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On Dallas Craigslist......
  • commodorecollectorcommodorecollector
    Posts: 277Hitchhiker
    Really?! No title and Not registered... why, would someone waste all the money on a car that is not insured.
    Poor 1951 Hudson :-(
    Christopher
    Wyotech Sacramento Grad 2013
    - Collision and Refinishing
    -Applied Service Management

    Own:
    1954 Hudson Hornet Sedan //1949 Hudson Commodore 6 Sedan // 1949 Hudson Super 6 Sedan // 1941 Hudson Super 6 Sedan
    Wanted:
    1949 Hudson Commodore 6 Club Coupe // 1949 Hudson Super 6 Brougham // 1950 Hudson Super 6 Brougham
    All Stepdown Coupes and Broughams
    1937 Brougham, Victoria Coupe, Utility Coupe, and Sedan (all models acceptable)
    1936 Coupe
  • faustmbfaustmb
    Posts: 1,102Platinum Member
    A bit heavy on the diamond plate, and the price :(
  • cargray
    Posts: 178Expert Adviser
    Man that would gag a maggot!!!!! I had much rather see an old car go to the crusher, than wind up mutilated like this
  • BrowniepetersenBrowniepetersen
    Posts: 2,415Platinum Member
    I am thinking that he wanted a Dodge? It could be saved, but for me the diamond plate would have to go. After that, it could be a good hot rod. The rest of the work looks acceptable???

    Title and Licence is not a big issue--there are ways.
    Brownie
  • SuperDaveSuperDave
    Posts: 2,376Platinum Member
    I would hide it somewhere. My God how hideous can a grille get ?
  • commodorecollectorcommodorecollector
    Posts: 277Hitchhiker
    I did not see it at first, but he welded the rear doors to the quarter panel to make it a coupe.
    Christopher
    Wyotech Sacramento Grad 2013
    - Collision and Refinishing
    -Applied Service Management

    Own:
    1954 Hudson Hornet Sedan //1949 Hudson Commodore 6 Sedan // 1949 Hudson Super 6 Sedan // 1941 Hudson Super 6 Sedan
    Wanted:
    1949 Hudson Commodore 6 Club Coupe // 1949 Hudson Super 6 Brougham // 1950 Hudson Super 6 Brougham
    All Stepdown Coupes and Broughams
    1937 Brougham, Victoria Coupe, Utility Coupe, and Sedan (all models acceptable)
    1936 Coupe
  • syddthekiddsyddthekidd
    Posts: 49Hitchhiker
    Must work for a fab shop and get diamond plate and expanded metal for free. What an awful mess. I'd want auto pilot so I could lay down in the back seat so no one would see me in the thing.
  • Tom Drew
    Posts: 133Expert Adviser
    Replacement grille parts are available at Home Depot!


  • MikeWAMikeWA
    Posts: 1,441Platinum Member
    Very strange. I've never seen diamond plate on a hot rod before, and now I know why. The thing needs clearance lights and a set of horns off a Peterbilt to complete the "look".

    I remember my grandad saying "Just because you can do something doesn't mean you should."
  • 1951hornethardtop
    Posts: 270Expert Adviser
    Oh My, Im sure they are proud of it but, I would burn and crush my Hudsons if I knew that was going to happen to mine! If I was dead I would come back from the grave, at least turn over accouple of times,and haunt the builder. lol
  • wano1949
    Posts: 59Senior Contributor
    Bargain down to Eleven thou or so. Buy the car, rip out & cut off the plate. Looks like there is a lot of it.
    That should bring 300 to 500 at the scrap yard depending on the price of aluminum.
    Buy a couple of cases of beer and sit and think about what to do next.
    Then go and buy a case of Scotch. Think some more. LOl.
    This guy was on a bad acid trip for quiet a while & this is the offspring.
  • 48Sed
    Posts: 90Hitchhiker
    I looked at the pictures a few times and even the underside of the hood has the plate.
  • superwasp912superwasp912
    Posts: 43Greasemonkey
    Egads,Yikes,Eek and WTH.
  • faustmbfaustmb
    Posts: 1,102Platinum Member
    Something isn't right over the rear wheels either. The panels look kindof wavy, like tacked on thin sheet metal ...
  • commodorecollectorcommodorecollector
    Posts: 277Hitchhiker
    Here are some pictures of it, since it is still listed.
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    Christopher
    Wyotech Sacramento Grad 2013
    - Collision and Refinishing
    -Applied Service Management

    Own:
    1954 Hudson Hornet Sedan //1949 Hudson Commodore 6 Sedan // 1949 Hudson Super 6 Sedan // 1941 Hudson Super 6 Sedan
    Wanted:
    1949 Hudson Commodore 6 Club Coupe // 1949 Hudson Super 6 Brougham // 1950 Hudson Super 6 Brougham
    All Stepdown Coupes and Broughams
    1937 Brougham, Victoria Coupe, Utility Coupe, and Sedan (all models acceptable)
    1936 Coupe