PENMART01 wrote:
>> "jmcquown" writes:
>>
>> PENMART01 wrote:
>
> A Know-Nothin' young punk whippersnapper claimed:
>>>>
>>>> Nothin' Muffins (one bite turns anything into nothin') As he
>>>> recalled "Thirty years ago in Detroit, a fellow ate a batch of 'em.
>>>> Next day he sat down and designed the Essex."
>>>
>>> Edsel.
>>>
>> I was wondering what the hell an Essex was
>
> An Essex is a automobile too, but much, much earlier... unless you're
> my age or older chances are you've never seen an Essex up close and
> personal... but you are certainly of Edsel vintage, although not
> quite old enough to remember them other than as collector cars... you
> were probably a mere child when Edsel hit the road, and they were
> practically entirely off the road well before you were of legal
> driving age.
>
> http://www.hudsonclub.org/hudsonhistory.htm
>
Ah, you'd be surprised! The link brought back my memory. My uncle had a
1929 Hudson Essex stored in my maternal grandmother's garage for years on
end. She didn't drive (neither of my grandmothers did). When my uncle
died, she gave the car to my cousin who sold it to some guy for a mere $300.
The only thing it needed was a new battery, a tuneup, tires and a wax job.
I tried to tell him, you're throwing away a great classic car for pennies!
Wouldn't listen to me. I heard the man who bought it later sold it for
about $40K. Probably still too cheap, but this was in the 1970's. It was a
pretty car; loved the running boards

Jill