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I'm curious as to how many of us grew up with HET products in the family?

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Dave Y (New Zealand)

Dad bought a '46 S6 sd., used, probably in '46-7, from the Hudson dealer.
He traded it in about '50 for a used '48 C8 sd. I got my drivers license in '52 & in '53 loosened a rod in the '48 trying to get it to go 90 mph (with no o.d., a STRAIN, LOL). In '53, while in H. S., got a part time job working at the Hudson dealer (have clock from the dealership!) & dad traded in the '48, now needing engine work, for a new '53 H sd. (light grey lower, black top, no Twin H). I bought my 1st Hudson, a '49 S6 cp., in '55 & drove it to college for several years.

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nonentity

I remember as a small child that my uncle had a two tone green '46 Hudson Super 8 tudor sedan that he bought in California and drove up to Seattle when I first saw it, that was probably in 1947-48. He and his family travelled all over the western united states with that Hudson, quite often towing a big heavy long{for the time} Sparton House trailer. They lved the Hudson but the trailer was to much for it as my uncle replaced the clutch several times and the engine at least once in the six or seven years that he had it. In the early fifties, he traded it in on a new brnad x that was used as a family car. Never towed a trailer of any kind with it. My aunt used to talk what a great car that Hudson was.My first Hudson was a '50 super "6" sedan and eventually bought a '53 Hornet sedan. After letting people talk me into having Fords and Chevies, I soon found another Hudson, a '49 Commodore "6" sedan that I drove all over the country and owned for several years. There has been several Hudsons sunce. My younger son is into Hudsons, so the Hudson brand will be in the family for quite some time.

My dad had a 35 Hudson 8 back in the late 40's, (before I was born) and always bragged about it's feats of power. We are from Marion, Wythville area of Virginia, and claimed he could top any hill in the area in high gear. My Brother in the 50's, had a 29 Essex coupe that he claimed would do 90, mech brakes and all. Then in 1960, my brother bought my uncles 52 hollywood. I was only 5 but I remembered the dash, both gauges looking like clocks, thought it was cool as the dickens. I also got to hear my first "Rock" song in it, "Michael row the boat ashore". Lots of memories from childhood to today. Got to love em'

This is our family car in 1954, Ontario, Canada. Us kids had lots of room in the back seat...

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HETfortyqtpi@earthlink.net (drop HET)

Don't know if this counts much..but my parents joined the club in '84 and restored their '52 wasp hollywood. We did a lot of travling in it when i was younger and in other hudson products too.
cailynne

My Dad had a 1925 Hudson coach in the mid-30's - it brought me home from the hospital when I was born.
Cute story about that - it was time for Mother to go have me - the Hudson had a flat tire in the driveway of our home. I've been told Dad skinned at least 12 knuckles trying to change that tire. LOL
He and his Dad also had a 1937 Terraplane Utility Coupe they used in Grand-dad's florist business in the late 1930's - I don't know if it had the sliding box in it, tho.

Hudsonly,
Alex Burr
HudsonTech
Memphis, TN

My first ride just over 79 years ago was in a 1927 Essex roadster. I was 2 weeks old and moved into our new home. My Dad always had Hudson built cars. A 29 Super six he built into a wrecker to use in his Garage business. My first car was a 32 Essex coupe. After school one day when I got to the shop Dad told me there was a car for me but it had a dead miss. I run it awhile on five cylinders before we found another engine. Tore my old engine apart and some one had put a piece of wood turned to fit in one of the cylinders where the bore had a hole knocked in it from running it with the piston bursted and the rod had beat the hole. My next was was another 32 Essex Terraplane coupe next a 41 Traveler 2 door. Next was a 46 Super 8 sedan which I traded for a 49 Com 8 sedan. Traded it for a 52 Hornet sedan in 54. Still have it along with my 54 Jet liner. 47 pickup, 54 Hornet and 51 super 6 my Dad built into a pickup. So in my 79 years there has always been a HET around. From my first 32 in 43 or 44 I have not been without a Hudson

[IMG][/IMG]I'm only a young fellah in the following picture taken about 1964. The other was taken out front of our house about the same time. So that's where I got the bug from.

NOW that someone who's been around Hudsons' Plus the fact he is older than me. Other than that my 1933 Terp 8 Coupe pictured in my avatar was bought new by my uncle. Now I have turned it over to my youngest son to use and enjoy. Both my sons drove Hudson to High School.