Chuck Most

Name pretty much says it all. Can't seem to find that issue in my stash, nor can I find the article/renderings online.

Something I noticed- it's near impossible to find a Hudson side-profile picture with the side trim off, so I can see where the mounting holes go. Oh, sure, you can find a fender for a '53 Hornet with the trim off, but everything else is the wrong year or model. The one 'frame off' resto album I found had the fenders, doors AND ROCKERS cut off, big help there!

I am a bit bummed it has a V8 and not the inline six, but oh well... Jeff Ballard at MCRC casts one. This would be cool as a late-80's era Michigan beater car, which I think is the route I'll take with my build.

On Three! One, two.... THREE! SNATCH AND GRAB, GUYS!!!!

I know I mentioned Hamilton, Covert, and Cranky earlier, but a few guys who AREN'T known for building rusty models have played a role in my modeling as well- Tim Boyd (duh!), Bill Coulter, Terry Jessee, Bob Downie, Drew Hierwarter, and many others whose work I've followed in the mags over the years. Today, I draw inspritation from all sorts of people and vehicles, but its the models and builders here on MCM where I get most of my ideas anymore. Not a bad thing at all if you ask me!

Cool! Thanks.

Hey... ease off the R&R pal, I love polishing those turds! In fact, one of my Hudson projects is using the R&R '48 Hudson sedan body on the new '53 Moebius chassis. Imagine the complaints on THAT little project!

And from about an hour or so ago... And a glimpse of some of the other 'AMC and its heritage brands' on my workbench at the moment... (The interloper in this pic is a '50 Nash Ambassador, btw.)

Preliminary trunk work earlier this afternoon-

Whoa.... Ford Interceptor and Nissan Titan.... who makie?

Hey... that must have been the Hudson you mentioned last evening in chat, while I was also in chat and working on my own Hudson!

Only thing holding back my Nash right now is the lack of an AMC/Jeep inline six. Anybody have an old AMT/MPC AMC Pacer or Gremlin kit engine they might be able to spare?

I'd still like to see that kit- molded sunroof, limited chassis detail and all.

Don't worry Mike- if you won't build an AWB Hudson, I will.

The Revell Jeep J-10 Honcho and Pink Poision have the same engine done in 1:25. It's not as well-detailed as the CJ engine though. Both are second-gen AMC V8s so neither would be 100% right for a '59, but they'd be close with a few changes, and certainly a lot better than the '60's Jo-Han AMC/Rambler V8 castings.

At least they won't be able to gripe over the innaccurate battery and air cleaner on the engine as far as the Rambler goes.

Yes, and usually my wheel choice 'breaks' the model.

Hoping to get a bit done later on in the evening/early tommorow in the AM. Trunklid is cut free, now comes the hinging and trunk floor work.

Red with white stripes!

Hey, Pontiac made more ugly cars than anybody (especially in the '80's and '90's) and still managed to last until 2010.

I've been to Kokomo.

And finally, a link to some beatiful restored stock and mild custom Hudsons done by noted photographer Ron Kimball http://www.kimballstock.com/results.asp?db=c&txtkeys1=hudson