Get-together at National Meet for Forum Users?

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  • oldhudsons
    oldhudsons Senior Contributor
    Ha Ha, OK, I'll start with my 1st, in '63 I believe, at a dinky motel in Hamilton, Ohio where the town giving the Club a trophy to be awarded as we saw fit led to the creation of the THE Club by Carl Horton! That was the 1st time I met future Pres. Carl Webbah, as he pronounces it.
    I don't have beer for breakfast so will collect later in the day, but as the saying goes, "it's Beer O'Clock somewhere", LOL!
  • Jon B
    Jon B Administrator
    Wo, 1963, that was nearly fifty years ago! You're the keeper of our oral traditions, Pete! In '63 I was slogging my way through high school, still dreaming of someday buying my first car (it would turn out to be a '39 DeSoto, not a Hudson; I would gladly have bought a Hudson if there were any for sale in Muncie, LOL!)

    Ahh, the "Terraplane Hudson Essex Greater Super Six Club", wasn't it? At LAST, a club that awarded TROPHIES! (And who remembers it now...?)

    Ken, you behave yourself at Gettysburg now....hear???
  • oldhudsons
    oldhudsons Senior Contributor
    you know Jon it was really a sad story as I was told Carl went broke trying to get his club going.
    I've always thought it is one of our strengths that we don't have judging as can be very divisive, as proven in '63, cars become ego trips, "trailer queens", etc.
    In the '60s & 70s it was sort of a "badge of honor" to drive to a National & I would spend a month or so prepping my car for the trek from Calif. to the National, always held FAR to the east then. Now some of the cars too valuable & fragile to be driven those distances but some still do it like Walt M. & my old Escondido, Cal. friend has his '50 C6 sd. all ready for the "long haul". Takes a lotta time, perservance, $$$ to drive a Hudson 5000 + miles across the country & back so it's really great we have members still that dedicated.
  • [Deleted User]
    [Deleted User]
    Today is the day Remember to join all of us for Breakfast at the Courtyard Marriott Hospitality Room at 7:45 this morning!
  • oldhudsons
    oldhudsons Senior Contributor
    soul - NO, supposed to be FRIDAY !!!!
    (better be, still here in Az., have my "chattsters" T-shirt packed for tomorrow a.m.!~)
  • [Deleted User]
    [Deleted User]
    My bad and I am sorry for mis-informing people. Very red faced.
  • Jon B
    Jon B Administrator
    edited July 2012
    Approximately 27 members of the Hudson Classiccar Forum gathered for a breakfast get-together at the Gettysburg National and got a chance to "put a face with the avatar" so to speak. We learned a lot about one another and discussed the current status of the Forum. This was a continuation of many "chat breakfasts" that have occurred since the first one at the Nashville National in 1999. (The chatroom was our earliest form of meeting online but had fallen into disuse and was discontinued recently by Classiccar.)

    The only bad thing about the meeting was that I (who called the meeting) forgot to take a group photo so others would have the opportunity to connect the face with the name. Thanks to all who attended.
  • 54SuperWasp
    54SuperWasp Expert Adviser
    edited July 2012
    Thanks John. Was glad to meet you and the guys on friday. Too bad I had to quit at 8:45 to go on the tour. Don't want to name anyone cause I am sure I would forget some but, each of you must know that I was very glad to meet you in person. And just to finish, on Saturday, just before all flea marketers took off, I went for a last spin, and noticed a pair of 54 bezels. The owner arrived in a dark Hudson. Had a chat with him. gave me a good price and offered me his card and help whenever I would need it. I looked at the card, and his name seemed familiar. I asked him: Are you on the forum? And he said: Yes, I'm @Hudzilla! Told him I was @54Superwasp and we laughed. He could not be at the meeting but I was glad I did met him anyway. I'm still on high from last week! Michel
  • hudsonsplasher1
    hudsonsplasher1 Senior Contributor
    It was good to meet every one on the forum. It was also nice to meet and talk with you Michel. Keep us informed on your restoration.
    Gene Birdsall.
  • hudsontech
    hudsontech Senior Contributor
    I really enjoyed meeting my fellow forum members - I was glad to see the enthusiasm generated by Michel. He was like a kid in a candy store!! LOL And, Michel, I didn't move to get away from your flying hands (having had a French grandmother I understand the "hands talking" bit - LOL) but only to chat with others. Was a lot of fun getting together.

    Hudsonly,
    Alex Burr
    Memphis, TN
  • 54SuperWasp
    54SuperWasp Expert Adviser
    Yep! I'm a 59 year old kid now! Alex, you're not the first talking about my ''flying hands''. A few beers were blown away while I was talking. (And my brother Paul is worst than me on that!) And Gene, the restauration should begin in one year, right after the fixin of the garage first and, hopefuly, the sale of my present house. Will keep in touch! Michel
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