Hudsons, kids & ramblings (Long )

This is just some ramblings about my recent Hudson adventures, so unless you're really bored, you may want to skip this post.



Today I had a few hours to spare that I decided to use to get some much needed maintenance done on the Hudson.



I cracked open the garage door to start working and within a few minutes some of the neighborhood kids showed up looking to play with my kids. My kids were gone for the day, so the the other kids starting asking me what I was doing. Keep in mind that I am the only one I know of on my street that changes my own oil, let alone do any other work on cars.



I spent the next hour and a half explaining everything I was doing on the Hudson and letting the kids help. They each got to grease one fitting and put the protective dust caps on for me. They took turns scraping the "crud" from the rear frame and spring shackles. They thought the "sucker" that pulled the chocolate syrup from the rear axle was pretty cool too. I thought it was cool that the kids were interested enough that they stuck around the whole time and were excited about it. There were two 9 year old girls, a 10 year boy, and a 12 year old boy in the group. The girls got into it more that the boys did. Needless to say, I think that one of the moms was overjoyed when her 9 year old daughter yelled enthusiastically " Mr. Matt let me scrape the crud from his car!" At least now there's more than one person on my street that knows how to use a grease gun.



Aside from that, it's been a lot of good Hudsoning in FL lately. The new AMC fuel pump I installed really seems to help the car run great. I've put a few hundred (s)miles of care-free cruising on it since Easter, including a few trips to work and another to a local cruise night. The Hudson Pacemaker (AKA Hornet to the general public) was very popular, although it was the least shiny car there.



In the Target parking lot the other day, I heard a young kid (6ish) explaining to his dad that Hudson's used to be great race cars (thanks Disney). When he saw that it was my car, he told me he that he loves the seat material. lol



Thanks to my almost 2 year old daughter, I've driven the Hudson almost every night for the last two weeks. She is crazy about the "Huddy" as she calls it. We have to go into the garage just to say Hi and goodnight to it. Some of the rides are just around the block, but it's fun regardless. She is a "Cars" fan, but I'm not quite sure if she relates Doc to Huddy.



At a gas station a guy came up and started checking out the Hudson. Turns out his neighbor who lives less that 2 miles away has a Hudson exactly like mine, for sale even. Of course I get directions and go to look immediately after gassing up. The Hudson was exactly like mine, except it was white and was a 50-something Willy's that resembled a Jet.:eek:



No major plans for Hudson this year, just keep plugging away at the small stuff. After I finish greasing the chassis, I will flush the clutch and change the trans oil. The original 232 rolled 86,000 on Easter morning during a Home Depot run. The last recorded mileage I have was about 68,000 back in the late 80's if I remember correctly.



Another interesting thing about driving the car so much lately is that I've met at least 2 dozen people who have had or know someone who had a car identical to mine



Happy Hudsoning,



Matt