Clik here to view.
SIA Flashback – Italia…Hudson’s Last Fling
When I become decrepit and aged and my mind will be so much peanut butter floating around in my skull, I know I won’t ever be able to keep the Hudson Italia and the Nash-Healey straight. Both...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Pebble’s postwar potpourri
The green ribbon on Ralph and Adeline Marano's 1954 Packard Panther from Westfield, New Jersey, indicates that the car successfully completed the 17-mile Pebble Beach Tour d'Elegance. To the left of...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Four-Links – Italia prototype, Frank Lloyd Wright dealership, turbine...
* Inspired by our story on the restoration of a Hudson Italia in the May 2013 issue of Hemmings Classic Car, the bowtie6 blog recently posted a story on the Hudson Italia prototype, with details on...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Hemmings Find of the Day – 1954 Hudson Italia
If you read Matt Litwin’s 1955 Hudson Italia restoration profile in the May 2013 issue of Hemmings Classic Car (#104), then you have some idea of what goes into resurrecting one of these rare cars and...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Former Harrah’s collection Hudson Italia to cross the block
1954 Hudson Italia. Photos by Alejandro Rodriguez, courtesy Gooding and Company. In the 1950s, American automakers both large and small partnered with Italian design houses on concept cars and...
View ArticleClik here to view.
1954 Hudsons: “Three of a kind… in Glamour, Performance and Quality”
For independent-minded car enthusiasts who wanted something other than what Detroit’s Big Three offered, and had to have it wrapped in a performance package, few other automobiles met their criteria...
View ArticleClik here to view.
The winter of our wildest dreams: Expressions in photochopperiness returns!
The dreary cold and snowbound winter months around here lead to what some call cabin fever, what others call stir-craziness. I argue instead that they just lead to enhanced creativity while we pass...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Another American grand-tourer with Continental flair – the 1955 Hudson Italia
1955 Hudson Italia, chassis IT10024. Photos by Mike Maez, courtesy Gooding & Company. Chrysler’s relationship with Italian design firm Ghia brought it a fair amount of time in the spotlight, a...
View Article
