50 Commodore update

kamzack
kamzack Senior Contributor
edited May 2012 in HUDSON
Finally got the front sheet metal painted. I farmed it out as I didn't think I could lay down the mettalic down evenly. Gonna paint and install the rockers and skirts this week. I know it looks like crap with front end painted and the rest in it's original paint, but I've been 7 years gettin to this point. Bumper, guards, headlight doors, hood and fender ornaments still at the plater, been there since Febuarary. I hope to make Kalamazoo next month in it. Still ahve a glich in the overdrive.
Kim

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  • Kdancy
    Kdancy Senior Contributor
    Ain't it nice when it starts coming together!
    What kind of paint did you wind up using?
  • SuperDave
    SuperDave Senior Contributor
    A new twist on "before and after"..LOL... Lookin' GOOD!
  • Richie
    Richie Senior Contributor
    Great work Kim, slow and steady works every time. You will have a jem when it's finished. Richie.
  • kamzack
    kamzack Senior Contributor
    Rockers, skirts painted, stainless cleaned up and installed. I hope they offset the ugly. Went by plater Friday, stuff not done. Hope to have them a few days before Kalamazoo meet.
    Kim
  • lostmind
    lostmind Expert Adviser
    Hi Kim , thanks for sharing photos.
    Looks like those parts went to good use.
    Thanks again.
    Roy
  • Kdancy
    Kdancy Senior Contributor
    Kim, are you going to Gettysburg?
  • 37 CTS
    37 CTS Senior Contributor
    Your car looks like a 50 Hudson that belonged to a long ago Michigan, HET member. What is the history of your Hudson?
  • kamzack
    kamzack Senior Contributor
    edited May 2012
    Kerry, I'm gonna try to make Gettysburg.
    37CTS, I think the fellow's name is Dave Berman. He had it back in the nineties. It been well cared for. Originally came frome one of the Chicago burbs. However, it didn't see much winter dirving. When I got it mileage was 58k and had 2 dead cylinders (burnt valves) and had been setting in a garage in Lansing for a few years. I've owned it for 7 years. It's been a long process getting to this point and I hope I don't get asked too frequently "when ya gonna paint the rest of it?" Next winter, I hope. I have a paying project coming next week, haven't taken in any car projects cause I wanted to get my own on the road. It's taken the last year and a half getting here. My engine set at the machine shop for 5 years, so I'm thrilled to be driving it. Nothing of this car's era drives like it does even with the front end outa wack. Which will be cured by the end of this week.
    Kim
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