Wildrick Restoration
Specializing in Hudson Motor Cars
Kind of a neat thing. Trucks had "CAB" marked in ink pencil before they were painted, as shown here.
Tom wrapping some parts to ship.
We have found this seems common to find on trucks. It really doesn't look like there was much metal to start with, sort of a drain?
You never know what you might find.
'54 Super Wasp of Jeff B.
WRP performance head installed with our ARP head bolt kit.
The head gasket had been leaking enough that it corroded #1 and #2 solid into place. A little patience and persuasion was required here!
This old engine really didn't look that bad inside
We figured the head never got torqued or re-torqued properly, thus leaked coolant into the bores from the start up. Damaged the engine and also cracked the block.
Block is cracked and fixed with "bondo"
After owning this truck for more than 12 years, we finally decided to do build it and make it our shop truck. It had been sitting in that spot for about 2 years.
Joyce and Jim's '53 Hornet sedan. We had to do a few repairs just before the Great Race 2024. From here, it went directly to Owensboro, Ky., where the race started this year.
A little more attention to detail when installing this gasket probably would have prevented several issues.
Good time for a clean up on aisle H. We usually find a long bristle brush, soap and water go a long way.
This is Max and Owen. We met them at the C-9 career center. They both worked here over the past summer. We really enjoyed having them!
Tom sorting clutch pressure plate fingers.
Jim and Joyce's car sat rather low, and after we inspected what was in the trunk, it should have! We ended up installing a pair of air shocks, which leveled it right up. Drives great too!
We started dis-assembly of our '47 C8 Cv. for a complete restoration. We removed the '56 license plate, which was the last time it ran and drove.
Joe's truck is looking bare!!
We removed the rear fender and found this??
Just never know what you might find.
Lots of bag and tag ...
The cowl is kind of rough too.
We found both rear bed corners needing a little attention.
Car for sale - 1951 Hudson Hornet Coupe
About the car:
Matching numbers engine and body
Rust free
It has a laser straight body and show paint job.
New wiring harness, interior, new tinted glass and new tinted and shaded windshields glass, cooling system, fuel system, dual range Hydramatic, Dana 3:07 ratio rear axle etc, ...
It comes equipped with a sun visor, Twin-H-Power, auto transmission, completely converted to 12 volts, has a H-145 Super high compression cylinder head, new 2 1/4 exhaust system, new 225/75r-15 Diamondback radial tires mounted on a set of Kelsey-Hayed wire wheels.
The car has a little more than 50K miles
$65,000
You can not restore a car to this level for this amount.
This car is a 5 footer, has a flawless finish. It is probably the only one in this condition that is currently for sale.
