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10/02/2021 10:55 pm
I always thought they looked out of place in '55 with the Big Three unleashing their bountiful flock of beauties. I do like them though and always wished one of the mints would have given us one in diecast.
George Schire
Oakdale, Minnesota
11/02/2021 1:38 am
I guess these appealed more to brand loyal folks and those who just wanted something a little different. This makes sense considering how relatively few American marques were available back then.
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11/02/2021 7:29 am
I still struggle with the look...
Zeeky Banutski
The People’s Republic of Maryland
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11/02/2021 8:40 am
Not a car for the true Hudson loyalists. However, Nash did a pretty good restyle with their own limited resources.
11/02/2021 8:47 am
I guess these appealed more to brand loyal folks and those who just wanted something a little different. This makes sense considering how relatively few American marques were available back then.
How few marques? I think you mean how many, Jack!
Chevrolet Plymouth Ford Hudson
Pontiac Dodge Mercury Nash
Oldsmobile Desoto Lincoln Studebaker
Buick Chrysler Kaiser Packard
Cadilac Imperial Willys
And I'm sure I missed some. Those were glory days for the U.S. auto industry!
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Barry Levittan
Long Island, NY
11/02/2021 8:50 am
I always thought they looked out of place in '55 with the Big Three unleashing their bountiful flock of beauties. I do like them though and always wished one of the mints would have given us one in diecast.
Derisively referred to as a "Hash"', I still like it too, George! Especially in that period-correct color combo.
Barry Levittan
Long Island, NY
11/02/2021 8:52 am
Although the previous Hudsons were slab-sided, they did not have the squared-off bathtub look of the previous year's Nash and I've always wondered if Hudson's sudden adoption of what is essentially a Nash look was not a result of the 1954 merger of the two companies.
11/02/2021 9:00 am
Whilst on the subject of Nash styling, here is a Pininfarina style exercise from 1955. It seems whatever He touched, he could make elegant.
N.B. The photograph states '51 but the car is generally dated as '55
11/02/2021 9:18 am
Although the previous Hudsons were slab-sided, they did not have the squared-off bathtub look of the previous year's Nash and I've always wondered if Hudson's sudden adoption of what is essentially a Nash look was not a result of the 1954 merger of the two companies.
Charles, after the merger which formed American Motors, the Hudson plant in Detroit was closed and Hudsons were essentially re-bodied Nashes built at the Nash plant in Kenosha, Wis.
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Barry Levittan
Long Island, NY
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11/02/2021 9:40 am
Limited appeal, especially to the younger generations.
John Bono
North Jersey
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