Big score at the Western Regionals!

bent metal
bent metal Senior Contributor
edited May 2012 in HUDSON
Had a great meet over the weekend! I saw a part for sale by one of the vendors, had my eye on it for a while. Saw several, seasoned veteran Hudson guys walk right past it. Without a second glance! One guy even stepped on the corner of it, and I think it got bent a little bit. Figured I better not wait too long or some one else was going to snatch this thing up before me. After a brief negotiation with the owner. IT WAS ALL MINE!!!
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And the back side....
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And up on the wall where she will stay...
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Don't know why but I had to have it. A bent piece of metal that I won't have to straighten. ha! Looks to be '37 Terraplane? Maybe Hudson. I'm not sure.

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  • [Deleted User]
    [Deleted User]
    What took you so long to purchase it? Great piece of wall art. And it does look to be a 1937 Hudson or Terraplane.
    We had a great time too. Jon Cronk and his crew did a great job.
    Richs.
  • RL Chilton
    RL Chilton Administrator, Member
    I give. Is it what's left of a fender skirt?
  • bent metal
    bent metal Senior Contributor
    If you saw it in person you could tell what it is. Not so much in the pictures. But it's a driver's side hood side on a four piece bat wing type hood. Notice the handle.
  • RL Chilton
    RL Chilton Administrator, Member
    o.k. I was thinking it was too small to be a hood side . . . noticed the handle: it's what made me think it was a removable fender skirt.
  • Browniepetersen
    Browniepetersen Senior Contributor
    edited May 2012
    Bent, Boy!!!! Have I got the part for your shop. When I was replacing the wood on the English Hudson I saved a few sections. The is the vary latest in dry wood rot. You just have to have it to set by your other wall art.... I will bring it to Laughlin this fall.

    Glad you had a good time at the show. Sorry I was not able to make it this year.
  • schillaz
    schillaz Expert Adviser
    So i see a 2 dollar price tag on it and you said "After a brief negotiation with the owner." my question is what did u get him down to? hahah
  • SuperDave
    SuperDave Senior Contributor
    What a great Avatar!
  • onerare39
    onerare39 Expert Adviser, Member
    That looks like something that Dick Riggs from Portland, Oregon might have brought to every swap meet for the last 50 years?
  • bent metal
    bent metal Senior Contributor
    Bent, Boy!!!! Have I got the part for your shop. When I was replacing the wood on the English Hudson I saved a few sections. The is the vary latest in dry wood rot. You just have to have it to set by your other wall art.... I will bring it to Laughlin this fall.

    Can't wait to see what it is! I'm excited! :D

    So i see a 2 dollar price tag on it and you said "After a brief negotiation with the owner." my question is what did u get him down to? hahah

    Well, I've been watching too much of those picker shows. I tried to group a couple parts all together and get a better deal. Not sure if it worked.

    What a great Avatar!

    That's a good idea.

    That looks like something that Dick Riggs from Portland, Oregon might have brought to every swap meet for the last 50 years?

    That's right. But it's the first time the I ever saw it. He's going to have to find something new to bring in the crowds. I was happy to get the part, my wife liked it,...until it rubbed against her travel bag and made a big red rust colored stripe on it. oops. :\"> :D

  • 54SuperWasp
    54SuperWasp Expert Adviser
    That's right. But it's the first time the I ever saw it. He's going to have to find something new to bring in the crowds. I was happy to get the part, my wife liked it,...until it rubbed against her travel bag and made a big red rust colored stripe on it. oops.
    Well, it's a good start for that travel bag, it might find place pretty soon on your art wall..
    Michel
  • PAULARGETYPE
    PAULARGETYPE Senior Contributor
    BENT BOY THAT HAS A RING TO IT!!!! FOR THE RIGHT PRICE I HAVE SOME WELL USED 57 FLOOR AND FRAME PARTS SOULD I SAY THEY ARE AIRY OR WELL VENTELATED LOL THAT YOU COULD HANG BESIDE THE PART YOUR SHOWING OFF YOU CAN HAVE THEM FOR THE SHIPPING OR YOU COULD PICK THEM UP GOING HOME FROM THE NATIONAL MEET IN GETTYSBURG I COULD BE PERSWADED TO HALL THEM TO GETTYSBURG AND AT NO COST TO YOU AT ALL LOL

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