European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - May 23, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Jack a Miner the last Hudson dealer to the United states with Tome of it a Pon onal  in yes Tanti Mich. A Hudson Auto dealer plies the nostalgia Market Tyjohn Holusha new York times he last Hudson automobile rolled Oil the Assembly line in 1957, a matter Hal is of minor concern to Jack c. Miller of Ypsilanti Mich he is still very much a Hudson dealer inc last of his kind in the United Stales. Miller motor sates Down by the Railroad tracks Aboul 20 Miles West of Detroit in a town named Lor an an Cinnlt greek general is like a Lime capsule unaffected by the passage of More than 30 Mode years. A Vei Lical Hudson sign and the company s White Triangle Symbol arc still on the Side of the building and a Neon showroom sign proclaims Terra plane Erma Bombeck once one of the Hudson motor car co s most popular models. Miller s 1946 Hudson pickup truck which he uses daily is parked outside and in the showroom is a 1933 Terra Plano convertible Complete with rumble seat sales Are not exactly brisk. Last year Miller sold six Hudson along with assorted Dinar used cars and docs not exp ocl 10 do much better this year. But his Allic and shop Are packed with Vintage parts and Hudson fanciers All Over ins world know he is the one to Call when they need engine gaskets or carpeting for their 1937 custom six. Miller 48. Literally grew up in he Hudson business. His Lala lather Carl who had been an Oldsmobile Salesman was awarded a Hudson franchise in 1s33 and chose his location which is Oul of the Way even for Ypsilanti because the building could be rented for $25 a month. Throughout Tho depression Carl Miller sold 30 to go cars a year with each transaction carefully recorded in ledgers bin in the filing Cabinet behind the owner s desk. The pent up postwar demand Tor cars and the excitement generated by Hudson s Low Slung step Down models brought an upsurge in business in the late 1940s, but the growing dominance of Detroit s big three Auto manufacturers general motors Ford and Chrysler was gradually squeezing other Auto makers out of business to slave Oil financial ruin Hudson merged in 1954 with Nash Kelv Nalor to form the american motors corp.,  was Itsell taken Over by inc Chrysler corp. Last year. Carl Miller did Lino soiling the Nash based Hudson that were the product of the merger. In 1958 he had his Best year soiling 85 cars. But american motors was pulling pressure on its dealers to erect flashy expensive new buildings to match Whoso of Tho big three dealers. Lacking inc safes to justify such expenditures. Carl Millor resigned lha franchise and sold used cars instead. But Hudson owners knew where logo when their aging cars needed service. We Slit took in a used Hudson from Lime to time Jack Miller recalls and about 19641 started getting really interested in  today Miller is one of the nation s authorities on the subject. He also is the editor of the while Triangle news a bimonthly publication of the Hudson Essex Terra plane club. The 2,700 members o the club in 21 you Norlea restore and drive Hudson and gather periodically to Swap parts and reminisce Aboul Tho Days when the Hudson Hornet was leaving Oldsmobile Hoekel ass and other big names in its Dusl at Stock car Racks. Miller spends a lot of time massaging the Hudson network to Lind cars and parts. If 1 could find four dozen Good Riding Hudson a year i could sell them  he said. The problem is thai most of the cars out there Are hulks that need Complete Oslo ration or the owners Hava exaggerated ideas of what they re Worth ii a car is in reasonably Good shape it is almost certainly Worth More now than when in was new. A 1951 Hudson Horne Wilh radio healer and Sellau Romalic transmission sold for �2,946. Miller estimates that the same car would command $5.000 to $6,000 in today s currency. Occasionally he Hils a Mother lode. I be been talking loan old Hudson dealer who got out of the american motors business in 197s. He said he s gel a Semi trailer filled Wilh parts most of them new if they can Woric out a Deal the parts will end up in Miller s attic. Out in what was the service area of Miller motors is Miller s personal car collection which includes a Hornet racer a late 1930s Terra plane a 1947 convertible and his favorite a three Lone 1957 Hudson Sedan. A lot of people Don t like Icse cars because of the Nash styling to said but i m fond of them because that s what i drove in High school i was the Only kid in the school with a new  of to one Side is an imposing looking car a 1929 Hudson sport Phalon Iho biggest automobile the company Ever Mads. How much is it Worth the businessman quickly takes Over from the nostalgic collector. Waro talking $50,000," he says lir my. It s one of Only seven in  i think i be jus discovered the ultimate diet. It s a new restaurant in new York you can order anything you want lion the menu. Calories Are no object. Love desserts order two. The inc is there s an hourglass on the table and when Iho Sand runs out. The customer has to leave. There in t Lime for any of those Little teasers that usually go Wilh dining out the Parade of the Broad Basket. The tray of veggies to nibble. The offering of soups. The salad toss. And an hour and a half later the entree followed by the dreaded dessert cart. No. This is an olympic com Elilion Between time and your Mouth my friends and i have talked about dieting All of our lives and we have agreed that if we did t have to buy All inc food Cook it and serve it maintaining our bodies As temples would be a piece of cake i did t say that. 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She not Only works Oul two hours every Day but in is reported that she had two lower ribs removed to ensure a Boyish look to Len l that All of our dreams she certainly is nol the first superstar to give new meaning to the phrase made in  whal was it Rudyard Kipling said youth had been a Habil of hers Lor so Long that she Souid nol part with  we rationalized thai i Cher had to bake cookies Lor lunches Host the card club and have her Mouth As the last Stop before the disposal she d look like a school bus Loo one Man who visited the Tinie is Moncy restaurant in new York said at first he left under Iho gun to Scarf Down the food As. Fast As he could but he Learned to Pace himself. Another said that in a restaurant like thai was tried in Harrisburg. Pa., it would t last iwo Days Belore the waiter got murdered As a woman looking for new solutions to an old problem. 1 think the place has possibilities As a Dieter s alternative. Especially it they Supply Doggy bags if i Universal press Syndicate Pago 16 the stars and stripes monday May 23,1933