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Sectioned Hudson from the '50's
  • MikeWAMikeWA
    Posts: 1,446Platinum Member
    Anybody ever hear of a sectioned Hudson coupe, built in the 50's by a guy in southern Cal (near San Diego, I think)- had an Olds V8, featured in Hot Rod magazine in about 1958 (never have been able to find the issue)- Anybody know if it still exists?
  • tombpa
    Posts: 253Gold Member
    Gus Souza in Chi. has a sectioned convt, maybe that is what you looking for.
  • springspeeddemon
    Posts: 177Gold Member
    Ed Meuller from San Bernardino Ca. has the one that was in Hot Rod in about 1952. I think it was on the cover... I also believe it was redone a few years later and made the cover again. There is another one in Nor Cal., but a club member is trying to buy it, so I've been sworn to secrecy on that one.
  • springspeeddemon
    Posts: 177Gold Member
    Oh yeah... Ed's car is a 48 or 49 coupe that was sectioned, but not chopped
  • super 6
    Posts: 26Greasemonkey
    Hi,There is a sectioned Hudson coupe on Craigslist now.Its in the bay area,(Ca) I saw it recently at a car show.It attracted alot of people,some of them insisted it was a Cadillac.I guess it has Cadillac bumpers on it.It is red and white.so so shape,the hood was bot opened.I think he is asking 25,000 for it
  • smcmanus
    Posts: 178Gold Member
    What do you mean by "sectioned?" Yes, I really don't know.



    thanks

    Steve
  • SuperDaveSuperDave
    Posts: 2,377Platinum Member
    Sectioned, means a small horizontal portion is removed from the mid section of the body. In effect, making the distance from the belt line to the rockers panels shorter. Usually just a few inches. The same thing as chopping, but done to the main body instead of the roof. Often limited by the carburetor /air cleaner wanting to pop through the hood! A good example of Factory sectioning would be the 55 Ford and the 55 Thunderbird. The Bird got it's long low look from removing a bit from the mid section..Something I could benifit from........

    Dave W. Fl
  • rambos_riderambos_ride
    Posts: 3,123Platinum Member
    SuperDave is spot on about Sectioning.



    Chopped: Remove height from roof

    Sectioned: Remove height from beltline to rockers

    Channelled: On cars with frames this involves notching the body along the frame line in order to drop the body lower over the frame (Hudson did this for stepdown owners for free he-he!)

    Frenched: Means to recess a fixture such as headlights, tailights, or antennas

    Shaved: Means to remove brightwork and handles



    Any other acronyms I'm missing?



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  • hudson
    Posts: 73Senior Contributor
    This one?



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  • super 6
    Posts: 26Greasemonkey
    Yep,That car is the one I saw at the billtproof show in Antioch Ca in Sept.It was recently advertised for sale at 25,000,good going saving that pic dehudso,by the way,I don't like how it looks,does anyone?
  • super 6
    Posts: 26Greasemonkey
    ah,I see a Cadillac wheelcover,that must mean its a Cadillac huh?
  • super 6
    Posts: 26Greasemonkey
    Ah,I see a Cadillac wheelcover,it must be a Cadillac
  • rambos_riderambos_ride
    Posts: 3,123Platinum Member
    super 6 wrote:
    Yep,That car is the one I saw at the billtproof show in Antioch Ca in Sept.It was recently advertised for sale at 25,000,good going saving that pic dehudso,by the way,I don't like how it looks,does anyone?



    The side profile is not bad at all.



    I don't like the non-Hudson grill - too much space around the oustside edge - you can see right through to the poor detailing and overspray!



    I also don't like frenched headlights - never have...
  • jsrail
    Posts: 1,534Platinum Member
    I don't either......unless you chopped the top. The original bodies look fine at their height with the stock windows. But if you section it, now the original height windows look too tall like the mercs of this period (without a chop).



    Jay
  • boothguy
    Posts: 74Senior Contributor
    I always thought if I was going to section a stepdown, I would remove all the front clip doors and quarters, and then section the car through the firewall, bottom of the A and B pillars and then cut the tailpan loose from the trunk floor. Then I'd rehang the uncut bolt-on sheet metal, you'd have to raise the lower hinge and inner door bottoms but the doors fenders qtrs would still be full height. Essentially you would have a "channeled" car but on a unibody and the proportions except for the rockers would still look right with out chopping the roof. I never thought the results of a sectioned stepdown or shoebox ford for that matter were worth the effort. Maybe because they usually are sectioned too much, same with most chops in my opinion. Any body ever see a stepdown done this way?
  • 66patrick6666patrick66
    Posts: 1,831Platinum Member
    I like it!
    "The time has come", the Walrus said, "to speak of many things. Of shoes and ships and sealing wax, of cabbages and kings. And why the sea is boiling hot,
    And whether pigs have wings..."
  • bull islanderbull islander
    Posts: 303Gold Member
    This is from the forums on AACA website. Car is apparently for sale, needing restoration. This is rear picture:

    http://forums.aaca.org/misc/336716-Hudson1.jpg
  • bull islanderbull islander
    Posts: 303Gold Member
    This is the side picture:

    http://forums.aaca.org/misc/336715-Hudson2.jpg



    Will email the poster and see if he'll post information here.
  • Jon BJon B
    Posts: 4,769Moderator
    My understanding of this car is that it was done by a couple of fellows back in 1954 (using a 1954 Hudson as a basis) and pitched to Hudson executives as a proposed design for the 1955's. I have always thought it would have made a nice looking '55 Hudson. But Hudson was on its last legs at that point, so no '55's were gonna come out of Jefferson Avenue.
  • tombpa
    Posts: 253Gold Member
    Was done by the Alexander Brothers in Detroit .
  • nhp1127nhp1127
    Posts: 2,275Platinum Member
    bull islander wrote:
    This is the side picture:

    http://forums.aaca.org/misc/336715-Hudson2.jpg



    Will email the poster and see if he'll post information here.



    Personally, I don't see the styling point of this car. It looks EXACTLY like a Linclon Capri of the same period. Niels
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