54 Hornet Special Question

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edited November -1 in HUDSON
I recently purchased a 1954 Hornet Special. It is my understanding that their production numbers were lumped in with the regular Hornets. Is there any list of production numbers just for the Special?



Thanks,

Doug

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  • 53jetman
    53jetman Senior Contributor
    Doug - All of the information I have ever seen groups "Special" serial numbers with the 7D Hornet series. Hudson apparantly did not beleive in breaking down the production numbers by model series, or even sedan, club coupe, Hollywood hardtop, 2dr. Sedan (brougham) or Convertable. I guess they did not forsee us Hudson Nuts of the twenty-first century having a desire for this kind of information.



    Jerry

    53jetman
  • [Deleted User]
    [Deleted User]
    Thanks Jerry. I was afraid of that although it is no big deal. Do the numbers on the block tell me anything about the production date, etc?



    Doug
  • 53jetman
    53jetman Senior Contributor
    I've got lists of months of production by serial number. I you'd like, send me your serial number by e-mail, and I'll let you know what month your car was manufactured.



    Jerry

    53jetman - hudsonjetman@hotmail.com
  • EssexAdv
    EssexAdv Expert Adviser, Member
    Based on Alex's tech sheet http://groups.msn.com/HudsonGeneralSpecifications/19501954hudsonserialnrs.msnw
    Hornet Specials were model 6d, 7D is regular hornet
  • 53jetman
    53jetman Senior Contributor
    EssexAdv wrote:
    Based on Alex's tech sheet http://groups.msn.com/HudsonGeneralSpecifications/19501954hudsonserialnrs.msnw

    Hornet Specials were model 6d, 7D is regular hornet



    From a list I have on file, the beginning serial numbers for each series 1954:



    1D Jet 1269062

    1D Jet Family Sedan 1296953

    2D Super Jet 2269060

    3D Jetliner 3269070

    4D Wasp 4269069

    5D Super Wasp 5269075

    6D Hornet Special 6295720

    7D Hornet 7269066



    This is from a list given to me by "Doc" Dougherty many years ago.



    Jerry

    53jetman
  • hudsontech
    hudsontech Senior Contributor
    In my wanderings thru the maze of Hudson serial numbers I found many variations in different publications. Even in Hudson books serial numbers varied.



    For example, for many years I thought serial numbers (from 1951 thru 1954) started at 101, ie, 7C-101 (1953 Hornet). Other listings began to show up showing that serial numbers for this period actually continued from year to year, ie 1951 beginning at -101 for all models, 1952 132916 to 202916, 1953 202917 to 269059 and 1954 starting at 269060. These numbers came from a 1948-1954 Monthly Model Year Production List, which showed 148-1951 serial numbers beginning each year with -101. The 1951 year is shown as ending at 132915, thus 1952 beginning at 132916.



    This is finally what we went with. In most cases with serial numbers I'm sure I have errors in my research because I finally, to keep from going totally insane, adopted whatever numbers I could find the most of, ie, if I could find 2 or 3 sources out of 4 or 5 that agreed I went with that. Not the most scientific, but it's the only way I could figure to do it.



    Hudsonly,

    Alex Burr

    HudsonTech

    Memphis, TN
  • 464Saloon
    464Saloon Senior Contributor
    Mine is 6313483. Does that mean anything?
  • Unknown
    Unknown
    464Saloon wrote:
    Mine is 6313483. Does that mean anything?

    The serial number indicates your car was built in September of 1954.

    http://www.smokymtnhetclub.org/fiftyfour.html

    Bill
  • dougson
    dougson Senior Contributor
    Bill Cox - TN wrote:
    The serial number indicates your car was built in September of 1954.



    http://www.smokymtnhetclub.org/fiftyfour.html



    Bill



    The '54 Hornet club coupe I'm restoring is 7300031. Any idea on its build date? Thanks. :)
  • SuperDave
    SuperDave Senior Contributor
    According to your Smoky Mt web site.. yours was Mfg in May of 54
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