered with air shocks and we shaved off the door handles. Next up we're gonna nose the front and french the headlights. She'll be ready for pickup next week.



    Regards,

    Greg



    p.s. I hope this doesn't give anyone a heart-attack. It's just a joke.



    Well, its odd to see it back that close to the ground. It reminds me how it looked when I picked it up, except for the paint of course.
  • Sarah Young
    Sarah Young Senior Contributor
    firestone 79 wrote:
    We made those changes to the convertible for you. She's now lowered with air shocks and we shaved off the door handles. Next up we're gonna nose the front and french the headlights. She'll be ready for pickup next week.



    When can I pick mine up? Just add lake pipes so mine's a tad different.
  • [Deleted User]
    [Deleted User]
    Geez, now you are trying to make it look like every other Jet ragtop out there!
  • frank spring
    frank spring Expert Adviser
    66patrick66 wrote:
    Geez, now you are trying to make it look like every other Jet ragtop out there!



    I am attaching another quote from Patrick from the days before the Jet Convertible sold on ebay. I have saved it in my favorites waiting for such an occassion as this. Partick you are a profit. Now all I need is a race car. See quote from 2006 which follows:



    "Someone would really have to be a Jet fanatic (not just a regular "fan") to fo this one.



    But, with that said, could you imagine owing an Italia, plus this as a completed car, and the X-161, and maybe one of the original Hudson NASCAR racers, all together??? THAT would be a very impressive post-war Hudson collection!!! "
  • [Deleted User]
    [Deleted User]
    I fully admit, when you got that ragtop originally, I thought you were pretty whacked in the head!!!:D You did a hell of a job putting the remains of the ragtop and building a concours-quality ride!



    Indeed....all you need now is either a Hudson NASCAR racer, or perhaps one of the Hudsons that ran on the old wooden racetracks back in the 'Teens! You would be the sole owner of the one-of-ones, for certain.:)
  • rambos_ride
    rambos_ride Senior Contributor
    Heck, I remember a thread where folks were opining the fact that it wouldn't "really be the prototype anymore" because a donor car was needed. :p
  • frank spring
    frank spring Expert Adviser
    66patrick66 wrote:
    I fully admit, when you got that ragtop originally, I thought you were pretty whacked in the head!!!:D You did a hell of a job putting the remains of the ragtop and building a concours-quality ride!



    Indeed....all you need now is either a Hudson NASCAR racer, or perhaps one of the Hudsons that ran on the old wooden racetracks back in the 'Teens! You would be the sole owner of the one-of-ones, for certain.:)



    And with all that I still like my 32 Hudson 8 the best.
  • [Deleted User]
    [Deleted User]
    rambos_ride wrote:
    Heck, I remember a thread where folks were opining the fact that it wouldn't "really be the prototype anymore" because a donor car was needed. :p



    That's still true, BTW. It technically is a representation of the prototype, built with the original convertible parts. The original convertible, as it was, no longer exists.



    With that, I'd sure as hell own and drive it!
  • frank spring
    frank spring Expert Adviser
    Only I know what it is or isnt, any one else is just venturing a guess. I went to great pain and expense to save whatever was possible. Obviously much of the frame and floor pan had to come from another car. The rear floor pan had to made. Not much different that putting a repo pan in a stepdown, or rebuiding the rear frame of a stepdown. Just a little more of it. but all was saved that could be. In fact even the floor pan over the transmission was saved as it had been higher and dryer. I doubt many people would have gone to that trouble. So I can not agree that it is a representation. Of course you would expect me to say that. The difference between me, and any one else who might comment is....that I know. I would agree with Patrick on this point, I'd sure as hell own and drive it!
  • super-six
    super-six Expert Adviser
    66patrick66 wrote:
    I fully admit, when you got that ragtop originally, I thought you were pretty whacked in the head!!!:D You did a hell of a job putting the remains of the ragtop and building a concours-quality ride!



    Indeed....all you need now is either a Hudson NASCAR racer, or perhaps one of the Hudsons that ran on the old wooden racetracks back in the 'Teens! You would be the sole owner of the one-of-ones, for certain.:)



    And, as I've mentioned to Ed before, he needs to have the only known factory-built stepdown pick-up truck.
  • rambos_ride
    rambos_ride Senior Contributor
    frank spring wrote:
    Only I know what it is or isnt, any one else is just venturing a guess. I went to great pain and expense to save whatever was possible. Obviously much of the frame and floor pan had to come from another car. The rear floor pan had to made. Not much different that putting a repo pan in a stepdown, or rebuiding the rear frame of a stepdown. Just a little more of it. but all was saved that could be. In fact even the floor pan over the transmission was saved as it had been higher and dryer. I doubt many people would have gone to that trouble. So I can not agree that it is a representation. Of course you would expect me to say that. The difference between me, and any one else who might comment is....that I know. I would agree with Patrick on this point, I'd sure as hell own and drive it!

    As far as I'm concerned - IT IS the Jet Prototype!

    You didn't do anything differently than I would have done in a similar circumstance - well, except you actually finished your project :o;)
  • Lee ODell
    Lee ODell Senior Contributor
    Ed, thanks for the pictures of the Jet convertable. Lee
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