Customs Took the Hudson to the dentist and got her a new grill

wow! Really nice looking kustom front end treatment...

 

I have strange deja vu-feeling that i've seen this before
Great job again,man!

 

Really like how you put up your progress by photo's and start this thread...thanks!
Result looks very nice...I can't get enough of such good build threads!

 

Nice!

 

beautiful, nice work

 

Nice Grill...

 

Thanks guys. I still have a few things I want to do to the car. But I have to do them when time and money permit.

 

i really like it. coming along well..

 

Very nice work!!

 

Michael, you never fail to impress.

 

Thank you sir. I just do the best I can with the tools and talent I have. Plus I've had some damn good teachers

 

I have to be honest, at first I thought it was going to look terrible. But, you proved me wrong. You have a good vision brother, it looks stellar! What do you have planned next?

 

Looks freakin' great!

How about painting the radiator flat black to hide it?

 

Looks bitchen.

 

Wow Mike, that looks great! I dig the idea of using the light up hood emblem as a floater. At one point I had considered doing the same with my 49, and then looked at a 54 grille for a while, and ended up going a different direction.

I love the 53 Chev surround without the ribs, and the hood looks tits. Great job!

 

I did. It stood out like a sore thumb

 

Kudos on the attitude, man! I wish all customizers were driven by the same concept, i.e., how to make a good thing BETTER.

 

Thanks man. I wanted to customize using Hudson parts. Something different.

 

looking good!

 

Looks great

I had exactly the same idea when building the 48 HUDZN, and several different ideas were concidered. I found a Chevy grill surround and after setting it up I decided to go back to the first design. I did use the original Hudson bonnet parts to form a grill. I took it to the stage of making a master pattern and mould to produce a fibreglass grill bar that would have been plated and fitted with the back lit repoduction centre.
The front design changed but the grill bar stayed to almost the final mock up stage when it was replaced by a much different design.

 

First of all, that car is amazing. I found that first picture online somewhere,and that was where I got the idea for the '50 grill bar. It makes such a nice floating bar.
Second, thanks for the compliment.

 

Nice work, I like it.

 

Nice work man!

 

That looks really cool!!

 

Nice job on the grill.......I love these Hudsons ..... My uncle worked for Hudson in Bklyn. N. Y. he was a hot rodder back then ....... He had a 2dr coupe with a 6 cyl. eng. with 3 duces in it ..... It was 2 tone, white top baby blue bottom...... The car was awesome ...... Thanks, older rodder

 

Nice grille surround -- and I love radiused hood corners. Great job !!
Only grille for that opening is a 54 or 55 DeSoto !!

 

Whipped this up for you.

 

Damn Nice!

 

looks great . love the 53 chevy grille surrounds,they fit alot of cars.

 

nice work !! some things fit very well and that grill sure does !