Sweet Score!

Scored this damn near perfect 52 Hudson wheel at the Hudson Nationals in Gettysburg.

Update: The Sentimental Van Project

Determined not to go through another 30 year restoration my dad and I have been really digging into the 66 A100. He has been doing most the work with me being an extra set of hands. After he stripped the interior and stainless he and I pulled the engine and all the glass. Next week I take the truck to get blasted and epoxy primed. I'm pretty stoked to see dad excited about his truck.*Note the use of the Fire helmet shell for a wheel-chock and the ridiculous use of two tires and a 1x6 for the Slant 6 to rest on*

New/Old Project

My dad has been storing this van since I was a kid. It was my Grandfather's van and my dad drove it all through high school. My grandfather died before I was born and at a fairly young age in April of 1976. It hit my dad particularly hard. This van means a lot to my Dad. It's a physical connection to his father that is unchanged or altered by time...I would say it means a lot to me too..

For years the van has sat with the occasional shuffle from one garage to another. Over the past few years my dad has talked more and more about getting the van on the road. A loss of current storage has been the catalyst to get it back on the road.

My dad has always talked about mildly hot rodding it. In fact in high school he ran bigs and littles on it and could chirp the tires on it in 2nd gear. Last year I picked up another 66 A100 van with a 360 dropped in it. The plan was to originally to drop the 360 into this van but after some consideration we have decided to stick with the 225 Slant Six. The paint and body will remain largely unmodified. We are going to keep the color scheme. The only big change beyond the hopped Slant 6 will be stance/tire and wheel combo. My dad is leaning towards a little rake with mopar police rims and am leaning toward a lowered stance with astro supremes and skinny whites.

Mr. Hudson

This is a pic of me an the old man circa 1979 at the Belltown Car Meet.

Gramps