Clyde and the 41

51hornet · Posted: Mon Jul 21, 2008 2:01 am Post subject: Clyde and the 41

Its my car see ....not your car see......

Dave53-7C · Posted: Mon Jul 21, 2008 9:50 am Post subject: Re: Clyde and the 41

Dapper Clyde, as he was known then, saw the winds of change blowing in. War had just be declared and he knew that he had to buy a new Hudson to carry him through hard times without worry. After leaving the Hudson dealer, he stopped at the custom tailor and picked up seven double breasted suites. Then, he bought a gas station so he would have a supply of tires, oil, gasoline and Coca Cola. Clyde was a smart fellow. After the war, he stepped up to a stepdown and stepped out in one of those new suites.

51hornet · Posted: Mon Jul 21, 2008 1:39 pm Post subject: Re: Clyde and the 41

Clydes left breast of his suit looks like its covering a holster. Clyde was on his way to Roswell to investigate a mystery it was all hush, hush. This is the last known picture of Clyde from the 40's he resurfaced in the 50's but he was a changed man. He used to watch the night sky and shudder. Those who knew him best said he was a quite man, unassuming but firm in his resolve once in his sleep he mumbled something about Majestic 12....no one really knew what he meant.....someone did......

Dave53-7C · Posted: Mon Jul 21, 2008 2:00 pm Post subject: Re: Clyde and the 41

Yes, it was a gun holster. The seller of the gas station threw in a 44 automatic as it was the "collection" agent for the business at that time. The Roswell incident was just a cover. Clyde was as tough as they come and no amount of alien probing could change that. As I hear, he drove around in a variety of Hudsons until the late 50's. He wasn't seen again until he and his Hudson mysteriously appeared in the middle of a Costco parking lot last month, complete with 1958 license plates. Although Clyde should have been about 100 years old, he looked like a man in his 40's.

51hornet · Posted: Mon Jul 21, 2008 2:13 pm Post subject: Re: Clyde and the 41

Clyde remarked I always wondered what the second notch on the overdrive switch did. Clyde slowly scanned the horizon not one to spook easy he caught a glimpse of a gas station sign $4.57 for gas...WTF...he gunned the engine of the Hornet and headed for the trees quickly gaining speed just when it looked like a suicide on wheels he pulled the switch again. The car started to glow and seem to fold in on itself and was gone in a flash of light and burning ozone....

At night if its still and you listen right you can still hear the sound of that 308 as it rumbles through the night looking for danger.....

Dave53-7C · Posted: Mon Jul 21, 2008 6:53 pm Post subject: Re: Clyde and the 41

In the middle of nowhere, a man dressed in a double breasted suit, carrying a 44 automatic and driving what appears to be a restored Hudson Hornet pulls into an old time diner. He orders a hamburger sandwich and a cup-o-joe, black. When he's done, he leaves old dollar coins on the counter as payment, winks at the waitress and gives her "gams" a look see as he walks out the door. At the same time, the greasy cook walks out back to have a smoke and notices something in the sky...two small triangular shapes of red darting across the darkness...no sound other than one he hasn't heard in years, the rumble of a powerful flathead engine.

51hornet · Posted: Mon Jul 21, 2008 11:42 pm Post subject: Re: Clyde and the 41

Clyde pushed back in the seat he had been driving for 8 hrs and he was tired. The low silhouette of the Hornet cast a long shadow on the road beside him as he drove on into the night. The low muted rumble of the 308 soothed him after a long chase he finally had the lead he needed and maybe just maybe when this was all done he could finally go home. It wasn't where that mattered so much as when.......

Dave53-7C · Posted: Tue Jul 22, 2008 8:43 am Post subject: Re: Clyde and the 41

...he would meet up with those dam aliens. He knew that the story he told the military in Roswell had fallen on deaf ears. Now it was up to him, the 44 and the Hudson to save the world. While the Hudson was loping along in overdrive, Clyde looked in the rear view mirror and saw...

51hornet · Posted: Tue Jul 22, 2008 12:00 pm Post subject: Re: Clyde and the 41

The mean looking grill of a 58 Buick. The car was all black even the windows. The spooks had found him. They drove at him clawing at the miles that separated the two cars. Eyes back on the road Clyde concentrated on the task at hand. Pushing the pedal all the way to the floor the Hornet responded with a snarl as the Twin H carbs fed more fuel into the hungry engine. The gap opened up a little wider. The sound of gunshots pinged past the windows as Clyde drove on. He had surprises waiting this time the last run in with these Men in Black almost lost him everything.

