1957 Hudson hornet, last year of Hudson
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- Today, On what it’s like super special treat for you today not only is 1957 the last year of the Hudson hornet the car featured is the very last Hudson hornet ever made starting the production run with a solid white car and ending the production run with a solid black car. Because as you will see in the pictures in the advertisement most of these cars were either two-tone or tri-tone colors…
Really Cool comparisons in this episode as well as advertising specs history we talked design of these rolling works of art. Also for those unaware this is the sister car to the rambler rebel one of the most underrated overlooked cars from the 1950s
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Something by the BEATLES '57 Hornetrocks!
"Something"
Yeah buddy congratulations you got it I’m starting to find instrumentals because they’re a little bit harder but I wanted it to be a song about something that’s ended.. and I felt like that song fits this car the vibe. =)
Well done 👏👏👏👏🍻✌️
Awesome job !
If I owned this car, I'd keep it in the living room as art work, or an amazing couch/sleeper!
Simply DeLuxe! I shall rush out and buy one now.
That car is so so so good. Handsome power too
Sounded amazing super smooth ride
7-8 second 0-60 times were pretty amazing for '57
That’s what I’m saying and 1959 ambassador wagon when goes 0 to 60 in 8 1/2 seconds that’s incredible I was told anything faster than 10 seconds in the 50s is fast
@nealsidor1323: No doubt this engine has to be run on premium leaded gasoline for this kind of performance.
It's really a shame that during the fifties we lost many independents, most with long and honored histories.
Sadly, we'll never see cars like them again. Parent Company Curtis-Wright ordered Packard to cease production in '57 also. Ironically, Packard was in trouble, but still relatively stable before ill advised Studebaker merger.
Yes, Nash didn't bother me so much, since I never cared for the look of Nash's cars anyway, but losing Hudson was a real shame...the worst one to me, was losing Packard...and tragic to see them die as "Packardbakers", like the Hudsons dying as "Hash's"...I think, really, the Packard name had more value than the Studebaker name, it should have been kept even if meant losing Studebaker..they should have moved Packard back to where it should be...a top tier luxury make. In it's heyday, Packard was a gold standard of quality and luxury, not only by American standards, but by World standards...
Even if we loosened the exclusivity China has, and favorism toward China in trade, it would help a lot...if we could trade with other countries on an even table as China, we would have other sources...Brazil, central american countries, Turkey, Pakistan, India, Vietnam, Indonesia, and other southeast asia countries, possibly some African countries...we wouldn't have all our eggs in one basket, which I think is not a good thing...@@zippydastrange
Technically, anyone can get into an industry like auto-making, but how many have access to the resources & billions it would take just to open doors & keep the lights on, let alone actually produce something? Preston Tucker was last independent who tried to break choke hold oligopolies had over domestic car market. He warned of what could happen when the "little guy" gets shut out.
What happened eventually, is the foreign companies took over...@@a.leemorrisjr.9255
Beautiful car . Lots of chrome , never enough in my opinion , and we got a road test ! What a treat
Yeah hoping one day we get to go back and see it again I wanna see it open up. Because that car has the goods and I just want you guys to see what I can do.
'55 has better instruments and grille... Hudson good looking by '57 and has the fabulous Hydramatic transmission option... too bad they couldn't keep going...
Wow what a car, love the grill work! That car had everything, it wasn’t enough! I would be honored to own this car.
This thing is crazy, very ornate.
I think the stylists were grasping at this point.
However, nice long wheelbase with very little overhang.
I’m from this era…..but honestly, I never knew a single family that owned a Hudson in the late 50’s.
they were really rare... I was born in 1957 and I don't recall ever seeing one of these.. Maybe when I was really young and didn't know what they were, but.. yeah.. I got nothing..
I like the 1954 Hudson Hollywood hardtop. And the Supercharged 1957 Golden Hawk
Awesome choices
I think I would like to have the ‘57 Rebel with factory Air!
Great choice =)
The owner was telling me that the Hudson version got hydraulic valve lifters whereas the rambler rebel had solid lifters so they could make more adjustments to the engine.
'57 Rebel !!! The Hornet was sister car to the Ambassador, not the Rebel, and weighs about 700 lbs more, and has a14.5" longer wheelbase, than the Rebel, with the same engine. No way does it have an under 10 second 0-60 time. Great coverage of the styling (?) details. You mentioned the resemblance of the rear quarters to the earlier Nash cars. That's because thats the same body Nash brought out in 1952, The Hudson fins are welded to it, like Dodge did to it's 55 body, to give it the 56 fins. No way would George Romney have let them tool a new roof skin, in the last year of a low volumn car, and the last 2dr hardtop, until 1964. Its the same as it was in 1952. By 1957, theres no Hudson in the car, except for the badges and weirdly designed add ons. Thanks for the close ups! Gotta love the hood ornament. Some real mid century modern art. 👍
Yeah should have said cousin.. lol sister too close
Thank you so much for all of that insight and information
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@@What.its.like. 😎👍
1956 to 1958 is my favorite styling era. Interesting that the '55 & '56 Hornet could have a Packard V8. If you research it that V8 was designed to grow up to 500 cubic inches. Unfortunately all the Packard V8 gurus have died in the last 10 years. That engine's only weakness was the oil pump but there is a well-known aftermarket fix.
