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HET Historical Society - Moving Forward

AACA Library NHMCC Museum Hudson Triangle “Doc Hudson” Media Library

THE HUDSON TRIANGLE

Exclusively for members of the Hudson Essex Terraplane Historical Society.

Awarded the OCW Golden Quill A 501(c)(3) Charitable Organization Volume 18 Issue 3

Back Row, Left to Right: Alan Jones, Bill Lentz, Larry Kennedy, Aaron Cooper, Calvin Buchanan, Dave Stevens, Roy Marks, Don Lottes

Front Row, Left to Right: Chuck Gleydura, Magrit Poynter, Kaylene Souers, Dick Teeter, Charlie Nau

HET Historical Society Leadership Photographed at the 2016 International HET Meet in Chattanooga, TN

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Ready to Tackle another Year?

The HETHS Board of Directors

continues to get fresh faces which

bring new ideas and energy to the

Society. The annual Directors meeting

and the members meeting provided an

opportunity for exchanging ideas and obtaining

information about our various projects.

Our projects require a lot of hands-on attention.

For instance, our NHMCC Museum could

consume the time of a full-time manager, yet Ed

S. is able to present a great display and still

operate a business.

Dick T. keeps track of Doc Hudson from a

distance, scheduling movement from place-to-

place and handling maintenance items and

finances while operating his business. In his

spare time, he also manages the HETHS Library.

These are just two of the several HETHS projects

that are maintained by HETHS members. There

are also many people in the background that

assist with these and other Society projects.

It is obvious that more members need to step up

to assist with these and our other projects in

order to keep our present HETHS services going

and enable the Society to expand and try out

new ideas.

So when you see an opportunity to give a hand,

take it!

- Editor

Dedicated to Preserving the

History of Hudson Motor Car Company

© 2016

Thank you! Your donations

provide communications, events,

and services that help to promote

the Hudson brand.

Departments The Starting Line 2

From Where The Coyotes Call 3

HET Club 7

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History

1948 Super 6 8

Selling Used Hudsons 10

Sprint Car Museum 12

John Conde Obituary 13

Historical Society Projects

Fashion Show 5

Historical Society, Inc.

Board of Directors Front Page

Auction Report 6

Membership In Memory of… 6

smile.amazon.com 6

Click, On Line 7

Membership Application 14

Letters 14

How to Reach Us 15

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From Where the Coyotes Call

The 57th International

HET and HETHS Meet

in Chattanooga was a

huge success! I am

very impressed with the

Dixie Chapter's

southern hospitality and

all of the hard work and

many hours that John

and Becky Upchurch, Richard Low and all of

their helpers put into this meet. It is my

understanding that there were over 600

attendees and 138 - 140 cars (including one

very small Hudson with one very small driver,

my grandson, Clayton Adams).

Thursday night was a big night

for us. The HETHS style show

was a huge success thanks to

Margrit Poynter. We had many

participants wearing great

costumes!

The HETHS Auction that followed was most

impressive this year. If you were not able to be

there I am truly sorry because many people

walked away with great bargains. I

want to extend a TEXAS sized

THANK YOU! to all of you that

donated items and then those that

purchased at the auction. Also, A

HUGE THANKS! to our auctioneer Paul

Schuster, our organizers Sue and Larry

Kennedy, and their crew,

because of their efforts,

we were able to break an

all time Auction record of

over $10,000.00 in sales.

The HETHS board meeting went well. New

ideas were presented that you will be hearing

more about at a later date. A

fantastic presentation was made

by Ed Souers of the National

Hudson Motor Car Company

Museum in Ypsilanti, MI. A

shortened version was presented

again at the HET General Business Meeting, so

that everyone could see all the hard work that

has been done. Do not miss an opportunity to

visit the NHMCC Museum. You will be

impressed.

We appreciate the HET Club being

a sponsor and involved in our

museum project. Aaron Cooper

and the HET directors and officers

have been very helpful in assisting

the Society to become more of a

partner to the Club. The two organizations are

working together to the benefit of both.

Bob Ross did a great job putting

together a very nice Special Edition

Triangle for the International Meet.

Like all of the other Triangles, this

one was something to be proud of!

During the HETHS board meeting it was

announced that Mike Cherry and Steve Holz

have resigned from the board of directors. I

have a great deal of respect for both men.

