Picked up my new truck :)

faustmb

I spent Friday picking up my newly aquired Hudson truck. Unfortunately, it will have to stay at my brothers place 600+ miles away (indoors) for the next few months until I get moved.



Anyone know any history of this truck? The guy I bought it from is a really great guy. He has been hot rodding for a long time. It is one of his projects he never got back to. I am told he bought it from Clarion PA.



The body and interior are stock, it has a Chevy 350 w/ 350 trans and a Chevy rearend. If I had to guess, the work was done in the early 80's. It looks like they did a professional job. and it could be returned to stock pretty easily.



Let me know what you think,

Matt

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You have to wonder why Hudson made trucks but no station wagons.

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Dave53-7C wrote:

You have to wonder why Hudson made trucks but no station wagons.

What about the woodie that was the station wagon of the time ? I have seen some pictures of one that Bill Albright restored a 1942 Hudson I think ? Not sure how many were made.

hudsontech

Dave53-7C wrote:

You have to wonder why Hudson made trucks but no station wagons.

Hudson DID make station wagons:

1936 - body by Baker-Raulang

1937-1939 - body by U. S. Body & Forging

1941-1942 - body by Cantrell



I know of a 1934 Station wagon with a Cantrell body; there may have been other years, but most of those were special order thru dealers, most likely.

I have a chart in my General Information Handbook listing commercial bodies from 1933 thru 1947.



Hudsonly,

Alex Burr

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So, all station wagons were a special order, not a regular production Hudson model. Is that correct?

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I want to see a stepdown wagon....



Who was the guy who crumbled up the parking ticket in the video of the Hudson Nationals, i think it was the early 80's in Georgia, wasn't the car the guy had a 42 woody?

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hudsonkid wrote:

I want to see a stepdown wagon....



Who was the guy who crumbled up the parking ticket in the video of the Hudson Nationals, i think it was the early 80's in Georgia, wasn't the car the guy had a 42 woody?

There are pictures of what Hudson Stepdown Station wagon might look like in the Butler book. A decade or more ago, Dick Cooper's son was engaged in a project to graft a "make?" station wagon aft section to a stepdown 4 door sedan. Never saw the outcome. Possibly others in the Colorado Springs area have seen the project or completed car?



Sun shining in HOT!

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yeah, sun shining here also, and it is HOT here.



OD still not in.



BTW, the truck looks cool!

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I like that truck.



Nothing cooler than a Hudson. The more I look at them, the more I like them.



Mark

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faustmb wrote:

I spent Friday picking up my newly aquired Hudson truck. Unfortunately, it will have to stay at my brothers place 600+ miles away (indoors) for the next few months until I get moved.



Anyone know any history of this truck? The guy I bought it from is a really great guy. He has been hot rodding for a long time. It is one of his projects he never got back to. I am told he bought it from Clarion PA.



The body and interior are stock, it has a Chevy 350 w/ 350 trans and a Chevy rearend. If I had to guess, the work was done in the early 80's. It looks like they did a professional job. and it could be returned to stock pretty easily.



Let me know what you think,

Matt

Sorry to have hi-jacked the thread, but congrats on the new ride. Don't be bummed by having to wait a few months to get your hands on it. Hopefully, the weather will be cooler by then. What plans do you have for it?

faustmb

My plans are to make it a driver. The SB install looks really clean, the firewall and engine mounts are intact and original. The builder even retained the original shift level for the automatic. The brakes need a complete rebuild, and I need to get it running. I am told it was running well about 3 years ago when it was parked for brake work.



It also has a trans cooler and a serious homemade trailer hitch, in a previous life it was a race car hauler.



Long term I'd like to put a 308 in it, but that would be a long time from now.



Hopefully I'll get to it by the end of the year.



Matt

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Matt,



OK, getting it to run and stop and good. And then? While using it as a driver, are you going to do any paint work or other improvements? Are you at all concerned that the vehicle towed? I ask because some people avoid tow vehicles with a passion.

faustmb

Dave53-7C wrote:

Matt,



OK, getting it to run and stop and good. And then? While using it as a driver, are you going to do any paint work or other improvements? Are you at all concerned that the vehicle towed? I ask because some people avoid tow vehicles with a passion.

Future plans are all dependant on time and money . I'm not concerned about it being a tow vehicle since I plan to go through it anyway. It might have taxed the drivetrain a bit, but replacement chevy parts are readily available and I plan to eventually go back to Hudson drivetrain. The front will get disk brakes , the rear drums should be adequate. I like the shorty dual exhausts, so I will probably put something similar back on. The interior will remain stock for awhile, with the addition of shoulder belts. As far as the body, I haven't decided yet. I can't afford a repaint too soon, so my choice is to leave it as is or paint it flat black. I'm leaning towards flat black until I get setup somewhere that I can paint it myself. A previous owner fabbed a new tailgate (a great job too) and even retained the HUDSON embossed letters from the original. I need to have it sandblasted and fab some new hinges.



That's as far as I've gotten.



Matt

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faustmb wrote:

Future plans are all dependant on time and money . I'm not concerned about it being a tow vehicle since I plan to go through it anyway. It might have taxed the drivetrain a bit, but replacement chevy parts are readily available and I plan to eventually go back to Hudson drivetrain. The front will get disk brakes , the rear drums should be adequate. I like the shorty dual exhausts, so I will probably put something similar back on. The interior will remain stock for awhile, with the addition of shoulder belts. As far as the body, I haven't decided yet. I can't afford a repaint too soon, so my choice is to leave it as is or paint it flat black. I'm leaning towards flat black until I get setup somewhere that I can paint it myself. A previous owner fabbed a new tailgate (a great job too) and even retained the HUDSON embossed letters from the original. I need to have it sandblasted and fab some new hinges.



That's as far as I've gotten.



Matt

Matt,



It "always" has something to do with time and/or money. Funny how it is that when you have one, you don't have the other. Just take your time, make it safe, and have fun. The Chevy sb might be fine and just need to be awaken from its slumber. Do you know anything about the engine's age or mileage? Disc brakes are good, especially if you're going to tow or haul loads. The shorty duals look cool. Less pipe should equal lower cost and better flow. So, were you thinking about doing any needed body work and leaving it in a primer perhaps? Considering what a repro tailgate costs, a little blasting and some hinges should be a piece of cake.

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Flat black on a driver/work-in-progress isn't anything but cool.



I'd think about keeping the drivetrain as is, and planning on a Hudson engine hooked to the corporate transmission etc. sometime in the future.



Really cool outfit for sure, anyway you slice it.



Mark

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Nice! I would kill to have as good a starting point as you do! I don't think there's one square inch on mine that won't need to be hammered, welded, or filled LOL