A lost Hudson in south central Kansas

dover1
dover1 Member
edited August 2012 in HUDSON
While on the way back to Escondido Ca. from the Gettysburg National our route took us through southern Kansas. West bound on state highway 166 somewere west of Cedar Vale and east of Arkansas City sat this Hudson. I wonder what tales it could tell?

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  • rambos_ride
    rambos_ride Senior Contributor
    Could you go back and grab that trunk handle for me? Those style are worth their weight in Gold!
  • SuperDave
    SuperDave Senior Contributor
    I had a need for one for my Super-dore.. Found a nice plateable 1950 handle. All that was missing was the hole for the tag glass. I carefully cut the opening and installed the glass from a broken handle I had. After the plateing operation, you can't tell it was done. The casting already had the holes tapped for the screws to hold the glass in! So if you find a 50 handle assy.. grab it !!
  • RL Chilton
    RL Chilton Administrator, Member
    Well, looks like a pretty good restoration candidate, from what I can see.
  • SuperDave
    SuperDave Senior Contributor
    yea.. make a convertible out of it!
  • Richard E.
    Richard E. Senior Contributor
    Hey Dover 1, thanks for the post! We need to hear more from you!
  • commodorecollector
    commodorecollector Senior Contributor
    I'd love to restore a 49' coupe at some point and it would be a shame to chop its top to make it a convertible.
  • RL Chilton
    RL Chilton Administrator, Member
    Commodorecollector-

    SuperDave was making an inside joke. A step-down coupe is a terrible convertible candidate due to the differences in structural engineering between closed Hudsons and open ones. A much more promising prospect is to convert a Hollywood into a convertible, as the extra structural members are all ready in place on that particular model. This has been done by a lot of Hudsonnuts.
  • commodorecollector
    commodorecollector Senior Contributor
    Ah I did not know, I am new Hudsonite and the whole car club culture. Just in my opinion I'd rather save by restoring instead of modifying a rare classic, but that is just me.
    I'm Christopher by the way Chilton.
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