1952 Wasp Hollywood Forsale

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edited November -1 in HUDSON
This is an absolute steal if legit- Car is in Utah...



http://lasvegas.en.craigslist.org/car/708431596.html

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  • Aaron D. IL
    Aaron D. IL Senior Contributor
    rare car. Good deal if frame is solid.
  • hotrodsbyray
    hotrodsbyray Member
    I'm still looking for a 2 door, the one in Chicago fell through. Gonna call the guy tonight about this 52 Wasp. Anybody here know anything about this car? Anybody in that area I could bribe to go take a peek, check for rust and maybe take some pics?
  • oldhudsons
    oldhudsons Senior Contributor
    perhaps contact old time HETer Glenn Johnson; he's in SLC.
  • hudsontech
    hudsontech Senior Contributor
    Anybody in Las Vegas - that's closer to St. George than SLC.



    Hudsonly,

    Alex Burr

    Memphis, TN
  • [Deleted User]
    [Deleted User]
    My cousin took some pics....
  • Unknown
    Unknown
    Is that just one spot of rot or is it representative of the chassis in general?
  • [Deleted User]
    [Deleted User]
    I don't really know, there weren't many underside pics. Here's the other one (floorboard repair)
  • Unknown
    Unknown
    Repair? :confused: Yikes! :eek: No wonder the asking price is much less than it should be. Well, at least it seems that the car is priced according to condition.
  • harry54
    harry54 Senior Contributor
    That 's a frame in need of repair.....
  • MikeWA
    MikeWA Senior Contributor
    My father was a carpenter, and this reminds me of one time he crawled under a house I was thinking of buying, to check the foundation, and his comment was that an exterminator wouldn't help, because if the termites ever quit holding hands, the whole thing would come down.
  • Unknown
    Unknown
    I like the rivet job. Some missed their mark and others are into rotted metal. The metal eating termites are definitely not holding hands on this car.
  • Unknown
    Unknown
    harry54 wrote:
    That 's a frame in need of repair.....





    More like a repair in need of a frame.
  • Aaron D. IL
    Aaron D. IL Senior Contributor
    I've seen more ambitions frame repairs taken on before though. That being the case the guy ought to cut his price even more but I'm sure someone handy with a torch might take it on.

    I think the club should think about launching a repro frame-rail project for such cars. Rare models like this should get preserved regardless, when it's possible without necessarily cannibalizing solid sedans that are also restorable to do it. Those our the kind of projects for the club to use some economies of scale to get done.
  • Unknown
    Unknown
    Hear Hear Aaron, I have a 49 super six coupe that I am going to attempt to do frame rail repairs on and I would love to buy some that would fit and I could weld in. I've even thought about using round tubing and bending it to the correct radius and then boxing it to make it suitable to the car.
  • Unknown
    Unknown
    Jimalberta wrote:
    Hear Hear Aaron, I have a 49 super six coupe that I am going to attempt to do frame rail repairs on and I would love to buy some that would fit and I could weld in. I've even thought about using round tubing and bending it to the correct radius and then boxing it to make it suitable to the car.



    Im parting a 50 4 dr. that has real nice frame rails - if your not in to big a hurry . Im close to Billings , MT.
  • Unknown
    Unknown
    that might work Stateline , I'm not in a huge hurry.....might start on it this fall. if you don't mind ...email me at HETjalin.derksen@shaw.ca drop the HET and we can discuss. thanks ....Jim
  • Ol racer
    Ol racer Senior Contributor
    FYI

    The Hollywood looks pretty nice if mechanically sound too and may be worth the repair. Obviously the car had set in a damp area at times to rust underneath. (In Utah)? Perhaps the floorpan rust is not effecting the intregral structure yet which can be determined (on a Hollywood) by observing door sag & alignment, .



    Naturally we would like to buy cars with good frames, but in this part of the Country (NW Pa) we see many bad frames. Usually they can be repaired as well or better than new. We actually have Yellow page Listings for frame rust repair....
  • Unknown
    Unknown
    Aaron

    The advent of cheaper plasma cutters and wire feed welders makes the repair of a Hudson Frame quite a bit easier than it has been in the past. With a bit fo cardboard to use as a template... the Hudsonite who requires replacement frame rail pieces can actually layout the new parts and cut them in a home shop. I do not mean to diminish the task ... just point out that the tools to do this are much better, cheaper to obtain and within the realm of the hobbiest restoration budget.
  • Unknown
    Unknown
    also with a shrinker/ stretcher its easier to make curves now as well.
  • Aaron D. IL
    Aaron D. IL Senior Contributor
    It's good to know the cost of the tools to effect such a repair is coming down for the hobbiest. I have been thinking of acquiring those tools. I guess my main point is that repro frame rails is a worthy club project because there's enough restorable cars out there where that is the only major thing wrong with the car which would lead it to be scrapped rather than restored (attrition is still going on) and also individually having a few frame rails made up can be expensive but if HET had say a batch of 2000 frame rails made up (there's at least that many step-down owners out there) then they could probably be purchased for only a hundred or so per rail and then all the owner has to do to effect the repair is tear down the body and weld the ready to go rails in. Or have someone else do the same. If the goal of the club is to preserve, drive and enjoy 50-100 year old cars that's the kind of project that will keep Hudsoning going and save at least 1000 cars over time that would've been scrapped. (I do have numbers on how many cars the club has in that condition) We really really need to think about starting to use economies of scale the club has to the benefit of its' members. I know getting car owners together is like herding cats but it's really a shame if we're not using those economies of scale to our benefit. A Club of 3500 should be enough to do stuff like that so we could get more cars like this '52 Wasp Hollywood restored. The bulk of the club and bulk of the cars that are driven are step-downs and they all have this same issue.
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