THE HUDSON TRIANGLE Digital Supplement Exclusively for members of the Hudson Essex Terraplane Historical Society. A 501(c)(3) Charitable Organization Volume 15 Issue 3 1957 Hudson Hornet Model 80 4 Door Sedan V-8 255 Hp 327 CID 121.25” W/B Photographed at the Ypsilanti Automotive Heritage Museum August/September 2013 http://heths.info/ Page 1 HET Historical Society - Moving Forward Departments The Starting Line The Starting Line 2 Well, another memorable HET Meet is Behind the Wheel 3 in the books. Cars and parts, bought In Case You Missed it 4 and sold. Friendships were formed and renewed and important tips exchanged. Hopefully, ___________ this event has made the HET Historical Society and the HET Club stronger for the grand effort of the History Northern California HET chapter and the many Training Program III 7 hands that participated. 1948 Press Release 10 Reports were received and several important 1935 Terraplane 11 decisions were made about the HETHS Compact Car Factoids 17 membership, the library and the search for a Hudson Museum. Historical Society Projects Presentations were made to Dennis Flint and Hal Waddell for their long time service to the Society. Museum Report 5 And the Hudson Calendar team presented a check Doc Hudson Project 5 for $1500 to the HETHS Museum Fund from the 2013 HET Calendar 20 2012 calendar sales. And of course the annual HETHS auction was Historical Society, Inc. another fun and beneficial activity. Waddell Presentation 6 Flint Presentation 9 Bob Membership New Members 4 How to Reach Us 18` Membership Application 19 ___________ HETHS Facebook CLICK…online “Like” our Facebook Page https:// www.facebook.com/HudsonEssexTerraplane “Visit” the HET Club http://hetclub.org Dedicated to “Access” our Webpage http://heths.info/ Preserving the “Travel” with Doc Hudson www.hudsonhornet.org “Read” past Triangles http://heths.resk.info/heths/ History of Hudson Motor Cars sidebar/triangle/triangles.htm © 2013 Page 2 http://heths.info/ August/September 2013 HET Historical Society - Moving Forward Behind the Wheel Society and the HET Club. Thanks are due With Mike to all who have The following is the presentation that was given assisted in making at the HET Club Business Meeting... this project a reality. “Thank you for allowing the Historical And, thanks to Dick Society a few minutes this morning. Teeter who is doing a Before a presentation of our progress, a few magnificent job in managing Doc. comments: The Society’s library has moved to the We hear that the Society has a lot of AACA in Hershey, Pennsylvania. There, for money. the first time, it will be cataloged and inventoried – and it will be accessible to We have about 20% of what we need to HETHS members, HET Club members and reach our goal of a permanent museum on the general public, all in a secure and safe behalf of the Hudson Motor Car Company. environment. Anyone will be able to call the Presently we have about $135,000 and we AACA, mention what they are looking for need about $700,000 to realize a museum. and for a reasonable fee, the AACA will What do we do with our money? research it and send you copies. Presently We support museums that maintain the there are negotiations going on with the Hudson built cars we own and we keep a AACA that will allow HETHS members one reserve in the event rare historical objects or hour of free research, compliments of the documents become available. Society. The Hudson Essex Terraplane Historical Society retains ownership of all The Society is an elite group. of its library materials and is free to move The Historical Society’s contribution the library at any time. structure has been revised and is very close Recently three of us, at the direction of the to membership fees in the HET Club. For a HETHS directors, toured automobile $40 contribution one can become a full museums in Michigan and Indiana. The privileged member. And finally, I have yet to purpose of the trip was to determine find an elite group that would allow me to possibilities for an interim and permanent become a member! museum. Richard Esparza has a lifetime Now about our progress: career in museums; Dave Stevens has Doc Hudson has been a resounding experience in raising money for an success. The reception the car receives automobile museum. defies description. No matter where the car This project should be important to all of us. is, a crowd forms. This project has been One day we will all be gone and one day it is good for the Hudson name, the Historical possible that gasoline automobiles will not August/September 2013 http://heths.info/ Page 3 HET Historical Society - Moving Forward be allowed on the road. There is no more Welcome to Our Newest Members fitting legacy for any of us than to leave a Contributing: museum