53 Super Wasp coupe

Kdancy
Kdancy Senior Contributor
edited November -1 in HUDSON
I am headed up early in the morning to get the 53 Super Wasp coupe and trailer it back home. I sure hope it is as solid as the owner says it is!

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  • harry54
    harry54 Senior Contributor
    Me too. Luv super wasps.
  • [Deleted User]
    [Deleted User]
    Kdancy wrote:
    I am headed up early in the morning to get the 53 Super Wasp coupe and trailer it back home. I sure hope it is as solid as the owner says it is!



    is the coupe the one advertised on Craigs list, located in Al.?

    I am traveling through the area in a few weeks was planning on stopping to view the car.



    C
  • Unknown
    Unknown
    Kdancy wrote:
    I am headed up early in the morning to get the 53 Super Wasp coupe and trailer it back home. I sure hope it is as solid as the owner says it is!



    Make sure you put up a few pics of it when you get it home.



    Cheers Mike.
  • Kdancy
    Kdancy Senior Contributor
    Heart_Of_Texas wrote:
    is the coupe the one advertised on Craigs list, located in Al.?

    I am traveling through the area in a few weeks was planning on stopping to view the car.



    C



    Yes, that is the car. I have been in communication with the owner for several weeks. Here is what I found--

    Car is very solid, frame rails in great shape, will need drivers side front floor pan, maybe passenger sider front as well. Paint looks to be original. Some dents on car from moving it around I believe. All trim appears to be on. Missing drivers door lock on door. Head is off of engine and two head bolts broken and in block. :(

    I will post pictures later today.

    Update

    Floor pans better than I thought--

    http://s294.photobucket.com/albums/mm97/studebaker2/53%20Hudson%20Super%20Wasp%20Coupe/

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  • Kdancy
    Kdancy Senior Contributor
    Pictures posted
  • [Deleted User]
    [Deleted User]
    That looks like a really nice, nice car. Floor pans are inconsecuential. Put a 308 in there and tear up the locals!
  • [Deleted User]
    [Deleted User]
    Thanks... looks like you got a nice car... hose it off... fix the mechanicals and drive it as is... KOOOOOOOOOOOOL>>>>
  • bull_islander
    bull_islander Expert Adviser
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    Nice car! It's certainly the best looking Studebaker I've ever seen!
  • Aaron D. IL
    Aaron D. IL Senior Contributor
    not a bad lookin and rare lil coupe. just break one of your local street signs off the post and repair those trunk pans. LOL
  • rambos_ride
    rambos_ride Senior Contributor
    Looks like a nice find.

    I wish I had started with something cleaner!
  • Unknown
    Unknown
    rambos_ride wrote:
    Looks like a nice find.



    I wish I had started with something cleaner!



    I was thinking the very same thing !!!!!!!!!!!! that will be a great little Hudson
  • Kdancy
    Kdancy Senior Contributor
    bull islander wrote:
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    Nice car! It's certainly the best looking Studebaker I've ever seen!



    Ha!

    Well, here is the story. My first two cars were Hudson's, a 51 Commodore sedan and a 49 club coupe with 55 hornet engine and Hydromatic. My dad and I pulled the Hydromatic out and put a 3 speed with od in with a floor shifter from a Checker cab. I put a switch on the shifter column to engage the OD in or out. My all time favorite car. I put a lot of miles on it going from the AFB in Tampa up to north Fla where I grew up.

    I had to sell the Hudson's I had at the time to finish up a home my wife and I were building and still live in today. My family owned both Hudson's and Studebakers and I got into Studebakers as I had an uncle that drove and raced them and encouraged me to restore a Champ pu he owned. Having Dr. Cade's Studebakers nearby was a factor as well. Anyway, I love both makes but Hudson own's my heart!
  • Kdancy
    Kdancy Senior Contributor
    Aaron D. IL wrote:
    not a bad lookin and rare lil coupe. just break one of your local street signs off the post and repair those trunk pans. LOL



    Trunk pans are really solid.
  • Kdancy
    Kdancy Senior Contributor
    Got the broken head bolts out today :)

    Now going to concentrate on freeing up the engine.
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