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ANY lead-sled Mopars here ...? #1507058
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... there was a car show up here ....a couple of those old Merc sleds ....damn those things are neat ... post some pics or any links ?

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... there was a car show up here ....a couple of those old Merc sleds ....damn those things are neat ... post some pics or any links ?



Neater than this?

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What is the 411 on that car ?

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What is the 411 on that car ?




You mean this --- 1953 Hudson hornet club coupe

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Re: ANY lead-sled Mopars here ...? [Re: stateline] #1507062
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Neat car ...yours ? ... but a Hudson ? ... any Mopars that look like the old chopped Mercs ?

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Yeh, its mine- Mopar came up a little short in this time period, this style was first introduced in 1948 by Hudson, Merc followed in 1949 I think, Hudson kept it till 1954 - Merc dropped it earlier-1952?? The Merc. is more popular but I never thought Mercs had anything over Hudson on this style.

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Here is a Plymouth that was done back in the 50's by Barris, they are not common at all. mostly Mercs and Fords

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They do a lot of work on those Mercury's to make them look like the Hudson looked from the factory.

A Hudson is in the Mopar family, sort of. Hudson turned into Nash, Nash turned into Rambler, Rambler turned into AMC and AMC got bought up by Chrysler, I think..... Gene

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So stateline ... Is that car fore sail ?

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They do a lot of work on those Mercury's to make them look like the Hudson looked from the factory.

A Hudson is in the Mopar family, sort of. Hudson turned into Nash, Nash turned into Rambler, Rambler turned into AMC and AMC got bought up by Chrysler, I think..... Gene




There you go pb ... That Hudson gotsta be mopar that way

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So stateline ... Is that car fore sail ?




Never thought about selling it,guess Id have to think about that one, maybe though??

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Sl .. I went into eBay and put in a lead sled search .... Damn some of those sellers are sure proud of their cars !! ....

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Sl .. I went into eBay and put in a lead sled search .... Damn some of those sellers are sure proud of their cars !! ....




Lots of people selling cars and trucks on ebay are very proud of their stuff, and its not just on ebay either. There is often a big gap between what people are trying to sell stuff for and what buyers are willing to paying for that stuff. Gene

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I hear ya ... any recent examples of what has been sold ?

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... there was a car show up here ....a couple of those old Merc sleds ....damn those things are neat ... post some pics or any links ?



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Looks like a real nice Hudson with some 1951 Hudson tail lights. You sure that thing is a 53? A 53 had wrap around tail lights near the bumper. Could be a custom sled?

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... there was a car show up here ....a couple of those old Merc sleds ....damn those things are neat ... post some pics or any links ?



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Looks like a real nice Hudson with some 1951 Hudson tail lights. You sure that thing is a 53? A 53 had wrap around tail lights near the bumper. Could be a custom sled?




I guess you are assuming I bought it from someone , I built it . heres the proof - I like those tail lites better -They are from a 1950 Pace Maker parts car I used . The 53 lite housings were all rusted out -which is common

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69 Chry. frame sub.

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Original 53 Hornet rear quarter, check out the 53 wrap around tail lite holes before I changed them

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This is after I changed the dash to a 49 flat faced dash so I could add Charger inst. cluster- 70 B body steering column

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