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...

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...