that honors the Hudson Motor Car Carl and Priscilla Weber Company. Foster (Buzz) and Pam Stahl We are doing our job, as best as we can, to John and Robyn Forkner preserve and promote the Hudson Motor Frank and Patricia Hughes Car Company, its history and its cars. Norman and Norma Therkelson (Upgrade) John David DeHaan (Upgrade) Thank you to all the Club members for your support. If you already belong to the HETHS, Active: thank you. If not, please consider joining us. California Automobile Museum Bill Lenox Thank you.” Mike Jeffery and Jeanine Nielson Ted and Sue Steinmetz In Case You Missed It Richard and Joanna Smithen Sam and Mary Ann Jackson The 2013 Meet was very successful; great Jake Wiens weather, interesting tours, adequate facilities, unique speakers and some successful park- Keep spreading the word about the goals ing lot repairs. and achievements of the HETHS and mak- Stats from the Meet: ing the invitation to join our quest. 250 registrations (around 500 folks) 128 cars from 1909 – 1957 nice mix of pre & post war good showing of modifieds 4 Railtons 2 Italias 1 fire truck52 bottles of wine at the Vendors Day picnic 1917 Hudson Ambulance HETHS Webpage Page 4 http://heths.info/ August/September 2013 HET Historical Society - Moving Forward The Hudson Museum Report A team comprised of President Mike Cherry, Vice President Dave Stevens and Museum Chairman Richard Esparza traveled to several well known auto museums this Spring and met with their officers. They talked about facilities, costs and responsibilities. Specifically: Geographical desirability Community support: Car culture community Organization’s interest in partnership w/HETHS The Doc Hudson Project Professional leadership/management of The Doc Hudson replica automobile has trav- host museum el across the country from Auburn, IN to San Move in costs: Capital outlay $$, annual Mateo, CA stopping along the way to excited operating costs fans. Compatibility of museum’s focus with history of Hudson After the BoD’s heard the report and discussed the options, the next steps were approved. The Museum committee, led by the HETHS president, negotiate terms of housing a HETHS Hudson Museum at the Ypsilanti Automotive Heritage Museum with a goal of a permanent museum at Gilmore as funds allow, the final terms for both to be reviewed by the HETHS Board of Directors Present plans are for Doc to leave San Mateo prior to a final commitment. for the California Automobile Museum in Sac- ramento, CA to be exhibited through October. It will then travel to the Auto Museum in San Diego. Later, plans are for St. Louis, French Lick, the Texas State Fair and on to Michigan. August/September 2013 http://heths.info/ Page 5 HET Historical Society - Moving Forward The Presentation for Hal and Betty Waddell Hal was unable to attend the International Meet and Betty has recently passed away. Hal and Betty Waddell Hal and Betty Waddell have been loyal and dedicated to the non profit purposes of the Hudson-Essex-Terraplane Historical Society. Hal was one of the original founding board members of the Society. He served on the Historical Society’s board of directors since its inception in 1990 to the end of 2012. He is and always will be the longest serving director in the Society’s history. That in itself is a significant contribution to the Society but that is just one achievement. Hal not only served as Director for 22 years, he also served as Vice President of the Historical Society from 1990 to 1998. Hal never missed a Board of Director’s meeting and Betty always attended the meetings. Betty was always with Hal. They have been great ad- vocates for establishing a Hudson Museum and they worked tirelessly to achieve that goal. They rarely missed a Museum Committee meeting and often traveled many miles to attend Society events. Early in the formation of the Historical Society, Hal and Betty assumed responsibility for the Society’s membership boards. Members of the Historical Society are recognized by name on the membership boards, which usually appear at each National Hudson Meet. Hal and Betty established to protocol for the boards, kept them current, and brought them to each National Meet for many years—this was no small task! Given all the Waddells have contributed to the HET Club and the HET Historical Socie- ty, you would think they would rest on their laurels but that is not the case. The Waddells continue to give to our great Club and Society. We all owe them a deep debt of gratitude. Thank you, Hal and Betty. Mike Cherry Page 6 http://heths.info/ August/September 2013 HET Historical Society - Moving Forward A Training Program - Part III by Dennis Flint The following is part 3 of the training material developed for docent training at the California Automobile Museum.