Hollywood Hornet

drivergo2
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edited November -1 in HUDSON
Hollywood Hornet for parts on e bay, Has twin h. Been their a long time its in ky. item no. 200422956771 worth a look maybe. John;)

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  • SuperDave
    SuperDave Senior Contributor
    It does have some useable parts....Automatic.. I think Hydramatic, No PS No PB. But does have twin H. Interesting to note is that it has the roof top antenna as opposed to the fender mount used later on in 54. I asked the seller if he had the serial number. perhaps I will someday determine when the switch of antennas was done. My ever running quest for trivia... The present price is close to it's worth.. LOL
  • SuperDave
    SuperDave Senior Contributor
    Ken U-Tx wrote:
    Tranny is BW.



    My old eyes couldn't read the quadrant.. maybe it was my old computer.. LOL;)
  • nick s
    nick s Senior Contributor
    SuperDave wrote:
    It does have some useable parts....Automatic.. I think Hydramatic, No PS No PB. But does have twin H. Interesting to note is that it has the roof top antenna as opposed to the fender mount used later on in 54. I asked the seller if he had the serial number. perhaps I will someday determine when the switch of antennas was done. My ever running quest for trivia... The present price is close to it's worth.. LOL
    SuperDave, from what I've gathered, the fender mounts were dealer installed and the roof were factory which is odd being the fender mount required an extra clip welded inside the fender. My Hollywood is an Oct 54 and had a Oct 53 parts car - both were fender mount. This being a borg car should put it in dec jan feb production.
    Now there's someone out there that needs the borg twin h linkage i'm sure.
  • SuperDave
    SuperDave Senior Contributor
    nick s wrote:
    SuperDave, from what I've gathered, the fender mounts were dealer installed and the roof were factory which is odd being the fender mount required an extra clip welded inside the fender. My Hollywood is an Oct 54 and had a Oct 53 parts car - both were fender mount. This being a borg car should put it in dec jan feb production.

    Now there's someone out there that needs the borg twin h linkage i'm sure.



    Nick,

    The 54 Hollywood I have been working on is also a October car. 318901. Was on the West Coast most of it's life. It came with the fender mount and the extra bracket welded into the fender area. No evidence that it had ever been apart and had factory paint on the bracket. So the bracket was there off the line. Looks like the fender would have had to be removed to install the antenna at the dealer level. Very unlikely I would think...I surmised that they reduced costs by relocateing the antenna. No doubt that dealer added radios would have been fender mounts. But not the long-deep mounting type. Can't imagine the dealers wanting to mess around with headliners or removing fenders! This is something I have been curious about for some time. I wonder if the cars that have the roof antenna had the bracket in the fender well? Maybe more 54 owners will come forward with more input. Inquiring minds need to know!:)
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