Must of had some serious bore spacing.
The '55 could also be had with the legendary 308 flathead six.
@@JohnnycdrumsOh yeah. Packard knew they couldn't afford to design new engines every few years. In the 2 years it was on the market it was the horsepower "king". They kept it 5 to 10 horsepower above whatever Cadillac made.
It’s hard to believe Studebaker would allow the Packard V8 to be supplied to AMC, but…they were hard up. I must disagree with Jay on the Corvette being the fastest car in these years. I believe the Studebaker Speedster and the Golden Hawk were the fastest production cars in ‘55 and ‘56. The Rambler Rebel was the king in ‘57, only because it weighed less than the Hornet.
@@seanhoward8025The Packard engine also went in the 56 Ambassador, while the new AMC 250, was in the Rambler. The fastest car top speed, and the quickest car are not the same thing. The Rebel and Corvette were the quickest 0-60 mph, the FI 283 was top at 7.0 to the Rebel's 7.5. Top speeds were recorded, but are never used in AMC's claims. Cars that are quickest, are usually geared quite differently from cars trying for top speed. The Rebel was a 3 speed/overdrive, with a 4:10 gear. I'm pretty sure the Corvette would have had a 4:11, or 4:56, neither likely to top more than 100 mph, by much.
I love all the orphan cars from the 50's I would take any one of them.
Me too I love a lot of different cars and it’s always been like that for me the weirder the better just like being different
My father worked for Jim Moran, whose dealership, Courtesy Motors in Chicago sold a very large number of Hudsons. Shortly before Moran switched to selling Fords, the chairman of Hudson offered him the job of Hudson president. Turning the job down, Moran said not only was he making more money as a very successful dealer, he said he believed Hudson could not be saved. After leaving Chicago in late 1967, Moran eventually became a billionaire working for Toyota.
1957 Golden Hawk ❤️
1930s Hudson Great Eight 👏👏👏 great running and reliable 😉👍
Another great episode i enjoyed it 🤠✌️❤️
Great choices glad you dig this episode =)
That car road so nice it might actually be the best riding 50s car that I was that I ever rode in.. I got to drive a 56 Nash cross country Rambler wagon and it was a very comparable experience but I think this rode better than that.. Head and shoulders above a 57 Chevy 57 Chevy rides like a truck just saying 57 ford wallows, 57 packard same feel I got to drive those three cars from 57
Wing mirrors as the Brits call them, love it.
Corvette boys at GM had some power, they were not happy when the 87 Buick Grand National V-6 turbo was faster than their Vette either, never mind the GNX !
Yeah nothing could ever be better than the Corvette it’s same is true today and the journalism department is still in bed with Chevy it is ridiculous but if I grew up if I was around back then I would’ve gave the end dependence the credit that they deserved I try to do that here.. =)
One day this is B a bucket list thing for me I would love to find a rambler rebel and a 57 Corvette and run them I don’t wanna drive the cars but I will video them racing I wanna see which one is faster.. I would love to drag race a bunch of 50s cars actually I’d love to throw the Studebaker golden hawk in there as well because that’s a really fast car that nobody thinks is fast, i’ve heard they would walk a Thunderbird I would love to race charged 57 Thunderbird against a golden hawk from 57
1958 Edsel citation with a manual transmission versus a 58 Desoto adventurer would be another great race
Beautiful, unique car. Especially with A/C. And we got a ride, so I'm a very happy camper. I share your enthusiasm, Jay!
He lived in the city I wish we could’ve opened it up maybe we could do that in the future who knows it won’t be the first time that I go..
We took it to the gas station and when we came out there was a bunch of people around it the one guy was asking me everything about it this was one of those weird episodes I put the episode together before I even shot the car and then I had to go back and fix a couple things..
But that car sounded even better in person than I did on the video I wish I could have gotten the sound better. It was an awesome day =)
I can’t wait to find a Rambler rebel
The 57 Rebel should be at the top of any group of three choices.@@What.its.like.
Sweet =)
I do not think it actually had air conditioning...just vent settings...misleading? I did not see the AC compressor under the hood.
