DISAPOINTMENT
ONCE AGAIN WE SEE THAT JUST BECAUSE YOU SINK THOUSANDS OF $$$$ INTO A PET
PROJECT THE CHANCES OF EVER RECOUPING EVEN A SMALL PORTION OF THAT INVESTMENT
ARE VERY VERY LIMITED
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Other-Makes-SEDAN-CUSTOM-STREET-ROD-HUDSON-TERRAPLANE-CUSTOM-/300527605607?pt=U
PROJECT THE CHANCES OF EVER RECOUPING EVEN A SMALL PORTION OF THAT INVESTMENT
ARE VERY VERY LIMITED
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Other-Makes-SEDAN-CUSTOM-STREET-ROD-HUDSON-TERRAPLANE-CUSTOM-/300527605607?pt=U
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Not my taste-especially the headlight arrangement(?). I think modifying a car is a lot like making a movie - The best director, actors, and cinematographer cannot save a bad script. The same holds true here: A well crafted interior, technically well-done paint, and lots of expensive billet hardware & accessories cannot save the flawed concept of this car.
Of course that is only my opinion! All the owner needs to do to recoup his investment is to find a person who believes that this car is the best script they ever read!
Tom0 -
What you see is well done - but I noted what appears to be some rust issues starting underneath. For over $100,000 invested you'd expect even the underside to be perfect. Ok, it is near perfect as is.
Hudsonly,
Alex Burr
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As was stated in the beginning of his post. Big bucks spent and we have the One Mans Dream displayed. It seems to me that all of the cars listed on Ebay lately have been comming up short. We saw this with all the recent convertibles and stepdown coupes that have been there lately. As a mater of fact, the 48 green coupe that was a verry well done custom only made it to 12K for a no sale. I guess one might say that it is not a sellers market? However, it is a "build em to love them" season... Now we need some sunshine..0
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i would say if you put 100,000 bucks into that car you are not building it for sale and profit. so what happened? the economy? 1600 miles isn't long to own a car, ask walt that's half a trip. maybe he didn'y like it himself? myself i always wonder when i see something like this, what happened to the passion. he had to have lots of passion for this build to put that much into it and to take a museum car at that. so what happened.0
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Those have got to be the ugliest headlamps on a thirties car that I've ever seen. Reminiscent of the late model Morgan. Just wrong.0
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It's not really a sellers market. Collector cars might keep pace with inflation but not when you put $100000 into the car in the first place. Guys have fallen on hard times and maybe figure they can cover themselves selling their cars but those cars are not going to move when buyers cannot get credit and credit is tight. Add to that the sellers may suffer from a touch of Barrett Jackson syndrome...that is the belief that the cars are investments and worth more than they actually are on average on the open market. Gus Souza said it best, "There's no reason to pay full price for any car, there's always more cars for sale than there are buyers."0
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Anyone who dives into a major project like this one without thinking through the time, effort and financial outlay and the risks involved, deserves the consequences.0
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I agree- the headlights are a real turn-off. I think he was trying to do the almond-eyed "alien" thing- but it sure turned out unattractive in the execution. I do think he ought to spend a few more bucks and do something about them.
Have seen several customs incorporating the Mercedes back-slanted headlight thing- never looks very good.0 -
Customs are very personalized and cost a lot to build. I doubt very much that this car will sell for any where close to the listed price. And yes, the headlights are goofy, and it has a Chevy 350/383 (yawn) auto. The 425 hp rating is as silly as the reserve price.0
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tristansdaz wrote:Those have got to be the ugliest headlamps on a thirties car that I've ever seen. Reminiscent of the late model Morgan. Just wrong.
I agree, do not like the headlight treatment, maybe the guy put them on the wrong side.
Jim0 -
FYI
Ive always built my Hudson's because of all my earlier experiences with them (throughout school yrs and afterward) with little regard of recovering my whole investment.....Personally, whenever I drive one of them almost takes me back in time ....
In reality, Ive become accustomed to popular Brand X's Cars selling for more money than Hudson's, not because Hudson (or other Orphan Cars) are sub-standard, but I believe demand for old Brand X Cars is far greater because todays Buyers grew up after Hudson was out of Business and consequently were more familar with Brand X cars on the hwy but couldnt afford them back then........Just my opinion.....0 -
Ol racer wrote:FYI
Ive always built my Hudson's because of all my earlier experiences with them (throughout school yrs and afterward) with little regard of recovering my whole investment.....Personally, whenever I drive one of them almost takes me back in time ....
In reality, Ive become accustomed to popular Brand X's Cars selling for more money than Hudson's, not because Hudson (or other Orphan Cars) are sub-standard, but I believe demand for old Brand X Cars is far greater because todays Buyers grew up after Hudson was out of Business and consequently were more familar with Brand X cars on the hwy but couldnt afford them back then........Just my opinion.....
Your opinion is spot on - todays buyers did not grow up with Hudsons in the driveway. They grew up with the muscle cars of the late 60's and into the 70's. They couldn't afford them back then, now they can.
