I had told my daughter to keep on the look out for a 1940 or 1941 Cadillac for me. In  the meantime I had bought the 49 Hudson and started on it when she  called to tell me she found a 41 Cadillac in a salvage yard that was going out of business in Idaho. My son in law went to inspect the car and send me some pictures and I bought the car that day. We express mailed the money and Bobby made arrangements for the car to be picked up and transported to his storage unit where it now waits for me to go and pick it up, as soon as the weather is clear (no snow or ice) for a week as it is a 2400 mi. round trip.  Thee car has a clean Washington State title and all the parts are there. The original flat head V8, transmission and rear end are still in the car.  Bobby was able to pump up the tires on the car to get it moved and said they are still holding air.  The interior is rough but complete with the dash board intact.  Here it is in the storage unit where it will be protected u

The Hudson was going to be a project car that would only require some body repair, rebuild engine and transmission and fix the existing modifications. It turned in to a complete dismantle and rebuild. The car is now apart and mounted on the rotisserie.  Fire wall will be cleaned up, repaired and holes filled.  The dash has been completely removed along with the steering and brake assembly's. The wiring is not repairable so the car will be rewired.  The right and left front floor pans are cut out and new one's will be installed. center floor pan removed and both sides cut out.  The trunk floor pan and gas tank will be replaced.  The next three pictures show the rear leaf spring front mount that has broken away from the frame and damaged both ends of the spring.  Well here we go with a lot of work. It is to bad that the guy that did all this lousy work on the car did not do it right at the time the modifications were made. Also the front fra