Bringing our 1954 Wasp Back From a Bender

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Hey Everyone,

Thought I would share some pics from our recent project that we brought back to life.  Hope you enjoy.

Thanks!

-Scott

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The start of the project.

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Our donor car.

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Start of disassembly.

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Reassembly

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More reassembly.

RL Chilton

Lookin' great, Scott.  I take it the door or the cowl was not damaged?  Are you replacing the bent brightwork with trim from the donor car or repairing the bent ones?  

That was a good car before, and it appears it will be again!

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Coming back to life

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Ready for the cruise in this weekend.

lostmind

Nice save. How do you decide which one to drive? Alternate?

cpr3333

Looking good!

How did it happen and how long did it take?

hudsontech

Shows the strength built into these old cars - a new brand x would most likely have the whole front end sheared off.
Great looking repair job.

Hudsonly,
Alex Burr
Memphis, TN

scottcrow22

Chris - Was in an accident with the previous owner and my dad bought it damaged.  We started on the car sometime in March and have had it back on the road for a couple months but just got the light ring for the passenger side back on a couple weeks ago.

Lostmind - They are both really fun to drive!  The Wasp has overdrive so that's better to drive on the highway.  Hornet does just fine though.  That hornet is by far my favorite car.  The first Hudson I ever worked on.

Ken - Yes, both of our hard work paid off.  The car looks and drives great.

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FYI, thanks to Ken, Quality Bumper in Dallas and my painter Joe for the help on this project.

46HudsonPU

Hi Scott - Looking good!  This must have been a recent project, your dad showed me pictures when I was picking-up those fenders in WV.

Hardly surprising that the insurance company 'totaled' the car with that damage (although not what I would consider a totaled car) - parts are not the easiest to find.

onerare39

That's TOM-WA's old car isn't it?

RL Chilton

Yes, it is. 

Chris Smith

Seeing those two cars side by side really shows what a great job Hudson did to update the looks for 54.

Browniepetersen

I notice that your Wasp does not have the additional side chrome/stainless (large plate below the centerline chrome and around the wheel) that the Hornets had. I think this cleans up the car a lot. Great looking car.....

ArkieJazz

54 Wasps were the bottom of the ladder trim wise. They did not have the "hockey stick" side trim. The Super Wasps of '54 were the next rung up the ladder and they did have said trim

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Arkie - You are correct.  And if you look closely, you will see that the donor car was/is a Super Wasp.

-Scott