Hudsy Wudsy
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On 6/18/2024 at 10:50 AM, bryankazmer said:
I’d say that the 37-41 Oldsmobiles had the generally good GM family styling, but marred by overly busy fronts, often with to many textures and directions
An excellent assessment.
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I'm afraid that I, for one, don't see any improvement, but that is a nice silver gray color.
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It never does any good to say this, but geez, I wish guys would take a look at where the sun is when they take pictures. This car is half in and half out of some pretty bright sunshine and it makes looking at it a challenge.
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4 minutes ago, m-mman said:
Maybe the grille wasn’t the best but search out 1937-38 Oldsmobile dashboards.
Jim, you are very right about that. They were very bold and innovative, weren't they?
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Remarkably mediocre color, plus a grille style that belongs on a tractor. What was Olds thinking in '38?
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Here's a link to a Facebook listing offering a grille for a '36 Imperial in Missouri:
(3) Marketplace - 1938 Chrysler imperial grill | Facebook
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Here's a link to a site that lists numerous vintage radio organizations:
Antique radios : Antique radio clubs and organizations - The DXZone.com
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Lets not forget the Horseless Carriage club:
Classified Ads - Horseless Carriage Club of America (hcca.org)
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Are you guys sure that isn't a postwar Packard steering wheel?
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This particular "beige" color is often called "Champagne". I don't think that it lends itself to this particular two-toning all that well, but it is nice size body and would likely make a nice road car.
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Also, beware of the variable venturi carb.
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I think I was about fourteen years old when I learned where number one was on a Chevy distributor, after that the firing order is printed on the intake manifold. I'm afraid that I would find all of that masking tape pretty embarrassing.
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Ironically, I saw a rare Plymouth tailgate for sale somewhere in the last year.
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The only '36 Dodges that I've ever encountered were D2s. Is D3 Canadian?
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1 hour ago, rocketraider said:
A rumour has floated around for years that Oldsmobile built some sedan deliveries in 1949 and 1950.
I've never seen one in the flesh but if they were built, they probably used the Fisher "A" sedan delivery body with Oldsmobile front clip and dashboard. I believe doors interchanged on all "A" platforms those years so it wouldn't have been a stretch to mate Olds and Pontiac front clips to the SD body.
That strikes a familiar chord. I'm pretty sure that they might have been Australian.
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I tell guys this whenever the opportunity presents itself--the green on the underside of sun visors is called aircraft green primer.
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Thanks for your thoughts on the subject, Jim.
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It truly is a beautiful car. I love the colors. Are you guys surprised that it does not have a leather interior? More importantly, isn't that a bit of wear on both the brake and clutch pedals for 21,000 miles?
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Yes! The Maserati part should be a good thing, but it's not in this case.
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On 3/1/2024 at 6:01 PM, MGRAB said:
While that may be the case on some convertibles, I am fairly certain all GM C-body convertibles are bolted. My '41 is out right now. It was woodgrained but manufacturers were learning by the late 40's the painted dashes held up better than the woodgrained when exposed to UV rays. Packard had bolt-in and painted dashes in '48-50, while all other models had graining. I can see where Hudsons would have welded them in being uni-body.. though I have no experience with them.
The woodgraining that we are talking about was Dinoc. 3M's appliable film. It would have been very difficult, if not impossible, to apply DiNoc to a dash once it was installed. So, at some point, dashboards simply had to be bolt in. I was making reference to earlier convertibles.
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I've mentioned this before on occasion, so please forgive me for being repetitious--Convertible bodies are far more likely to flex than other bodies because they lack the reinforcement that roofs provide. As a consequence, dashboards are welded into position when the body is first assembled, rather than bolted in place, to provide additional strengthening around the cowl area.. This is why you will often see convertibles with painted dashboards and not woodgrained.
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Not all browns look like crap. Here's a Hudson with a warm, rich brown of unknown origin (not Hudson, I'm fairly sure):
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Back to this Lincoln for a moment, I find it interesting that having too many vertical elements, and thus, too many segments, adds great length to the overall. I suppose that is the nature of optical illusion. Do any of you agree?
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I've seen this Hudson around up here in Minnesota for a long time. I always sort of wince when I see it, though, because somebody thought it would be perfectly acceptable to install the smaller '48-'49 rear venetian blind in the larger '50 and later back window.
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What to do in the Dakotas
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As a Minnesotan, I can say that the people are the wonderful. Leave your dog at home, however!