Show Montana Highway Patrolmen Are Sold On Their heir Hudsons I To hear a real Hudson booster just stop any member of the Montana Highway Patrol and ask him what he thinks of the Hudson hes he's driving Hell He'll likely likely likey like like- ly y tell you a that his Hudson can overtake any made American made can stock car on the highway b h that his Hudson corners better better better bet bet- ter on sharp harp mountain curves at high speeds than any other othe car c that his Hudson covers more miles with less maintenance ance cost than any car ever used for patrol duty d that the vast territory he patrols re- re c r V u 0 wheel of a car and that Hudson Hudson Hud Hud- Hudson son riding comfort reduces fatigue fatigue fa fatigue fa- fa tigue and strain to a minimum Jack England Montana Highway Highway Highway High High- way Patrol Chief who recently retired says We Ve use 70 Hudson Hudson Hudson Hud Hud- son Super Sixes and five Hudson Hudson Hudson Hud Hud- son Hornets to patrol Montana the third largest state in the union We Ve have a relatively small fo force ce of 83 men which means that each man must pa patrol patrol patrol pa- pa an average of 1200 highway miles i 1 Patrol efficiency depends to toa a great extent on our cars Before Before Be Be- Before fore we began using Hudsons our cars were frequently in the repair shop Every car off the road means a corresponding de decrease decrease de- de decrease crease in patrol strength Hudson Hudson Hud son dur durability solved this problem problem pro pro- problem blem for us Since our first Hudsons were delivered in October October October Oc Oc- Oc- Oc tober 1949 the patrols patrol's law en enforcement enforcement enforcement en- en I efficiency rating has risen 22 per cent When it comes to Hudson speed and power members of the 1 Highway Patrol are arc almost fanatical in their praise Mr England tells He says one w wealthy e a l 1 t thy h y Montana 1 rancher tried several makes of cars in an effort to outrun the I Patrols Patrol's Hudsons He f finally nally gave up and bought himself a foreign sports car The reputation of the Hudson fleet fleet- has been the cause of many un unscheduled road races on Montana's 1 highways highway England himself once overtook a speeding speeding speeding speed speed- ing car in ina a a race that hit miles per hour The driver identified himself as a police chief from a neighboring state who had heard Montana's 1 patrol cars were the fastest in the country and md said he was only testing them out lIe He still got gol gota a n ticket England says Needless to say many patrol members own Hudsons as their I personal cars England estimates estimates esti esti- mates plates that more than 20 troopers troop troop- ers are arc Hudson owners His own wife Lee drives a Hudson convertible which was borrowed borrow borrow- ed for her to drive in a civic celebration She was so impressed impressed im im- impressed im- im pressed with Hudsons Hudson's of ease-of- handling that she persuaded England to buy the car car- for herI her personal use I after England bought the Hudson for his wife he was following her on the highway when her car blew a tire At Att the speed she was traveling a lighter light light- er car would have rolled over but she brought the Hudson to toa a stop with no trouble England England England Eng Eng- land declared I |