Could you do a "What's It Like" video on the Hudson Metropolitan? It was a rebadged and retrimmed version of the Nash Metropolitan, but much more rare and lesser known than it's Nash near twin sister.
I haven’t found a Hudson metropolitan yet but I’ve done to Nash versions they made four series of that car I’ve done the first series and the third series one was a convertible one was a hardtop..
That is a car that I Want to own I’ve actually been looking for one to buy but I don’t wanna spend a whole bunch of money on it and I want to do three episodes with it.. =)
I want to compare it to a 55 or 56 Thunderbird because they look very similar when you’re sitting behind the wheel and there is more room in a metropolitan and there is a 55 Thunderbird
@@What.its.like. - I've only ever seen one and before that I didn't even know a Hudson version of the Nash (and later AMC) Metropolitan even existed. The car was in a wrecking yard in Niagara Falls Ontario about 30 or 35 years ago. It was completely intact and running and bodywise it was in quite reasonable condition. I could have bought the whole car for a $150! At the time though, I was big into '60's era muscle cars, so to me the car was just an oddball anomaly that I had absolutely no interest in. But now, with hindsight and some 35 odd years of maturing and greatly broadening of my automotive interests, it's now a regrettable case of "I coulda', woulda', shoulda' bought it but didn't".😢😢😢
I totally know what that’s like =)
Every year around here there’s always a Studebaker Silverhawk that pops up on Facebook marketplace for $5000 I’m hoping this year I’ll have enough money for that the problem is is I want too many cars.. my wife isn’t into Classic Cars so that you know we can’t have too many.. I have a 52 Chevy truck it’s my every day truck so anytime I need to use the truck that’s the truck only truck I have.. my wife told me that I can buy a car but the whole family has to fit in it so I’m metropolitans kind of sort of out of the picture but I don’t know I’m still looking..
Or Maybe a Hudson "super-jet" compact!...Rare, even then.
We’ve done a jet there’s one for sale locally I was contemplating on whether or not I should propose that to my wife as a family car we should potentially buy instead of the Metropolitan but I’d rather have a metropolitan I think
We’ve done a jet there’s one for sale locally I was contemplating on whether or not I should propose that to my wife as a family car we should potentially buy instead of the Metropolitan but I’d rather have a metropolitan I think
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Ouch. Love the Rebel, but the Golden Hawk is my all time favorite 50’s car.
My family had a new 1954 Hudson Wasp. It didn't have power steering, so Mom had to make very wide turns to get it home. It was lemon yellow with green nylon interior - hideous.
Thank you for sharing that car with us great Memories even if the color combination was a little bit out there
It _is_ nice to go for a ride in the subject car, so that's a plus.
I was really hoping that by this point we would do that more.. last year I worked at the Classic Car dealership so I got to drive a lot of those cars. This year it’s not like that but yeah I definitely would like to go for more rides that’s for sure I love sitting behind the driver gives you guys the Impression that you’re driving it
Beautiful Car. Nice to see the older gentleman uses it.
Another great year of my birth car loved the 57 Hudson & Nash, they are flashy and colorful, they went out in style, and the Nash had neat tail and backup lights, Hudson the grille. Liked the 55 Hudson dash. First pick the 57 Rebel the second, the 57Hornet hardtop. Nice ride with the owner .
Good job featuring the unique styling on this great car.
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1st choice, 57 Rebel; 2nd choice, 51 Hudson Commodore. I would also love to have a 57 Hornet and/or Ambassador.
Awesome choices =)
WYR: Studebaker Golden Hawk, 1951 Hudson Hornet. I'm going to the Charlotte Auto Fair Saturday. Enjoy Greenfield Village!
Awesome did you enjoy Charlotte =)
Greenfield Village is absolutely epic I’m going to hopefully maybe try to do a live thing tomorrow my phone isn’t the best phone in the world.. but who knows absolutely epic you’re definitely a must see if you’re into anything pre-1932
All I know about Hudsons: Over 82 years on this planet and I have never known anyone who owned one, not even a neighbor.
WYR: Golden Hawk; 54 Hornet. Nice!
I always had an eye for the Rebble.
WYR #2: The first car reminds me I haven't watched Porky's in a while.
I FEEL LIKE I'M IN HEAVEN 😇 WITH YOUR 57'❣️
That car is awesome Because it does not look fast at all but it has the goods
1: 1957 Hudson Hornet.
2: One of every year model Hudson Hornet ever made.
Too bad they don't make the Hudson Hornet anymore. Love those things.
Have to look at the new Dodge Hornet - which as acquired AMC.
@@alanblanes2876 Wait, what?
@@alanblanes2876it's a FIAT.
Sweet choices =)
Nice looking, a bit ornate side though. I'd pick the Golden Hawk, but would pick this one in the second scenario. 😎
Sweet choices this is a super under rated very overlooked car for what it is the crazy thing is is they made less than 800 hard tops no idea how many are left
Man,what a handsome car!
