Lets See Those Hudsons!

47hudson, let me take a little drive in his last year at reynolds dragway in ga , it'll jerk a knot in your ass.........

 

Here's my 1953 Hornet convertible.

 

I remember when I was in high school, I pulled up beside ugly green hudson( they were all ugly, color not withstanding) in my '51 vicky. Couldn't believe the dude wanted to race me. A few seconds and feet later I was staring in disblief at his tail pipe! Turned out it was one of those dual carb flatties and I stayed away from 'em after that. Lesson learned.

 

Dino my dad owned that 53 convert years ago, nice to see it still around. I know Jim Harmon had plans on restoring it but never got around to it.

 

Sharp car Dino- was that actually a convertible from the factory?

 

All step-down hudsons have a large rather awkward header and a 53 is one of the rarer Hudson convertibles

 

Here's my '50

 

49Super6, I'm going to send you a PM. I bought the car from Jim before he passed. I am planning to do a 100% nut-and-bolt restoration.

Skoh73, yes, it's a real '53 Hornet convertible.

 

Hot Damn! Hudsons are cool. I would love to have on of them early 50's hornets.

 

Wow Dino, that should really be something when its done, please give us updates as you go. Cheers Mike.

 

Thanks, Mike. I have some pics I took a year ago in Daytona of Marshall Teague's car (not sure if replica, but I think it was real). I will dig them up and send them to you.

 

Thanks, Mike. I have some pics I took a year ago in Daytona of Marshall Teague's car (not sure if replica, but I think it was real). I will dig them up and send them to you.

Your car is the tits!

 

1934 cab, our little racer

 

Here's mine,53 SuperWasp Brougham.Right now she's in the air gittin her under parts painted.3" drop,New brakes ,wheel brngs,shocks.As soon as I get the bucks for some new Cokers She"ll be on the ground cruz'n . J.R.

 

awsome thread!

 

"Ran when parked"

Jim

 

Here's Tommy Cash (Johnny's brother and a 49 Cadillac owner) trying out
my 49 Hudson this past winter when Tommy and his band played at our
RV park.


I had all intentions of taking it to Viva last month after installing new carbs and grinding the valves but hurt a piston on my way to Chattanooga and had to leave it there. Still nothing better than heading down the highway
with 308 inches of flathead goodness serenading you at or above the legal limit.




I'm also working on a 1930 Essex Super Six coupe(Hudson's cheaper line) and possibly one of the first cars not to have a model number/letter,it was
simply called "The Challenger". Plans are to keep it pretty close to original
(a first,for me).

 

Ramblur, did you have the Hudson at the Groundhog Gala this spring?

 

Wow, is that Bill Peck's old '34 H8 with an OHV V8 under the hood? Can't recall the brand of motor - haven't seen the car in 30 years!!! Congrats - drive it like you stole it.

Here is my underpowered '34 Terraplane 6 convertible coupe.

 

Yes we were, the Groundhog Gala is one of our must make shows and the
new venue made it that much better.

 

Ramblur,
I thought that was your car! We were at the show escaping the WI winter for a week. I was drooling over the Hudson and you said "go ahead and take a seat behind the wheel". I didn't want to be a weirdo, and passed you up on your offer- been wishing I would have done since I left the show. Thanks for being such a nice guy!

 

thats the thekid49's car. its chopped now

 

Very nice looking car, I'm sure you are going to enjoy your cruz'n.

 

That would be great Dino, saw a replica of Teagues car at the museum in Reno but I think it was a 4 door. Those guys must have had strong arms to wrestle em through that sand at Daytona.

 

The car was purchased from Bills wife,we removed the Olds and replaced it with a 425 inch "nailhead" Per nhra rule book you must race with your top up!

 

I recently acquired a 1950 Brougham Super 6. Great solid car.

I'll spare the bandwidth the pictures. You can check it out here.

Whatever the undercoating is that Hudson put on these things is insanely hard to remove. I'm greatful for that, but holy s*** is it doing it's job.

 

This is one of the nicest Hudsons around, toghter w/ Dave Hitch.
Also the Shredders had a nice one and Kings of Kustomz in ELA is buildin a bad ass one too.
there has to be a few more but cant remember

This one looks bad ass too. was it lifted or static drop? either way it seems great.
Hudsons are underrated for sure.

 

I put about 35 miles on my Jet the other day. About a block from home, I went to slow down and had to put a little extra pressure on the brakes and could hear that the engine didn't idle down. Popped the hood to discover the throttle linkage was disconnected. Easy fix, but I have to wonder how long that cotter pin had been working its way loose.

 

Heres a couple of pics of my hudson bought a couple of months ago. The previous owner imported it from usa 2 years back. A fix up is under way to get it registered in a couple of months. Just need some hot up gear for the flat 6 thanks.

 

no 1 hudson