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nhp1127 wrote:

FYI- In talking to Clifford's son in law who now runs Clifford engineering, they still have his Hudson racecars...... One of them won Pike's Peak aswell.

Now that I think about it, I need to call him. I had mentioned that I'd like to take some pictures and write an article for the WTN.

Something is being misinterpreted here by someone. The '54 Hornet (actually a Hornet Special - don't believe everything you see) was sold to the Portland area in the mid 1960s so it for one is LONG GONE. A '33 Essex-Terraplane 8 roadster did win its class in the Pike's Peak Hill Climb of that year but I assure you it was not the same as the '33 ET8 convertible coupe that Jack sliced and diced into a turquoise Hornet-powered hot rod and that car was sold to a restauranteur in Barstow, CA where I personally saw it last in perhaps the mid-1980s deteriorating as an advertising prop to draw people into the business along with other Hudsons.

So yes, please do get a straight story and photos of what is currently in the Clifford family collection.

nhp1127 wrote:

Interesting info. Will follow up.

Thinking about this more, it is of course possible in the intervening DECADES that Jack Clifford went looking for the cars he had sold and bought them back. And I seem to recall an earlier race car Jack had before the '54 coupe but don't remember details of what it was. Let us know what you find out.