1951 Hornet Hollywood Forsale

[Deleted User]
[Deleted User]
edited July 2011 in HUDSON
Not mine... Looks like a great deal at $14,500....

http://dallas.craigslist.org/dal/cto/2478183232.html

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  • [Deleted User]
    [Deleted User]
    edited July 2011
    Not mine either. Bought mine in 1964 for 45 dollars. Sitting in a pasture with a sow and a litter of pigs living under the back end. For those that dont know sows with pigs will chase you,knock you down and eat you. In those years I could still run fast. lol Started the car and drove it home after the sow got tired of chasing me.Oh for the good old days!!! Seriously, I wonder how many 51 HH are left. The roster doesnt show many. Only in Iowa could this happen.lol
  • [Deleted User]
    [Deleted User]
    Looks like a really good deal. If the frame is solid you could not restore one for that price. You wouldn't come close.

    Brings up another point its looking like its better to find a restored car than do the work yourself.
    I am in the process of restoring two Hudsons I got more in parts than the price of this car and both cars are in pieces LOL

    I love working on the cars so its not a problem, the joy is in the work. But to sit down and do a cold return on investment analysis would suggest buying restored or good driver is the way to get into this hobby.
  • [Deleted User]
    [Deleted User]
    51hornetA wrote:
    Looks like a really good deal. If the frame is solid you could not restore one for that price. You wouldn't come close.

    Brings up another point its looking like its better to find a restored car than do the work yourself.
    I am in the process of restoring two Hudsons I got more in parts than the price of this car and both cars are in pieces LOL

    I love working on the cars so its not a problem, the joy is in the work. But to sit down and do a cold return on investment analysis would suggest buying restored or good driver is the way to get into this hobby.

    AMEN!
  • RL Chilton
    RL Chilton Administrator, Member
    51hornetA wrote:
    Looks like a really good deal. If the frame is solid you could not restore one for that price. You wouldn't come close.

    Brings up another point its looking like its better to find a restored car than do the work yourself.
    I am in the process of restoring two Hudsons I got more in parts than the price of this car and both cars are in pieces LOL

    I love working on the cars so its not a problem, the joy is in the work. But to sit down and do a cold return on investment analysis would suggest buying restored or good driver is the way to get into this hobby.

    Agreed, 100%.!!
  • Kdancy
    Kdancy Senior Contributor
    There is something to be said that for some of us the "build" is the most exciting part. If your just looking at the dollars, very seldom could you actually justify a restoration.
  • [Deleted User]
    [Deleted User]
    Walt's 53 Hudson, 5 years in restoration, and a pile of money, needed no parts, no rust anywhere and when I got to $50,000 I stopped counting the money being spent, but it is well worth it, 12t trips across America and 135,000 miles driven. Spend it and enjoy. Walt.
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