A wart on a purty girls hand

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That is how I would have described the Hash at last nights car show. Last night was the last show of the season in Yucaipa, also a toy run. I got there early enough that I didnt have to park in the boondocks and right away I start getting surrounded by really fine looking show cars, New vette, newer camaro, forty ford hot rod pickup on the other side, all up and down the line beautiful finished and restored cars and trucks and right in the middle my unmolested Hash. Lots of folks stopped to talk about the Hudson, one guy said he liked my car because it wasn't pretty. I'm pretty sure he meant original and not blinged up. The best part of the evening is a man walked up with a young man who was blind and asked me if his son could touch my car. It was probably the only car on the line he felt comfortable asking about. I told him go ahead and you see the kid really examined the car gently, finally after feeling the upholstery and the wing vents and lines of the cars he stopped and the Hornet on the fender and ran a finger along it asking his father what it said, then his dad led him over and thanked me, then the son stuck out his hand and thanked me, it made me feel really good to have a car there that he could do that to without worrying about him hurting it. I don't win any prizes at these shows but I came away feeling really good anyway.



Harry

Aaron D. IL

That's a great story Harry. Also one of the reasons I like being in a club that doesn't judge cars. I usually willl let someone sit in my Hudson if they're that interested in it. It makes my day when it makes em smile and they never forget it. When I've done that some other brand X owners have looked at me in disbelief. If they get so much as a fingerprint on the car they flip out. By in large most show goers are respectful and I don't feel I risk my car or my work much. Only way I might feel different is if I had a one of a kind million dollar car, but I probably wouldn't wanna own something I couldn't share. Bottom line for me is this hobby is as much about people as it is about the cars and if I had no one to share it with I'd probably have been bored by it a long time ago.

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Great stuff Harry. IMHO having a unique AND attractive car makes for better owner experience. There are also alot of unique cars that are just plain ugly and that is exactly why they became unique because they failed to sell or perform.

I've had the popular cars like a 57 Chevy convert, 59 Caddy convert, 59 Impala convert and some others but my Stepdowns always have gotten more comments. I took my Mom out to lunch just yesterday and when she got out of the car she was approached by two guys that asked her what year it was (51 HH Coupe) and how much they liked it. I think they thought she was the owner. I also picked up my pilot brother at LAX yesterday evening and had a guy pull up next to us in a brand new convert Porsche and comment that he liked my car more that his... then two minutes later a bus driver for one of the transit companies opened up his door, honked and gave me the thumbs up. It's been said here many, many times before but the best thing a club member can do is drive their cars and expose them to the public.

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Aaron, the way I look at it is my car is unmolested and will only be original once. The rock chips and paint damage is all part of it's charm. The paint is still in good shape and cleans up nice and I don't have ten thousand dollars invested in it. The guy next to me almost had a stroke when some clown sat on his plastic fender in Levi's. What kind of knucklehead sits on a guys custom paint job? It's funny because with all the beauty around me people still wanted to look at the wart. Except one guy who when walking past told his wife, "It's a Checker, I've never seen one that wasn't yellow." That was pretty funny.



Harry

hudsontech

Harry Hill wrote:

Except one guy who when walking past told his wife, "It's a Checker, I've never seen one that wasn't yellow." That was pretty funny.



Harry

Thats as funny as the 3 guys that walked up to the late Jim Fortins Jet and one of them spent at least 5 minutes telling his buddies all about this "English Ford".



The look on his face when Jim told him it was a Hudson Jet was priceless.



Hudsonly,

Alex Burr

Memphis, TN

Uncle Josh

Great! The big thing I've found they like in addition to sitting in my cars/truck is firing up the engine for them. They can't believe how smooth and quiet these flatheads are. (first turn by the way, and on 6V) Draws a crowd every time.



At one show, the owner of a pristine Lincoln I was parked next to came over and said he was jealous that the HudsonI was sucking all the attention away from his car.

Unknown

you guys are right, the best part of the day when I took my 28 Essex to a show last month was an 83 year old lady who learned to drive in a 28 Essex and was thrilled to sit in the drivers seat so her son could take her picture so her grandchilderen could see the kind of car she used to drive and their great grandfather owned.

PAULARGETYPE

my best feeling at a car show is looking at all the different stuff most of the people walk right by the newer vets and camaros it's just another new car !!!!!!! give me a great HASH ANY TIME GREAT STORY HARRY

Nevada Hudson

Show them the bed feature, that will really draw a crowd!

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Nevada Hudson wrote:

Show them the bed feature, that will really draw a crowd!

Who makes the support bars for the seat backs? I would like to find a set for my Hash.



Harry

Nevada Hudson

Charlie Nau and Paul Schuster have lots of spare parts for 55-57 Hudsons.

ESSX28-1

Many years ago I had an old couple (70's/80's & still holding hands) come up to my '28 Essex Coupe & he said to her "do you remember" she replied "how could I forget" . Shows memories that good last for ever!!!

MikeWA

PAULARGETYPE wrote:

my best feeling at a car show is looking at all the different stuff most of the people walk right by the newer vets and camaros it's just another new car !!!!!!! give me a great HASH ANY TIME GREAT STORY HARRY

My "old-timey" customized '48 coupe was between two gorgeous Camaros at a show (one of them ended up winning "best in show"). The Hud always had more people around it than the Camaros, and the owners didn't seem pleased.



Then, there's the purist. Guy looked at my car and said, "Your glove box door says "Hornet", but you say the car's a '48. Hudson didn't make Hornets until '51." My answer seemed to give him even more discomfort– "The dash is out of a '51, and had a Commodore plate when I got it- I switched to the Hornet because it seemed more classy."