Definitely too late, because that followed their merger with Nash. And, the '56 Hudson was nicknamed the Hash, because it was a poorly-disguised Nash.
In order to try to conceal the fact that it was 90+% Nash, they hung some really ugly chrome on that car, and it was also available in a tri-color paint scheme, along with a gold-toned side trim.
Not pretty, IMHO, and this presaged the end of Hudson because after one more model year, the Hudson marque was gone.
Edited to add…
Back in the late '70s, on the way to The Wisconsin Dells, I spotted a '56 Hudson–in the same color scheme as the one above, sitting in the middle of a field. From a distance, it looked to be in relatively good exterior condition (albeit still painfully ugly), but by now I’m sure that most of it has become a part of the soil after rusting to death.
Valid opinion… that is an ugly car! Nothing like the earlier “step-down” Hudsons.
The V8 is inherently more powerful than a 6 of the same displacement because it will flow more air through 1/3 more ports and valves. The engine can be lighter and more compact as well.
Ironically, the '56 “Hash” Hudsons still had Hudson dashboards from 1955, and if the buyer wanted a six-cylinder, that was a genuine Hudson six. Those who opted for a V-8 in their ugly Hash got the new V-8 that Nash had developed.
And, just to clarify, the '55 Hudsons were also poorly-disguised Nashes, but they were relatively decent-looking… unlike the '56 monstrosities.
And, the V-8 that was available in '55 was a Packard engine. By '56, Nash’s own V-8 became available, and that was used in place of the Packard mill, but they only managed to sell a bit more than 10,000 Hudsons. By '57–the last year for the badge-engineered Hudson–they sold a total of 3,876 units, and American Motors decided that it was time to pull the plug on the Hash.
To claim that he saw a ghost you must first prove that ghosts exist. You can say you saw something you can’t explain…but you can’t SCIENTIFICALLY say it’s a ghost. Believe it or not the scientific did take the existence of ghosts seriously…until after decades of research they found ZERO evidence. Until there’s evidence that ghosts exist…all he saw was something he can’t explain.
I don’t think you can really prove ghosts exist. Of course, you can’t really prove they don’t, either. Same with aliens. I personally don’t believe in either one of them…but I couldn’t prove their non existence to be “true” . I suppose I’d feel differently if I thought I saw either one.
+1
I know that the sound of someone running through the second floor of my house–when I was the only person home–was very real, and it happened on two occasions. Both times, I grabbed a weapon and headed upstairs, only to find that (thank God… ) there was no intruder. While I can’t guarantee any skeptics that this was a ghost, I haven’t been able to find any other explanation.
A few years later, a friend of mine was in my guest bathroom–with the door open–getting ready for a double date that we were about to embark on, and when he came out of the bathroom, he asked me “How many times are you going to change your shirt before we meet the girls?”. I had no idea of what he was talking about because I hadn’t changed my shirt, and he stated that while he was combing his hair at the mirror, someone (presumably me) had passed by in the background, wearing white. Because I had not worn white either before or after his “vision” in the mirror, because I was still wearing the same shirt that I had been wearing earlier, and because nobody else was in my house at the time, we had to conclude that the “person” wearing white whom he had glimpsed in the mirror was not me.
Quite a few years earlier, I was at my brother’s home for Thanksgiving. At the end of the meal, everyone else had left the table, and I remained there, picking at leftovers. Suddenly, I felt a gust of cold air and I felt the presence of someone behind me. I got up from the table, found that the front door had not been opened, and reported my experience to my brother and SIL. Simultaneously, they both said, “Oh, that was just Judge Sweeney” (the previous occupant, who had died in the dining room many years prior). I had never before heard the Judge Sweeney story, and my brother and SIL both said that they had been experiencing the same phenomena ever since moving into the house, but they had never mentioned it to anyone else lest they refused to visit.
Can I, or my friend, or my brother and SIL, guarantee that we experienced ghostly phenomena? Of course we can’t, but none of us can come up with any other explanations.
I still live in the same house, but after having it blessed by a Catholic Priest, and after hanging a crucifix from Lourdes in the upstairs hallway, there have been no further manifestations for more than a decade.
My brother and SIL moved to a different house–in a different state–quite a few years ago, but they continued to have “Judge Sweeney” incidents until they moved.
