https://minneapolis.craigslist.org/ank/cto/5675824936.html For sale is a 1957 Hudson Hornet Hollywood Super 2 Door Hardtop. This car is only 1 of 266 ever produced, and it is highly optioned with A/C, Heat, Overdrive, Power Steering, and other options I will post below with the production numbers. Clean Texas title. It has the original 327 4 BBL AMC V8 with the automatic overdrive transmission. Not currently running, but the oil and transmission fluid is very clean. The glass on the car is original and nearly perfect (one small crack in driver door window). Car comes with all original chrome trim except the 2 fender emblems and the hubcaps. It is an original paint car with all original interior as well. The car is virtually untouched. Floors and trunk pans need replaced and the body has some damage, but overall is a very restorable car. This may be the last unrestored example left. Asking $4500 cash or trade only. Will entertain trades on classic cars only. Call or text Dustin show contact info Production Numbers (1957 Hudson Hornets): 4108 Total 1957 Hudson Hornets Produced (All 4 Models) 1 of 266 1957 Hudson Hornet Hollywood Super 2 Dr H/T (Rarest Model) 1 of 41 with NYLON Black Side Wall Tire .0008% of Total (ONE TIRE STILL ON CAR) 1 of 83 this model with T-765 (trim package) 1 of 106 Total with Overdrive 2.6% of production 1 of 183 P90-72 (paint code) Mardi Gras Red & Frost White 1 of 415 with factory Air Conditioning 1 of 670 Foam cushion rear seat 1 of 716 with undercoating 1 of 1137 with power brakes 1 of 1901 with SOLEX glass 1 of 2228 with backup lights
Needs floors and trunk pan? Hey, no problemo. I'll just run right down to 'Hudson Floors R Us'........
It's that rare that if need be, I'd do floor work on it if I got it. I always thought these 55-57 "Hash" cars are pretty neat. When you seem them in pics, it doesn't do justice to how big they are , and, in most cases, how well they are appointed. And that it's a two door hardtop is only icing on the cake - with AC yet......
The car like something the Russians or Chinese would have built in the early 60's and called a "Future Car". It has to be the only car ever made that has tailfins on top of the front fenders too.
It's on E-Bay now. http://www.ebay.com/itm/AMC-Hornet-...0455d2d3:g:jD4AAOSwsTxXi42D&item=322195280595
1957 was the last hurrah for Hudson. I got curious about what body styles there were in Hudson's last year. Answer is, only two - a 4-door sedan and this 2-door hardtop, in two series, 'Super' and 'Custom'.
I owned a '56 Super Wasp 4-door with the 202 Super Jet six-cylinder flathead. Smooth ride, and quiet as can be! These '55-6-7 Hudsons and Nashes (the Hudsons are often referred to as "Hashes" due to the HUGE Nash styling overlap!) all have the fully-reclining front seat that makes into a rather comfy bed. Scoot the seat all the way forward, works great! The 1957 model year for Hudson was abbreviated somewhat, with the last car out the factory door in February 1957. From that point, both the Nash and Hudson nameplates were dead, to be replaced by Rambler & AMC. The Metropolitan brand, sold through Hudson and Nash dealers from May 1954 on, would now be a stand-alone brand, sold through AMC dealers. So, if you see a 1958 - 1962 Metropolitan, it is NOT a Nash OR a Hudson. It's just a "Metropolitan". The 1957 MY was the only year that Hudson used a 14" wheel. During the "Stepdown" era from 1948 - 1954, as well as the 1955 and 1956 cars, they used 15" wheels. And yet another CL seller that has his car in one town (Ft. Worth, TX) and advertises it in another CL city far, far away. Moron.
I remember when my uncle had a fastback styled 1948 Nash with the front seats that made a bed. I lkd the looks of that car.
Those last Hudson's were actually just Modified Studebaker Champion's I found this shot of a 57 Champion 2-door to compare it to. The roofline is the give away. Just like the roof line is the same in the later Lark series. A sad ending to a once great Detroit Icon. They were all made in South Bend Indiana, not the old Hudson Motors Plant in Detroit.
Incorrect!!! There was Zero cross-pollenization between Studebaker and Hudson/Nash!!! ALL of the '57 cars were built in Kenosha at the MAC plant. Fact.
