All Original ?

harry54
harry54 Senior Contributor
edited November -1 in HUDSON
The add claims all original..... Is this an original Paint Scheme ?

http://ww2.collectorcartrader.com/details.php?adId=90188335

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  • [Deleted User]
    [Deleted User]
    I think it is, but that doesn't guarantee I'm right!!!:D
  • Unknown
    Unknown
    I don't see "Yak Yellow" on the chip sheet. Maybe there are other colors?

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  • [Deleted User]
    [Deleted User]
    Its a coronation cream upper and brown lower if I am not mistaken. This is an original Hudson paint scheme.
  • 53jetman
    53jetman Senior Contributor
    53HornetA - It might have been an original color combo in 1951, but not in '48 & '49. The color chips shown above by Admin are the only colors I am aware of for the 1948 & 1949 model years.



    53jetman

    Jerry
  • hdsn49
    hdsn49 Senior Contributor
    1949-1950 Hudson always used the darker color on top and a lighter color on the lower part. I have never seen this color combination in any of those years. In 1951 they started coming out with light colors on the top. Coronation Cream is the color of my '54 Hudson, with a dark green top.



    All that being said we all know that the factory did a lot of special orders including paint. The car in the picture has been repainted you can tell by the grill bars They are supposed to be black.
  • Unknown
    Unknown
    hdsn49 wrote:
    The car in the picture has been repainted you can tell by the grill bars They are supposed to be black.

    Thank you. I don't know these cars all that well, but I was pretty sure the grille bars were black.
  • SuperDave
    SuperDave Senior Contributor
    I have noticed that the phrase "all original" often means that work that has been done is done in the original theme." To me, all original means NO restoration work has been done, but then I don't always think inside the box. My Model A Ford is an example. It has had a complete frame up rebuild in the original manner. it is not an original car. it is "restored" to original specs.
  • Unknown
    Unknown
    Didn't someone who used to work at a Hudson dealer recently post that he saw new stepdown coupes and sedans with hydraulic windows? In that post, it was implied that Hudson would do pretty much what the customer wanted. If that was indeed Hudson's policy, isn't it possible that the car in question here could have left the factory in this color scheme?
  • EssexAdv
    EssexAdv Expert Adviser, Member
    All 48 - 9 cars came with flat black behind the grill. This car has them painted body color. This would indicate to me that the car had been re-painted and therefore is not all original. Maybe he meant original as in not rodded. It is defiantly not an original car.
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