Although the Hudson Motor Company did manufacture convertibles in the larger stepdown line, Wasps and Hornets for example, Jet convertibles never made it to production. Nonetheless, one prototype was made and is still in existence today. There is of course no serviving information made specific to this one convertible.
Believed by many to be a myth, a convertible Hudson Jet does exist! Here are photos of the one and only convertible prototype. Although years of neglect have left the Jet in poor condition, rest assured, ownership has been transfered to suitable hands! I will add information of the restoration as I get it!
A single Jet convertible was also built as an experiment; sales manager Virgil Boyd bought it for his son.
The first picture was taken at the Hudson-Essex-Terraplane Club National Meet in 1965 at Greenfield Village in Dearborn, Michigan. At the time, the car was owned by Harry Mills of Michigan. If anyone can identify the men in the photo, please contact webmaster.
This prototype was sold by Harry Mills in July of 2006 to Ed Souers of Indiana in the condition you see in pictures below. He plans to have it restored and at the 2009 HET National in Detroit.
An interesting article on this car can be found in the November/December 2006 issue of the White Triangle News,the official publication of the HET Club. |
