Hudsy Wudsy
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1938 Plymouth truck, not mine.
Hudsy Wudsy replied to Xander Wildeisen's topic in "Not Mine" Automobiles For Sale
Ironically, I saw a rare Plymouth tailgate for sale somewhere in the last year. -
Hudson stepdown sun visor, not mine.
Hudsy Wudsy replied to Xander Wildeisen's topic in Parts For Sale
I tell guys this whenever the opportunity presents itself--the green on the underside of sun visors is called aircraft green primer. -
I've mentioned this before on occasion, so please forgive me for being repetitious--Convertible bodies are far more likely to flex than other bodies because they lack the reinforcement that roofs provide. As a consequence, dashboards are welded into position when the body is first assembled, rather than bolted in place, to provide additional strengthening around the cowl area.. This is why you will often see convertibles with painted dashboards and not woodgrained.
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1956 Lincoln Capri Sportsman. Anyone seen one of these?
Hudsy Wudsy replied to George Smolinski's topic in General Discussion
Back to this Lincoln for a moment, I find it interesting that having too many vertical elements, and thus, too many segments, adds great length to the overall. I suppose that is the nature of optical illusion. Do any of you agree? -
I've seen this Hudson around up here in Minnesota for a long time. I always sort of wince when I see it, though, because somebody thought it would be perfectly acceptable to install the smaller '48-'49 rear venetian blind in the larger '50 and later back window.
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1933 Buick 90, not mine.
Hudsy Wudsy replied to Xander Wildeisen's topic in "Not Mine" Automobiles For Sale
The ad is a dud, but the Buick is a treasure. -
Hudson Eights had their own loyal following. Those who knew them truly loved them. Lots of nearly silent power, even though their displacement was only 254 (?) cubic inches. I'm including a photo of an original '51 interior that is in a gray '51 Hornet that only has 28K miles. It appears to be a bluish green stripe combined with a reddish-brown one on a cream background.
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I've mentioned this before. My brother was fond of these. He had several '49-'51s. He was into them because of the fold-down seats that made into a bed. No, he didn't go camping in them, he took girls to the drive-in movies in them. I recall that one of his Nashes needed a clutch once. It was a chore because he had to put the car up on barrels to get the suspension off of the ground to pull the rear end backwards with a chain in order to get the driveshaft to clear the back of the transmission. The other thing that I remember clearly about his Nashes was how goofy they cornered. I could be riding alongside next to him in the passenger seat and he would turn a corner (just a normal turn on a city street) suddenly I would be way above him height-wise. I never knew a car that would roll that much. After the turn, the car would even out and go back to normal. And lastly, they were slow! They promised high gas mileage, but the tradeoff was certainly performance.
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1935 Oldsmobile, not mine.
Hudsy Wudsy replied to Xander Wildeisen's topic in "Not Mine" Automobiles For Sale
Not many '35s of any make with an original radio. -
1976 Mercury Grand Marquis $10,000
Hudsy Wudsy replied to B Jake Moran's topic in "Not Mine" Automobiles For Sale
Beware the variable venturi carb. -
1937 Oldsmobile - $11,500 (Moorpark CA) Not Mine
Hudsy Wudsy replied to m-mman's topic in "Not Mine" Automobiles For Sale
I can only speculate about what is mounted to the right of the steering column, but my guess would be a vacuum gauge to indicate mileage. -
1957 Chrysler Imperial, not mine.
Hudsy Wudsy replied to Xander Wildeisen's topic in "Not Mine" Automobiles For Sale
"No low ballers please." Why not? You've regarded this car as "low ball" for the whole time that you've owned it!