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In this Discussion
- 53jetman August 2008
- 66patrick66 August 2008
- Aaron D. IL August 2008
- Dave53-7C August 2008
- Jon B August 2008
- rambos_ride August 2008
- RL Chilton August 2008
- Ron P August 2008
- Sarah Young September 2008
Plaster Hudson
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Found This On Ebay---item #120297511153, Somebody Thinks They Really Have Something. Maybe Someone Can Post The Item On Here
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dummy wrote:Found This On Ebay---item #120297511153, Somebody Thinks They Really Have Something. Maybe Someone Can Post The Item On Here
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=120297511153&ru=http://search.ebay.com:80/120297511153_W0QQ_trksidZm37QQfromZR40QQfviZ1 -
It's a pretty detailed casting - maybe this is something authentic?
.The designer's name was Mr. Heffilinger -
The seller is pretty proud of it, in any case."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,
And whether pigs have wings..." -
Though it may indeed be a styling plaster, it's possible that it's a copy. It might be that someone made a mold of an original styling plaster and then created one or more copies of it for bigwigs in the company. And certainly, in the 70's or 80's, there were resin copies floating around in that large scale, most of them "in white" (ready for painting by the buyer). This Ebay one appears to be real plaster but again, it may or may not be an original Hudson styling plaster.
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If you look at the front end picture, you will see that is a 1950 Commodore, not a 1951 Hornet. It appears the seller has received some bad information somewhere along ther line..
Jerry
53jetmanJerry
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2nd Generation Hud-Nut
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53jetman wrote:If you look at the front end picture, you will see that is a 1950 Commodore, not a 1951 Hornet. It appears the seller has received some bad information somewhere along ther line..
Jerry
53jetman
Bad information.... Yeah, like the fact that the seller was somehow lead to believe that it's worth thousands of dollars? I think most people with thousands of dollars to spend on a Hudson want one they can drive. -
I've gotten a few driver Hudson's for under $5K that the guy is asking for that plaster model. However it's he could document it and prove it's historical authenticity it might be worth that to a collector. Especially since a lot of Hudson's design and development stuff didn't survive.
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Dave53-7C wrote:Bad information.... Yeah, like the fact that the seller was somehow lead to believe that it's worth thousands of dollars? I think most people with thousands of dollars to spend on a Hudson want one they can drive.
Amen to that. 5K would be a lot of parts . . . or even a whole car! -
RL Chilton wrote:Amen to that. 5K would be a lot of parts . . . or even a whole car!
I agree. After all, they're not making Hudsons or parts anymore. At least with a car and/or parts, you can use them or just look at them if you like. No choice with a model.
But as Aaron says, the model would have worth to a collector if it can be documented as a legitimate Hudson styling model. Since Hudson (like all other manufacturers) had departments that built clay styling bucks (which were usually full sized), I don't see what purpose a painted plaster model would serve, especially since the design was already old at the time. -
Ypsilanti Heritage Museum has a plaster model of a Jet that I was awestruck by. It was definately not painted.Take a Ride in a Hudson Jet!
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Sarah Young wrote:Ypsilanti Heritage Museum has a plaster model of a Jet that I was awestruck by.
On second thought, I think the body's painted Surf Green or Spring Green.Take a Ride in a Hudson Jet!
