HARMON ESTATE
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Whatever 's left is being sold as a bundle deal. I may be off , but I believe the asking price is $70,000 or best offer which includes several cars and a huge inventory.0
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Where do I enter my $1,000.00 bid?0
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you arn't trying to "lowball" 'em like evryone was doing on that ebay manual a week or so back are you? :P0
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AAAAH HHH $10010
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JUST AS I THOUGHT......NO SERIOUS BUYERS AND IT'S PROBABLY GONNA END UP AT THE CRUSHERS.....WHAT A SHAME AND A LOSS OF A LIFETIMES WORK AND LOVE.0
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Tom - I counter that the heirs have to be "serious" and realistic about the value of what is there rather than taking the advice of some lawyer & or appraiser!0
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70 K is big bucks if you do not have an inventory of what is there and some expectation that you could use or sell the parts and break even. At this point I would rather go out and buy a high end stepdown convertible and figure I got a better deal. It is that "pig in a poke" thing that my dad often told me about.0
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<<<<agrees with Brownie - it says "several cars"; OK, what years, models, condition thereof???
& at least some type of an inventory, GEEZ, as Brownie says who'd be stupid enough to buy a "pig in a poke" for 70-75 "big ones"????0 -
46 - not sure about that; was invited, along with others, by him to stop at his place on way home from National that was held in Tacoma. I inquired about an 8 engine & others tried to buy stuff from him - end result, no one bought ANYTHING as he'd find some excuse why he had to keep it! Altho he was very nice about it we all left feeling frustrated & kinda POed as we'd gone some distance out of our way + burned off hours just to get over to his place then driven around the country side to barns he rented he had cars in, but all por nada!0
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IF RHETORIC, EXCUSES AND PROCRASTINATION WERE WORTH ANY $ THE HET WOULD BE WORTH MILLIONS0
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I'd like to hear if any HETers actually put in an offer. If I had it to spare I'd put in one pending more information on what exactly it all is. But as I said in a previous thread on the subject if the organization is really interested in preservation and continuing to drive the cars it needs to evolve an mechanism to deal with such estate situations.0
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if the organization is really interested in preservation and continuing to drive the cars it needs to evolve an mechanism to deal with such estate situations.
The organization needs to evolve a mechanism before it becomes an estate!!!!!!
Proactive not reactive!
Kevin C.0 -
I would think the only guy, at least that I know of, who would know what is there & it's condition, would be Dick Riggs of Portland, a long time HETer & a former member of the Bd. of Directors. I don't have his e-mail address, assuming he has one, but if interested would sure contact him.
It would certainly be a shame to see tons of Hudson parts, engines, maybe complete cars get junked.0 -
As far as I know Riggs has been involved0
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Jim should of left the hudson stuff to the HETHS and the could have auctioned it off at a national in San mateo next year. With his health failing you would of thought he would of made some plans on moving his inventory.0
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WITH NO ONE STEPPING UP TO THROW BIG $ AT THIS I SEE A AUCTION BEING HELD OUT THERE WITH A LOT OF HUDSON GUYS BIDDING ON STUFF IT'S THE ONLY WAY THERE GOING TO SELL IT I DON'T SEE IT GOING TO THE JUNK YARD JUST YET THESE PEOPLE ARE NOT FOOLS AND THERE LOOKING FOR AS MUCH AS THEY CAN GET0
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Paul - it might be left up to the new owners of the property & they may well just have it removed, ergo, junked!0
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I WASN'T THINKING THAT IT HAD BEEN SOLD??0
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Paul - I understand the real estate has been sold ergo in escrow, assuming Ore. has escrow.
I'm sure Jim's widow can hardly wait to "take the money & run" as she very much disliked the whole Hudson "thing" Jim enjoyed so much. The 1st time I visited him with several other guys she immediately left the house & walked off, she didn't even want to be introduced to us - I could tell Jim was embarrassed.0 -
If you want to get ahold of Jeff Riggs, here's his website that includes his email address. He probably would be one of the best contacts for what the current inventory is:
http://www.riggsboysracing.com/
I wish is wasn't all happening like this....sad to see this stuff end up as re-bar in a bridge somewhere!!