You CAN’T prove something doesn’t exist. All you can do is prove something does exist. The scientific term is called Absence of Evidence.
Aliens - might be able to prove someday they do exist. There at least are scientific tests to prove their existence. Again…you CAN’T prove they don’t exist.
We were in the upstairs playroom at daughters’s house when we heard a thumping sound above us. The only thing up there is the roof, the playroom is a finished attic. We figured it’s a squirrel or similar climbing animal that got only the roof from a tree next to the house. Surprisingly loud too. It sounded like it could be in the house.
We rented a house when we first got married that had an odd ceiling with styrofoam panels. Anything in the attic like mice sounded really loud against the cheap styrofoam ceiling. One night, we kept hearing this odd sliding noise against the ceiling panels. I poked the ceiling with a broom and the sliding turned into a rattling sound against the ceiling tiles. Lots of snakes will shake their tales as a warning, even though they don’t have rattles. “Pretty sure it’s a snake”, I tell my new wife. She somehow talked me into going to investigate. I kept pulling insulation back and eventually found a very long, very hostile chicken snake / gray rat snake. And I’m on my hands and knees straddling ceiling joists and it’s probably 110 degrees up there.
I almost think I’d rather have found a ghost.
“Yep, it’s a snake. Maybe it’ll eat the mice. I’m coming back down now!”
I had 2 other things happen to me that I can’t explain.
I was about 13 and my sister was 4 years younger. my parents went to my uncles around the block. my sister was watching TV and I was doing homework when I realized I forgot a schoolbook. I told my sister I was going 2 houses down to borrow my friends and would be right back. I went down the stairs and was putting on my sneakers. directly across from me was the back door that was always locked. all of a sudden, I see and hear the doorknob turn a couple of times. me being young and dumb ran upstairs to the kitchen and get the biggest knife we had. I ran out the front around to the backyard and to the door. no one was there. I go and check the storm door and it was locked too.
the second was on Father’s Day morning. we moved back from Florida and were staying at my parents’ house while looking for another house to buy. that morning I was tired and being lazy in bed. my wife walks in and says… get up. me and the kids made you breakfast. I said OK and my wife left the room. I started getting up and flopped back down on my stomach, figuring I would get a few more minutes. about a minute later I feel 3 open hand slaps to the top of my head. I said OK honey I am going. I lifted my head right away and to my surprise no one was there. till this day I think it might have been my dad or grandfather saying get the heck up. they spent the time to make you breakfast. they both had passed away years before.
YES this is a scam. YES it has over 1900 positive scammy “reviews” on social media.
This is a prime example of why I use 4 Chrome browser extensions THAT BLOCK this kind of BS wherever I go on the Internet:
“AdGuard” adblocker (blocks ads obviously)
“DuckDuckGo” Privacy Essentials (and I NEVER use Google search)
“Privacy Badger” (blocks tracking cookies and programs that vacuum your data.
MOST IMPORTANTLY: “Tracking & Ad Removal for Facebook™” Blocks Facebook from background tacking your computer and all ads that come from Facebook and can block FB entirely if you want.
At a minimum you should use an adblocker and privacy essentials.
There are LOTS of reasons to stop companies from tracking your ad viewing and what you click on.
Blocking ads frees up space on your screen.
It blocks manipulative “clickbait” ads that use your browsing history to manipulate what you see in other places and even what appears in your searches (esp. Google). A prime example of this is the ad that the OP brought up. That ad was tailored to the OP. The most likely reason the OP saw that particular ad is that their internet history made it known to the ad company (on millions of sites) that the OP is interested in cars and fuel economy. The ad you see tomorrow is based on what you did today.
IF you want unbiased search results you want to block all tracking and don’t use Google for your search engine. Google doesn’t necessarily give you the best results (like the most visited, or most linked to site) for a particular search, they manipulate your search results based on your prior searches, whatever ads they can send your way, and even the amount they got paid by 3rd party sites. Use DuckDuckGo as a search engine.
You never know how your internet trail can be used against you in subtle ways. Do some research on Internet Privacy. You may find it interesting.
You don’t get it, ALL the planets are flat circles. Just because the earth is flat doesn’t mean that its shaped like a square. Us Flatters believe that the planet is round, just not a sphere!!!
. I suppose I’d feel differently if I thought I saw either one.
