Hudsons Going to Scrap
Hello,
My name is David Scheie and I am an auto enthusiast. I am contacting you today to inform you of an issue that may be of interest to your members. Not too far from Warren, Indiana is a property(1-2 acres) consisting of 1940s and 1950s Hudsons.
Just estimating, I would say that there are 30-50(maybe more). I have heard that the collection has been there for at least 35 years. I believe the original collector passed away and now they are just trying to "clean up" the property.
All of the cars will eventually be for sale. However, the owner has informed me that what does not sell, will be sold for scrap(more than likely, the majority of the collection). I would purchase the collection myself but do not have a place to put it.
Hopefully, this information will be of value to your members and this large chunk of American history will not be lost. If you would like more info, let me know and I will do my best to obtain it.
Name: David Scheie
Phone: (260) 356-0015
E-Mail: dscheie@hotmail.com
My name is David Scheie and I am an auto enthusiast. I am contacting you today to inform you of an issue that may be of interest to your members. Not too far from Warren, Indiana is a property(1-2 acres) consisting of 1940s and 1950s Hudsons.
Just estimating, I would say that there are 30-50(maybe more). I have heard that the collection has been there for at least 35 years. I believe the original collector passed away and now they are just trying to "clean up" the property.
All of the cars will eventually be for sale. However, the owner has informed me that what does not sell, will be sold for scrap(more than likely, the majority of the collection). I would purchase the collection myself but do not have a place to put it.
Hopefully, this information will be of value to your members and this large chunk of American history will not be lost. If you would like more info, let me know and I will do my best to obtain it.
Name: David Scheie
Phone: (260) 356-0015
E-Mail: dscheie@hotmail.com
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sounds like the Souers family home!0
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This is sure the right area. We used to pass there in the lat 60s when we went to the Indiana lakes region and it was a lot then and probably more now.0
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Hal told me a few years ago that all the cars out in the field were gone.0
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admin2 wrote:
Walt here; I took pictures of that place many moons ago, and wrote a story in the WTN, but was told not to say where the pictures were taken. Just the stainless from those cars will bring a profit to the buyer, but you will need a lot of land to store. Many had twin-h- manifolds, but would not let me remove one to buy. Sad.Hello,
My name is David Scheie and I am an auto enthusiast. I am contacting you today to inform you of an issue that may be of interest to your members. Not too far from Warren, Indiana is a property(1-2 acres) consisting of 1940s and 1950s Hudsons.
Just estimating, I would say that there are 30-50(maybe more). I have heard that the collection has been there for at least 35 years. I believe the original collector passed away and now they are just trying to "clean up" the property.
All of the cars will eventually be for sale. However, the owner has informed me that what does not sell, will be sold for scrap(more than likely, the majority of the collection). I would purchase the collection myself but do not have a place to put it.
Hopefully, this information will be of value to your members and this large chunk of American history will not be lost. If you would like more info, let me know and I will do my best to obtain it.
Name: David Scheie
Phone: (260) 356-0015
E-Mail: dscheie@hotmail.com0 -
I've been to this Hudson grave yard several times over the past 29 years. My first visit was in 1981 when I attended the first Hudson gathering in my life, the Souers' annual meet. The last time I was there was about five years ago. I recall the vast majority of the Hudsons being stepdowns with a few "Hashes" and perhaps some other earlier ones. Nearly all the cars were rusty, but as Walt pointed out, there were salvagable exhaust and intake manifolds not to mention other engine parts worth preserving for future use. The farm where these cars are located is about 20 miles southwest, "as the crow flys", from Ft. Wayne, IN. It is to be hoped that many parts can be saved from these doner stepdowns before they meet the "crusher". Also, do bring plenty of penetrating oil if you go!0
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oldhudsons wrote:sounds like the Souers family home!
Pete, that's what I thought.0 -
All,
We appreciate your concern and interest in the Souers family collection of parts cars. Forum regulars are aware that we're all members here and have been HET members for decades. Rest assured we have no plans to let any parts or cars of value escape our grasp. Please contact Ed, Bill or myself via email with any questions. We're all in the roster.
