Hudson

MikeWA

jsrail wrote:

A street rod would look nice I'd say. But the gasser idea is different. The Hudson seems wider than most gassers of that era that I've seen, but then most I've seen are Anglias or Willys. Maybe quite cool at that. Maybe try jacking it up in front, set some skinny tires against the drums and see how it looks. I've never had a gasser, so if you want to drive it lots, I couldn't say how streetable it would be.

Guess I'm not quite as charitable in my opinions as Jay- but (and this is coming from a street rodder) the gasser look would be about as ridiculous as anything you could do to it. Hudsons are lowwww and wide, and beg to be even lower. They also have a comparitively narrow tread width. Jacking it up on skinny tires would have about the same visual effect as a fat girl in a bikini. As far as "streetability", getting all that bulk a couple feet in the air, on skinny tires and narrow tread, would mean you could probably roll it while pulling into your driveway. Hot rod it if you want (and if you see Sam coming over with his gas can, sick Rambo on him), but puleeez, no "gasser!"