Hope I didn't bite off more than I can chew!! I am driving 700 miles to pick this car up in a couple of weeks. Solid body believe it or not. Looks like a good custom to me. A 3 inch chop, rear suicide doors, air bag suspension, big block Ford power, nice tuck and roll interior, brandywine candy paint with ghost flames in the front.. Now all it will take is LOTS of money. 1951 Hudson Hornet:

 

hmmm should be alot of time and money

 

x2 but go for it man

 

Looks like A LOT of work. WAY more than I'd ever consider taking on myself!

Good Luck though!

 

That's quite a few bullet holes to patch up.

 

I bet that car has 500,000 miles on it.




HA I BEAT YOU GUYS TO THE PUNCH! IN YOUR FACES!

 

Having 500,000 is better than lying about having 500,000.

 

Sure thing.

 

I can do it too.

 

 

700 miles from western Washington? Looks like the middle of the one of our famous (or infamous) reservations! Yes, the bullet holes give it away!

You might give some thought to a strict restore. Would be worth a lot more money in the end, and you'd have a really nice car to drive in the mean time. Either way, you've got a *lot* of work in your future!

Keep us posted! Lots of pictures!

 

It would be nice

What is a projected completion. or is this a casual rebiuld?

It'll sure be good physical exercise.

 

It's a Porky's mobile!

 

Is that the same type car?

 

I've got a little flip through book of cards on old cars and I have one here for the Hudson Hornet:

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"Hudsons were heavy cars, with flathead six-cylinder engines that appeared outmoded when compared with the new generation of valve-in-head V8s. However, the step down frame of the Hudsons gave them superior road handling and their big six-cylinder powerplants proved to have unexpected reserves of "oomph" in them. Between 1952 and 1953, they snatched the American Championship from the hordes of overhead-valve machines. In 1952 alone, Hudsons won 47 out of 60 events.

Performance: Top speed of 110 mph
Engine: Water-cooled, side-valve, 6-cylinder
Displacement: 5,051 cc (5.05L)
Power: 145 hp
Transmission: 3-speed + reverse (optional overdrive or 4-speed Hydromatic)
Chassis: Presses-steel; independent fron suspension by coil springs and wishbones; rear suspension by semielliptical leaf springs; 4-wheel drums brakes; 3,960 lbs
Price: $3,000 in 1952 for hardtop ($2,869 standard model in 1951)"

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Just a bit of info to make you a little more knowledged about your new baby One day I want to find an old junker 1968 Mustang Fastback as a project and restore it. I dont like it when people buy restored cars and call it "theirs". Unless you restored it, its soul still belongs to the guy who spent hundreds of hours of his life bringing back a classic.