1946-1954 American Cars

hoosiergrandad

When I was 5, my Dad bought a 53 Pontiac Chieftain 2 door with a straight 8 and a stick, about the same color as the 52 Chevy at the beginning of this thread. He kept it until 59, when he traded it in on a new Catalina. I remember him taking it up to 85 a few times. My Grandpa had a 56 Star Chief hardtop, turquoise and white, that seemed like a rocket in comparison. A
"perfect" example of THAT car would sorely tempt me, were it available. I haven't seen one with an original spec interior....

Mr_Shiftright

Nah, you'd be in the trees on the first turn I think. The Hudson was a pretty formidable car in its day---hence its great success in early NASCAR.

isellhondas

I believe those Hudsons held some kind of a track record for many years.

I remember an old timer telling a story about how he was driving his new 1950 Olds 90 MPH one night when he saw headlights behind him. he figured it was a cop and he was about to get nailed so he didn't let off the gas.

To his great surprise, he was passed by a Hudson who he guessed had to be doing well over 100 MPH.

Mr_Shiftright

Olds and Hudson competed in NASCAR but the overhead valve V8s finally won out.