Big spacious practical car It would be a good car for the family to take to car shows there wasn’t that much space to get in the back but it really wasn’t that bad.. I got back there twice lol
Have you seen '54 HHH?
1954 Hudson Hornet, last year Hudson was independent.
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I'll bet a 57 Studebaker Golden Hawk would give a 57 Corvette a run for its money.
One day I would love to race 57 Rambler rebel 57 Corvette 57 Goldenhawk.. and just set the record straight =)
The 1957 did have a flatter roof profile according to the Hudson intro film. If you look at them side by side the 1957 was about an 1" lower in the center. The side window profile was the same on all three years.
That was something I totally forgot to mention is the offer two different roof sizes I guess in 56 it was 2 inches taller than in 57 and they also change the wheel size it route 15 inch wheels and 56 and 57 they went back to 14s giving it a lower profile.. The owner is huge in the Hudson community and he gave me all that information.
Hi Jay!: What a GREAT car! I always liked the Nash/Hudsons! The 1957 in particular. It's nice to know it had that great 327 in it! Frank Spring was a pretty fair designer. He was behind the Hudson Italia, one of the coolest cars of the 1950's. Hudson was seriously thinking of carrying over the Italia designs for their 1955 line until they were bought by Nash/AMC. There was at least one prototype 4 door built with the Italia front and rear end design incorporated. Anyway, REALLY like that '57! Part of the reason that these great little cars didn't sell as well as expected is that Ford changed the car game in 1957. The Fairlane 500 brought the longer, lower, wider design to American automobiles, and beat out even the 1957 Chevy in sales. Any cars that were not at least somewhat wider and lower were not going to last for 1958. Rambler was a different story as it was an economy car, so to speak, so the styling could be different (read VW beetle, other foreign econo cars, and the soon to come Studebaker Lark). You are killing me on the WYR's this time, as I can't pick the 1957 Hudson, which I REALLY like. But it's got to be Studebaker Golden Hawk for #1, despite not being as fast as the Hudson, but THAT DESIGN!! #2 Going with the 1951 Hornet, the 1954 car was kind of nice. and they sort of got rid of the earlier look, but it's kind of fussy.
Golden Hawk! 54 Hornet! Something by the Beatles!
Great choices
This was something =)
Rambler Rebel 4 door hardtop. The 1954 Hudson Hornet.
I would like to see you do a video on a 1955 Willys Bermuda, I have only ever seen one in person. A beautiful compact car for it's time.
We’ve done a Willys areo coupe I’m still looking for Bermuda would also love to find an edsel Bermuda those are cool and rare as well
The goal of this channel is the cover all of the cars between 1930 and 1964 I mean every single car.. (American) I realize that that’s going to be a bit of a challenge but I’m up for it =) I would also like to cover different body styles of different cars not going to cover every single year and every single body style that would be a little bit redundant.. but who knows we are having fun.
Here is the link to the willys areo
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I like the 1956 and 57.
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AN underrated , good looking car with nearly all of the interesting ' 50's ' features , I would be very happy to own one !
Totally agree =)
So many similarities between this 57 Hudson and our 60 Rambler Rebel.
Good episode Sir. Cheers 🇨🇦
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I Had a 1954 Hudson Hornet Hollywood Hardtop which were the Last True Hudsons !
How did you like that car.
I got to review a coupe this year I really liked it.. 51 is my favorite year for the hornet I saw one but I didn’t get a chance to cover it I covered a bunch of other stuff at that location I might go back to that location when the weather gets crappy
Jay, you know you’re a success when people start rewatching your videos. Tonight I’m in a Hudson mood and knew where I could find a great video. 😊 You know, they look different from the competition - and maybe that was a drawback for the time - but I think they’ve aged really well. This is a good looking car. Cheers my friend!
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Liked The 55 Dash over The 56-57.
7:20 That emblem reminds me of Desoto.
The hood ornament doesn’t take pictures well.. I never knew that about the hood I always thought the hood came all the way to the edge like just about every other hood
Comfortable North South Rider!
I would consider this car more Nash than Hudson. Hudson was merely a trim package, with a garish grille. The roofline had the Nash-type reverse "C" pillar. It's interesting that Nash had continued to use the Hydra-Matic automatic, which Hudson had used back when Hudson was still Hudson.
This was the last generation of the Hydra-Matic, actually named the Jetaway Hydra-Matic. Besides the introduction of a "Park" selector position, internally, it was different from any Hydra-Matic before this. It might be considered a pre-shifting transmission. The transmission was totally self-contained, with 2 internal fluid couplings. The transmission would change gears by draining one fluid coupling and filling the other, which had already had the next set of clutches engaged. This presented a smooth but long drawn-out shift. This was a true "slushbox".