While serving as president of

HETHS for many years, Mike

made great strides for this Society.

He has given me a great deal of

welcomed and needed advice.

Hopefully, he will be back next

year for the auction so I can sell his hat and

make him buy it back.

Steve Holz has been a huge asset

to this Society and a great friend. I

am sorry he has stepped down.

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We would like to welcome

Don Lottes and John

Forkner, as our

new directors

elected in

Chattanooga. I know they will be

strong board members and I look

forward to working with them.

During the HET General Business

Meeting it was announced that

Aaron Cooper was resigning as

president. John Pontius was

elected President of the HET

board of directors. He will automatically serve

on the HETHS board.

Our board member Bill Lentz

was named vice-president of the

HET club. Congratulations John

and Bill! But now we have to find

someone to fill Bill's boots. We

will miss Bill on our board. He was a huge

help to me this past year as I tried to learn the

ropes serving as your HETHS president.

Bills' replacement on our board will be

selected at our next board meeting

conference call.

Doc Hudson is continuing

to be a resounding success.

He draws more attention to

our Hudson marquee, the HET

Club and our Society than anything

else. We should all be very proud

of this project. He is in almost

constant demand. A big Thank

You to Dick Teeter for keeping up with him

and his travels.

I appreciate Dr. Doug Wildrick

for the amazing job he does of

keeping Doc healthy. Thanks to

all those that make sure he

makes it safely from one appearance to another

and to those that tuck him in bed at night.

We are all working towards a more stable

financial future and increased membership. We

need your help to get the word spread about the

HETHS. We need more members. We need to

keep our membership donations coming. We

are trying to do the best we can to

preserve and promote the Hudson

Motor Car Company, its history, and

its cars. Thank you for all of your help

while we work toward a common goal!

Calvin

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Thank You!

Our Fashion at the Auction event this year was another success! It was hot

outside but cool inside as many costumed HET

members strolled down the cat walk,

introduced by Gary Lynch and photographed

by Paul Meyer and Don Lottes.

Ted Steinmetz played 1940 swing tunes and all

participants received reproductions of Hudson

1949 blotters in vintage 1979 Hudson meet

envelopes with art work by Doc Daugherty,

courtesy of Ken Poynter. Raffle prizes included

Rosie the Riveter collectables, a Hudson

Franklin Mint model car, and a script American

Motors steel art piece. Please join us next year

for more fashion/auction fun in San Diego!

Margrit Poynter

HETHS Special Events Coordinator

Calvin & Virginia

New Director Don & Anne Lottes

Gene & Pattie Birdsall The Coopers

Dick Teeter

The Holzs

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Give the Society a Boost!

Did you know that you can donate to HETHS

every time that you shop on Amazon. We have

signed up the society for their charity program.

When you are ready to shop, just go to http://

smile.amazon.com/ . Search for and select the

“Hudson-Essex-Terraplane Historical

Society”. A painless way to help us out and

the same Amazon prices.

In Memory of ...

HETHS has received a donation:

In Memory of Kenny Hall

Northwest Chapter HET Club

The Auction Crew - L to R: Kennedy, Jack and John

Pontius; Larry Kennedy; Auctioneer, Paul Schuster,;

Tim Lloyd; Recording Clerk Laurie Fromm; Paul Meyer.

Checking the Auction Items

HETHS Auction Report by Sue Kennedy

The 2016 Hudson

Historical Society Auction

was a great success in

raising over $10,000 for

the Society’s charitable

causes. We had a great

selection of donated items

and many happy bidders.

Tim Lloyd of Bloomington,

IN helped with the Auction

and he demonstrated

some work coveralls for

the audience, which he

ultimately bought. Thanks

to everyone who made

donations and helped with the auction. It was

the most successful HETHS Auction to date.

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“Like” our Facebook Page

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“Travel” with Doc Hudson www.hudsonhornet.org

“Read” past Triangles http://heths.info/

“Enjoy” Classics

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“Check” the Movies

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“Browse” AACA Library

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“Cheer” The 1953 Southern 500 in Darlington

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A Note from the HET Club

Hello fellow Hudson lovers, my name is John

Pontius. I was recently elected as your new

HET president at our last International meet in

Chattanooga TN. Speaking of

Chattanooga, if you missed it, you

missed some great southern

hospitality at a great venue. The

annual HETHS auction was the

best yet. I believe it was due to the

fact that we had some of the best

auction items we have ever seen.

