1951 Hudson Hornet
Sale price: $32900,00
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Technical specifications
| Manufacturer: | Hudson |
| Model: | Hornet |
| Year: | 1951 |
| Type: | Club Coupe |
| Fuel Type: | Gasoline |
| Color: | Cornish Cream |
| Mileage: | 16,400 |
| Interior Color: | tritone brown |
| Engine: | 308 |
| Got questions? | Ask the Seller |
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Description
Offered for sale is a 1951 Hudson Hornet Club Coupe in
Cornish Cream with factory correct tri-tone interior, restored by Bill Albright
in 2000, and EXTENSIVELY mechanically rebuilt over the last 2 and ½ years.
Here is the story…
This car (named “Doc,” of course…) was purchased from its prior owner out of Texas in early 2016. Doc was restored by Bill Albright in 2000. Bill added a 1954 engine and rear end to the car, and had the interior and exterior completely redone. The result was a stunning car. As was the case with the prior owner (from his reports on the internet), Doc checked all the boxes for what I wanted in a Hudson. It was a club coupe, in Cornish Cream (wonderful, wonderful color that simply glows), with a factory correct redone interior that, when I finally saw it, was actually better than my factory correct 12,000 mile ’50 Commodore, with a 308, three speed with O/D, and added Twin H, Kelsey Hayes Wire Wheels, wide whites, nicely done and ice cold air conditioning, clever modern stereo with a head unit in the glove box and dual stereo speakers in the center grill, and more and more, and more.
I read all of the internet posts about the car I could find (there were a number) and decided to bite the bullet.
Doc arrived, unscathed it seemed, and my first impressions were fabulous. Looked good, needed some minor detailing (my specialty), and the interior was truly, truly magnificent. Starting and driving the car, however, was a different story. The vibration described as “a slight vibration at idle” was, as it turned out, much more.
I embarked on an odyssey to determine the cause of the vibration, which seemed to me to be throughout the entire REV band. That took me to two of the best local classic car mechanics… Neither could really cure the problem, just make it a bit better. I then tried (oh, Vanity, sayeth the Prophet!), to solve it myself. After several attempts to set the valve timing (a stupidly simple job I thought), check ignition, tune carbs, etc.; I gave up.
So… I did the only sensible thing that I could do. I sent the car to the only people I really trust with a Hudson: 21st Century Hudson in Illinois. Randy Mass was kind enough to say he would look at Doc.
Sometime later, the bad news came. The ’54 engine was toast. I don’t really understand the technical specifics, but Randy had no doubt why I could not do the simple job of setting the valve timing, as the engine block was shot and needed to be replaced.
So, now, Doc now has a brand new, rebuilt engine. Randy took a proper ’51 block and completely rebuilt it to 7X specs. His contact info is provided below, and I suspect that he can answer any questions about the specifics far more accurately than I can, as well as the other work that he has done on the car.
Randy has also done more work on Doc. I have not seen Doc since he left for Illinois, and I do miss him, but
My circumstances have changed and, unfortunately, I need to offer Doc for sale.
Here is a list of some (but probably not all) of the things done to Doc before he went to 21st Century Hudson:
· 5 new Diamond Back wide white radials mounted and computer balanced on the Kelsey Hayes wheels.
· Brakes fully gone through, including new master cylinder, and 4 new wheel cylinders, drums turned and new shoes, silicone fluid, adjusted.
· Replace front sway bar link bushings.
· Replace front shock mount bushings.
· Alignment and center steering wheel.
· Remove and clean gas tank, new vent hose.
· Remove double layer of carpet on driver’s side to free up hi low headlight switch.
· Replace brake light switch, turn signal and running light bulbs.
· Replace rear differential pinion seal, repair driveshaft yoke and repack with grease.
· Change differential fluid.
· Replace transmission tail-shaft seal.
· Intake and exhaust manifolds repaired (small crack in exhaust manifold), blasted and powder coated.
· Replace right rear bumper section with new, re-chromed section.
· Replace left rear side molding with NOS molding.
Anyone interested can contact Randy Maas ( to learn more about the new engine and other work that Randy has done (new transmission mount, etc.). So far as I know, Doc is now ready to go for tour or show and only needs a new home.