Interestingly, it shows an optional "automatic overdrive", not indicating which transmission it was optional on. Possibly Rambler's first use of the Girling/Laycock electric overdrive. Rambler had this option coupled to either manual or automatic transmissions later in the 1960's. Often it was used with Ramblers which had a console-mounted gearshift. I've seen it on both Marlins and hot-rod Americans. There was a separate shift lever in the console next to the transmission shift lever.
Even later, in the last generation of Dodge Colts, which looked like AMC Pacers but were built by Chrysler-Mitsubishi's Hyundai sister company in South Korea, they had a twin-stick transmission which acted as an overdrive but actually operated by changing the final drive ratio giving the cars a little help accelerating in a lower gear.
, creating a launch gear. It was fully synchronized and could be shifted at any speed.
Did this suedo-Hudson have the optional overdrive?
Thank you so much for sharing all of that insight and information I always appreciate it when you share all the transmission specifications because that’s a lot of information I can’t find and it’s super confusing with the hydra Matics during this era. The advertising said it was a flash away the owner said it was a Jetaway and the owner is one of the biggest Hudson parts people around. So it was confusing but he told me that it’s a four-speed unit. It has overdrive built into the transmission.. It was super confusing so I figured I would say both
@@What.its.like.a Hydramatic bought from GM. Nash offered Hydramatic from 1950, Hudson from 51.
You mention the Rebel. I'd have to look it up again but IIRC that O/D was a Columbia unit behind the standard 3-speed box.
@@P_RO_ Columbia made 2-speed rear axles. They didn't make an OD unit which fit behind the transmission. After 1941, the Columbia rear end was gone.
Nash and Rambler used the BW OD units for many years and as I stated with the Pacers, they started using the Girling/Laycock planetary electric OP units, like the British cars and Volvo.
I had a friend in High School who had a 1965 or 66 Rebel coupe withe the squared-off Rambler Classic body.. It had the sports roof, T-10 4-speed and the 287 2-barrel V8. It had bucket seats and a console.
Looking at pictures, a lady that I worked for had a Rambler Rogue, which had bucket seats with an automatic and twin-stick console. I'm not sure which engine it had, but Rambler was famous for making a car all show and no go. The Rogues were built on the 60's rounded body American chassis. Just like the SC/Rambler(which first had a high-output 327 V8.
@@danielulz1640 Of course. Only GM and Rolls-Royce(through 1967) manufactured the Hydra-Matic. GM sold it to any car maker that wanted it, with Nash probably being less prestigious to use it.
Look at that! It's got my name on it! It must be mine!
Thank you for sharing 😊
Thank you so much for watching you know me my favorite time periods 30s and 50s and we cover everything in between.. =)
I’m currently at a pre-war show that’s why it’s taking me forever to respond to everybody but there’s something about 1900s cars teens 20s every era has something
Had one of them, four door sedan.❤
Sweet how did you like it
Golly that is one good looking interior! And the pull out glove box was genius. WYR: First choice, can’t go wrong with any of the. Second choice, 1951 Hudson Hornet - it’s a legend, but the 57 would be an easy pick as well. Thank you as always ~ Chuck. P.S. iirc the fins on the 57 are actually bolted on and the chrome strip on top hides the seam.
Nash Bones Some Hudson and Kaiser Developed 327, Totally A Nash Ambassador Interior.
Neat car!
I like the 1956 😀
Richard Arbib was the designer of the 57 Hudson Hornet. He also was responsible for the Hamilton Ventura watch.
We lost so many epic car makers - Hudson, Nash, Packard and Studebaker
were among America's finest cars in style, performance and engineering.
I totally agree but at the very least they went out in style and not the plastic crap we have now that costs even more
1950 Fleetline Deluxe 4door! Because I already own one lol 🤙🏽
Sweet =)
The57 hornets my choice!! Great piece thanks
Sweet choice =)!
Excellent vidya!!
truly a great car, i would take ether the 56, or 57
Thanks for another great video Jay keep them coming. I’d never really paid much attention to the hornets other than the step down models and I think the 51 is the best looking so id choose that one but the 57 really seems like a great car had I been around back then I definitely would have bought on of those over a ford or chevy. I always looked at the Hudson’s as a more upmarket car than a mercury or Oldsmobile my grandfather had a 54 and he kept it until he passed in 1970 and all the uncle’s wanted so grandma sold it to a stranger to end the dispute 😂
Jay, you DO find the rare jewels of days gone by, just like Indiana Jones. Hope you have a safe trip to Greenfield/Dearborn tomorrow!! 5:50 I think the 57 Rebel engine was faster off the line than even the Vette's. A four speed automatic in 1957? I think the only other US manufacturer to off that in the late 50's was Cadillac. WYR 1. Studebaker Hawk 2. A 54 Hornet.
