If you ve been-there, done-that with Fords and Chevys, how about something a little bigger and bolder like this 1934 Hudson Eight sedan. Very rare, exceptionally well detailed, beautifully built to be a high-volume driver, and featuring many modern conveniences, it more than lives up to Hudson s reputation for performance and style.With a 116-inch wheelbase, there s plenty of room inside, where it has been handsomely reupholstered in red cloth. Low-back front buckets from a late-model look…
If you ve been-there, done-that with Fords and Chevys, how about something a little bigger and bolder like this 1934 Hudson Eight sedan. Very rare, exceptionally well detailed, beautifully built to be a high-volume driver, and featuring many modern conveniences, it more than lives up to Hudson s reputation for performance and style.With a 116-inch wheelbase, there s plenty of room inside, where it has been handsomely reupholstered in red cloth. Low-back front buckets from a late-model look great up front and there’ still a full-sized back seat with seatbelts, which makes this a family-friendly rod.This Hudson is a big car and to move this much sheetmetal, you need some juice. The original flathead inline-8 was dumped, obviously, and it now gets motivation from a 350 cubic inch Chevy V8 motor that moves the big sedan without ever seeming to work very hard, and it looks like it was born there. It was clearly detailed to proudly show off with a chrome open-element air cleaner, finned valve covers with custom Hudson script, and several polished accessories. An Edelbrock 4-barrel carburetor and aluminum Edelbrock Performer intake manifold help build power and are easy to tune, while Hooker Supercomp headers deliver a mellow tone via a custom dual exhaust system. Its backed by a TH350 3-speed automatic transmission and a heavy-duty rear end and sway bar out back, so everything is easy to service and virtually bulletproof. The independent front suspension is a Mustang II setup, so it offers power disc brakes and power steering and the stance is exactly right. Old-school chrome wire wheels are fitted with staggered 185 75 14 front and 225 75 15 rear blackwall radials to complete the killer look.