big job

[Deleted User]
[Deleted User]
edited November -1 in HUDSON
:ohmy: I think this a bigger job than I thought, just getting it tern down, where to get some floor pans. thats not all but a good place to start. the last time I restored a car it was a 72 mach 1 mustang, I was a lot younger then. But I did not have this club to help,here are some pictures, more to come as it gets going.

Gene

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  • [Deleted User]
    [Deleted User]
    the pictures did not upload, tring again
  • lsfirth
    lsfirth Expert Adviser
    awesome project!!! Looks like a jet!

    All these projects like this are a war of attrition. Just keep picking at it a little at a time....day by day and in a year, you'll look back and say "wow....it's looking pretty damn good". That'll give some inspiration to keep going. These kind of projects are not a weekend effort, more of a long time commitment....just keep pounding away at it and you'll see progress!

    Keep us posted and send pics as you go. We'll provide a lot of encouragemetn :-)

    Lee
  • Uncle Josh
    Uncle Josh Senior Contributor
    edited March 2012
    Yup, looks like the tin worms have been busy.

    The late Cousin Jim used to say 'look in your own back yard', so I went to the woods and liberated the trunk pan from the 46 Brougham, trimmed it a little and put in in my 40 coupe.

    I cut a piece of cardboard to size and used it for a pattern for the front floor pan, (found the sheet metal in the shed that somebody had cut for a truck bed.)then made a hump 'b'guess and b'gosh. These are scarcer'n'hens teeth.

    You can buy floor pans from a supplier that advertises on eBay but easier and the same price at Rockauto.com. Online catalog, Hudson, Jet, exterior body parts (for some reason) lists the floor pans at roughly $50 a side.
  • [Deleted User]
    [Deleted User]
    It is a jet, a 54 2dr jetliner, thanks for the posts,

    gene
  • chopperchuck
    chopperchuck Expert Adviser
    looks like fun! ;)
    like Uncle Josh said i saw em on Rockauto.
  • [Deleted User]
    [Deleted User]
    Uncle Josh; what do you think would be a good way to get rid of the 202? I am going with a 308. I have turn the motor over by hand, I was planing to try to start it. Will sell motor and trans and rear end

    Gene
  • [Deleted User]
    [Deleted User]
    uncle josh; I went to rockauto.com, thanks, but under bodyext. and int. no floor pans?

    Gene
  • rambos_ride
    rambos_ride Senior Contributor
    Hello Gene!

    Wow! she's a rusty one.

    ITS a ton of work fixing rust on these old unibody gems, and you'll find more areas rusted out than you can see now.

    Anyone know the availability of this model Jet?

    Honestly - if it's not an extemely rare model..and knowing what I know now of Hudsons...I'd seriously look for another car thats not so rusted out.

    I spent hundreds of hours on my 49 replacing rusted out areas, floorpans, trunk...If I had to do it all again..I'd find a better body to start with!

    Dan
  • Uncle Josh
    Uncle Josh Senior Contributor
    baby huey65 wrote:
    uncle josh; I went to rockauto.com, thanks, but under bodyext. and int. no floor pans?

    Gene

    Look again, http://www.rockauto.com/catalog/raframecatalog.php

    Hudson, 54, Jet, Body Esterior, Floor Pan

    I'd stay with the 202. Got yourself a lot of work with the transplant, but it's your car. Don't kill yourself with it.
  • [Deleted User]
    [Deleted User]
    I sold a jet to an older gent in our local Hudson club. Been aitting for years and in two weeks he was driving it around his neihborhood.
    His other car is a Hornet (262 motor) and he could not believe how peppy the little 202 was.
    My point is a lot of folks love the cars . On the other hand if you pull it out and put a 308 in (can we say dig a hole in the firewall). Then dont just give away the motor. Those manifolds are quite prone to failure and a good one is getting hard to find. Last one I had sold to someone cracked right before my eyes as I unbolted it.
    Roger
  • [Deleted User]
    [Deleted User]
    all of the rust is contained to the floor pans. all other places look good. getting it apart more every day. the rust on the body is surface. I am going to need a set of door hinges, drill one out, and had to cut the other. I will try to post some more pictures, don't know about the new format.
  • [Deleted User]
    [Deleted User]
    need a set of door hinges, drill one out, and had to cut the other

    I seem to remember someone posting here offering that Hudson valve stems could be cut to make hinge pins. Check with Lance Walker for used replacements.
  • [Deleted User]
    [Deleted User]
    edited April 2012
    thanks, but I had to cut one hinge to get the door of. need a pair of good hinges

    Gene
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