Two old Hudson automobiles
Aug 28, 2016 12:52:19 #
Carmel, Indiana car show.
Aug 28, 2016 13:01:52 #
Floyd2
Loc: Littletown WI
How Cool. There is a Hudson Hornet about 12 miles away that needs a bunch of tender care. Can envision it looking just like the one you captured. Well done.
Aug 28, 2016 13:04:10 #
barbie.lewis
Loc: Livingston, Texas
Wow! I once helped sell Hudson battery cable at a friend's booth at the Charlotte (North Carolina) car show. I didn't know anything about the cables, but he said I was a big help.
Aug 28, 2016 13:38:33 #
Floyd2 wrote:
How Cool. There is a Hudson Hornet about 12 miles away that needs a bunch of tender care. Can envision it looking just like the one you captured. Well done.
Thanks. My grandparents owned a Hudson, I think it was like the black one in the picture. i remember riding in it as a kid in the 1940's.
Aug 28, 2016 14:36:52 #
Excellent shots; starts a little walk down memory lane. 
Hudson like Packard, Kaiser-Frazer, Stets, Peirce Arrow, Studebaker and many more have all gone by the wayside, most only remembered by old geezers.
Hudson like Packard, Kaiser-Frazer, Stets, Peirce Arrow, Studebaker and many more have all gone by the wayside, most only remembered by old geezers.
Aug 28, 2016 16:20:11 #
Beowulf
Loc: Aquidneck Island, RI
Great pics, Robert. I love the '46, but I wouldn't turn down the '53.
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Aug 29, 2016 13:17:00 #
Hudson Automobiles where made in Three different styles. The styles where the Hornet, Hudson and Wasp. Montana Highway Patrols used Hudson's in the State in the last 50's. My father had a Hudson Hornet gray in color with 4 doors. The only problem he had with the vehicle was a closed thermostat causing the engine to overheat under warranty. The vehicle began rusting around the front headlight which caused the bulb to fall out. Fender was replaced and father kept the vehicle until he died in 1988.
Aug 29, 2016 14:44:25 #
bnsf wrote:
Hudson Automobiles where made in Three different s... (show quote)
And before that, the Commodore Eight (which I think the black '46 is) and the Super Six.
In '47 or '48, the Commodore Eight would outdrag the new Old's 88, but I never let my Dad know that.
Aug 29, 2016 14:47:37 #
Aug 29, 2016 15:42:43 #
bnsf wrote:
My father told me that Hudson also had a Terroplane. Does anyone else remember them.
The Terraplane was made from about 1935 or '36 to 1939. And before that, Hudson's car was the Essex, built until the Terraplane showed up. That's my recollection. Does your Dad remember the Essex?
Aug 29, 2016 16:08:59 #
I am 77 and I remember my uncle driving the family from Chicago to Paris Arkansas. we took this trip together from the time I was pre-school till I went to high school. Back then there were no interstates and the towns were separated by fairly long stretches of open road. One of the cars my uncle owned during that time was a Hudson Hornet. He knew where the little towns had their speed traps and in between we would be doing a 100 MPH or more with nary a car sharing the road with us. This was also WAAYYY before seat belts and if the car we were in had a rear window ledge that is where I would be during most of the trip. Back then we kids weren't too good to keep from being thrown through the windshield like every body else in an accident. Fortunately, we never had one.
Aug 29, 2016 16:26:19 #
happykat wrote:
I am 77 and I remember my uncle driving the family... (show quote)
Nothing could touch a Hornet
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