So, with that being said and since I have

recently went through this in my own family,

lets talk about the elephant in the room

"Estate Planning". Yes, I said it, so lets talk

about it.

My father, Lee A. Pontius, is a great man and

still very sharp even with time catching up to

him. He came to my sister Jodi and I wanting

us to sit down and determine how we wanted

his will to read. He wanted to alleviate the

possibility of any squabbling after his death.

We had a couple meetings with all three of us

and then Jodi and I had several more

meetings. Now we all know this is not

foolproof. I hope its a long time before Jodi

and I find out if we can manage not screw it

up. For the moment it feels right, it put my

father at ease and that's all that really matters.

What I am trying to say is, have that

conversation with your own families. If you

have no family or no family members that are

interested in your automobile heritage, think

about donating it to our beloved HETHS. This

is exactly how we acquired so many wonderful

items for this years HETHS auction. It is not

even required that it be Hudson things.

The HETHS will make sure your Hudson

things are taken care of properly. The non-

Hudson things will be used to raise funds for

the future of the HETHS and its worthy

causes. HETHS is a 501C3 Not-for Profit and

you are able to get a tax deduction for

your donation. Make sure your life's

collection of all things Hudson will be

here for many more generations to

come. Whether its continuing on with

your own family or the HETHS, make

sure it feels right!

Like the Fred Rose and Hank Williams

penned song I'll Never Get Out Of this World

Alive".

Best Regards,

John

HET Club President

HETHS Director

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from Don Mayton by way of David Stevens

MY MEMORABLE CAR - A 1948 Hudson Super Six

Our West Michigan AACA Region decided to have one of their meetings devoted to folks talking about their most memorable car. The stories were entertaining, funny, and wild, with great variety and great entertainment with lots of laughs. In preparation for this story telling evening I e-mailed several of my high school friends who also participated in my memories. I do claim I remember some of the things they stated but not everything will I admit to.

MY MEMORABLE CAR - A 1948 Hudson Super 6

No, my 1948 Hudson was not my first car, however it was my second. My first car, a 1940 Mercury coupe, was a trade in at my Dad's car lot and he offered it to me for $50. It was wheels and at 15 years old I was not going to turn it down. I drove it a while and when I was 16 the local Oldsmobile garage offered me $150 for it. They wanted it in order to install an Oldsmobile V-8 engine coupled to a Hydramatic and take it to the local 1/4 mile dirt racing tracks. They were probably embarrassed to be continually beat by the Hudsons.

Now with my $150 I had to get a car quick!! Since my Dad was the local Hudson dealer I just wanted a step down Hudson. Together we went looking. At the time he did not have anything that had been traded in that I could afford. So we started visiting the local used car lots in Beaver County, Pennsylvania.

Finally in Rochester, PA. We found a shabby 1948 Hudson Super Six coupe that consumed my $150. It went straight into my Dad's garage for both an engine rebuild as well as body work and paint. Of course I had to add my identity with a shaved trunk, a different rear bumper, different tail lights, and black paint. For the inside I covered the seats with simulated leopard skin cloth seat covers. Of course white wall tires were a necessity.

That Hudson was one cool car and after our Church youth meeting on Sunday evenings we would pile up to 8 kids in the car and off to the local drive-in. We were always accompanied by Darrell's new V-8 Chevy with his car loaded with kids. I was not into racing but that Hudson had a lot of low end torque and it surprised a lot of others at red lights.

We had one hill leading up to the entrance to Aliquippa High School that had two turns. Hudsons were heavy and with the torque and the handling I could always top the hill in high gear. There was nothing that could keep up with it on that hill. However, we mainly enjoyed cruising with the gang! My friend Bob remembers the Mercury and the Hudson.

"Don, I DO remember both cars. In fact I remember helping you work on the Hudson and putting 12 - 15 coats of Black Lacquer on it. We rubbed it out and you and your Dad ran the sprayers until we could see "deep into" the body as your Dad would say.

Then I remembered you "bored" and "stroked" the engine. I remember riding up Plan 12 hill racing Charles in his 54 Hudson Hornet and you passing him on the last curve "ON THE INSIDE"!!! Your goal was always to do more than 50 MPH UP THE HILL!!