Lee0 -
Pushing along into my mid-70's I've already started passing along my Hudson liteature, files, research material, etc to someone else. My room-mate knows that my books will go to the library book store and I'm going to pass along my CD collection to Tunes 4 the Troops or some organization like that. Otherwise I know where it will all end up.
Hudsonly,
Alex Burr
Memphis, TN0 -
Like Alex I'm now in my mid-70s. Turned almost all of my parts over to Al Saffrahn to sell for me, which he has largely done, gave away some special tools & literature and will bring rest of my literature collection, my dealership clock, factory plastic model, Chapin book + a few other incidentals to San Mateo.
Have always enjoyed so many of the personal relationships I've built up over the last 50 years within the Club membership so still really enjoy going to meets, seeing old friends & renewing acquaintances. Went to Gettysburg, going to Laughlin next month, then to San Mateo next year.
"Time & tide wait for no man" and altho I'm in good health, that tide is in the offing ~0 -
I HEAR YOU PETE MY SON SAID TO ME A FEW YEARS AGO ''DAD WHY ARE WE KEEPING ALL THIS STUFF THAT DOES NOT FIT OUR CARS '' I SAID'' YOUR RIGHT'' SO I'VE BEEN SELLING OFF ALL THE STUFF I CARTED HOME OVER THE LAST 45 YEARS I FIND STUFF I DO NOT KNOW HOW LONG AGO I GOT IT OR WHAT I PAID BUT I'M HAVING A BLAST SELLING IT OFF AND MY GRANDSONS JUST LOVE FLEA MARKETING WITH ME ALL 3 OF THEM OF COURSE THEY GET A NICE PAY WHEN WE HAVE A GOOD DAY BUT THEY DO HELP OUT AND I'M HAVING FUN WITH THEM
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I started selling off stuff last summer (I am nearing 70). The good stuff went fast and at a good price. Most of what I have left will go in the trash... Kinda sad but then it all started out as wall-art so good or bad it is still that. I would however; like to sell off my Kodak "Brownie" camera collection. If not I have no idea what to do with it?0
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Brownie-
Some museums now have camera displays. It's kinda weird seeing the old row of flashcubes sitting behind glass like it's some obsolete technology from the past . . . oh, wait . . . that's what it is (like the typewriters). But, perhaps a museum would be interested in your collection. I know the Cowboy Museum in OKC has a nice camera "room" where they display everything from the earliest glass plate monsters to 35mm's that still took film. In other words, anything that is pre-digital.0 -
Brownie, google "camera museum" and you'll find them all over the place. Perhaps there is one near you so you could visit your "babies"!!!!!!!
Hudsonly,
Alex Burr
Memphis, TN0 -
Living in Australia it is harder to sell Hudson parts to down size the spare parts collection. Harder because there is not as many cars and air freight is expensive. I have been lucky lately selling parts to people whose father or sons name was Hudson. Another had a friend who owned a Hudson and so wanted my mascot. Saving parts is a concern. Barry0
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Hoarding is a sickness - whether its zippo lighters, pez dispensers or Hudson cars/parts!
Maybe it's time to create a Hudson Intervention Group (HIG) to descend upon and liberate Hudson collections across the USA :-))
That reminds me - I have a bunch of parts I'm not ever going to use - better put my money where my mouth is
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Rambo - An old car guy once told me this car thing is a disease and the worst thing that can happen to a car collector is to have enough money and space to keep all that he wants. Then nothing will stop the disease from spreading. LOL0
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AMAZING....I TRY TO GET AN ANSWER ABOUT THE HARMON ESTATE AND IT RAPIDLY SHOOTS OFF TO A DISCUSSION OF CAMERAS AND PEZ DISPENSERS....
ONCE AGAIN...DOES ANYONE HAVE AN UPDATE REGARDING THE EXACT STATUS OF THE
HARMON COLLECTION? (LET'S SEE WHERE THIS TAKES US)0
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