1957 hudson cv on crAIgs list cleveland

PAULARGETYPE
PAULARGETYPE Senior Contributor
edited November -1 in HUDSON
Here is a 57 hudson 4 door cut in to a cv it don't look to bad the doors will not open but it does run and stop $1500 he told me but i think $1000 will take it home 327 standard 3 on the tree

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  • [Deleted User]
    [Deleted User]
    Do you think the guy has reinforced the body and frame of this car like a convertible body should be for safety. Or just chopped the top and she is ready to go. Wonder how much the cowl on this flexes as you drive.
  • PAULARGETYPE
    PAULARGETYPE Senior Contributor
    Well i don't think it was reinforced but they welded the doors closed to give it strength i would love to own it for a month or so but then i love 57s the guy said it had someholes in the floors in the rear
  • [Deleted User]
    [Deleted User]
    It would be a fun car to have here in sunny Las Vegas, but another car is not in the cards for me right now....
  • RL Chilton
    RL Chilton Administrator, Member
    Also, does it have a working top mech.?



    You know, that's almost attractive as a convertible . . . but not really.
  • frank spring
    frank spring Expert Adviser
    PAULARGETYPE wrote:
    Here is a 57 hudson 4 door cut in to a cv it don't look to bad the doors will not open but it does run and stop $1500 he told me but i think $1000 will take it home 327 standard 3 on the tree



    Paul, this is a must have car for you. We can show it and the Jet convertible together and change the world. I am a little worried about how you are going to jump over the doors that are welded shut, but I am sure we can figure out a way. Ed
  • 50C8DAN
    50C8DAN Senior Contributor
    Didn't you guys ever see the Dukes of Hazard? Just jump in there!
  • [Deleted User]
    [Deleted User]
    There is NO top mechanism on there - all they did was slice the top off and that was it. Apparently, NO reinforcement of the unibody, since the doors don't open, and they ARE the support on this rig! Personally, I don't thing I'd drive it to the end of my driveway, much less on a highway/



    Guy took a potential builder and made it a parts car.



    Lots of people list a car on craigslist for a dollar, because if you use the "search" function there, and state a price from "$1 - $5000", theirs is guaranteed to come up. A guy got pissy at me once when I told him I'd be over for that "dollar car" and he said it was not for sale for a buck. I told him he'd better change it quick or I'd be over with that dollar!
  • PAULARGETYPE
    PAULARGETYPE Senior Contributor
    Well a crane rental place would raise me in and out lol or a ramp here at the house so i could jump in (woops i didn't know the floor was that weak ) as for showing it with the jet cv ed now that makes me realy want the car that much more
  • dave s
    dave s Senior Contributor, Moderator
    50C8DAN wrote:
    Didn't you guys ever see the Dukes of Hazard? Just jump in there!



    High diddle, the cat and the fiddle,

    Paul jumped in and it bent in the middle! LOL :D
  • [Deleted User]
    [Deleted User]
    Hell, my Chihuahua would bend that thing! LOL!
  • [Deleted User]
    [Deleted User]
    I'd like to see a video of someone trying to get in and out of that thing. To make it stronger you could weld some channel iron on both sides the length of the car, weld the hood and trunk shut and the wheels on, Done

    Dave S, I had a great laugh wit those two lines, Thanks
  • bent metal
    bent metal Senior Contributor
    RL Chilton wrote:
    Also, does it have a working top mech.?



    You know, that's almost attractive as a convertible . . . but not really.



    LOL! :D Come on now, wouldn't you like to have a 57? Maybe a two door with no post?:)
  • RL Chilton
    RL Chilton Administrator, Member
    bent metal wrote:
    LOL! :D Come on now, wouldn't you like to have a 57? Maybe a two door with no post?:)



    Nope. Not really. I never thought the Hashes were all that attractive.
  • [Deleted User]
    [Deleted User]
    It's all in the angle that you look at them. With that 327, most cars only got to look at the view from the rear.
  • PAULARGETYPE
    PAULARGETYPE Senior Contributor
    WHY IS EVERY BODY PICKIN ON ME LOL now that looks like the end of my 57 that most Hudson guys get to see it does go down the road nice my son Herky who is in the photo drove it to the national ALSO MY WIFE STEFI 3 THINGS I REALY LOVE THANKS FOR THE PHOTOS ROYER
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