4 more that should do it for now

Unknown

Some of these pics are from when I first got the car (with dented fender and no headight), and some are later after I cleaned and polished it up and started working on the engine. Phil

Jon B

Dave Kostansek has a '28 roadster he restored maybe 20 years ago. You might want to contact him and compare notes, see what's different about your two cars.

Unknown

Neat and interesting Hudson..Where and how did you find it ? Ron

Unknown

Well Ron I swore to the seller that if he sold me the car that I would not devulge his whereabouts as he doesn't want people beating a path to his door. Suffice it to say, there are many people that do know his story and may talk about him, but I don't want to ruin my repor as I'd like to be able to get some parts down the road but, I can tell you that my friend befriended him and was allowed to (rummage) around his property and eventually I was allowed,(this was 1997), that's when I saw (Miss Crabtree), the little rascals teacher drove a Hudson Roadster). I saw this car and just died but, did not have the money to buy it. There was no way it was moving anyway. It was in the middle of a 20 car garage with many cars outside too. Ten years later, with my friends help they carved a path away from the garage and, I then went up and spent two whole days getting everthing (in) the garage out of the way and we winched it over to the door where later it was dragged out to the flatbed by a small tractor.Whew! Before that though, I was biting my nails cause the car was first promised to someone else. I was told that if he didn't want it then it was mine. Turns out the guy was hedging on the offers,not enough, lemme look at it again, etc. My friend kept telling the seller that if he got too tired of this guys antic theres always me waiting to give him exactly what he wants and in cash. Long story short, he finally got pissed enough to tell this guy he doesn't want the car,(the guy didn't really have the cash if you ask me and, if he really wanted it, he woud have gotten it). Only after buying the car did I find out it was the car pictured in Don Butlers "History of Hudson" on page 114. So all my anxiety was well worth it. And so too the investment. A little note: the car was parked in the middle of the garage on top of coke (burned coal) gravel and I attribute it's preservation to the fact that the coke absorbed most of the moisture that may have ever accululated underneath through the years. Jeeze, I could go on forever. I'm not going to restore the car, merely fix what's worn or broken or gone for now anyway, I don't have $50,000 to do that, plus I've been told it's worth more left untouched. One auctioneer said don't touch a thing I mean leave it dusty and rusty and not running etc. But I'm sorry I'm like many other auto enthusiasts, I want a car, to drive, to show off, not a statue worth money. As long as I don't start sanding it or painting anything I'll be just fine as is. So there's more but, another time, another thread. Thanks for your interest Ron, as you can tell I like talking about Miss Crabtree. Phil

Unknown

Thanks Jon, Appreciate the help but, someone already told me about Dave and I've had quite a few discussions with him and boy! did I find out a huge amount of stuff from him. He's a very nice gentleman Plus I've already sent him my front shoes to be relined.I gotta do my part somehow. Actually now that I think of it, he was the one who told me about Don Butlers book (the History of Hudson), When I first called him he had gotten out the book and at some point was describing the picture on page 114 and he says"theres a picture here of a Hudson with these funny looking horns on the hood", I said,"that is funny cause my car has funny looking horns on it". Then he says"It's also got this wierd looking grill guard on it too", and I replied "you gotta be kidding me, so does mine". "This must be a picture of your car here", Dave replies. So I go to Amazon.com, find the book for $50 and, there it is. Anyway Dave said call anytime if I've got any questions and I do (trying not to be to much of a pest!) Be talking to ya. Phil

hudsontech

You can make a very interesting car out of that roadster by removing the trunk lid and building a pickup box to fit in the space. It doesn't detract from the car and can easily be removed and returned to original.

I saw this on a 1915 (??) roadster at the Hudson National in Pittsburg in 2004 and it was neat looking.

Just a passing thought.



Hudsonly,

Alex Burr

HudsonTech

Memphis, TN

NEChudsontech09@yahoo.com (Drop the NEC)

Unknown

Dear Hudson tech, Yes, that would be a site and practical too but, there's a rumbleseat under that lid and it's in great shape(original leather too) even the rug and side panels are good! Thanks HudsonT, Phil