STEPDOWN FRAME & BODY REPAIR
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1948-49 Hudson Factory Body Service Manual
1948-1954 Hudson Factory Body Assembly Manual
HUDSON STEPDOWN Factory Assembly Photographs
HUDSON STEPDOWN UNIBODY FRAMES
Check HUDSON STEPDOWN UNIBODY Frame
Sources for replacement body parts and rubber seals
Catalog of fasteners - Many like those used on Hudson Stepdowns
Steele Rubber Products article - Rod Authority Online
Hudson trim update kit for 1948-49 Hudsons
Keep your floors Dry - Windshield drain tubes
Hudson Stepdown Door Weatherstrip(spec sheet)
Hudson Stepdown Door Weather Strip, Sources
Installation Instructions - Front Door S and vertical door seals
Installation Instructions - Front Door Weather Seals
Installation Instructions - Door and Body Weather Seals
Installation Instructions - Trunk Weather Seals
Installation Instructions - Window Channels (Vic Zamora)
1948 -49 Stepdown Crash and Body Parts Guide
1951-54 Hudson Stepdown Body Parts Guide
Repair of Hudson unitized body and Frame
Hudson Paint
Exterior Lacquer One color codes
Hudson 1953 Toro Red and Seal Gray PPG Deltron Base Coat formulas
thanks to Kerry Dancy
Hudson Pacific Blue and Southern Blue PPG Deltron Base Coat Formulas
thanks to Kerry Dancy
Picking Hudson Step-down Colors at this Internet Site
WTN listing for Hudson Paint Code Numbers
Restoration Techniques for Original Hudson Paint (Search for Wayne Carini Hudson Hornet at the site)
Stepdown Glass can be purchased from 21st Century Hudson
Doug Wildrick's recommendations for windshield and rear window installation
Stepdown Restoration Stories
Kerry Dancy - 1952 Wasp 4dr Sedan
Ron Fayette
1951 Hudson Pacemaker Convertible
Mike Madden's
1954 Super Wasp Hollywood Resurrection
FOR SALE: New Hudson Visor brackets for Hudson years ’48-’53 $220.00 per pair plus $10.00 shipping.
Contact: Perry Spring II (909)702-8434
Hemming Motor News- Classic Car Magazine 2008 article -Restoration of Hudson Hornet Hollywood
"Unsurpassed Perfection"
Weatherstrip Application Tips
by Press Kale
Notes from a tech session at the Reno Nevada -National HET Meet
- Use 3M Weatherstrip Cement.
- Put cement on both surfaces.
- Apply the strip when your finger will not stick to the cement. Use an acid brush to apply it to the metal.
- Put a bead of cement down the middle of the weatherstrip and use the side of the nozzle to spread it.
- Clean up with acetone.
- During application, push toward the start of the strip. Do not pull.
- All rubber will shrink, so cut it longer (1/8”) and slightly compress it.
- Use Lock-tite (Quick-tite) for the butt splice.
- Apply during a warm, dry day.
- Do the whole strip on at once.
- Use adhesive sparingly.
- Clean the rubber with detergent.
- After the door seal replacement, the door will be tight to close. Put it out in the sun to set up the rubber.
- Close the door on a piece of paper to check the seal.
- During gasket replacement on the rear quarter windows, mark the spline lock with a file to help get it back in properly.
- Cut rubber with GOOD scissors.
- On a 4-door model, some areas are pretty thin, so trim with scissors.
Beautiful Iron - is a metal shaping shop located in Saratoga County New York. Owner, Ian Stewart has the skill and tools to manufacture unique and unobtainable automotive sheet metal pieces. Fabrication of repair panels for automotive use is a specialty. Ian can be reached via telephone or email at 518-526-1766 Email, Beautifulironfab@outlook.com.
Ian Repairs Hudson Stepdown panels
The following chronicles repairs to Bryan Cady's 1952 Hudson Hornet Hollywood
Eastwood Screw Removal Tool
Removing Hudson Hinge Screws video from Marty Birchmeier
Stepdown Transmission Floor Covers Explained
The transmission floor cover was the same from 1948-1950. In 1951, the transmission floor cover was changed for Long Wheel Base Hudsons to allow for a new Hydramatic transmission. All cars from then on had that floor cover Hydramatic or 3 speed-it didn't matter. I.E. You can install a 51-floor transmission cover on a 48 with a 3-speed transmission but you can't use a 48 trans cover on a 52 with a Hydramatic. (Hudson Open Forum 18 July 2022 - Lance Walker)
KGAP is no longer doing business this is Reference Material provided by Christopher Chancellor
Stepdown additional serial number location stamped into the frame
Hudson Trim Retainer Clip
(reproduction clip cut into small sections)
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