OKAY. The new Hudson's out. What are your plans for it ?

[Guest Gramps-xrds]

Here ya go....

Flat Black Hudson Hornet by shuffdad, on Flickr

This is a pic of a current build. I said they weren't popular back then and even now their few and far between.

Edited September 26, 2011 by Gramps-xrds

[Joe Handley]

Don't know why they weren't popular, that flat black one looks pretty nice, look even better if it has the right shiny paint job on it

[Chuck Most]

This a pic of a current build. I said they weren't popular back then and even now their few and far between.

Bill- what do you want... ANOTHER Merc kit?

[Joe Handley]

Could be worse, could be another '57 Chevy kit or '69 Camaro kit.

[Craig Irwin]

If that 57 Chevy was a Nomad or convertible, and that 69 Camaro was a SS396 coupe or a ZL-1, I'd buy a few.

[Chuck Most]

Could be worse, could be another '57 Chevy kit or '69 Camaro kit.

I can accept a few more 57 Chevys or '69 Camaros, even if I'll never buy the kit myself.

I do think there are already more than enough Nova kits, though. The '57 and Camaros aren't quite there yet.

[Greg L.]

Hi, I found a photo of a customized Hudson, done in the '50s. It was in an old magazine I bought at a car show.

http://photos2.meetu...s_22637802.jpeg ( link to bigger pic)

http://photos3.meetu...s_22266971.jpeg a stock one with a different roof

http://photos4.meetu...s_22637772.jpeg

[Craig Irwin]

We still don't have a 67 or a good 65 Nova. One man's floor is another man's ceiling.

[Chuck Most]

We still don't have a 67 or a good 65 Nova. One man's floor is another man's ceiling.

Okay- I guess I did neglect the earlier Nova/Chevy II. Kit those,then THAT'S IT!

[Guest Gramps-xrds]

Hi, I found a photo of a customized Hudson, done in the '50s. It was in an old magazine I bought at a car show.

http://photos2.meetu...s_22637802.jpeg ( link to bigger pic)

http://photos3.meetu...s_22266971.jpeg a stock one with a different roof

http://photos4.meetu...s_22637772.jpeg

This is a rarity. I can honestly say this is the first early custom Hudson I've ever seen, but like the article said "Few and far between"

[Guest Gramps-xrds]

Bill- what do you want... ANOTHER Merc kit?

Good God no Chuck. We got enough 49 Mercs. Maybe a 55/56 would be nice. Maybe some early chevy or Dodge trucks. Maybe then I wouldn't have had ta make my own 36 Chevy truck. I'm still workin on the 32 Chevy sedan. Maybe one of these days I'll get it done.lol.

[Darin Bastedo]

This is a rarity. I can honestly say this is the first early custom Hudson I've ever seen, but like the article said "Few and far between"

How about some of these?

[Darin Bastedo]

[Darin Bastedo]

[Junkman]

my plans are not to buy one LOL

X2. Zero interest in the car.

[Harry P.]

X2. Zero interest in the car.

You are in the small minority. A Hudson kit has been on most modeler's "most requested list" for ages.

[Junkman]

You are in the small minority. A Hudson kit has been on most modeler's "most requested list" for ages.

I've never been most modellers.

[Harry P.]

I've never been most modellers.

I guess not!

[Chuck Most]

I've never been most modellers.

Neither have I, which is strange considering my last name. That still won't stop me from buying half a dozen of these.

[sjordan2]

I've never been most modellers.

You're probably hot for a '52 Humber.

[Chuck Most]

Hey- I wouldn't mind a '52 Humber!

[Darin Bastedo]

I actually will want to build at least 10 of these;

1. The custom I'm doing now,

2. the Motor city Hollywwod resin,

3. a phantom woody

4. a primered custom

5. one bone stock

6. a custom convertible

7. a stock convertible

8. a bonneville racer

9. a radical modern custom

10. a hirohita merc style custom

[tuffone20]

I'm with Jacen ... I'll be doing a replica of my grandfather's police car and a Doc Hudson for the pleasure of my grandson. Gee, there's some symmetry in that, isn't there? Then, when my ModelKing versions arrive, I'll be doing a Tim Flock, a Marshall Teague, and a vintage Pikes Peak Stock Class hillclimber ...

I think I might do a "what if the Duke boys were around then" Oh yeah I can see it now!! Can't you see that Danno? And then your grandfather's police car can chase it!!

[Chuck Most]

I think I might do a "what if the Duke boys were around then" Oh yeah I can see it now!! Can't you see that Danno? And then your grandfather's police car can chase it!!

Oh, Danno- I do have a very specific warning for you.

I know you are tired of General Lees... but I'm warning you, brace yourself to become just as tired of 'Doc Hudson' replicas in the coming months.

[sjordan2]

Hey- I wouldn't mind a '52 Humber!

A couple of years ago, there was a member of the Scale Auto forum (Will, screen name wehf) who was a British college student. He loved to deal with building the most run-of-the-mill British and European cars you could find - the everyday, nondescript cars that were utterly charming and which you don't see every day as models. I'd love to see more of this stuff. But one I really want to see is an early 50s Sunbeam as seen in "To Catch a Thief."