Introducing myself

drewchoisser

Afternoon!

I am a new comer on this forum as I purchased a 1955 Hudson Hornet recently.

My name is Drew and I live just outside of Minneapolis, MN!

Greetings!

:-h

RL Chilton

Welcome aboard, Drew!  I'm sure you will find a wealth of information about Hudsons and maintaining your '55!  Glad to have you and post pics when you get a chance.   We all love pics of Hudsons.  

46HudsonPU

Welcome aboard! 

Good to have you.  I'm sure you'll find a wealth of information here.

You may also want to visit the Hudson Essex Terraplane Club website, and consider joining that Club - Members come for the cars, and stick around because of the great folks there!

We hope you enjoy your time here at the Hudson Essex Terraplane 'Open Forum' -

Jon B

Welcome, Drew, pull up a chair and set down.  Feel free to ask any tech questions about your "new" Hudson, and keep us posted on your adventures with it!

hudsontech

Welcome aboard Drew.  I've been agitating these folks for over 40 years - which should tell you something - and they still let me hang around.    As the logo at the top of the HET website says - "Come for the cars - "Stay for the people."  It's a little hard to tell which is more important - the cars or the people.  Meets are like family reunions with old cars to admire and talk about. 
Hope to meet you somewhere down that Hudson road someday.

Hudsonly,
Alex Burr
Memphis, TN

drewchoisser

Thank you everyone for the welcome!

I have attached some pictures to this post. I love this old car and it runs awesome! Im going to be doing my best to restore it factory with a few exceptions (12 volt conversion, A/C upgrade, hidden radio, and electric radiator fan). Will be on here a lot as I know little about these old cars.

Thank you,

Drew

Jon B

You say you're upgrading the AC.  Did that have factory air?

drewchoisser

Upgrading to A/C. My goal is get a setup that is as close to factory as possible. I am told it has all the vents and boxes for it. I have not pulled the dash apart yet to see what room it has in the vent box.

Technically it didn't have factory A/C. It is 6 volt and has a mechanical fan, with no radio.

Drew

onerare39

Drew,

If you are interested I would be glad to send you the latest issue of the White Triangle News, the Award Winning publication of the Hudson Essex Terraplane Club. There is an article by Charlie Nau, the resident 55,56,57, Hudson guru.  Just send your mailing address to me at XXXForkner@aol.com (delete the XXX).

John Forkner

New Membership Coordinator

Hudson Essex Terraplane Club

 

Jon B

I'm sure someone with a '55 with original AC would be happy to let you look at the setup, and maybe you can even pull together some original components from a Nash or Hudson to put together a complete setup.  Fortunately, AMC used the "modern" system, not the earlier one with the "works" in the trunk!

I just checked, and the 1955 shop manual has a whole section on A.C. with diagrams and photos. As you may know, those registered at the H-E-T website can download manuals and other literature. 

hudsontech

As Jon B said there is a 1955 Service Manual online in the online library that a very nice person has scanned and put there.  Go to http://hetclub.org/burr/lithomepage.htm and you will find it under 1955-1957 AMC/Hudson manuals.

Hudsonly,
Alex Burr
Memphis, TN

drewchoisser

Thanks for all the help so far guys! I really appreciate it. So far I have just been doing my research on where to get things and how to do things before I tear anything apart.

I very recently paid for a membership into the HET club. I'll go look at those manuals a lot more.

Again thank you,

Drew Choisser