Ebay has some good buys today

Browniepetersen
Browniepetersen Senior Contributor
edited November 2012 in HUDSON
I should not express my opinion on the cars for sale on eBay today because most likely someone I know has one of the cars and I might not make the most appropriate comment. I guess with this disclaimer I am now free to comment. Three convertibles that run from a start of 30k up to above 130k. I would love to have one of these but I expect the only one I could build is a rust bucket that is mostly gone. That makes me sad. A 29 sedan that looks quite nice as it is is the same price as a pile of parts out of the desert. OK, the 30 is an 8cyl, with a few fun parts, but come on... that 30 has little chance of making it back to the road. As for the 55, 46 and 47--they all seem to be a good deal. The 55 was just posted and is just starting the bid process but I expect it will be affordable and a no-sale at the end of the bids.... Anyway, who says there are no Hudson's out there? My pick of the lot would be the 46.....

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  • Richard E.
    Richard E. Senior Contributor
    Brownie, you already own the best looking '36 Hudson that there is. If I owned it, I would sleep in it every night!!
  • Browniepetersen
    Browniepetersen Senior Contributor
    Thanks Richard. I guess I just like the build process. I am not too sure I could ever be happy with any Hudson that I have had or currently have. I once said that if I found the perfect car I would never need another one.... Perhaps I redefine perfect too often?
  • Nevada Hudson
    Nevada Hudson Senior Contributor
    Beware of cars sight unseen! Been burned that way, so will never do that again!
  • Huddy42
    Huddy42 Senior Contributor
    There are exceptions to the rule of buying sight unseen.

    I bought my 1942 HudsonTwo Door Brougham from Hal Waddell sight unseen,and was more than happy with the purchase, never in my wildess dreams did I think it would be as good as it was, and still is.

    I also bought a 1965 Rambler Classic on ebay sight unseen, and was also very happy with the purchase.

    You just have to know and believe the seller.
  • SuperDave
    SuperDave Senior Contributor
    AHA... It all hinges on a moral seller. I am afraid that the sellers don't fall into that catagory often enough . When it happens, it's noteable..... It should be a given!
    I recently bought a part from a Mopar dealer on Ebay. I bought the wrong part. My fault completely. After telling them my problem, They shipped the correct part on my word that io had returned the wrong one.. Didn't charge me any shipping. BUT...I will reimburse them for thier trouble and courtesy. Why do we think these kind of transactions are exceptional ?
  • hudsontech
    hudsontech Senior Contributor
    Brownie, fellow down in Texas name of Russ Chilton could tell you all about building a convertible from a pile of rust!!!! But then Texans are known to do the impossible - just takes a tad longer is all. :D

    Of course if you had the money that it cost to restore you could just run out and buy one ready-to-go --- but where's the fun in that.

    Hudsonly,
    Alex Burr
    Memphis, TN
  • Hudsonrules
    Hudsonrules Senior Contributor
    I have bought sight unseen twice, and will never do that again. Expensive lesson, almost to the point where i would begin to dislike Hudsons. But buying unseen can go for any make of car. It is the seller who makes statements that make us want the vehicle. I have a cousin who collects older Chevies and has the car checked out by an appraiser before he buys one. He learned from having been burned. One example, is a '52 Hudson Hornet that was purchsed by someone in Minnesota from an unscrupulous seller in California and now is trying to sell the so-called "rebuilt engine" and transmission out of the car for a rediculous sum. So we all need to be careful when parting with our money.
  • Richard E.
    Richard E. Senior Contributor
    Brownie, I understand completely. I still have work to do on both my '36T & my '50C6 and when I complete these I hope to get another project underway. The challenge of taking them apart and putting them back together again has a lot of satisfaction (and frustration) in it.
  • Browniepetersen
    Browniepetersen Senior Contributor
    edited November 2012
    Alex, this shot is for you.... This is what my 36 looked like soon after I picked it up.
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