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In this Discussion
- 46HudsonPU March 2007
- 51hornetA March 2007
- 66patrick66 March 2007
- frank spring March 2007
- Geoff C., N.Z. March 2007
- hornet53 March 2007
- junkcarfann March 2007
- royer March 2007
- Sarah Young March 2007
- super-six March 2007
- Swasp76063 March 2007
"Frame-off restoration" of Jet
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The frame was sandblasted and painted black before we put the body back on.
I would like to learn how he did this.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/1953-HUDSON-SUPERJET-BURGANDY-FRAME-OFF-RESTORATION_W0QQitemZ280097162505QQcategoryZ6472QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
Larry -
When I saw that I laughed. These guys post these ebay ads thinking the buyers are idiots. Since its unit body I guess he cut the frame out sandblasted painted then welded in back into the body. He must know he said he did the work.......
These guys believe that if you say frame-off we will all go oooh it must have been done professionaly.www.hudsonmotorcar.org -
The first thing that I think of is what else in the description is a little stretched!Larry
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I wanna see pics of this one while they had the body "off"!!! It's the same thing with Mopars. Try telling people a "frame-off" anything is impossible with a unibody car!
With that said, it is a nice car, considering it IS a Jet, but the blue interior and red exterior....eeewwwwww!:eek:"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..." -
super-six wrote:The first thing that I think of is what else in the description is a little stretched!
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I may be wrong but I thought the jet was NOT unibody but has a full frame. Didn't they put the Italia on a jet frame?
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66patrick66 wrote:With that said, it is a nice car, considering it IS a Jet, but the blue interior and red exterior....eeewwwwww!:eek:
Blue or green - that was your cloth interior color choice for a deluxe model Hudson in '53. Maybe that was what put Hudson out of business.
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It can be done as this picture illustrates, but you don't have much left.
frame_117476709147318.JPG952 x 359 - 64K -
Jimalberta wrote:I may be wrong but I thought the jet was NOT unibody but has a full frame. Didn't they put the Italia on a jet frame?
The Italia was on a Jet "platform". That is, they cut the entire top off the Jet, and built a new body on it. There is a "sub-frame" , holding the front suspension which is bolted under the front of the scuttle,, and the front guards and grille etc, are all bolted to this. Plus the front guards are bolted to the scuttle in front of the door hinges at the top. However, the entire body from the scuttle (bulkhead, whatever you want to call it) is indeed a monocoque construction.
Geoff.If you're stuck in a hole, stop digging. -
frank spring wrote:It can be done as this picture illustrates, but you don't have much left.
Would those be the remnants of the infamous Jet convert?1953 Hornet sedan Twin-H
Custom front springs, drop-blocks out back, Clifford 6-2 headers exiting out back shotgun style, Pertronix, and Flames!
1964 Chevy C-10 Longbed, 396/TH400 lowered just enough and \"easy to touch up\" Black paint.
2003 Ford Crown Victoria Police Interceptor
Caved in quarter and fender. Bad paint. Non-True-Trac heap. But it's paid for. -
I see, I stand corrected
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hornet53 wrote:Would those be the remnants of the infamous Jet convert?
Here's some pics of the convertible...
http://hudsonjet.net/Convertible.html
As far as this "frame-off" car, I think the interior looks good except for the embroidery. It's out of place compared to the overall look of the car. I would describe that as "pimpified."
It's also in the fine details... I would have painted the black areas on the hood ornament.Take a Ride in a Hudson Jet! -
So, I shot the eBay guy an e-mail asking him what he considered a frame-off resto and if he had pics of the body "off"... He replied saying that he was listing it for his father-in-law, who did most the work on the car. In reality, the frame was never cut, but he did sandblast the whole thing and painted black before the new paint job was put on. The listing guy is a camaro man who doesn't know anything about Hudsons and made a mistake during his description and plans to revise the description because multiple have inquired about the "frame-off."Take a Ride in a Hudson Jet!
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"Frame-Off" restoration is a misused term, just as "restored" is when applied to an antique car that has been rodded.
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junkcarfann wrote:
Of course, as old as 'rodding' is, it could be that a 'rodded' car has undergone a restoration (or a subsequent 'rodding' of its own, rodding a rod). Guess it would be pretty difficult to tell..."Frame-Off" restoration is a misused term, just as "restored" is when applied to an antique car that has been rodded.
