1953 Hudson Hornet on Chasing Classic Cars with Wayne Carini

[Mike Phillips]

1953 Hudson Hornet on Chasing Classic Cars with Wayne Carini

Here's the link to watch the 1953 Hudson Hornet Episode...


Wayne's 1953 Hudson Hornet on Chasing Classic Cars



Pretty cool...

[Mike Phillips]

Here's the segment we filmed with Wayne...

[RaskyR1]

Awesome! My co-worker was just telling me about this...I'll have to watch the episode now!

[Mike Phillips]

While I was watching the online version I took some screenshots because if you look closely, you can see the oxidation in the paint. Granted this isn't the worst case of oxidation on a car that I've worked on but the entire finish was dull from years of no attention.

I also have some pretty strong pictures of DIP or Dirt in Paint on the roof that I'll try to get uploaded this week. Point being is that you can see a dramatic before and after color change in the roof before and then after we buff it out and the same dirt that made the roof paint darker and cloudy also affected the lower, darker green panels it's just harder to see...


Screenshots...


Oxidation
Look at any of the light reflecting off the paint and the reflection and paint overall is cloudy and dull...




In this screenshot, look at the light reflecting down at the top, center of the trunk lid, right where the blanket rests...




In this screenshot, just the look of the entire front clip it shows how dull and lifeless the paint is overall...




In this screenshot, again, look at the lights and you can see the dullness in the paint...




In this shot you can see the light reflecting off the roof behind the antennae and it's completely dull and oxidized...




In this screenshot, you see the car in the wash bay and also the bay Roger uses to fire up engines that have been sitting for some period of time...




Check out the dual air cleaners for the dual Carter carbs... they sure don't build cars like they use to...





Compare and contrast the above screenshots taken of the car before we restored the paint to these after shots from this thread...

Wayne Carini 1954 Hudson Hornet Original Paint Restored by Mike Phillips








It was a lot of fun working on this car and with Wayne and his crew...

[davisautodetail]

Dude, freakin' amazing work, never cease to amaze, I'll have to watch for the episode!

Just saw your little Vette segment on My Classic Car, also very cool.

[Mike Phillips]

Dude, freakin' amazing work, never cease to amaze, I'll have to watch for the episode!

Just saw your little Vette segment on My Classic Car, also very cool.

Thanks Kevin...


I'm hoping the week after next I'll somehow be able to carve out enough time to post all the picture, before, process and after pictures of the Hudson extreme makeover. I've posted a few before and a few after but what I have not shown is the process and there are some pretty good shots.

This Friday and Saturday I'm doing the exact same procedure to this car...

1955 DeSoto Firedome - Antique Single Stage Paint Restoration


One owner, all original car and all original paint. I even invited anyone in the area to join me but so far... no takers...