I remember another time coming home from a square dance somewhere and you going really fast and we went on a sharp right turn and skidded out in a field a hundred yards bouncing over the furrows with the girls screaming but nobody got hurt! The "stepdown" feature was the predecessor leading to lower center of gravity for many cars thereafter!"

Pete also remembers that Hudson. "I remember a number of things about your '48' Hudson. We were anxious to have the work finished. The little guy with the muscles working on it, the endless spraying and sanding those coats of lacquer, the stunning appearance when finally finished. Getting the trunk opened without a keyhole was new to me, as were the Leopard seats that looked as if they were original. I only knew of cheap loose-fitting slip-ons. It had to be the nicest-looking

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car around. I also remember the outside visor and window awnings.

As I remember, we went through that field when we missed a curve, but you never let up on the gas until we were back on the road. I also remember we helped get some hot shots into police trouble on route 51 in W. Bridgewater. Was that related to you apologizing to the sheriff's daughter?

THE 1948 HUDSON AND ITS YEARS AT COLLEGE My first trip out of state was to go to GMI engineering school in Michigan. I left the western side of Pennsylvania in the fall of 1956 and drove across Ohio onto Flint, Michigan. Because of the Hudson's size it became one of the main transportation vehicles to travel from our living quarters to the engineering school daily.

Of course we had to make trips all over Michigan on the weekends when we were looking for things to do. One of those trips was to Saugatuck, Michigan. We loaded the 1948 down with six of us and headed west. I had never been to Saugatuck and just followed the

instructions of one of my passengers that had been there before.

We rented a motel room, one, for all six of us. I do not remember who got the floor or who got the bed. The next day we were at Oval Beach getting too much sun. One of the more rounded members of the trip managed to get sunburned over every square inch of his body. He did not have a pleasant ride back to Flint.

THE DEMISE OF THE '48' HUDSON. The Hudson traveled about six times a year from Pennsylvania to Michigan and back. I had to visit my girlfriend, Jan, at Geneva College as many times as I could. Later I became engaged and still later Jan became my faithful wife.

On one of my trips back home I cracked a head on that flat head six. Being a poor college student and engaged to Jan, economics took over. Dad offered me a Hudson Jet for the '48' Hudson just to give me a car to get back to school. So that ended my life with my cool "48 STEP DOWN".

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Need an Excuse to Visit the

NHMCC Museum?

On September 18, the annual

Orphan Car Show will be held in

Ypsilanti, MI. This is an important

time for our museum and it would

be a good time to check things

out.

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advancement of our goals

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The Hudson Triangle is available

in full color online at http://

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many copies as you need (one for

the car, the coffee table, the den

and your neighbor). You can also

take it with you on your tablet and

smart phone wherever you go (you

can read it while waiting for your

spouse). And it is a handy way to

show the Hudson Triangle to

potential members .

From D. J. Kava

Traveling

A Texas oil and cattle man was in

Maine looking to buy some land. He

spotted an old farmer out plowing

his little 22 acres of land and

decided to stop and shoot the

breeze.

After a few pleasantries, the Texan

said "You know I have a cattle farm

in Texas that takes me all day just to

drive around it".

The old Mainer paused for just a few

seconds and said "yep, I know what

you mean, I used to have a truck

like that.

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Your Views, Rants and Raves

Dear Editor:

My father was a Hudson dealer and

distributor in Sioux Falls, South Dakota from

1946 to 1953 when American Motors took

the Company over… While I was in high

school, during the years 1946 through 1953, I

worked part time and full time during the

summers.

..... My best story was almost my first

experience and that was in late 1946

when Hudson attempted to be the first car

on the market after the war. With the

restrictions on the use of some metals

following the War the first cars delivered to

our dealership did not have bumpers. We

cut 2 x 4’s and put them on the cars and told

the customers we would call them when their

bumpers came in. Truly, they looked weird

but the farmers were so happy to have a new

car they did not care.

As I remember it was several months before

the new bumpers came in. The salesmen

called the customers and they started to

come in. We worked day and night to get

them installed. Unfortunately most of them

came in on Saturday and expected us to do

the work while they went shopping in

downtown Sioux Falls. When it was all over

we had many extra bumpers in the parts

department from then on. I do not think we

found every one. Maybe they liked the

wooden look.

More later

Joe Floyd

Harrisburg, SD

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