This place is absolutely epic I’m still up here I was only going to spend one day but I decided to spend two.. =)
Great video. I think the Hudson's aged particularly well in styling. Scenario 1 - 57 Hornet. Scenario 2 - 51 Hornet.
Sweet choices happy you dig this video =)
12:56 Also the "windshield squirt" foot-pump.
That’s what I thought it was =)
Interesting, rare car. I like that slide-out glove box, the roomy back seat, the seats that turn into beds. I know it's not a real Hudson, but still...
For WYR I guess I'd pick the '57 Studebaker Golden Hawk and the '51 Hudson.
Great choices.. I love the seats folding into a bed feature it’s one of my favorite AMC features which originally started as a Nash feature I’ll have to figure out when it started I’ve heard different things
I learnt two things today that I didn't know before, and I know quite a bit about those old Hudsons. The first is that I had always thought that the few '57 Hudsons that were sold that year were merely leftover '56 models but they actually went through some minor styling changes so that the two models are not indistinguishable from one another. And the second one is that '57 was a real speed demon with that 327 Rambler Rebel engine packed inside of it.
As for WYR: I would take that '51 Hudson Hornet by a mile. One of my all time favs. The rest of them don't appeal to me much. The '57 Hudson may well have been a powerhouse on the road but I don't care much for its design, and neither did the buying public evidently with only around 4,000 units sold. That is quite a steep drop from eight years before when the company sold around 160,000 of their step-down models. For the Hudson Motor Car Company, those were definitely the good old days!
Glad you learned something from this episode.. great choices =)
8176morgan: You've got to like the fantastic performance of the 327 AMC V8! Hudsons and Nashes with that engine no doubt would leave many cars in the dust from traffic light standstarts . They'd probably outdrag Cadillacs and Lincolns as well as many others.
@@albertcarello619Yes indeed, a lot of power under the hood for its time, no doubt about it.
Thanks Jay, I have to say that this is one of the most beautiful cars of the 50's. It must have cost a fortune in development, all those wonderful lines. True it may not be a real beauty but Hudson were really sticking it to the big three. Compare it to a 57 Chevrolet and I know which one I would have. I would have picked this in both scenarios until I seen that gorgeous 51 Hudson. One of the most impressive cars I have ever seen. I have to say your show keeps getting better.
Great choices.. =)
Also thank you so much for sharing all that insight and information really appreciate it glad you dig the channel
Thank you so much for noticing how far the channel hascome
A '57 Chevy was my first car(back when they were affordable), so I will always love the '57 Chevy...and the '57 Hudson is a "Jazzy" looking car, not bad at all as far as I am concerned...and would love to own one...but, if I could have ANY '57 model car?..it's a '57 DeSoto Golden Adventurer for me.... :)
@@dyer2cycle I will always defer to knowledge and experience. I have only seen a couple of 57 Chevrolet in my life and I'm super envious of you owning one. I love so many old cars its impossible for my old brain to keep the data in, so as a consequence I am often wrong
Interesting how different the '55 is from the '56/'57, yet has the same roof, doors, front fenders and hood. Just the trim and paint being tweaked makes such a difference. That glove box/drawer is awesome! I wonder how that never became a thing with the industry as a whole! Camping... haha... right... that's what my parent's called it (wink wink)... AMC/Nash/Hudson were such under-rated cars. Too bad they didn't make it. Would love to see the ideas they came up with for cars now. 1) Oh, Hornet for sure! 2) I like the '57, but my grampa had a '74... does that count? LOL Great episode Jay! Awesome car, awesome walk-through and commentary!
Glad you dig this episode I’m with you I totally dig a glove box drawer it’s an outside the box approach to the situation and if you know me I’m going outside the box kind of guy you probably could’ve put two of those cameras in that it was deep. Great choices too
I had to take a second look at the 56 because I was under the impression that they change the front end but they left the rear end the same and that wasn’t true they did change it that’s why we compared all three
Super underrated car
@@What.its.like.57 Hudson and Nash have a flatter, less crowned roof than 55 and 56. That, and the switch to fourteen inch wheels, lowered the car's height by nearly three inches. With that exception, 56 and 57 Hudsons have the same sheet metal. The fins are bolt on over the 56 quarter panels which are virtually the same as 55. The 56 has a taller taillight bezel which connects to a lower, shorter chrome fin on top of the 55 quarter panel. Pretty clever restyling when you can't afford new sheet metal.
Isn't there supposed to be a V piece of trim in the middle of the front grille on the 57 Hudson?
