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Older Hudsons Need More Love Here
  • Ron P
    Posts: 910Platinum Member
    Seems all that is talked about on here are a bunch of rust bucket step down crap and I am tiered of it. Need more talk about the real HUDSON...1929...:) Just Kidding...Am I the First ??? LOL
  • hudsondad
    Posts: 491Platinum Member
    Yep , you're the first. If I had a '29, instead of spending all that time I would be welding and repairing the rust on a stepdown, I'd street rod it! Just Kidding??? Ron, I couldn't resist! I love them all from rods to restos to work in progress
  • denverslim
    Posts: 407Platinum Member
    Hey Ron.... Post a picture of that ole puppy. I wanna see what a '29 looks like.
  • hudsonkid
    Posts: 2,298Platinum Member
    i would street rod it, no kidding. Hudsondad would so do the cutting and welding, and he knows it.
  • hudsondad
    Posts: 491Platinum Member
    hudsonkid wrote:
    i would street rod it, no kidding. Hudsondad would so do the cutting and welding, and he knows it.



    Yep, you guessed right! You'd have to hold me back! Maybe early Rocket power?
  • 66patrick6666patrick66
    Posts: 1,831Platinum Member
    The pre-Stepdown cars don't get the recognition they deserve, to be certain. Keep in mind, the 1937 Terraplane and Hudson both set records at Bonneville for top speed, average speed over a 24-hour period (over 87 mph!), and several other records. People think that the NASCAR Hudsons were the only fast cars - far from 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..."
  • hudsonkid
    Posts: 2,298Platinum Member
    i like 37's they look good. actually, 34-39 are all okay to me. but no those 39's that have the headlights in the fenders.
  • rambos_riderambos_ride
    Posts: 3,124Platinum Member
    Hudson made other models than the stepdown? :p

    1934 Hudson Coupe - gotta have one someday - stock or otherwise!
  • Dave53-7C
    Posts: 2,523Platinum Member
    I've heard that Checker (yep, the former taxi cab folks) made the 1939/40Hudson bodies.
  • denverslim
    Posts: 407Platinum Member
    I LOVE my '36T. l love havin' it but mostly I love driving it.:)
  • `Hudsonator`Hudsonator
    Posts: 858Platinum Member
    I love pre-war Hudsons even more than stepdowns. I just don't have one to work on and get to know. The stepdowns are more accessible/ownable, so there ya go. I'd love to see more of the older Hudsons, they always have my respect in any form. Stock or otherwise.



    Love the '34 Hudsons. I'm also a fan of the '39. A closet pre-war junky am I.



    Mark
    Gimme a Hudson, with that "Instant Action"
  • 66patrick6666patrick66
    Posts: 1,831Platinum Member
    The '36 has the sweetest grille and rad support of any of the late 30's cars from anyone, with maybe the exception of a '37 Ford
    "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..."
  • hudsontechhudsontech
    Posts: 4,049Platinum Member
    Dave53-7C wrote:
    I've heard that Checker (yep, the former taxi cab folks) made the 1939/40Hudson bodies.



    Checker Cab made the 1938 (Models 80 and 89), 1939 (Models 90, 91)

    and 98 and 1940 (Models 40C and 48) Panel Delivery bodies. York-Hoover built the panel deliveries 1933-1936.



    See what you can learn from my General Information Handbook!!!!!!





    Hudsonly,

    Alex Burr

    HudsonTech

    Memphis, TN
    http://www.hetclub.org/
    http://hetclub.org/burr/lithomepage.htm
  • htrdhudson
    Posts: 229Gold Member
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  • Rarerodder
    Posts: 149Expert Adviser
    htrdhudson wrote:
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    Hubba, Hubba! I love that car! Just the way it is! Kinda reminds me of a little sweetheart I pulled from the dark recesses of a old barn up north-though mine's not a Hudson, I love her just the way she is, too! Wow, they really do look alot alike in these pics. htrdhudson, can you tell us a little more about yours? You know even though I build streetrods, too, these are the kind of cars that will grab and hold my attention longer than any others.



