Please don't let anyone Rat Rod This!!!
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harry54 wrote:
Harry,
That was my first thought, too. Nothing against Rat Rods, but they should be built 'up' to completion, not 'down'. This car looks like it just needs a splash of gas, and you could be driving it!0 -
I wonder if the seller is just using a scare tactic to get Club Member's wound up? If that's the case it's working. It breaks my heart when I see a Hudson , or any other antique for that matter, get brought up in a sentence with the word Rat Rod... This car looks like a sweetheart. Please , I ask you , save this car...... I would do it but I already have to many to care for.....0
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I don't know what the reserve is on this, but if it's $5-6,000, this one's for anybody who says the hobby is priced out of reach. Wish I could buy it...get it on the road and enjoy it while slowly fixing it up, which to my mind is the ideal way to go...:cool:0
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SamJ wrote:I don't know what the reserve is on this, but if it's $5-6,000, this one's for anybody who says the hobby is priced out of reach. Wish I could buy it...get it on the road and enjoy it while slowly fixing it up, which to my mind is the ideal way to go...:cool:
Hey Sam.......I know a friend with a truck & trailer we could pick it up for you as its not a far drive to Lancaster from my place in Lakewood you know
I would but my 29 still is a good driver but still needs much work to look good and there is that storage problem. Take care, Ron 0 -
Ron P wrote:Hey Sam.......I know a friend with a truck & trailer we could pick it up for you as its not a far drive to Lancaster from my place in Lakewood you know I would but my 29 still is a good driver but still needs much work to look good and there is that storage problem. Take care, Ron
Get away from me, Satan! Hey, am I offering you a smoke? LOL:D0 -
to nice to tear up so now keep it the way that it is pretty nice too0
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Hi, How much to bring it to Caldwell, Idaho?? Steve0
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OK, Harry, we'll get on this right away.
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PIERCEARROW1935 wrote:
Steve You buy it and i will go get it for $500.00 Plus all expences.Hi, How much to bring it to Caldwell, Idaho?? Steve
Les0 -
Sounds good to me. Caldwell is on I-84,(I can see it from the trailer), in south-western Idaho, about 35 miles from Onterio, Or. Will be in touch. Steve0
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if a rodder does get hold of it, lets hope its one of the dying breed- a rodder with TASTE! we are out there i swear! just all the LOSERS that do slap jobs are getting all the coverage right now0
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That is a very nice looking, and very complete car. I'd have problems with rodding an example like that if I owned it.
Rat Rodding has been the unfortunate victim of popularization. I say that because I admired the early rat rodders simply because they were taking pieces that would be normally destined for the smelter, and putting them back on the road. When I first began following "reality rods" ( hot rods built on a realistic budget and very simplisticly constructed - but safe) they highlighted the unusual in terms of powerplants and parts. They may have been hodge-podge in terms of marque, but brought some things that had fallen into obscurity back out into the eye of the beholder. Including pieces of our interest, Hudson mechanicals and bodies.
Right now, I have to agree on the "please don't rat rod this!". I detest fake patina (induced rust) and modern era mechanicals covered in "faux" articles to make them look more vintage. We're making our way back to the "same ol' same ol' " in terms of rodding. Money following the trend. The result is very good vehicles being junked in the pursuit of fad.
I still have a high regard for hot rod scavengers, those folks taking the unlikely in terms of parts and creating nice roadworthy vehicles on a budget. Any person resurrecting the performance angle of a forgotten powerplant gets my attention quickly. Be that the Hudson Hornet, Nash LeMans engine, Kaiser supercharged - reminding us that all that roars is not the Ford flathead or small block chevy.
When it comes to the coupe in question, what a remarkable survivor. I wouldn't place that vehicle in the rodding category simply because it is so complete. Any true reality rodder would recognise that, and it would be out of budget. The painful thing is, the rodders who have no respect for the rarity of such a vehicle are salivating over its demise and have the monetary means to snatch it.
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Have to agree Hudsonator, I'm all for using good old ingenuity to put something interesting on the road, I know what it is to be poor and I also know that some cars that fall under the catagory of having historical value don't deserve to be cheapened with flat black spraypaint or having a spoiler bolted to them. As one rodder I know said, "this is not a cheap hobby, it's an expensive hobby...you want cheap, go collect barbie dolls." LOL Not all coupes deserve such a fate just because they have 2 doors. Every era has it's popular mods though. In the '70's guys jacked up the rear ends of the cars to get that wedge-shape kind of stance.0
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Hi, What would you expect the expenses to be? Steve0
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If I could move it down under at a reasonable price I wiuld be in like Flynn
change it over to our money with freight and it would be not far off 15k
cheap compared to what Ive spent on mine so far!0 -
I don't have a place indoors to store it, but if someone in the club bought it, I could pick it up and store it outdoors with the rest of my cars until they could arrange to come get it. I am probably only 30 or 40 miles from Lancaster.
Dany Spring0 -
Good Morning, Just to let everyone know, I just bid $5200, and reserve is not yet met. If anyone else wants her, go for it!. Steve0
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Hi, Just a question, does the Essex have a wet or dry clutch? just courious. Steve0
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A wet clutch0
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A crime worse than turning this into a rat-rod, would be to rat-rod it, and just throw all the excess parts in the trash!0
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