Hudsonly,
Hal Souers0 -
David, I will chime is as well. You did not talk to the owner of the cars as stated in your post, you talked to my wife. Over the years the cars have served as a valuable source of parts for many HET members and their cars. They have also been used for the restoration of our own family cars, meaning that not everything has always been offered up for sale and, yes, some people could not purchase what they wanted becasue we had a use for it. Fortunately that is still the way it works in this country. David, I also respectfuly ask you not to revisit the property.
Ed Souers, Administrator of the Estate0 -
I would not be hard on David. He is just trying to do what he thought was best to save some Hudsons and for that I think he should be commended. We often get leads here from various non-Hudson folks just trying to help, and if they didn't we might never get a shot at them, even if they are total losses. In fact since David lives near Ft. Wayne maybe someone in the Hudson club should invite him to a local meet so he can see some cars up close.0
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The thought occurs to me that since David's e-mail was posted by our Administrator (from a note possibly e-mailed directly to Classiccar), David himself may be quite unaware that his message is posted here, and unaware of any of the replies. Unless, of course, someone has bothered to e-mail him with this information.
This might also be true of the other two "Admin"-posted inquiries within the last day.0 -
Yes, we are just passing along info sent to us. Its not always known what the issues are....we offered it only for what its worth. If its not worth anything, that's fine. I believe David was just looking out for history and not looking for anything else but to be helpful.0
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frank spring wrote:David, I will chime is as well. You did not talk to the owner of the cars as stated in your post, you talked to my wife. Over the years the cars have served as a valuable source of parts for many HET members and their cars. They have also been used for the restoration of our own family cars, meaning that not everything has always been offered up for sale and, yes, some people could not purchase what they wanted becasue we had a use for it. Fortunately that is still the way it works in this country. David, I also respectfuly ask you not to revisit the property.
Ed Souers, Administrator of the Estate
Funny, if someone comes over to my house when I'm not there and talks to my wife,...EVERYTHING IS FOR SALE TOO! :eek: AND CHEAP!:D0 -
bent metal wrote:Funny, if someone comes over to my house when I'm not there and talks to my wife,...EVERYTHING IS FOR SALE TOO! :eek: AND CHEAP!:D
Now that's just plain funny:)0 -
bent metal wrote:Funny, if someone comes over to my house when I'm not there and talks to my wife,...EVERYTHING IS FOR SALE TOO! :eek: AND CHEAP!:D
I bet that if you talked to MY WIFE about OUR HUDSON she would be more than happy to point out that she in fact is an OWNER (community property)
Wonder how Ed has been able to avoid this???
Also I wonder what the cost of a few NO TRESSPASSING signs is these days.
Might help to keep those nosey commoners away from the WIFE and the cars:):):mad:0 -
TOM-WA- wrote:I bet that if you talked to MY WIFE about OUR HUDSON she would be more than happy to point out that she in fact is an OWNER (community property)
Wonder how Ed has been able to avoid this???
Also I wonder what the cost of a few NO TRESSPASSING signs is these days.
Might help to keep those nosey commoners away from the WIFE and the cars:):):mad:
Some members Wife's like Hudsons.
But, mine is not one of them!0 -
How many don't keep a "findable" list as to what we've spent on our cars??0
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ESSX28-1 wrote:How many don't keep a "findable" list as to what we've spent on our cars??
I keep a folder with all of the receipts for each of our vehicles. The rule of thumb is that whenever the folder of one of the modern vehicles gets close to the thickness of the Hudson file, it's time to get rid of that one.
To answer your question Dave, no! I'm afraid to add up all of those receipts.:eek:
Kevin C.0 -
Hudson308 wrote:Heh heh heh...
wait.
That's not funny.
Not funny, but accurate
My wife always try's to sell my stuff... 0 -
All of my boxes of parts are pretty clearly labelled and my wife has a good sense of what they should bring, as well as the value of my vehicles.
Put it this way: upon my demise, no one will be able to swoop in and snag everything for a grand!0
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