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E-BAY
  • TOM-WA-TOM-WA-
    Posts: 490Platinum Member
    SOMETHING IS FISHY.

    I have seen this car on E bay for the past month or so and it never sells, but is constantly re-listed at different prices etc.

    The bidding is also very strange.....


    This isn't the only car where this is happening..take the brown step down with strange floor shifter..Similar situation


    Something very odd here





    http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/AMC-Hudson-Wasp-Rare-55-Hudson-Wasp-hollywood-amazing-restro-a-c-mint-/230610383498?pt=US_Cars_Trucks&hash=item35b173328a#ht_44601wt_1025
  • JHudson
    Posts: 40Hitchhiker
    I have been watching this car too. Does anyone know much about this model? I know this was close to when the merge in companys was happening. Was this a Hudson design?
  • MikeWAMikeWA
    Posts: 1,446Platinum Member
    It was the first year of the Nash merger, and it is indeed, a rebadged Nash. The smaller of the two body types used for Hudson rebadging, and its problem is, the engine bay was so small that the only Hudson engine it would accomodate was the 202 cu. inch. Life in the slow lane, unless you had air conditioning like this one, then it became "slower'n a fat boy on a bicycle."

    There was a thread on this car several pages back- I'll try to post a link. Wish me luck!

    Hash anyone?
  • BrowniepetersenBrowniepetersen
    Posts: 2,418Platinum Member
    Mike,
    I think you have identified what is 'fishy' about this car. I do have to admit that it would look great in the parking lot... I think that the post method simply means that they do not want to sell the car?

    Reading your previous post brought about another subject "fatboy on a bicycle" my wife went out and bought new bicycles so we could get some exercise so I took the old bike and modified it (think Tim the tool man Taylor....) 40 mph and what a gas to ride...


    [attachment=10198]BicyclewithpowerDSCN0788.jpg[/attachment]
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    Brownie
  • MikeWAMikeWA
    Posts: 1,446Platinum Member
    When I was a kid back in the day, that was every guy's dream (before girls came along, which changed our dreams in several ways, and now we wanted a car instead).

    Was that some kind of kit, or just stuff you had lying around? What kind of engine? Looks like a very sanitary installation. And it looks like you have another similarly equipped in the background?

    Best Rube Goldberg motorbike I've seen was a dodgy looking guy in his late teens, had put a roller on the lower end of a weedeater, then duct-taped the weedeater to the frame of his bike so the roller contacted the side of the rear tire. His "clutch" was the fact that he had left enough slack in the duct tape that he had to lean against the weedeater to keep it engaged- if he stopped pushing against it, it lost contact with the tire. My first thought was the same as when I saw your Model A salt flats racer- "What could possibly go wrong?";)
  • JHudson
    Posts: 40Hitchhiker
    Hi Mike, Thanks for info and link. That explains it. I thought it looked like a big change in design. Nice looking car but wouldn't want a dog or a "hash". Cheers Jake
  • lsfirthlsfirth
    Posts: 273Gold Member
    Hmmm....never been a big fan of these years, but with a little work they can actually look pretty tough!!! Hope I don't offend anyone, but I'd probably do something like this to it.

    Lee

    [attachment=10217]hudson003.jpg[/attachment]
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    This Hudson project is starting to scare the crud out of me!!!
  • Geoff C., N.Z.Geoff C., N.Z.
    Posts: 2,270Platinum Member
    My immediate reaction is - Grrrooooaaaaah!!Hack hack! Cough Choke.
    If you're stuck in a hole, stop digging.
  • super-sixsuper-six
    Posts: 214Gold Member
    A set of the Hudson-type 52 spoke wire wheels do wonders for those '55's.
    PhotobucketLarry
  • BrowniepetersenBrowniepetersen
    Posts: 2,418Platinum Member
    [attachment=10218]BicyclenopowerDSCN0789.jpg[/attachment]
    Mike (WA) wrote:
    When I was a kid back in the day, that was every guy's dream (before girls came along, which changed our dreams in several ways, and now we wanted a car instead).

    Was that some kind of kit, or just stuff you had lying around? What kind of engine? Looks like a very sanitary installation. And it looks like you have another similarly equipped in the background?

    Best Rube Goldberg motorbike I've seen was a dodgy looking guy in his late teens, had put a roller on the lower end of a weedeater, then duct-taped the weedeater to the frame of his bike so the roller contacted the side of the rear tire. His "clutch" was the fact that he had left enough slack in the duct tape that he had to lean against the weedeater to keep it engaged- if he stopped pushing against it, it lost contact with the tire. My first thought was the same as when I saw your Model A salt flats racer- "What could possibly go wrong?";)

    Yes, I have two of them. Built one for the wife--she has yet to ride it opting for the antique bikes pictured above. I use them around the neighborhood just for giggles and grins. It is also good to run the five miles into town (I live in a small community) to pick up small items. They have a 44cc "one lung Korean" motor that seems quite efficient. The paperwork advertises 150 miles to the gallon? With a top speed of 40 mph they almost are not a toy so I have not turned the grand kids loose on one... I had the bikes up at my cabin and had not been on one for ten years so for about 100 bucks it is good to have them in use again...
    BicyclenopowerDSCN0789.jpg
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    Brownie
  • JHudson
    Posts: 40Hitchhiker
    Nice desktop publishing!
  • TOM-WA-TOM-WA-
    Posts: 490Platinum Member
    This entire E bay thing makes my head hurt.

    NOW there are a couple Hudsons listed that have a $50,000 BUY IT NOW PRICE
    the current bids are shall we say WAY BELOW THAT

    Then there is they Guy who is bidding against himself on the 37 Pick UP.
    Guess he feels an obligation to hit the bid submit button every so often and cant unless he raises his own winninig bid.

    See I retire and I can't find anything better to do with my time..At least I'm
    not off in a bar chasing some pretty young thang...LOL
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