Hudsons In The Heartland XIX
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October 23-26, 2008:
The Smoky Mountain Heartland and Mid-South Chapters invite one and all to the 19th Annual Hudsons In The Heartland multi-chapter meet. By popular demand, the meet has been expanded to a four-day event, and will again be held in the heart of the Great Smoky Mountains, action packed Pigeon Forge, Tennessee. Our host motel is the Vacation Lodge, located on US Hwy. 441 at Traffic Light #7. H-E-T’ers will receive special group rates of $60 for single Queen, $70 for double Double and $75 for double Queen. Upgraded rooms are available at an additional cost. The entire Lodge has been blocked for the H-E-T Club. All reservations must be made by October 1 in order to guarantee the group rate. Rooms not reserved by that date will be released to the public. To make reservations, call 1-800-468-1998 (865-453-2640, In Tennessee), ask for Kathy, and specify you are with the Hudson Club (a one night deposit is required, and there is a 10% Cancellation Fee). There will be a Hospitality Suite, Swap Meet area in back, the fabulous Low Country Boil on Friday evening, with Banquet nearby on Saturday. Door Prize drawings and a 50/50 Raffle will be held, as well as Awards for the Oldest H-E-T and Longest Distance Driven. The Sevierville/Pigeon Forge/Gatlinburg area offers a variety of shopping, dining, shows and attractions sure to please everyone. You can walk, drive, or catch the Pigeon Forge Trolley, which stops in front of the Lodge. There's so much to see and do, we encourage you to come early and stay late.
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Get ready for the shameless bumping to commence. Pigeon Forge is only a month away. I know I am a pain in the butt about this but I think it is the most fun I have all year. So much to do I don't know where to start...People to see...Places to go...Things to do...I Love It!!!!!
Bob Hickson
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Shamless Shamless Shamless......and worth it!0
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Last year's meet:
Come make this year's meet bigger and better.
Bill0 -
30 days until HUDSONS IN THE HEARTLAND XIX! Looking forward to seeing old friends and meeting new ones. See you there.
Shameless Bob0 -
Just a reminder for those coming to Pigeon Forge...It is Fall in the mountains and the temperatures vary greatly from day to day. Bring a warm jacket for those 30/40 degree nights and T-shirts/ shortsleeves for the 70/80 degree days. We have had frost on the windshields in the morning and kids in the pool that afternoon.
Oh Yeah, This is a shameless bump also..
Shameless Bob0 -
bump...bump...bump
Shameless Bob
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Lots of Hudsons, really nice cars, few trucks, some street rods, but lots of really nice cars. Been there many years and enjoyed each year and learned more about Hudsons each year. Good fellowship, renewed friendships inside and outside our club. I think about 5 clubs come, no limit. All are Welcome,
Bob(not shameless)0 -
I believe my wife and I are going to try and make the trip. It is 185 miles from Tucker Ga. and takes about 4 hours according to Mapquest. We will drive up early Firday morning and leave to come back Sat. evening. We have plans for Sunday that we can't change. It sounds like a fun time and looking forward to meeting new Hudson people. We will be driving the 50 pacemaker and will enjoy the trip I'm sure. Richie.0
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Great Richie! The more the Merrier....
Shameless Bob0 -
We're getting RSVP's from all over: Michigan, Indiana, New York, Canada.
Great people. Great cars. Lots of fun.
Come join us.
(2006 Meet)
Bill0 -
We'll be there again with the 50P, unfortunately the 47 truck has taken a back burner and won't make it this year.
We had a great time last year, and decided to come early this year.
Matt0 -
25 days and counting down, it looks to be a great meet. Not too late to plan on joining us. If the Host Motel is full, they can give you suggestions for alternate lodging.
Shameless Bob0 -
20 days left....................Shameless bump
Shameless Bob0 -
18 more days. Seems like we get more confirmations each day! Join Us for the Fun! Hudsons and East Tennessee/Pigeon Forge/Gatlinburg/Sevierville in one package. How can you lose?
Shameless Bob0 -
Bob,
Joan is looking forward to seeing the Hudson Hand bag she ordered from Judy last year. The picture of our green 49 on it. (you did get the picture I sent??..right??.). Just another shameless bump.. LOL
Dave w0 -
Dave, I got the Picture and It will be at PF for You.
Hope You and Joan are doing OK....
See You Both in 2 Weeks
Bob (Still Shameless of Course)0 -
For the flea market, I will be bringing a twin H manifold setup with linkage and one of those dual exhaust adapters made in TN a few years ago. Also a pair of twin H oil bath Air Cleaners, no brackets.
Might help pay for the gas?0 -
Bump...bump0
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9 days and counting down!!!!!!!!!!Really looking forward to see everybody at the meet....Supposed to be a cool front moving in this weekend and High Temps will be in the Mid to Upper 60s and Low Temps in the Low 40s! Like I said before, It is the mountains and temps can vary greatly from one day to the next.
See You There
Bob (Shameless)0 -
Just a shameless bump again....Starts Thursday the 23rd! I am getting excited, Cars I've never seen, People I've never met, I can barely sit still.................
