54 Jet Business Coupe?

[Deleted User]
[Deleted User]
edited November -1 in HUDSON
This looks like an interesting car. I'd be interested in something like this. Two door coupe 54 Jet, twin-H and no back seat... Can anyone confirm there was such a thing as a Jet business coupe? (Maybe someone just took out the back seat to accomodate their fat girlfriend?) Cool car.

Also, looks like a stepdown next to it.



http://orangecounty.craigslist.org/cto/1552668219.html

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  • oldhudsons
    oldhudsons Senior Contributor
    looks like he also has a '56 Stude.?

    from apparent location of the shift lever would appear the Jet is stick shift.
  • [Deleted User]
    [Deleted User]
    They did make a jet that had a backseat that would fold down so you could open the trunk and put a larger cargo in. I think it was the Jet 1C



    Barry Smedley 53' Super Jet

    and a bunch of Crosley's
  • Unknown
    Unknown
    Yes indeed there were Business coupes in both 1953 and 1954. The one for sale I owned for about 5 years in the mid 90's. There was no back seat or roll down rear windows and long items could be inserted from the trunk via a fold down panel. the whole area behind the front seat was leatherette and the flat floor was covered in a rubber mat. The business coupe was only available in the base model. When I purchased the car in 1994 it was not running and needed a lot of mechanical and body work. I rebuilt the drive train, brakes, shocks, exhaust, ect and did some of the body work. The repaint and more boby work was done by who I sold it to. The colors are the same, other than the cream wheels which I had done. It ran very well with it's 202 engine and three speed transmission. Before you ask.......I sold it to buy the 1949 super six 4door that I still own today

    Happy Hudsoning

    Fred Connors
  • [Deleted User]
    [Deleted User]
    Well I was part right, I thought the back seat folded down, I didn't know there was no backseat at all.

    Learn something everyday!!



    Barry
  • Sarah Young
    Sarah Young Senior Contributor
    1C would simply tell us it was a basic Jet made in '53. Business Coupes are indeed very rare. You could purchase an optional backseat for them... but what do you do with it when it's not in use? No wonder they didn't sell many. M.E. "Red" Burke has a beautifully restored one with a very interesting history shared in one of the past JetSetters (#13).
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