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[Deleted User]

I Recieve "cars And Parts"," Hemmings Classic Car" And The W.t.n., And Read All 3 Cover To Cover. I Have A House And Yard To Keep Up, Little Women To Keep Happy, And Only One Hudson. I Am Retired, How Do You Keep Up With All Those Cars. I Dont Have Any Spare Time Now.

JasonNC

dummy wrote:

I Recieve "cars And Parts"," Hemmings Classic Car" And The W.t.n., And Read All 3 Cover To Cover. I Have A House And Yard To Keep Up, Little Women To Keep Happy, And Only One Hudson. I Am Retired, How Do You Keep Up With All Those Cars. I Dont Have Any Spare Time Now.

I read the WTN from cover to cover, as well as my Kaiser publications. The difference between you and I is that I go to the garage to get away from the little women, the house, the yard, the job, world events....

faustmb

I also read the WTN cover to cover, as well as the occasional Hot Rod and mountain bike mags. I have 3 daughters under the age of 10, a house , a yard and a demanding job that inlcudes a decent amount of travel. It's hard to find time for my one Hudson, and lately I all but despise working on the daily drivers.



I want a second Hudson for a daily driver, we'll see how that works out. When everything seems crazy, I find that wrenching on the Hudson makes everything seem a bit better.



I think that most of us can't keep us with so many cars, thats why you see so many "projects" hanging around. I guess tinkering on old cars is a kind of therapy.



Matt

Aaron D. IL

I'd echo faustmb's sentiments, there's something zen like tinkering around with an old car at least when you're not constantly interrupted. Kind of an escape from all the rushing around. I decided some time back though that as much as I might want 1 Hudson from every year I really can't do real justice to more than 2 at a time. Ultimately my goal is to have 2 fully restored Hudsons. 2 because I can drive one and fix or maintain the other while I'm waiting for parts to come though the mail. The average Hudson owner owns more than one, I've seen plenty of guys that have too many to get them all fixed or preserved.....unless you're someone really efficent like Bill Albirght or Doug Wildrick...they've fixed up a lot of Hudsons. LOL Just explain to your wife that it's not that you're not perfectly willing to do everything that needs to be done to keep everything in your household running. You just need an outlet to keep sane. Maybe it's wrong to talk about Hudsons and sanity in the same post I dunno. LOL

hudsontech

dummy wrote:

I Recieve "cars And Parts"," Hemmings Classic Car" And The W.t.n., And Read All 3 Cover To Cover. I Have A House And Yard To Keep Up, Little Women To Keep Happy, And Only One Hudson. I Am Retired, How Do You Keep Up With All Those Cars. I Dont Have Any Spare Time Now.

I have the WTN, Smithsonian Magazine and an excellent magazine called American Road to read;

I have a computer to play with and talk to friends and relatives;

I have a 1987 Dodge D-150 pickup and a 1997 Caddy;

I have all the time in the world to do whatever I want - at least for the next 14 years (I plan to be shot, at the age of 84, by a jealous husband):

Sounds idyllic, don't it - one thing I don't have much of any more, tho. I'm also retired and don't have much money. I'm retired military - and contrary to popular belief - not all of us have $50,000 a year coming in from that and, yes, we also pay income taxes on it.

Am I complaining - hell no. Not as long as I keep waking up every morning.

That's life for you.



Hudsonly,

Alex Burr

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I Didn't Mean Anything Negative By My Comment, But I Just Get Amazed When Some People Talk About There Cars. And A Little Envy Also

PAULARGETYPE

well dummy WE ARE ALL A BIT LIKE YOU I'M 57 HAVE A JOB, A RETIRED WIFE,HOUSE ,1 ACRE YARD WITH LOTS IF BEDS AND A POND, 2 NEW BRAND X CARS TO KEEP UP, 2 KIDS, 5 GRAND KIDS, BUT THE JOY IN MY LIFE IS HUDSONING WITH FRIENDS OR ALONE IN MY 9 CAR GARAGE UNDER A HUDSON IS WHERE I BELONG YES I READ THE WTN FROM COVER TO COVER AND THE PAPER EVERY DAY AS WELL AS HOT ROD CATALOGS LOOKING FOR STUFF THAT FITS A HUDSON YOU HAVE TO MAKE TIME I'M VERY LUCKY TO LIVE IN PITTSBURGH PA. WE HAVE GOOD FRIENDS WHO ALL HAVE COME FROM HUDSONING WE HELP ONE ANOTHER OUT WITH WHAT EVER COMES UP TOGETHER WE HAVE DONE A DOZEN OR SO HUDSONS AND ALL OF US ARE THE BETTER FOR IT GOOD FRIENDS ARE HARD TO COME BY FOR MOST PEOPLE BUT WITH HUDSONING FRIENDS JUST SEEM TO SHOW UP IN OUR LOVES AND THERE ALWAYS WELCOME



HUDSONLY

PAUL SCHUSTER

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Amen, Paul.