Oh yes, you don't see many of these old Stingers. For a
little history, some of you may know this was the last
year of production for Hudson Motor Car Company before
merging with Nash, closing its Detroit, Michigan plant
and moving it's plant to Kenosha, Wisconsin Oct 30 1954
becoming Hudson-Nash for a short period and later transitioning to AMC
Rambler. Hudson began manufacturing in 1909 but 1948 to 1954 Hudson
models proved to be one of
"America's Roadable Cars" and the "Hornet" even captured
early racing enthusiast's with a 1951 NASCAR certified
stock "Twin-H" model that achieved 112mph. The rest is
history except for the remaining survivors we enjoy
today...
Let's get on with this solid survivor and it's known
history. What we know about this car is that it was well
maintained and belonged to a Dr Tom B. of Junction City,
Colorado for many many years and up until 2007 when it
changed hands. Included is a long list of repairs and
maintenance receipts that he had performed over the
years and a wonderful hand written letter describing
it's operational characteristics (see photo copy). It
also comes with the ORIGINAL owners manual and some dealer
advertising brochures. He obviously protected and
enjoyed this car, the interior upholstery and trim are
amazingly well preserved as original...
The exterior shows very well and was appropriately
refinished at some point's in it's life over the
original color (Note: we studied the under rear deck
areas and believe it was originally Pasture Green?) The
older jamb to jamb refinish (Very Dark Plum? almost
Black Metallic) is of unknown age but shows very well as
a great driver with light patina, straight body panels,
the doors shut solid, the fit is good and the
chrome/trim appears as original with expected
age/patina...
Mechanically sound and runs well with original major
component Matching Number (see photos) Twin H power
train under the hood. The current owner/collector
states, "The car was in great shape but I did the following work
on her to bring her up to my standards". The front suspension gone over with new tie rod ends and
alignment, rear differential seal replaced, Oil pan was pulled for inspection as the Pan had a small
dent and leaked so I had it repaired and installed new
gaskets, original Carburetors rebuilt, New 6 volt Optima battery (car is 6 volt positive
ground), Chassis was cleaned and painted, Tires are nearly new
Coker radial white walls, Brake drums were pulled and inspected. Everything was
cleaned and adjusted and power bled with new brake
fluid, Seals
were changed out in power steering pump and system was
flushed with new fluids, original Radiator cleaned and
inspected (known items not working: Radio and clock)...
Well, there ya have it, you know what we know (also see
60 photo's & videos)! A good solid survivor with good
solid history and ready to survive for another 58 years!
Not Perfect and Not New (none are) but this is a good
honest survivor with a no excuses operational presence.
Good Day -Paul Harvey! |
