Funny comments
I'd like to hear some of the funny comments that other Hudsonites have heard when out and about.
My current favorite; (while I was getting in the car at the grocery store)
"Wow, a hudson! Haven't seen one of these in years. I used to have a '57 Terraplane. I loved that car, wish I never sold it!"
You thought Italias were rare:)
Matt
My current favorite; (while I was getting in the car at the grocery store)
"Wow, a hudson! Haven't seen one of these in years. I used to have a '57 Terraplane. I loved that car, wish I never sold it!"
You thought Italias were rare:)
Matt
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OK I'll bite....
Some Jack Hole pulls up a long side my p/u in traffic and says "Hudson"....... what is that some kind of Ford or something? My 11 year old daughter looked at me and laughed out loud. He was driving an old POS import. Those are the days you wish you can just blend in.0 -
A few years ago I was booking a room at a local hotel for our Chapter's Christmas party. The nice young woman took down all the information. When the contract came, it read "Hudson, Sex & Airplane Club." Now that would be a club worth joining!
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Not to mention, from an old-timer standing in front of a Hudson Pickup..."Hudson never made a pickup truck." (Musta witnessed that one 100+ times.) Also, when I took my stock '40 to a hot rod show "How many hours did it take you to make that cool flip-front hood?"0
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just about any time i fill the car at a servo some gawker will ask me how much i chopped my mercury0
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"I didn't know Packard made a car with wood wheels"0
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I've gotten the following:
A. Who made Hudson?
B. Why do the license plates on your HORNET say BUZZZ?
C. Didn't Hudson make the Gremlin?
D. I had a Hudson Pacer.
E. How much?
F. Are you the original owner? Ya, I ordered it from the womb. :rolleyes:0 -
G. " Nice Merc"
H. "When did Ford (or GM) Make Hudson?"
I. "Wow is that like a 1930's Al Capone car?!" (RE: my 50 stepdown)
J. "How much did you chop the top?"0 -
Years ago I owned a 1937 Hudson Touring Sedan. I was at a car show and an elderly gentleman came up to me and said that he once owned a 1937 Terraplane. He told me that he really loved the car, but when he drove it in the rain the distributor would get wet and the car would stall. He asked if I ever had that problem.
I told him that I had owned my car for five years and that I never had a problem. He looked at me confused and then I explained that I had never driven the car in the rain. The only water if saw was when I washed it.0 -
Quite a few times I had my '29 Hudson on display, and people stare at the radiator badge, and you see them mouth the words "Hudson Super Six". Then they come along and ask "Is it a straight eight"? Also comments like "I had one exactly like that, except mine was a Chevy". Or when driving the Essex - "What sort of a Model A is your car"?
Geoff.0 -
some of hudsonkid's posts are funny like:
52 commodore convertibles aren't that rare. :cool:
and of course we probably all have been lectured several times on who built hudsons and that they never built trucks or convertibles.
but
faustmb wrote:
"Wow, a hudson! Haven't seen one of these in years. I used to have a '57 Terraplane. I loved that car, wish I never sold it
Matt
reminds me of the only hudson in the area a guy at work with grew up - a '47 terraplane convertible. of course i asked you mean 37?, he said no 47 maybe 46 and that he was young at the time but the car was new. ( btw ince showed him enough pictures it was probably a 48-49)
perhaps they shopped the same dealership
though my favorite comment of late came as my wife was discussing our travel plans for fall hershey with her sister- "those cars weren't built to be driven". - a piece of history i wasn't aware of and wished my sister in law had ghtened me with 20 or 30 thousand miles ago. no wonder so many car companies failed. apperently she is a product of the same system that produced all the rodders that claim that their mods are "necessary".0 -
nick s wrote:some of hudsonkid's posts are funny like:
52 commodore convertibles aren't that rare. :cool:
At least someone appreciates my posts...
I think every one of my posts are funny.
In all actuality, did anyone ever see a 52 commodore 6 convertible?
I think that there are two 52 commodore 8's, doesn't Lew have one? and the other doesn't have an 8 in it.
As far as rarity, I would guess a 50 super 8 convertible might be rare.
Did they make pacemaker convertibles in 52? (that would be rare)0 -
No Pacemaker converts in '52, just Wasps. Helped Bill Albright find one behind an old gas station in Reno, NV in 1973. It was painted with house paint in a yellow/red two tone!0
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nick s wrote:apperently she is a product of the same system that produced all the rodders that claim that their mods are "necessary".
I didn't realize that not everyone knew that! But now everyone knows how necessary they are and there's no need anymore for the "rod vs restore" issue! LOL
Jay (still likes Holllywoods!) :-)0 -
I was coming out of the grocery store and this guy ( Looked like he was maybe 75/80. ) was standing next to my 54 Hornet Special. He said he had one just like it in 56/57. I let him set in it and he got a sort of far away look in his eyes, said it brought back fond memories. Then he winked at me and said, "That big backseat was the reason for the baby boom in the late 50s and early 60s".