Shameless Bob0 -
And hopefully we get a new stash of parts. Try not to drool on those nice cars. Thanks Shameless, Bob0
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I'll have to borrow my Grandson's wagon to haul our parts "stash" from the Kampground to the Hotel. Two twin H setups, PS pump, double harmonic balancer. Sold the dual exh. adapter already.
We should get there Thursday afternoon. For sure we will be there Friday. If you can't find me...Cell # 321 720 3694
Long range forcast is great weather so bring your convertibles...!
Dave W Fl.0 -
Last shameless bump........OK,OK stop clapping and celebrating!
2 days left, and I have a weather update....Highs in the 60's Lows in the 40's with a chance of showers. BUT! Don't let that stop You.
Bob ( No longer Shameless )0 -
I can't wait, getting excited already. Put a new tranny mount in the 50 today and will try it out on the highway as soon as I clean up. Richie.0
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Well, It's raining in PF today....Friday... Not to worry..still a bunch of Hudson Nuts at the Hotel and many Hudsons. Saturday WILL be clear and the swap meet will be in the parking lot.Low Country Boil is still on schedule for Friday night in the parking garage. Door prises will be awarded there as well.. See Y'all there.0
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DANGIT!
I forgot to ask anyone having a dual sheave front pulley, with the outer sheave busted/cracked - to bring it to PG!
We'll be there Saturday through Sunday morning. Staying at the Lodge overnight Saturday night.
Looking forward to the visitations and parts hunting.
Mark0 -
Mark,
It's your lucky day. I have one with me that has been welded, but has not been checked on an engine. I was going to run it on a test engine, but never got alround to it. I'll have my stuff in the parking lot in the morning. I csn't guarentee that it will be perfect,so..Make me an offer...Right now we are waiting out the rain in the campgrounds.
SuperDave0 -
SuperDave wrote:Mark,
It's your lucky day. I have one with me that has been welded, but has not been checked on an engine. I was going to run it on a test engine, but never got alround to it. I'll have my stuff in the parking lot in the morning. I csn't guarentee that it will be perfect,so..Make me an offer...Right now we are waiting out the rain in the campgrounds.
SuperDave
We'll see you in the morning.
I'm actually not in the market for perfection, nor serviceability. I need to machine off the outer lip of the sheave so I can bolt something else to it. I'm certainly not going to do that to a perfectly good double sheave damper!0 -
Quick Stats:
Approx. 140 in attendance
Approx. 35 H-E-T Products On Display
17 Chapters Represented: Smoky Mountain Heartland, Mid-South, Dixie, Dogwood, South Central, Southern Indiana, Orange Blossom, Gateway, Chesapeake Bay, Northern Indiana-Ohio, Western Reserve, Pennsylvania Dutch, Hudson-Mohawk, Hudson Motor Car Company Home, Chicago-Milwaukee, South Texas, Deseret.
Oldest H-E-T:
1929 Essex Standard Sedan
Steve & Liz Mitchell ~ Harriman, TN
Longest Distance Driven (1st):
1953 Hudson Hornet Sedan
Terry & Ann Adams ~ Angleton, TX
Longest Distance Driven (2nd):
1947 Hudson Super 6 Brougham
Tom & Bridget House ~ Canton, OH
Longest Distance Driven (3rd)
1950 Hudson Commodore
Larry & Linda Creasy ~ Bloomsburg, PA
Hudsons In The Heartland XX will be held October 29-November 1, 2009 at the Vacation Lodge. Reservations are now being accepted.
Bill0 -
Well, It is Sunday evening and the Hudsons in the Heartland XIX meet is
history. :-(
We started out on Thursday with beautiful weather and the Hudsons were
coming in before I got there. Some had arrived as early as Monday and stayed
all week.
Thanks to Bill Cox and Lloyd and Joyce Whedbee for getting the Hospitality
room set up and going on Thursday.
The Low Country Boil on Friday was a success and many that had never
attended the Boil before said they wished they had tried it in years past.
Many thanks to Jerry Hobbs, who, along with his grandson Brandon did such a
great job preparing the feast.
I thought the Mountain Strings Trio did a great job also. I had several
people say how much they enjoyed the music.
Thanks to the Mid-South chapter for the many door prizes they provided and
for their help in making the meet a success.
Thanks to the members of the Smoky Mountain Heartland Chapter for their
hard work also.
Saturday, even though the banquet had to be cancelled, was a beautiful day
and the swap area had a lot of business going on, so I don't think the
Banquet was missed that much, and everyone was free to do whatever they
wanted.
The Management and Staff, of the Vacation Lodge are to be commended for the
superb service we have received over the years and the contributions they
have made to the meet.
All these things are important to the success and growth of the meet.
Most importantly, THANKS TO ALL that attended and I hope that everyone got
home safely, and that You will all come back next year..............For the
20th annual "Hudsons in the Heartland Meet"
THANKS
See You next year,
Bob Hickson0
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