    Rick
    1930 Pontiac Coupe s_119932351949119.jpg
    500 x 255 - 76K
  • htrdhudson
    Posts: 229Gold Member
    ive seen pics of that car somwhere, maybe on the hamb? i imediately thought the same thing, man that looks so much like my car... its a 31 essex, ive had it about a year now. its had a paint job and interior redone i think i nthe 70s. it was stored in a container for over 20 years. the prev owner bought it and could not get it running so took every part off the block that was attached with bolts and broke every bolt. i originally looked at it and bought it with a hot rod in mind but i stuck it back together and put a new clutch in it and drove it all summer. it has an appetite for oil, it needs a rebuild but i dont think it is feasible to rebuild that motor for what it will cost. its bad on gas and has no power. i plan to upgrade the brakes to hydraulic, change the rear axle to an 8 3/4 put steel wheels and a set of firestone bias plies on it. i keep thinking of what engine to put in and i have ideas that are all across the board. when i bough tit the plan wa sa nailhead. but they are too long, i dont really want to cut up the body any more than i have too. that basically eliminates most v8s and all straight 6s. i thin kthe rover v8 will be the best option, but i saw an 50 olds rocket that has sparked my intrest, why i dont know as it looks long and wide at the bellhousing. i know it wont fit good but it still has me interested. i guess becasue it would be period correct for a 50s hot rod. guys are always telling em not to modify it, but thats what i bought it for and if any one wants to, they can buy it from me and save it from the awful future it awaits. i do have a spare engine, trans and front axle.
  • Rarerodder
    Posts: 149Expert Adviser
    Yep, you've seen it on the HAMB. I posted it on a couple of threads there. I hear you on plans for your Essex. I've got a few cars that are going to be modified but in the case of my little original black coupe, and because I bought it from the original owner's neice, with original 1930 title and all complete and driveable, I'm just gonna keep it the way it is. Hell, when I park it and my finished 31 coupe side by side at shows, the original car gets most of the attention!:eek: How's that for three years hard work? That's ok, I love em both!
  • htrdhudson
    Posts: 229Gold Member
    yeah i hear ya, one is no better than the other, this car is a lto fo fun to drive. and really different. part of me wants to leave it but...
  • SamJSamJ
    Posts: 1,405Platinum Member
    66patrick66 wrote:
    The pre-Stepdown cars don't get the recognition they deserve, to be certain. Keep in mind, the 1937 Terraplane and Hudson both set records at Bonneville for top speed, average speed over a 24-hour period (over 87 mph!), and several other records. People think that the NASCAR Hudsons were the only fast cars - far from it!



    Not that I'm prejudiced or anything, but don't forget the records set by the 1940 Hudson at Bonneville...many of them stood until well after the war. The '40 is the first Hudson of the modern era...sealed beam headlights (of an unusual design) and, most importantly, IFS with center-point steering. If you ever get a chance to drive a nice '40, '41 or '42 you won't believe how you can steer with one finger at 55 mph., compared to other cars of the era. If you let go of the wheel, it will go straight until it falls over the edge of the earth. Hudson knew how to build great-driving car...;)
    HETfortyqtpi@earthlink.net (drop the HET)

  • BrowniepetersenBrowniepetersen
    Posts: 2,419Platinum Member
    Little supprise here... I love the 39's--and it does not hurt that I have one now to work on....Cannot wait to get it on the road....
    Brownie
  • Geoff C., N.Z.Geoff C., N.Z.
    Posts: 2,270Platinum Member
    Don't forget - "The World's largest selling Six", and Hudson's best ever selling car of all time, the 1928 Essex! Over 228,000 of these were made.
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    652 x 414 - 76K
    If you're stuck in a hole, stop digging.
  • denverslim
    Posts: 407Platinum Member
    Wow. Neat-looking old car, Geoff.

    I'm envious of the car and the Kiwi weather right now. Wish I could run around in shorts...
  • 37 CTS37 CTS
    Posts: 510Platinum Member
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    Hello



    Heres a look at the inside of my '29 Victoria.



    Someone has installed a accelerator pedal and a heater during the cars life. I recently learned it was orginally chauffer driven for the owner in Regina SA , CA
  • faustmbfaustmb
    Posts: 1,109Platinum Member
    My first love was a 1946 commodore 8 sedan. Until the last few years I wasn't even interested in stepdowns. I hope to have a early thirties model someday, either Essex or Terraplane. I love the engineering and simplicity of older cars. Heck, the floor boards were actually boards :)
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