interesting '54 HS sd.

oldhudsons
oldhudsons Senior Contributor
edited November -1 in HUDSON
just consigned to eBay, in Ark., it is stick shift (can't tell if has o.d. as where lever located, not visible) & has power brakes, not p.s.

may only be good as a parts car?

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  • nick s
    nick s Senior Contributor
    the interesting thing is the PB, as it's a later dual master rather than a treadle-vac.
  • mars55
    mars55 Senior Contributor
    Here is the link.



    http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Other-Makes-1954-Hudson-Hornet-FixR-Up-Opportunity_W0QQitemZ140321703035QQcmdZViewItemQQptZUS_Cars_Trucks?hash=item20abd3447b&_trksid=p4506.c0.m245&_trkparms=72%3A1171%7C65%3A12%7C39%3A1%7C240%3A1318



    It also has an alternator. This car was somebody's driver at one time. So the frame may not be rusted.
  • RL Chilton
    RL Chilton Administrator, Member
    Looks like a reasonable project for someone . . .
  • dougson
    dougson Senior Contributor
    oldhudsons wrote:
    just consigned to eBay, in Ark., it is stick shift (can't tell if has o.d. as where lever located, not visible) & has power brakes, not p.s.

    may only be good as a parts car?



    Definitely a power brake refit, probably was a power brake car and the original treadlevac was replaced with a more modern unit. Also would be interesting to see what kind of bracket was used to attach the alternator.
  • dougson
    dougson Senior Contributor
    ........... If you have access to a modern CNC mill, no special radius fixture is needed of course, just the appropriate program in G and M code. I am currently upgrading my conventional machinist skills to that of CNC machinist , along with CAD and MasterCAM, Solidworks, Virtual Gibbs, etc. With CNC and CAM software, you could mill a bracket from a solid block (billet) of metal, but there is more waste (metal chips). Thus still is best to machine the various flat pieces and weld together on a fixture....[/QUOTE]



    :eek: Yikes. I'd need another building and a bigger computer and ..... I guess I'll start looking in junkyards.
  • [Deleted User]
    [Deleted User]
    Ken U-Tx wrote:
    Anyone with reasonable metal fabricating & welding skills can make suitable brackets. I have made several configurations of brackets for alternators and A/C compressors over the past 25 years. Most of the time, for the curved slotted adjustment brackets, you can modify a bracket off a junkyard car by heating, bending, trimming and drilling to suit. If you need to make a curved slot from scratch, if you have access to a mill and a rotary radius fixture, you clamp the plate on the rotary fixture at the proper radius from the mill, and mill the curved slot. If you have access to a modern CNC mill, no special radius fixture is needed of course, just the appropriate program in G and M code. I am currently upgrading my conventional machinist skills to that of CNC machinist , along with CAD and MasterCAM, Solidworks, Virtual Gibbs, etc. With CNC and CAM software, you could mill a bracket from a solid block (billet) of metal, but there is more waste (metal chips). Thus still is best to machine the various flat pieces and weld together on a fixture.

    Ken

    Where did you decide to go to school? At one time you mentioned TSTC. Good to hear you are getting the skill updates.

    :)
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