@@andrewwanner6855 yes, and no. There should be a gold vee on the grille, but factory photos show it with and without.
Only a few over 4000 Hornets built in 57. How many Nash Ambassadors rolled off the lines (non-Ramblers)? I think they were overall better looking given the stacked quad lights and fully open front wheel weeks. But in 55 the Hornets were definitely better stylewise. Maybe the 57 Hornets would have benefitted from a return to body color headlamp bezels and the deletion of those fendertop pieces.
17:47 I wonder if those actual pipe fittings for what would appear to be either bypass or heater core were standard?
This is my grandfathers Hudson!
That’s awesome your grandfather is a great man I saw Ken at Hershey tell Paul I said hi =)
Great looking car. I had no idea Pininfarina had some influence in the design of some of these cars. Excellent video.
Glad you dig this this video I wish we could have got to see the car open up a bit that would have been so cool =)
@@What.its.like. I agree!
I’d take the Hudson over the other AMC cars and it’s a tie between the 51 and 57. That 57 is beautiful and exactly the 50’s car I’d love to have. The other would be a 57 Century Riviera or the 57 Oldsmobile Super 88.
Awesome choices =)
Nice car but I prefer the rambler. If I had to have a Hudson my favorite is still the ‘51
Same here.
Hudson became AMC, and AMC was taken over by Chrysler. So Hudson lives!
I suppose but Chrysler isn’t nowhere near the company they were, it’s like same family but 7 places down the line
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@Alan-Iv9rw: The Hornet name lives on in Dodge's New compact car recently debuted. The 327V8 was absolutely no slouch at all. The 57 Hudsons and Nashes with this engine most likely left allot of cars in the dust from stoplight stand starts. They probably even out dragged Cadillacs and Lincolns from a stand start being somewhat lighter weight cars.
I've always been intrigued by 57 Hudsons. Not sue I'd want to own one, but probably would take the plunge if a good one was found and I had the space to property garage it. I'd want one with stick, probably very hard to find.I believe stick shift models had the starter button under the clutch pedal. You certainly wouldn't want to lose that gas cap!
This generation of Hudson hornet is an absolute sleeper with that 327 V8
Interestingly, Infinity uses the Hudson grille design today.
57 Hudson Hornet, 54 Hudson Hornet
Cool choices =)
Looks like center of steering wheel missing a cover: love the 57 beautiful; guess would be hard yo replace that missing piece from steering wheel
The horn button was on the seat I don’t know if he popped it off to make some sort of adjustment
@@What.its.like. Thanks: I didn’t catch it during video. Glad he still has as imagine would be impossible to replace
I’m sure he has spares he’s like one of the biggest Hudson parts people in the hobby..
The Hudson appears very rugged. Many stamped in body shapes adds strength. That 327 engine is a masterpiece! The top and glass looks similar to a Studebaker President Classic. Great car but I personally find that it looks a little awkward. As if it was designed by committee and not smoothed out. This car is to big for 14" rims. Great video!!
Great insight they went back to 14s to give the car a lower sleeker look
Glad you dig this video 55 Nash ambassador tomorrow
Many consider the cars built after 1954 Hashes because they are rebaged Nashes!
Yeah I can definitely see that but the styling is different between those two models I have never seen a 57 Nash but I’ve seen a 55.. that is a different looking car It’s not bad styled either the dashboard is very interesting if I remember correct it’s kind of in the center
I LIKED THAT!
They finally got rid of the wheel covering front fenders on the ‘57. More restrained than the Hudson,
Good car 👍🏾🇿🇦
'51 Hornet "Doc" of course
Grandpa had a Studeybaker V8 and mum used to love seeing blue flames shooting out from the 2 rear exhausts at night
Haha great story =)
Hi Jay..another epic video of an epic automobile.
I've always gotten a chuckle looking at Infinity's logo,
which is a reduced, carbon-copy of the Hudson Italia's grille.
Nash also had an 'N' on the gas door, and the same door opener.
I'll wager the 'fin' is a bolt-on similar to the 1958 Packard.
I’ll have to take a gander at the infinity logo I’m glad you dig this episode it was really hard for me to contain my excitement as you know I love weird cars that are off the beaten path.. =) plus love 50s stuff
The dash had the heater controls, and it said "air conditioner" too...but I did not see a compressor under the hood...maybe that meant the car only had vents for air conditioning?!!
WYR #1: The Hawk, by a mile.
=) country mile or city mile
@@What.its.like. Nautical mile? (JK)
I presently have scale models of the 1955 &'57 Hudson. My cars of choice would be '57 Hawk and the '54 Hornet.
Sweet choices =)
I would go for the '51 Hudson Hornet first and the last of the true Hudson's, the '54 second.
