Hudson AMC Commercial With Donald Duck 1955

[TimelordR]

Those early 50's cars maybe ugly, but i'll bet they'll last longer than any of those effeminate Japanese/Korean buggies they're boasting about!

[MattTheSaiyan]

This car looks good enough to be worthy of a deity.

[italy4blktop]

guess they wouldnt name a car the "WASP" in today's world....

[tripjet999]

Buy a Hornet or Wasp; you'll get stung!

[JBC814]

Hudson and Nash pioneered welded construction, and Nash pioneered the high coil location. Both were great companies, as was the Packard. Only Studebaker was the fly in the soup.

[RabidKoala]

Their claims make sense, the graphic of the suspension is not too unlike the McPherson struts on modern cars. I believe that Hudson was buying V8 engines from Packard in 1955 also.

[ramblergarage]

as Mickey's Mouses nephews said on another 55 Rambler commercial, "Live a little drive a Rambler!"

[ramblergarage]

Ramblers were also baged as Hudsons. I own a 56 Hudson Rambler. They only did that in 1955 and 1956. You could get a Nash Rambler at your Nash dealer and a Hudson Rambler at your Hudson dealer.

[tiochristopher]

@ramblergarage I wonder if at the time that was confusing to people. Badge engineering i guess. Chrysler did the same thing with the Colt in the 80's and Neon in the 90's. Dodge and Plymouth had the same cars.

[ramblergarage]

yes I am sure it was confusing. George Romney former president of AMC said that the President before him George Mason always saw the Rambler as a compliment to the Nash and Hudson lines. But Romney saw the Rambler as the car of the future. He was right as most cars on the road today are built like the rambler.

[redd5674]

My dream car is to own a 1955 Nash Rambler Wagon I think the old nash ramblers were nice looking cars they have the bath tub shape to them.

[zukomatico]

antes te mostraban las bondades ahora pura falsa

[5595042]

o yes i want one

[daakuivory]

OMg cute!

[taospec]

That was kool :)

[rmarontar]

American Motors continued the Hudson car after their merger in 1954 to satisfy contractional obligations with Hudson dealers. The Rambler replaced the Hudson Jet in Hudson showrooms. If only more new car buyers bought Nash and Hudson cars the marquis's would have prospered.

[WARLOCKCOWBOY]

I own a 1950 Hudson Pacemaker. :) Thank you for posting this commercial.

S. D. Blankenship The Gothic Cowboy®

[madcapromanian]

AMC was a combination of three car companies : Hudson, Nash, and Rambler.

Too bad AMC canned the Hudson shortly after they formed AMC. It actually wasn't in the agreement!

[trewlert44]

AMC=Nash+Hudson. The Hudson featured here comprised a mildly-restyled Nash body with a Hudson I6 drivetrain or a purchased Packard V8. Rambler was the model name for the small Nash car introduced in 1950. The Rambler platform was enlarged for 1956 and carried on substantially unchanged through 1962. By 1958, the larger Nash and Hudson cars and nameplates were retired, and all AMC cars were based on the Rambler platform. The original 1950 Rambler was reintroduced in 1958 as the American.

[jeepster02]

Your a little off on this subject. Hudson and Nash merged to form AMC. Rambler was a car name that Nash used in their early days about 1902. AMC turned Rambler into the great Marque that it was

[madcapromanian]

Could be. I was going off memory more than reading the book.

[tiochristopher]

@jeepster02 Actually Nash never used the Rambler name before 1950. They did own the rights to the name from their 1916 purchase of the Thomas Jeffery Co. Jeffery built the original Rambler from 1902-1914. just a little trivia.

[jeepster02]

YOUR RIGHT, Thanks. I used to go to the American Motors Building in Southfield Michigan and the 1902 Rambler built by TJC was in the lobby. Thank you for the correction

[JBC814]

@tiochristopher : Boy, you certainly know your car history. I could learn a lot from you, probably some secrets that have been covered up as well. Farina's '52 redesign of Nash was always a favorite of mine. So ergonomic, but fat around the wheel wells. The '55 Chevy was in the same category, with no fat. Lowery's Stude was aerodynamic, but ergonomically poor. The company was a lemon, and it killed Packard when they merged. Everything Nash made was impressive.

[AMCPacerman]

No wonder Doc was a "Hudson" in the movie "Cars"! Only "Mack", if I'm not mistaken, was the only KNOWN manufactures in the movie.

[DodgeChallengerules]

Uh Corvette and buick were in there aswell or do you mean the only manufactures was Mack?

[yakacm]

Isn't it a Hudson Hornet that they drive in Jack Karouac's novel On The Road?

[fromthesidelines]

American Motors {Nash, Hudson, etc.} was a primary sponsor of "DISNEYLAND" during its first season on ABC (1954-'55). So, Donald and some of the "Disney gang" appeared in a few of their longer commercials seen during the show.

[disneyfan85]

However, the Disney characters here (as is the case with Donald and the nephews) all look quite different than what we're used to.

[bobanddoug96]

best thing i have ever seen on youtube!

[charlie8575]

I like Hudsons, and it's nice to see a commercial for them. Thanks for posting it.

[charlie8575]

I like Hudsons, and it's nice to see a commercial for them. Thanks for posting it.

[mamamcqueen]

oh my god. I want one.

[hudson501]

Oops, make that "their" very successful Rambler.

[hudson501]

The 1955 Hudsons were the best looking of the AMC Nash bodied based Hudsons (often referred to as Hash) that were made between 1955 and 1957. The '56 and particularly '57 Hudsons had dreadful styling especially when looking at the front grill. American Motors dropped both Nash and Hudson after 1957 concentrating sales and production on there very successful Rambler.

[1947Desoto]

No car could look as dreadful as the 1986 Plymouth Voyager. In my opinion an ugly car from the 50's is much better looking than the most beautiful car made today.

[Gratepantzini]

Im in love

[Flower76]

I wonder who the gentleman is...I've heard him as a narrator in several classic Disney cartoons

[MLOENTAL]

THE SPRING PART IS FREEKY

[bongomanfromdalou]

Awesome! May be one of the few Hudson commercials in existence from after the Nash-Hudson merger...and probably the first and only Hudson commercial I've ever seen!

[sydneyaus747]

Glad you like it!