HOLY SHIT! That is better than what was in my head! So cool!!! Thank you VERY much!!! The only thing additional is the skirts, slammed and moulded running boards.
The floors are solid. Till you get to the trans cover. The damn hack actually welded shit over the floor supports, covered the seat mounting holes, and used a TON of seam sealer to fill it all in. You do some clean work. Thanks for the intel. Did you buy your parts for the floors? Or make them?
I assumed those skirts would be rusty. Seems like if these cars have rust anywhere it will be in the doors first. I think your lucky they are in good shape. All of the metal work there was from scratch. Running boards, floors, door bottoms, rear fender widenning. ...All of it.
yeah it did. The old owner drove it all over the place. He is in my club. Just was unfamiliar territory for him so I took it off of his hands for him.
The chop was pretty hefty. But I think it will look right on with the carson top. unfortunately a 350. But whatever. It came with it. More on the hack work that was done to put it in later. thought the chop was bad? HA! You haven't seen nothin yet! New guages. Steering wheel modifications. Love the hudson dashes! and NO. I will NOT be keeping that shifter. That has to go!
I had to man. What was I going to do with that roof? When we pulled it off, there was so much weight in the back, that the roof actually FOLDED in half! Under all of that sheetmetal he had layered over one another, there was a ton of lead. He just made relief cuts and then leaded over them! Didnt even make a single thing fit. Whatever. Problem solved. Looks better already. I even have a few new parts for it to.
Wow!!!! What a pos he was!!!!! I just can't wait to see what ya do with it, defiantly going to be watching this thread everyday haha!!
Nice to see a Hudson,i got a 47 Hudson pickup. Its really cool if you put a cadillac front bumper on it. (not my truck on the pic)
That looks alright. I am partial to the hudson parts though. Sweet truck either way. I found one here near me. The guy will NOT budge on it. The shame is, it has been sitting for a very long time according to the neighbor.
Theres a news letter called Hudson Mechanics Rag for modfied Hudsons. Maybe you could get a donor roof to put on the right way. The eds. name is Burt Schwartz E-Mail is hudsonut@hotmail.com May if you E-Mail him you can get a sample copy
No thanks. The carson top is a go. By the time I paid shipping, and bought the roof, I could have already had it all put together. Thank you though.
drove my friends 47 at reynolds ga. this weekend, scored a set of afr heads and parts for 300.00 bucks.......
Subscribed!! My family is really involved in the Hudson Club. Let me know if I can help you find anything
I really do not like those rear fenders. But then again, it does make it a hudson. That car looks like it is to much fun!
Gonna be following this as I also have hudson with a problem, got this a year ago and wasent sure what do with it, the man I got it from cut the body in half to make a truck!,its been cut through the floor and roof, the back half is just rested on and the doors still open and shut nice, the carson top was one option and now Ive seen the photo shop probly go that way
Time to put it all back together! That could be a cool ride. Even though it is cut, it is more of a solid start than mine. Wait till you see the frame! That is even worse.
I've got a soft spot for '42 Hudsons. That's what my parents brought me home from the hospital in 62 years ago at the tender age of three days old. Here's a couple photos of the family Hudson from back then. I especially am fond of the one of me and my Dad when I was one year old.
I think that Carson top is the way to go man. Good idea and if it looks close to that photoshop it will be bad ass. It sucks having to clean up someone elses hack work but its one of those things you gotta do if you are gonna haul family around in it.
The guy that built it was always sayin how good he was and, he runs a shop in las vegas! Goes by the name Cyrus. His real name is Jason Drew. Real hack work.
Appropriately named, it appears the roof work was done by zombies! The Carson top should look tits on the Hudson - this will be a fun build to watch!
Subscribed! This oughta be a cakewalk for you, Shannon...OK, maybe not, but you'll do it up right! Can't wait to see it at Gunnison...
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