1936 Hudson Eight 4-door at auction

Jon B
Jon B Administrator
edited April 2011 in HUDSON
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July 16, North Bend, Nebraska. Here's a link to the flyer: http://www.vanderbrinkauctions.com/auction_images/91/documents/Flyer.pdf

Here's the description (sorry, these are the auctioneers words, not mine...)

VIN 3166 clear title. It was purchased new by their Great Gramma in Freemont, NE. It has been in the family ever since. It is all original and is green in color. It has a straight 8 cylinder motor and does not run at this time. It is complete, straight, and CLEEANNNNN. Stainless is nice and complete. The interior is complete and original Mulhair and is in rough condition though. It has a black MATT floor. It has a manual transmission on the floor shift. The dash is nice and complete. There are some parts for the car inside.

Comments

  • bent metal
    bent metal Senior Contributor
    Is that the long wheel base? It looks like it is.
  • Richard E.
    Richard E. Senior Contributor
    It sure looks like a long wheel base 1936 Hudson eight, in Montana Green. Same car that is waiting for your touch, however in much better shape!
  • 37 CTS
    37 CTS Senior Contributor
    It looks like a LWB to me, no electric hand.

    Very interesting the differences in a 36 and a 37 Hudson.
    Its like they fixed the styling, the 37 has better mounting of headlamps,
    better tail light mounting and much better instrument panel IMHO.
  • Park_W
    Park_W Senior Contributor
    edited April 2011
    This is an exceptionally straight and complete car! Too bad it's a Deluxe 8 and not a Custom 8 with all the nice extra goodies. The interesting thing to me about the '36s is that while they made the drastic styling change from '35, the general dimensions and chassis structure are more like '35 than '37 (except for the front axle trailing arms and hydraulic brakes). Perhaps they just didn't have the time or resources to upgrade everything for '36, so got the new styling in place first, then got the rest of it done in '37 (wider body, much-improved steering gear, larger exhaust and intake manifolds, 2-bbl carb). The result of this is that most '36 components are "one year only" items (e.g., all body sheet metal, wheels).
  • [Deleted User]
    [Deleted User]
    Park---even if this is the deluxe instead of the custom, it is still a long wheelbase (129")I think. To the best of my knowledge the only difference on the 37s was upholstery material & window escutcheons--- Cliff Minard.
  • Browniepetersen
    Browniepetersen Senior Contributor
    What a great looking project. Sure would be a fun one to have....
  • Park_W
    Park_W Senior Contributor
    hudson8 wrote:
    To the best of my knowledge the only difference on the 37s was upholstery material & window escutcheons.

    Cliff, though the 36 and '37 look very similar, there are really not many parts common to both years. Of course the basic engine design, hydraulic brake components, window glass and such, but such common items are in a small minority.
  • HudMotCarCo
    HudMotCarCo Expert Adviser
    From the previous comments it appears that finding parts for this car would be difficult. Yet, it appears that the body, glass, grill, lights are in good condition. Besides the scarcity of parts what other challenges would one face in restoring the 36?

    Bill
  • 4Hud
    4Hud Expert Adviser
    The only '36 Hudson part I would be concerned about trying to find a replacement for is the diecast grille insert. All other parts would likely be findable. Someone better buy this baby.
  • Park_W
    Park_W Senior Contributor
    The part that's usually the hardest to find appears to be there ... the crank hole cover piece near the lower end of the grille. The brightwork on this car seems to be in remarkably good condition.
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