Sorry guys...

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Good morning fellas and Happy New Year,

I feel like I'm abandoning my ship, but I put my Hudson Terraplane Utility Coupe up for sale on ebay. I'm selling it before I get too attached, and to help pay for a '39 Lincoln Zephyr that I bought. I thought that I'd give Lincolns a try for a while. As soon as I saw one I knew that I always had to have one.

It's strange how selling it (even though I've only had it for a month) feels a bit like giving up. I didn't even rebuild the brakes yet. Which is what I usually do first thing.

So my apologies to the fellas that I promised to buy parts from. If the new owner wants those parts (grill and front end mostly), I'll contact you via this site to find out if you are still interested in sell them.

Cheers and Happy New Year,

Erik

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The Zephyr is an experiment, but Hudson's have been tried and true for me. I'm a member of the club and will always have my eye on them. I hope to settle on a nice Step-Down fixer someday. I currently have a 308 in the shop and it's getting goosed up a bit (not too much) as per some of the suggestions I've gotten here on this forum. I have the engine, but not the car.

thanks for your words, Erik

hudsontech

Well, if you have to bail out of Hudson, Lincoln is a good way to go. They were good cars in their day and are still good today. Lot of quality in the older ones - wouldn't mind have one myself if I could afford it. In my mind there Lincolns in a lot of way are better than Caddy's.

Tell you a story about a Lincoln, around 1938 or so, that had a V-12 with aluminum heads. Chief Engineman I was stationed with was asked by the owner to overhaul the engine for him. The heads, aluminum, were quite literally welded to the block. They even loosened the head bolts and tried breaking the heads loose by running the engine. Drove it around for over a week with no luck. Ended up destroying the heads before they got them off.

Good luck to you Erik - the Hudson family gonna miss you.

Hudsonly,
Alex Burr
Memphis, TN

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I've read that the cast iron heads from the 40s were an improvement. I sure hope that I don't have that sort of trouble. Supposedly this engine was rebuilt (a zillion years ago) and barely run. It turns over by hand. I plan to either run it and re-torque the heads, or just replace the head gaskets anyway while looking in the cylinder tops for wear or any information that I can get from that. I can't be in a hurry on this one. It needs brakes redone, etc, etc....

I'll be pestering folks still...about my Hornet engine. So you haven't shaken me off yet.

erik

SuperDave

Those Lincolns use a dozen or more of everything! I overhauled one once.. Best of Luck. We expect to see ya back someday"
Happy New Year.

RL Chilton

Erik-

Agreed. I don't think you can go wrong with a Lincoln. Not only am I a Lincoln fan, but a cousin of the lincoln, I'm also a HUGE Mark II fan (which most Hudnuts don't know about me). I often tell people that the greatest cars to come out of Detroit were (anything) Hudson and a Mark II. Keep that 308 and I'm sure there's a stepdown in your future. Good luck with the Zephyr!

JasonNC

Erik,
There is a guy in Granite Falls, NC that has the largest Lincoln Zephyr collection in the world. He was getting old and his sons may have started selling off his collection, but either he or his sons may be a good source for parts, etc. Their last name is Huffman and they own a hosiery mill. He had a Lincoln for every year from the thirties through the sixties.

Uncle Josh

I'm thinning out the herd. (Down to 10 Hudsons)
I have a 49 Super Six for sale with Commadore tail lights and chrome.
Everything is there. I have had it started and the late Bob Bateholts said it ran good.
Needs a restoration. $750 Located at the Cabinhaus, Northville, NY 50 mi N of Albany.
(Jon B it's the Wells Hudson)

hudsontech

I think us young 'uns, like Uncle J and me, have reached the point in our lives that were are somewhat amazed, and thankful, for each day we have left on this old world. And along with that we start finding homes for our "treasures". I had a pretty good collection of ALA and AAA highway tour guides from around 1910 to 1942 - I recently found a home for those. I wonder how many in our group have collections of Hudson literature occupying their shelves.
My suggestion is that, tho you may want to sell it, to give consideration to donating it to the HET club library, thru me. I'll put what I don't have on-line and send it along to John O'Halloran. Maybe it's only two or three pieces, but it may be of help to someone getting ready for a restoration. And as time goes by and this material becomes, like the cars, scarcer it really needs to be put in the online library.
Just a suggestion (or hint??) as the case may be.
Everybody have a great and safe new year - and remember. If you go out to celebrate New Years Eve, don't drink and drive - you might hit a pot hole and spill the drink!!!!! Y'all have a good one.

Hudsonly,
Alex Burr
Memphis, TN

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Come on Alex, age is no problem. I'm on my way to 93 and have no ideas yet to sell my 53. Still have trips to make. Keep up the writing for Hudson material and owners should start reading. I have 2 53 Hornets and that's enough. Walt.