51 Hudson hornet my favorite I really wanna cover one before this year’s over..
I have a really good friend with a 54 who is building a race car out of it we’re hoping that it’s done next year it’s going to have all the decals and everything but he’s going to drive it on the street it’s got the 7X engine in it it’s something I can’t wait for
@@What.its.like. The real Hudson Hornets WERE factory racecars. The original stepdown design of the '51 Hudson made it a better handling car than others. I have seen one '54 Hornet and it had a different body, more modern and squared up. It had the "Twin-H" traditional Hornet 6 but it had the older type Hydra-Matic, with no Park.
I'm not sure if these were still step-down. I didn't think to look.
Typically, Hudsons used the Hydra-Matics behind the Commodore 8's.
I don't think that there were Hudson 8's by 1954.
Even the "Twin-H" 6's were a little doggie on the low end, so the best application would be a lower-geared rear-end with a 3-speed manual with O/D.
1954 was the last year of the step down.. The last true Hudson in a lot of ways
the hudson shown here has a lot of the options that are on my 59 AMC. have a 327 3speed w/od. years ago i got it up to 135 mph. matched a new 280 z. my back seat was full of crap and the trunk had a lawnmower having out the back. car presently has 489k miles on it. I heard that hudson designed that 327 that AMC used on their bigger cars. Now they are both gone.
Nash designed the engine that 327 is super underrated for what it was.. I’m a huge Datsun fan I want a 240z eventually triple Weber’s and a big can haha stock of course.
We did an engine series on 1st and 2nd gen amc v8
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The 57 Hudson Hornet was not a "sister car" to the Rambler Rebel. It was essentially a Nash Ambassador with even more gaudy trim than the Nash. The Rebel was a completely different, much lighter car that would leave the Hudson kin the dust.
I want to more than anything find a rambler rebel owner that would want to run against a Corvette and all of the cars that were said to be king of the hill.. I think they only made 1500 of those cars I have no idea how many survive
I had a '56 Rambler (same body as the '57) that I put on a Chevy Malibu frame and I went through several different ideas, from a 350 Olds to a 350 Pontiac with a Muncie 4-speed. after 30 years I lost my shop and had to let it go. It was obvious I was never gonna finish it anyway. I'm getting old. I still have the Muncie.@@What.its.like.
@@What.its.like. That Rebel was the first car with electronic fuel injection, and that version was the fastest car that year. You could order it, but all the 'private-owned' care were eventually switched back to carburetors as they couldn't make the injection work reliably. The factory did field a car for drag racing. It beat the Vette's fastest times and beat them heads-up on match races, but they never ran at sanctioned events. That car disappeared and nobody knows where it went but but too was believed to have been switched to a carb and possibly sold the public. The Rebel was also the first "muscle car"; it had a performance V8 in an intermediate body, dual exhausts, raised gearing in the rear end, and a 4-speed manual gearbox (which was actually a 3-speed w/ overdrive), and was marketed for it's performance. Good luck finding one
Me being 53 Hornet owner these aren't bad, I like these, but to me they can't beat the original Stepdown design. Though it has to be said, they beat them in two departments the folding seats and optional factory air.
There is intresting enough without the power brakes this actually has one piece of DNA from the old Hudson Motor Car Company, the Triple Safe Brakes.
Out of the three model years the 55 has the most Hudson DNA the steering wheel and instrument panel is from the 54's as is the rocket emblem and exterior name script. The front end and hupcapes are actually from Hudson's 55 Stepdown proposal.
I’m totally with you to step down is where it’s at51 is my favorite year I’m hoping the cover that this year maybe
@@What.its.like. I hope you do, to me these were the best engineered post war cars that were around.
I was really hoping to get out that I don’t know where the year went I think it’s stellar you drive yours =)
@@What.its.like. Yeah it's really awesome. Always brings attention wherever she goes and most of the time is the highlight of any show or meet, still amazing what is a 1948 design was still lower than most 53 cars.
Beautiful car. This one appears to be missing the unique "v" emblem that would have been on the grille below the badge ornament?
I'll take the 57 Studebaker Golden Hawk, thanks very much....
Sweet choices
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Beautiful car but why would Hudson put the Ariel in front of the mirror, would have made more sense to put it behind the mirror. Love that slide out glove box, what a cool idea. 1957 Studebaker Golden Hawk, 51 Hudson Hornet.
Great choices I absolutely love the slide out Glove box as well =)
This is the last year for Hudson. 1958 was the last year for Packard, and DeSoto in 1961?
Yup
What’s crazier yet is this was the last the very last Hudson hornet ever made so it has all the options the only thing it doesn’t have is it doesn’t have the tri-colored paint scheme that a lot of them had
The owner was telling me that the very first car was all white in the very last car was all black