54 Italia Parts

Unknown
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edited November -1 in HUDSON
I know they are rare, but I have an original one that I am restoring, but it is missing the grill and front bumper with the upside down "V" Any resources for parts or these particular parts would be greatly appreciated, thanks. Let me know if there is anything I can find for you.

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  • [Deleted User]
    [Deleted User]
    You have a car Italia 54 that likely you will have to fabricate any parts for. Your platform and drivetrain are Jet, but any trim or exterior parts will have to come from a fabricator. The Souer family recently had to go through this with their Italia and that's what happened with them. With only 26 or so being built there just are no parts available. If you are luckey enough to find someone who will loan you the parts you will have to have them duplicated. Good luck.
  • Jon B
    Jon B Administrator
    My advice -- though you may have done this already -- would be to contact the fellow who keeps the Italia registry for the H-E-T and get a list of names of all known owners. (As you may know if you're an H-E-T member, the registrars are listed in the back of the WTN.) Then find the owner nearest you and see if he'd allow you to photograph and take dimensions of his bumper and grille. Because of course, with only 26 such cars ever made, it's probable that no one is going to have any spare parts to sell! Chances are that some of these owners will have suggestions of where to go to have the necessary parts repro'ed, because several of them have gone through extensive restorations (Ed Souers is the latest such person, I believe).



    Again, this all may seem rather obvious but I wasn't sure how much you knew about restorations, Italias, or the Hudson club, so I thought I'd offer this advice for what it's worth.
  • PAULARGETYPE
    PAULARGETYPE Senior Contributor
    Hi I Would Say Contact Ed Souers In Ind. He Had A New Grill Made For His Car As Others Have Said The Bumper Is Going To Have To Be Made Just A Word Russ Pierce Had One Made For His Car Years Ago Like In The 80's He Had A Club Member Take His Car To A Fab Shop In Calf.and The Made One Just Like The One On That Car But When It Came Time To Put It On Russ's Car ( Back In Western Pa.)it Was To Narrow They Had To Cut It Back Apart And Make Both Sides Longer To Fit Russ's Car Remember These Were Stick Built Bodys One At A Time Nothing Is For Sure It Will Fit Until You Try And Put It On The Cars Where Are You At Mabe Some One Can Help If You Letr Us Know Who You Are And Where Your At Good Luck



    Hudsonly

    Paul
  • Unknown
    Unknown
    just to throw it out there, have an extra bumpers made, and a grille, if you can. you could perhaps save someone the time, if it ever needs done again. I doubt the cost would be terribly prohibitive, for a second go round while fabing the first one.
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