I JUST FINISHED READING your June issue and the one article I really enjoyed was the restoration of the 1951 Studebaker. Then I again really enjoyed the old Frazer ad. I remember those Kaiser/Frazers being the most beautiful automobiles and would love to have one. I really like the independent automobiles. My dad had Essex/Terraplane/Hudsons until they went out of business. I barely remember his Terraplane, but well remember his 1940 Hudson. There was a doctor who bought a [new] Hudson every year. Dad had a deal with the dealer to buy the low-mileage one that the doctor turned in every other year. Dad was a salesman and put a lot of miles on a car. He kept that 1940 Hudson through World War II with over 200,00 miles on it. A friend who owned a shop overhauled the engine several times and kept it running for him until dad bought a 1950 Hudson. After that he became a Chrysler fan.
I have a B.S. in aeronautical engineering. After I graduated,looking for a second-hand car that was not beat up and found a 1955 Hudson with only 20,000-something miles on it. It was sitting in the back of a lot and I got it for very little money. This was in 1961 after Hudson had gone out of business. I loved the car, but it had an aluminum head and I was constantly installing gaskets. One time the gasket let go when my wife and I were away from home and by the time we got back the engine was ruined. My wife’s uncle was able to get me a 1964 Chevy station wagon for a low price to replace the Hudson.
