The Hudson has been taken a part and put on the rotisserie to repair all the rust damage that has been uncovered. This allows me to turn the car to get to the rusty areas.  At the front of the car there  is 1970 Chrysler sub frame grafted to the Hudson frame for the the 70 suspension to mount to and a transmission cross member further back for the transmission and torsion bars. at all these locations the welds had cracked and started to separate. I'm surprised the front of the car did not fall off.  All areas were re welded and stiffener plats added to fix the frame.  This is at the cross member where the torsion bar connects to it.  The 49 Hudson is a unibody with a front sub frame the outer frame of the body on both sides had rusted badly and never fixed with the front being worse than the back.  Above and below show the out side and inside of the frame at the front floor pan and fire wall.  This is the rear frame at the spring ...

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 mad...

A friend in Fort Mohave told me of a 49 Hudson that would make a good project car as it had been modified before  it was parked for several years. He had his daughter in law send some pictures to my E Mail and we were able to come to an agreed amount.  The wheels were off the car and were in the trunk but all flat. The rear door handles were shaved and below the front end and grill is modified.  Tail lights french'ed in.  Dash, steering column and seats changed.  There is a V8 with automatic transmission in the car.  We went to Mohave Valley on Saturday, loaded the car on our trailer (after I aired up the tires) and brought it home.  The car did not look like tit was in bad shape but I have not taken it apart yet.  Has modern gauges and steering column.  A moon roof has been added.  I removed the seats and 3 layers of carpet and found some rust in the front floor pans and ordered a replacement s...