Eying the hill again he gunned it forward and began the winding climb the Hornet hugging the inside of the curve like it was riding a rail. The Buick struggling to keep up. Nearing the top Clyde reached down and pulled a lever under the Hornet a flap opened dropping spikes and oil all over the road. The Buick hidden from view in back of the curve ran right into it. The car bucked and slid sideways, its tire caught the edge of the road and it flipped down, down the embankment it rolled coming to a shuddering stop on its roof tires spinning uselessly . In a shower of fire it exploded. Clyde saw the bright light spark into life and die out in his rear view mirror as he continued his relentless pursuit forward. Nothing, nothing would stop him this time......

Dave53-7C · Posted: Tue Jul 22, 2008 3:58 pm Post subject: Re: Clyde and the 41

Clyde slammed on the triple safe brakes, spun the Hornet around and headed back to the wreck. He waited for the fire to die so he could claim his prize, 2600 pounds of chromium slag from the Buick's front bumper. While waiting for the chromium to cool, he opened the door of the Hudson's locker box, took out some mashmallows and toasted them in flames which continued to consume the Buick's upholsery and air-foam seat cushions. But Clyde jumped back quickly as the car exploded again and again, the life blood of the J-2 engine and JetAway trans fueling the flames. When he regained his composure, Clyde had a cup of coffee and gave his foot a push...

51hornet · Posted: Wed Jul 23, 2008 4:44 pm Post subject: Re: Clyde and the 41

Back on the road Clyde wore a mask of grim determination. They were on to him now so he had to work quickly. The Hornets tires bit at the pavement as Clyde gunned the big 6. Lying on the seat beside him was a picture of a lady posing with a happy smile outside a small white house by the beach she was pointing out towards the ocean. Clyde settled in for the long journey ahead he hummed softly an old tune and thought of sitting by the ocean with Sara when this nightmare was over......

Dave53-7C · Posted: Wed Jul 23, 2008 5:03 pm Post subject: Re: Clyde and the 41

But, he realized, it was now 2008 and that if Sara Plain and Tall was still alive, she'd be 100 years old. He thought about the time/space continuum, the aliens and how he could return to young Sara P&T. He pushed the accelerator pedal of the Hornet to the floor, as if driving as fast as could would take him back to Sara P&T, or at least to a town in Alberta, Canada called Edmonton. Strangely enough, when the speedometer needle of the Hudson hit 100 mph, the car began to make an eerie sound. It wasn't the sound of stress or strain, it was the sound of...

51hornet · Posted: Thu Jul 24, 2008 12:58 am Post subject: Re: Clyde and the 41

Wind rushing by the car at super sonic speed. When Clyde met with the lab boys at Princeton they had told him it was all possible...in theory anyway. Asking how much testing had been done the lab coats looked at their shoes and remained silent. Clyde was used to this by now, having worked in Roosevelt's Special Division for 3 years he had seen things he would rather forget.

Chasing someone across time and space was not Clydes idea of a good time. Making the jump to 53 and bringing back the Hornet had been a success so how hard good the next jump be.....

Dave53-7C · Posted: Thu Jul 24, 2008 10:07 am Post subject: Re: Clyde and the 41

Especially since he came across a Sunoco gas station that sold racing fuel. Good thing Clyde always carried lots of cash. The darn racing fuel was $5.00 a gallon. Still, it was worth the price if it could take him back to his own time, Sara B&T or even Canada. Clyde knew that if he was going to run around years after Hudson stopped making cars, he would need to find a good mechanic, one who knew Hudsons and had the parts to repair them. When in modern times, he had heard about a guy in Canada whose father had owned an auto repair shop. Although Clyde knew the guy was younger than his car, but...

51hornet · Posted: Thu Jul 31, 2008 12:15 am Post subject: Re: Clyde and the 41

Betty tells Sara not to worry Clyde will come home. Sara is not so sure. Mysteriously this 51 appeared in the driveway one day. Oh, Sara loves to drive it but its 1946 and she is at a loss for words at why the manual says enjoy your new 1951. A single yellow rose was on the front seat so she is sure its a message from Clyde. She is worried and so is her neighbor the incredibly nosey Mrs Parker.