1954 Hudson Italia by goodoleboy

Photography • Transportation • posted on Jul 16, 2013

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Captured back on 5/16/10, before noon, at the beautiful 16th Annual Muckenthaler Motor Car Festival, held at the beautiful Muckenthaler Cultural Center in beautiful Fullerton, California. Time to stop ignoring the virtually forgotten vehicle department of my capacious files, and begin posting these beauties again. ------------ The Hudson Italia was an automobile styling study and a limited production two-door compact coupe that was produced by the Hudson Motor Car Company of Detroit, Michigan in cooperation with Carrozzeria Touring of Italy, and subsequently marketed by American Motors Corporation during the 1954 and 1955 model years. Designed by Frank Spring, and introduced 14 January 1954, the Italia was based on the Hudson Jet platform and running gear, but with a unique body and interior. The Hudson Italia gained international recognition, but only 26 of these stylish models were produced. The automobile was Hudson's "last gasp for an image-building smash hit." Source: Wikipedia free encyclopedia, with tons of detailed info about the Italia on that site. The front bumper looks like it's wheedling. A rare bird, indeed, and well worth a ZOOM. Ciao, baby, and have a nice day.

Comments (9)

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bebopdlx

3:15PM | Tue, 16 July 2013

Used to live there, really cool car. I have never seen one of these.

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durleybeachbum

4:09PM | Tue, 16 July 2013

I like that bottom pic very much

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mairekas

6:28PM | Tue, 16 July 2013

Superb collage & cool care!

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racolt33

7:50PM | Tue, 16 July 2013

I also have never seen this model car driving down the road. A real classic car . You did real fine post work on this.

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MrsRatbag

7:52PM | Tue, 16 July 2013

What an exceptional auto! It reminds me of a cartoon car, with that grin-toothed mouth and the wide-set eyes, like something out of "Who Framed Roger Rabbit"... wonderful shots in this collage, Harry, giving us a good view of this yellow beauty!

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