1952 Hornet Sedan 4 Sale

Ken U-Tx wrote:

Be sure to try and get pix, or look at underside of this car. Being in Seattle all it's life means it's been in the wet damp weather....Being original means the rubber weatherstrip on doors, etc were leaking into interior, as evidenced by the severe pitting of the interior chrome. Lots of active orange rust in trunk too, due to leaks and the floor mat (removed in the photos) being saturated with water. Seattle is too soggy for me to consider looking at Stepdowns that spent their life there.

You are right about Seattle as my wife is from there and she was a little soggey when we met 30 some years ago.

All of us probably have a story about a car that we wanted REALLY bad, but somehow it got away. This '52 hornet was "that" car for me. I knew the original selling dealer (Sid MacDonald in Seattle) and also met the original owners wife "Helen" back when she still had the car in her garage. I lived not too far from where the original owner lived and had discussed the car with "Mac" (Sid MacDonald) many times. The Owners of the car bought it new from him in '52 and the following year bought a new '53 Hudson Jet for Helen to drive. Years passed, the husband died, the jet was sold but the hornet remained in her garage. One of her neighbors (who collected Nashes) kept the car running and serviced for her, and also happened to know me and that I had (and loved) Hudsons. He drove the car to my house many times for a little "tech support" and I always told him the when Helen was ready to sell the Hudson, I was ready to buy. Now this guy who kept her car going for her was one of those types that if he knew you wanted something, would do whatever he could to make sure you didn't get it. I never understood what he thought he'd gain by being that way, but go figure. The day after he sold the car, he stopped by my house to tell me it was sold and smugly said "I didn't know you wanted it" then had the Balls to laugh about it. I wanted to punch him out, but took the high road and just let it go. I've seen him several times over the ensuing years and he always brings up "Helen's" hudson, but I don't play the game. When the car was sold the first time, it was truely a "pristine" example of a well maintained original car. She even had all the service documentation from new filed away in a box in her garage. After seeing the car last week on Ebay and showing it to a client of my office, he said he knew exactly where the car was and he had checked it out a couple of times. I was sadened by it's current condition, but know it was well worth saving and not as rough as some of the photos looked. I wanted badly to buy it, but unfortunately couldn't swing the financial aspect at this time. Whoever got the car on Ebay got a very "square" deal on it and I hope they enjoy it very much.... So "Here's to those Hudsons. Past, Present and Future. Those that got away and those waiting to come" .......... Aaron