When those of us who grew up in the 40's and 50's had the money it was possible to trot down the street to Sam Zaitlands junk yard and haul out just about any car you could think of - from V-16 Caddy's down to Kaisers and Willys. And Hudsons. My first car that was assembled from junk yard parts cost me somewhere around $75 - and that included body, drive train and all. Since the great "clean up the landscape" campaigns there aren't any junkyards any more (well, not like the 40,s, 50's, 60's and into the 70's). The Make America Beautiful crowd (I'll refrain from using nut cases) got the idea in their heads that building housing developments where all the junk yards used to be was making America beautiful. Which, I guess, does prove the old adage that beauty is in the eye of the beholder. :S
Hudsonly,
Alex Burr
Memphis, TN0 -
Street Rod prices have tumbled in the last 1 to 2 years, supply has greatly exceeded demand and real buys (comparable to invested costs) can be found. When you can buy an "iconic" rodded 34 ford coupe for 50K to 60K now why would someone pay 75K for this with a painted grille and the Terraplane name.... also new "freshly" built rods bring higher money than 5 to 6 year old conversions, these depreciate like new cars because they are essentially new cars, this is certainly worth higher than the high bid but you will not recoup your investment on an older-rodded rod nowadays0
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Dougson,
I agree with you totally about the (yawn) in regard to the Chevy 350. I've often noticed when looking through Hemmings at rods, nearly 90% seem to have a Chevy 350. Don't those hot rod people have any imaginations? Can't they come up with something out of the ordinary?
Geoff Blake0 -
All use that engine because they can buy from auto stores, short block, $800.00 and long block, $1400.00. Any other engine is out of their reach. Only trouble is they BLOW UP REAL QUICK. I build Hornet Engines and cost is way over these guys heads. Walt.0
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Believe if I was going to do a hot rod today, I'd put a 303 Cadillac V-8 in it. Just for old times sake. [/i]Thanks, Dougson- your right- 303 was the Olds. That would be OK, too!
Back in mid-60's, I had a '36 Chev pickup, and the stock 206 just "wasn't gettin' it". Valves floated at 38 MPH. Took a long time to get anywhere. Went to Grasser's Auto Wreckers, in beautiful Centralia, Washington, in search of an upgrade. Dan Grasser was a hot rodder at heart, and said, "Got just what you need. '49 Caddy just came in- its wrecked, but engine runs like a watch. You come out here, and I'll start her up. That's just what you need for your pickup." I sat in that shiny black car, and listened to it (you had to listen hard- could barely hear it run)- but decided it was too heavy, so bought a 283 Chev instead.
Dan is long gone now, but the memory lives on. He got a lot of guys started in hot rods. Ditto to Jesse Crowel, of Ace Auto Wrecking in Centralia. Wish I could go back to those days. . .0 -
middletom wrote: Dougson,
I agree with you totally about the (yawn) in regard to the Chevy 350. I've often noticed when looking through Hemmings at rods, nearly 90% seem to have a Chevy 350. Don't those hot rod people have any imaginations? Can't they come up with something out of the ordinary?
Geoff Blake
For example?
Lee O'Dell0 -
You know, it's pretty sad when Ford-in-a-Ford is a special category at car shows...0
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Early Cads were 331 cu ", the Olds was a 303. Both were very popular in the fifties: "Fordillacs", Studellacs", Allard, Kurtis, late Darrins etc. So what would be better than a crate 350? Anything. I also beleive the motor should match the make. I saw a Cobra-kit car once and it had a blinged out chevy 350. I tried to talk to the guy about the motor and just kept repeating "it's a 'vette engine", you know like the guy in the Planet Fitness ad, "I pick things up, I put them down". I gave up.0
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The idea was a bigger engine in a lighter car.This reminds me of a case where the idea of a V8 in a Ford or Chev backfired. This guy had a Studebaker V8 and put it in a '47 or '48 Chev. It turned out that that combination was heaver the the oriaional Stud. with the V8. Norm0
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OK SO I'M PARTIAL , but even so it is generally agreed that '37 was one of Hudson's best designs , to hack it up like this thing don't make any sense to me . If ya gotta make a custom why not use a less desirable car since it in most cases will only faintly resemble what it once was . YUCK!!! BUD0
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IF MEMORY SERVES ME CORRECTLY THERE WAS A MEMBER OF THE CLUB WHO HAD A BEAUTIFUL STEPDOWN..AND IT WAS POWERED BY A..YAH READY FOR THIS?
LEXUS ENGINE!!0 -
Tom, Like You, I say if memory serves me right, That car was shown doing some parade laps at the old Ontario Motor Speedway in the WTN sometime ago. My mind isn't what it used to be before my Heart surgery. It could have been anywhere from one to any number of years ago.........I forgot what I was going to say...LOL
Anyway, it looked like a very professionally done job. A real beauty. I believe it is in the CIC but not positive.....
Bob Hickson0
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