View our eBay StoreSign up for our Email Newsletter 1951 Hudson Super Six Custom 5A offered with a reserve This nice largely original Hudson has an interesting and well documented history. Daryl H. Haack of Spring Valley. MN. purchased this new on May 1st. 1951 and used it for his wedding car. It was purchased shortly thereafter as a used car by Peterson Motors of Lanesboro. MN and was stored over the ensuing decades in the dealership. It was was repainted and had the interior redone by Garnatz Upholstery in Lanesboro approximately 40 years ago. Upon the death of Mr. Peterson. his heirs set about getting the car roadworthy and embarked on a comprehensive mechanical restoration while preserving the cosmetic condition of the car. It waxed up quite well. The body is solid and the bias ply. wide white sidewall tires are very good. as are the original hubcaps. The brake system was overhauled. The rear axle bearings and seals have been replaced. The engine oil has been changed and the chassis has been completely lubed. a compression test was undertaken finding good compression on all cylinders. New spark plugs and fuel filter have been installed. The Cork Clutch was serviced including new Hudsonite Fluid. various electrical gremlins were sorted. the gas tank was removed. cleaned with Vapo-Rust and coated inside and out. and many more little things attended to. The car runs and drives very well and cruises comfortably at highway speeds. The original Owners Manual and Lubrication Chart accompany the car. While this car could best be desribed as an older restoration driver cosmetically. and with several minor flaws apparant owing to its age. this low mile. well documented Hudson is none the less an exciting find. Rarely do we see such well documented-and well sorted-examples come to market. Due to weather conditions in the Upper Midwest. we apologize for the lack of photography on this car. and anticipate new shots as soon as the weather permits. It has been in climate-controlled storage in Spring Valley. MN for approximately 30 years and for the 10 years prior it was only driven in the parades of Lanesboro. Minnesota by the owner's brother who died in 1988. We have many more photographs of this car. please click on any image to be taken to our full-size image list! The Hudson Motor Car Company made Hudson and other brand automobiles in Detroit. Michigan. from 1909 to 1954. In 1954. Hudson merged with Nash-Kelvinator Corporation to form American Motors (AMC). The Hudson name was continued through the 1957 model year. after which it was discontinued. The name "Hudson" came from Joseph L. Hudson. a Detroit department store entrepreneur and founder of Hudson's department store. who provided the necessary capital and gave permission for the company to be named after him. A total of eight Detroit businessmen formed the company on February 20. 1909. to produce an automobile which would sell for less than $1. 00. One of the chief "car men" and organizer of the company was Roy D. Chapin. Sr. . a young executive who had worked with Ransom E. Olds. The company quickly started production. with the first car driven out of a small factory in Detroit on July 3. 1909. The new Hudson "Twenty" was one of the first low-priced cars on the American market and very successful with more than 4. 00 sold the first year. The 4. 08 units made in 1910 was the best first year's production in the history of the automobile industry and put the newly formed company in 17th place industry-wide. "a remarkable achievement at a time" because there were hundreds of makes being marketed. The company had a number of firsts for the auto industry; these included dual brakes. the use of dashboard oil-pressure and generator warning lights. and the first balanced crankshaft. which allowed the Hudson straight-six engine. dubbed the "Super Six" (1916). to work at a higher rotational speed while remaining smooth. developing more power for its size than lower-speed engines. Most Hudsons until 1957 had straight-6 engines. The dual brake system used a secondary mechanical emergency brake system. which activated the rear brakes when the pedal traveled beyond the normal reach of the primary system; a mechanical parking brake was also used. Hudson transmissions also used an oil bath and cork clutch mechanism that proved to be as durable as it was smooth. At their peak in 1929. Hudson and Essex produced a combined 300. 00 cars in one year. including contributions from Hudson's other factories in Belgium and England. Hudson was the third largest U. S. car maker that year. after Ford Motor Company and Chevrolet. In 1948. the company launched their "step-down" bodies. which lasted through the 1954 model year. The term step-down referred to Hudson's placement of the passenger compartment down inside the perimeter of the frame; riders stepped down into a floor that was surrounded by the perimeter of the car's frame. The result was not only a safer car. and greater passenger comfort as well. but. through a lower center of gravity. good-handling car. In time almost all US automakers would embrace it as a means of building bodies. For the 1951 model year the 6 cylinder engine got a new block with thicker walls and other improvements to boost Horsepower by almost 18% and torque by 28. 5% making Hudson a hot performer again. The GM-supplied 4 speed Hydramatic automatic transmission was now optional in Hornets and Commodore Custom 6s and 8s. Hudson's strong. light-weight bodies. combined with its high-torque inline six-cylinder engine technology. made the company's 1951–54 Hornet an auto racing champion. dominating NASCAR in 1951. 1952. 1953. and 1954. As the post-war marketplace shifted from a seller's to a buyer's market the smaller U. S. automakers. such as Hudson and Nash. found it increasingly difficult to compete with the Big Three during the 1950s. Although Hudsons dominated racing during this period. their feats did little to affect showroom traffic. Sales fell each year from 1951 to 1954 and only Korean War military contracts kept the company afloat. After the company's high-priced Jet compact car line failed to capture buyers in its second straight year. Hudson was acquired by Nash-Kelvinator automobiles in 1954. Our Ebay Policies: Significant Cars is one of the largest Collector Car Brokers and Dealers in the Country. 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