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In this Discussion
- 464Saloon September 2007
- 46HudsonPU September 2007
- 51hornetA September 2007
- 66patrick66 September 2007
- Bill Cox - TN September 2007
- Dave53-7C September 2007
- James P. September 2007
- Jon B September 2007
- maasfh September 2007
21 Century Hudson ?
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I understand that Randy Maas has passed away. Does anybody have any details ?
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Hadn't heard about that!"The time has come", the Walrus said, "to speak of many things. Of shoes and ships and sealing wax, of cabbages and kings. And why the sea is boiling hot,
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Does anyone have any info on this? would be a sad shame if its true. Randy was a great guy and a real Hudson expert and will be missed.www.hudsonmotorcar.org
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I don't think so,unless it happened yesterday. I was playing telephone tag with him on Wednesday on stuff for my engine.
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Thank goodness. I know his domain for his website is down but that happened last year as well.www.hudsonmotorcar.org
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I was going to let this go for a while jus for grins but I called him today and he is fine. He got a kick out of what I told him was posted. He had no idea where that came from but he was pretty sure he was still kicking.
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Yep! Still alive and well--plan on racing again this weekend.
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Wow, great to see you are still above ground Randy. Rumors of your death were greatly exaggerated or so goes the quote. I wonder who started that one...you have any mad rivals? LOLwww.hudsonmotorcar.org
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51hornetA wrote:Wow, great to see you are still above ground Randy. Rumors of your death were greatly exaggerated or so goes the quote. I wonder who started that one...you have any mad rivals? LOL
I think Samuel Clemens (Mark Twain). -
Randy: Whew! Welcome back to the land of the living, LOL!
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Someone must have been listening to "Two Fat Guys in A Hudson" backwards...just like the rumor started about the Beetles back in the day. :rolleyes: Although I don't know Randy, I'm glad to hear that he's still vertical.
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Don't know Randy either, but it is good to hear that it is just his website (www.21stCenturyHudson.net) that's "pushing up daisies"...(?)...
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Randy kind of burns the candle at both ends. He has his own business which just happens to be a funeral home
plus 21 st Century plus a family plus his racing, so I am sure the website is not a daily thing he worries about. He wouldn't have time to die if he wanted too. -
What is it with Hudson owners owning funeral homes? He's at least the fourth I've heard of that does."The time has come", the Walrus said, "to speak of many things. Of shoes and ships and sealing wax, of cabbages and kings. And why the sea is boiling hot,
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Unfortunatley it is a good business considering the age of the average Hudson owner. It's the first club I have been in that has an obituary section in their club newsletter.
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464Saloon wrote:
I attribute that to the fact that the HET is more than a club. We're a family. As Merrit Marks, I believe, once said: "The cars brought us together, but it's the people that keep us together."Unfortunatley it is a good business considering the age of the average Hudson owner. It's the first club I have been in that has an obituary section in their club newsletter.
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By the way, are there any Hudson funeral cars around? Of course I'm talking pre-stepdown. The thought of a stepdown hearse would be an amusing sight. New wide, low coffins would have to be designed...
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Eldon Hostetler's '33 Terraplane sedan delivery was originally used as a funeral coach for children or babies, I was once told. (This is a low-production business model which is essentially a brougham -- or 2-door sedan -- with access doors in the back.)
I believe Alan Walrath's panel delivery was once used by a funeral home. This unidentified photo from the web MAY be his car...or may NOT be!
As to the big, stretched ambulances / hearses, I'm sure a few were made but I imagine they were custom-fitted by body builders (such as Henney, Meteor, etc.).
This '24 Hudson hearse actually started life as a hearse, was later converted to a truck, and "re-hearsed" back around 1950.
This is an ambulance, but shows you what could be done with Hudsons. It was bodied (and used) in Australia. Photo is by Mike Taylor.
Here's a "real" '38 Hearse, as used in Sweden. (The strange device on front is used to generate gas used for fuel, by burning coal or another substance. The picture is courtesy of Stig Nyberg and was printed on the Bennett Coach website.)
I think this '36 Terraplane is definitely Photoshopped, by the staff of the MafiaScene website, LOL! http://mafiascene.com/index.php I wouldn't be at all averse to taking my final ride in such a snazzy 'ride'!
