I've learned my Dad's first car in pic was a Hudson Hornet. Can anyone tell me from what year? Was this a high-end car?

[Bucklin]

[The 55er]

This is a 1948 or 1949 Hudson Super series. There were no Hornets until 1951.

[58L-Y8]

Hudsons were priced in the medium and upper-medium priced segments, comparable with and competitive to Oldsmobiles & Buicks and DeSotos & Chryslers, dependent upon series and model.

 

BTW, the second photo looks like it could have been for a cigarette advertisement back then, something like "Let-up and Light-up a Camel...for real smoking pleasure."

Edited February 9, 2021 by 58L-Y8 (see edit history)

[Hudsy Wudsy]

It looks like he popped for the price of a two-tone paint job, but didn't bother with the fender skirts. Boy, didn't every guy have a pipe in the early fifties?

[roysboystoys]

They came from the factory with the skirts. He must have removed them.

[Hudsy Wudsy]

You're probably right, but I thought that they were optional on one of the models -- Pacemaker, maybe?

[The 55er]

7 hours ago, Hudsy Wudsy said:

You're probably right, but I thought that they were optional on one of the models -- Pacemaker, maybe?

Yes, skirts were optional on 1950-1952 Pacemakers, standard equipment on all other 1948-1953 Hudson stepdown models except 1952 Wasps. 

[roysboystoys]

6 hours ago, The 55er said:

Yes, skirts were optional on 1950-1952 Pacemakers, standard equipment on all other 1948-1953 Hudson stepdown models except 1952 Wasps. 

Thanks , always like to learn at least one thing each day. I was the librarian for the Hudson club for several years , I missed that somehow.