The time was 1969.The guy that lived down at the other end of the alley had 7 Hudsons at his house and more stored elsewhere.I had recently told him about a 1953 Hudson Super Jet that was for sale for $100.00---He bought the Jet and stored it out at the ranch where he worked.Over the next couple of years for one reason or another Rubin got rid of all the Hudsons and his extra parts,except the Jet.Flash forward to 1979.I was at the wrecking yard that i worked at,when Rubin drove in.We had not seen each other for a couple of years.After talking for awhile,i asked him about the Jet.He told me that it was still out at the ranch and was for sale.I bought it for the same $100.00 that he had paided for it 10 years earlier.It had the small flathead six with Twin H Power and a 3spd.OD trans.I towed it home with my bosses tow truck.I worked on it for a couple of hours and got it running.I drove it around the block a couple of times before the radiator hose let go.I towed it out to the wrecking yard where i worked and parked it by the office.It sat by the office for several months before i decided that cash was to short to fix it,so it put a for sale sign on it.I was asking $300.00 for it.It sat for months before anybody even asked about it.One day a fellow came in and bought it for the $300.00 and parked it out in front of his store with a for sale sign on it.It once again sat for months,then one day i drove by and it was gone.Never did find out who got it and what they paid for it.This was in Napa California.I hope someone restored it and it did not wind up as a parts car or had the six ripped out and V8 installed in it.
EvilDr235