We talked for a while, then this guy comes up and tells us about the 48 Hornet his dad bought brand new with 3 carbs and 4 on the floor. When the new guy walked off the old man just shook his head and muttered Jack%&(, all I could do was laugh. We talked a little more then He thanked me for letting him sit in the car, and walked off.
Bob0 -
The one I aways get when I'm out in my 50 Pacemaker: "Wow Hudson sure did a good job copy'n the Mercury look, didn't they?"
I have heard this every time I stop for gas. You would love the confused look
on their faces when I tell them: "Yea, I bet it was really hard for Hudson to copy Mercury's look and have it in production a full years before Mercury did!"
Any more I never try to estimate people's stupidity, I just wait for them to say something to confirm my suspicions.
PaceRacer500 -
Yep no '52 Pacemaker converts but '52 Pacemakers in general only had a production run of around 7,000 + units before they were phased out. So
they're kinda rare today.
You know it's striking how similar Fords/Mercs are to Hudsons from '39-'51
as if Ford designers were like, "What do do we do this year?" "I don't know what's Hudson doing ?" I dunno why people credit Ford with any innovation in that time period. Another stupid comment a lot of people make is that "Henry Ford invented the automobile." NOT TRUE, he's credited with the innovation of the moving assembly line but some historians even debate that. People think they know a lot of things they don't really know... that's why we hear these funny comments.0 -
henry didn't even produce the first american automobile! so that is funny stuff0
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At a regular Wednesday nite Cruise-in a few weeks ago, I had a guy (who was old enough to know better) say that "The reason the Hudsons and Mercurys looked alike, is because they were made in the same molds" All I could do is just look at him .. Nothing I could have said was going to make any difference to this dummy.
Davew0 -
One of my favorites was in the bonus section of the Cars DVD. Tim Flock's kid was in a drunken stupor going on about how great the Hudsons were because they had "Tri-Power"0
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when i first started playing with cars one of my friends who has a 67 impala siad to me "you will get real sick of stupid questions, these days i dont even try to explain, the ones that are more wrong are the ones more convinced they are right so just let them go"0
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Several Times I Have Heard (my Uncle Had One Just Like That) When Referring To My Custom Built 37 Hudson Boattail Speedster. The Only One Ever To Exist Lol Bill Albright0
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At a Tuesday night cruise-in about two years ago I had one guy tell another guy with a straight face that my 51 Hornet was a Tucker.0
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A couple of years ago I made my Hornet look like an early 50's stock car, you know with the big letters across the side of the car saying "Fabulous Hudson Hornet" etc. We did this for the Route 66 Rendezvous in San Bernardino.
Those letters had to be at least 8" tall and people still asked what it was!
The dumbest thing I heard though was a mother tell one of her kids "look at the Hudson Hobbit". California education at it's best.
One guy asked me if it was a real race car, and if I ever raced it? At the same time I said "no" my friend that was with me said "yes". The guy just stood there, looking dumbfounded, so I explained that it hadn't raced recently. (It wasn't that good of a clone, but that answer seemed to satisfy him.)
Terry0 -
When I owned my 1946 Hudson Commodore coupe, the RTA registered it as a "Commodore" not a Hudson. I.E Holden Commodore.
At a car show once a young boy said to his Dad,"I didn't know they made commodores that long ago." Relating to the Holden Commodore here in Aust.
I often get people saying my Dad had one of those.referring to my 1942 Hudson Brougham, remembering it is the only one ever to come Down Under.
Les.P. Down Under.0 -
SamJ wrote:When the contract came, it read "Hudson, Sex & Airplane Club." Now that would be a club worth joining!
Is this another reference to the roomy back seat?:D This other club sounds pretty good, not too interested in airplanes though. Hopefully the HSA has a lot more young females than the HET.
Matt0 -
faustmb wrote:Is this another reference to the roomy back seat?:D This other club sounds pretty good, not too interested in airplanes though. Hopefully the HSA has a lot more young females than the HET.
Matt
Or at least has females with hair, teeth and legs that work. :rolleyes:0 -
faustmb wrote:Is this another reference to the roomy back seat?:D.
Matt
You must be talking strictly about the seat, 'cause my Coupe has crap area to put your feet! Gotta be a short legged person to fit back there!0 -
Come on Jay, it depends on where you have your feet. A-h-h you young whippersnappers! Toe prints on the headliner.
Peace,
Chaz0 -
hudsonkid wrote:
as i recall the 52 c6 convertible is a mythical beast only known to exist in the illustrations of the hudson sales literature. there are no surviving cars photographs or documents to support any actual production.At least someone appreciates my posts...
I think every one of my posts are funny.
In all actuality, did anyone ever see a 52 commodore 6 convertible?
I think that there are two 52 commodore 8's, doesn't Lew have one? and the other doesn't have an 8 in it.
As far as rarity, I would guess a 50 super 8 convertible might be rare.
Did they make pacemaker convertibles in 52? (that would be rare)
super 8's of any year were not available as a convertible0 -
mrsbojigger wrote:Come on Jay, it depends on where you have your feet. A-h-h you young whippersnappers! Toe prints on the headliner.
Peace,
Chaz
Yes...so true Chaz, so true! LOL0
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