Progress on my 52 Hornet

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edited November -1 in HUDSON
The weather is frozen, but the work on the car has started again. In the last couple of days I ordered new glass for the drivers door and the rear passenger door. I ordered it from Vintage Glass (800-889-3826) with the Duolight etching . To go along with the glass, I also ordered a window channel kit from Vick Zamera (562-947-5864). Vick was great to talk to and mentioned that he has followed my adventure from the time I was looking for my Hudson. It is truly fantastic to have such wonderful people in the Hudson community. The whole drive to get the glass done is that once I have the interior complete I do not want to have to tear apart the doors for any reason, especially one I can take car of now. Sadly I do not have the dollars to replace the rubber around the wind windows or replace the windshield. The windshield looks like somebody took a sandblaster to it, but at least it is holding tough. Once the windows and window-channel are in, it is a matter of waiting for the tax man to move onto the interior. A piece of homework I need to do in the meantime is to head out to Lowe's and look at their indoor/outdoor carpet. I am told they have one that is actually a dead ringer for the tan carpet in the car now (what is left of it).

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  • VicTor Z
    VicTor Z Senior Contributor
    Hello Michael, your window channeling kit is in the mail, USPO. Thanks for the kind words for the "Hudson Community". Hope to see you in Spokane Washington for the 51st annual H E T Club International meet. VicTor Z
  • Richie
    Richie Senior Contributor
    mjsandbe wrote:
    The weather is frozen, but the work on the car has started again. In the last couple of days I ordered new glass for the drivers door and the rear passenger door. I ordered it from Vintage Glass (800-889-3826) with the Duolight etching . To go along with the glass, I also ordered a window channel kit from Vick Zamera (562-947-5864). Vick was great to talk to and mentioned that he has followed my adventure from the time I was looking for my Hudson. It is truly fantastic to have such wonderful people in the Hudson community. The whole drive to get the glass done is that once I have the interior complete I do not want to have to tear apart the doors for any reason, especially one I can take car of now. Sadly I do not have the dollars to replace the rubber around the wind windows or replace the windshield. The windshield looks like somebody took a sandblaster to it, but at least it is holding tough. Once the windows and window-channel are in, it is a matter of waiting for the tax man to move onto the interior. A piece of homework I need to do in the meantime is to head out to Lowe's and look at their indoor/outdoor carpet. I am told they have one that is actually a dead ringer for the tan carpet in the car now (what is left of it).



    Michael, just thought I'd pass this on (food for thought) about the carpet. I bought carpet from Kanter for my 50 Pacemaker 2 door, don't usually buy from them because I feel they are expensive. The carpet was excellent quality and fit like a glove. I called Kanter with a question about the carpet not being wide enough to go up the sides between the floor and kick plate like what I took out. They have a Hudson expert that came to the phone and told me my car didn't come that way, someone added that extra carpet along the sides. It turns out he was right. They seem to know their stuff about Hudsons. I put money aside for a few months and paid for the carpet that way and now I'm glad I did. Richie.
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