restoration Hudson 1949 from france

stone · Hornet Joined: Jul 31, 2009 Posts: 223 Location: france

first steps of the dismounting,much of sand in the bottom

51hornet

Great stuff keep loading pics I would like to see this restoration progress.

Good stuff stone.

stone · Hornet Joined: Jul 31, 2009 Posts: 223 Location: france

Thank Sean Laughing

good condition of the stringers and trunk

51hornet

Nice progress. Looks like the perimeter frame is in really solid condition. Nice car. Its going to look great when you are done.

DaveFury

Stone,

Can you post some pictures of how that trailer hitch is mounted?

Thanks,

Dave w.

stone · Hornet Joined: Jul 31, 2009 Posts: 223 Location: france

Yes, no problem Dave

DaveFury

stone wrote:

Yes, no problem Dave

Thanks Stone!

stone · Hornet Joined: Jul 31, 2009 Posts: 223 Location: france

photos of l coupling

I think that is factory House

stone · Hornet Joined: Jul 31, 2009 Posts: 223 Location: france

very difficult
already try with torch, no good

How do you? thanks

51hornet

Ok for the door screws you need to soak them in something like WD-40 or any release oil you have in France. You then need a air gun with a shaker bar on it. It has a Phillips screw driver tip on it and when you press it into the screw it shakes like an air hammer and this breaks the grip of the screw.

You need to soak them overnight before you start. If you remove the inner kick panels under the dash at each side you can also get to the back of the screws and spray penetrate there as well.

This is what I used to pull the 4 doors off my 54 parts car and they were pretty tight. Got all the screws out without damage. And you have to be careful its hard to find those screws.

Tool looks like this and you use it on an air chisel.

Here is a link to the tool I am sure you probably have these in France.

www.thefind.com/search...ew+remover

51hornet

The hitch is not factory Hudson did not offer one. Its look like a nice job though it looks like the one that was on my 54 parts car. Custom made to fit the Hudson perimeter frame.

DaveFury

Thanks for the pictures Stone.

Dave

stone · Hornet Joined: Jul 31, 2009 Posts: 223 Location: france

Hello

now removed the blaxon j. (c) is not easy
i am nettoye rust and remove doors

can you find these parts for the chromees rods?

51hornet

K-Gap sells these. Good progress.

Are you going to sandblast the frame or use a wire brush?

stone · Hornet Joined: Jul 31, 2009 Posts: 223 Location: france

today, compensation floor and decapage painting