We made our 3rd trip to LA to pick up the 65 Thunderbird from Armando's Custom Upholstery in San Jacinto, Ca. The upholstery turned out great and the workmanship is top notch.  Our first look at the finished interior took our breath away.  The trunk got the same attention as the interior with a complete build out. There are hidden compartments under the floor mat and behind the the upper removable panels.  Karen and Jeorge decussing Karen's design and color choice for the car.  The color of the interior, like the color on the car, changes in different light. Both are very bright in the  sun light.  The diamond design with the flat welt  is carried over to the door panels.  The seats feel as good as they look, very conferrable.   The windshield had to be removed then reinstalled to cover the dash that has the same copper thread stitching detail as the rest of the interior.  Back at home in the...

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 ...

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...