With the exception of the “glamor shot” of Doc at sunset (taken by the prior owner), the pictures in this ad were taken by Randy just recently. I have not had the chance to take pictures since I am in Connecticut and the car is in Illinois at 21st Century Hudson. But I have posted more than 90 photos taken by the prior owner when he was offering Doc for sale. You can see them on photobucket here:
Also published at eBay.com
Here is the story…
This car (named “Doc,” of course…) was purchased from its prior owner out of Texas in early 2016. Doc was restored by Bill Albright in 2000. Bill added a 1954 engine and rear end to the car, and had the interior and exterior completely redone. The result was a stunning car. As was the case with the prior owner (from his reports on the internet), Doc checked all the boxes for what I wanted in a Hudson. It was a club coupe, in Cornish Cream (wonderful, wonderful color that simply glows), with a factory correct redone interior that, when I finally saw it, was actually better than my factory correct 12,000 mile ’50 Commodore, with a 308, three speed with O/D, and added Twin H, Kelsey Hayes Wire Wheels, wide whites, nicely done and ice cold air conditioning, clever modern stereo with a head unit in the glove box and dual stereo speakers in the center grill, and more and more, and more.
I read all of the internet posts about the car I could find (there were a number) and decided to bite the bullet.
Doc arrived, unscathed it seemed, and my first impressions were fabulous. Looked good, needed some minor detailing (my specialty), and the interior was truly, truly magnificent. Starting and driving the car, however, was a different story. The vibration described as “a slight vibration at idle” was, as it turned out, much more.
I embarked on an odyssey to determine the cause of the vibration, which seemed to me to be throughout the entire REV band. That took me to two of the best local classic car mechanics… Neither could really cure the problem, just make it a bit better. I then tried (oh, Vanity, sayeth the Prophet!), to solve it myself. After several attempts to set the valve timing (a stupidly simple job I thought), check ignition, tune carbs, etc.; I gave up.
So… I did the only sensible thing that I could do. I sent the car to the only people I really trust with a Hudson: 21st Century Hudson in Illinois. Randy Mass was kind enough to say he would look at Doc.
Sometime later, the bad news came. The ’54 engine was toast. I don’t really understand the technical specifics, but Randy had no doubt why I could not do the simple job of setting the valve timing, as the engine block was shot and needed to be replaced.
So, now, Doc now has a brand new, rebuilt engine. Randy took a proper ’51 block and completely rebuilt it to 7X specs. His contact info is provided below, and I suspect that he can answer any questions about the specifics far more accurately than I can, as well as the other work that he has done on the car.
Randy has also done more work on Doc. I have not seen Doc since he left for Illinois, and I do miss him, but
My circumstances have changed and, unfortunately, I need to offer Doc for sale.
Here is a list of some (but probably not all) of the things done to Doc before he went to 21st Century Hudson:
· 5 new Diamond Back wide white radials mounted and computer balanced on the Kelsey Hayes wheels.
· Brakes fully gone through, including new master cylinder, and 4 new wheel cylinders, drums turned and new shoes, silicone fluid, adjusted.
· Replace front sway bar link bushings.
· Replace front shock mount bushings.
· Alignment and center steering wheel.
· Remove and clean gas tank, new vent hose.
· Remove double layer of carpet on driver’s side to free up hi low headlight switch.
· Replace brake light switch, turn signal and running light bulbs.
· Replace rear differential pinion seal, repair driveshaft yoke and repack with grease.
· Change differential fluid.
· Replace transmission tail-shaft seal.
· Intake and exhaust manifolds repaired (small crack in exhaust manifold), blasted and powder coated.
· Replace right rear bumper section with new, re-chromed section.
· Replace left rear side molding with NOS molding.
Anyone interested can contact Randy Maas ( to learn more about the new engine and other work that Randy has done (new transmission mount, etc.). So far as I know, Doc is now ready to go for tour or show and only needs a new home.
With the exception of the “glamor shot” of Doc at sunset (taken by the prior owner), the pictures in this ad were taken by Randy just recently. I have not had the chance to take pictures since I am in Connecticut and the car is in Illinois at 21st Century Hudson. But I have posted more than 90 photos taken by the prior owner when he was offering Doc for sale. You can see them on photobucket here:
Also published at eBay.com
