From the Pages of CARS & PARTS Magazine "The Last Hudson".

I didn't mention that though the LAST HUDSON wouldn't be a personal favorite of TRUE HUDSON lovers, I liked it for what it represents from a historical perspective.  That being, it was the LAST HUDSON.  And for that reason alone, I'd love to have one today.  I think the Red & White bring out the best of a car that was terminally ill and then taken from us.  I think it would have been a great car for one of the mints to do as a final tribute.  

@georgeschire  George the nicest color combo I've ever seen on this Hudson is the one that NEO used on their model of it; it was beautiful.  You may recall it was a sort of  rose-brown metallic with light beige secondary color.

@jack-dodds

This one:

My neighbor and I were talking about Hudson's and I shared this article with him. 

I often wonder how different our automotive landscape would be today if Hudson had been able to, along with Nash, Studebaker, and Packard form their talked about merger in the early 1950's. 

And how great would it have been it the Big Three would have been able to continue to thrive and continue producing our beautiful Pontiac's, Oldsmobile's, Plymouth's, DeSoto's, Mercury's, and Edsel's. 

Wouldn't it be fun to see them still gracing our highways still today?  I often wish I'd never heard of all the foreign brands that slowly snuck in while the Detroit brains were complacent with closed minds. 

I think I'd like that world.  

good stuff George. Our local Historic Vehicles website has a comprehensive Hudson history page

https://historicvehicles.com.au/historic-car-brands/hudson/

I've seen the odd nice example here over the years.

"Hudson vehicles were first imported into Australia in 1913, by Brisbane company McGhie Motor Company. Despite import restrictions after World War II, Australian distributors of Hudson, Nash, Packard, and Studebaker were able to bring in limited numbers of US-built, right-hand-drive vehicles from 1946. Australian car sales for the period of 1932 to 1949 reported that Hudson vehicles (including Essex and Terraplane) numbered 10,424 units for the 17-year period, coming in at 13th place overall."

Very interesting material Geoff...thanks for that.  This is one that really caught my eye...

"And how great would it have been it the Big Three would have been able to continue to thrive and continue producing our beautiful Pontiac's, Oldsmobile's, Plymouth's, DeSoto's, Mercury's, and Edsel's. 

Wouldn't it be fun to see them still gracing our highways still today?" 

@georgeschire George; your comment made me think how uplifting it is for me when I see a pic or clip of a North American  motoring scene from the post war period thru around 1972.  It sure makes a person nostalgic.

My family was all Hudson lovers, Essex, Terraplane, Commodore, Wasp, Hornet.  My father drove one to a title at the local [Bridgeport] 1/3 mile paved oval track back in the very early '50's.   I only like the '48 - '54's, before that they are museum pieces to me, after they were Nash's junk. 

@brush Great memories for you.  My father's first car was a 1929 Essex sedan he once told me.  He sold it when he joined the Navy and went off to war '39 thru '45; destroyer escort duties as part of The Murmansk Convoy.

@moe-parr I love it!   It's a great looking model of a rare car....   it just has the wrong tires.  😏

I have that NEO model.  Some trim fell off of it and in my clumsy attempt to reattach it I knocked at least 5 more pieces off.  I should have left it.

I think it's one of the fugliest cars ever made but I still like it.