255ci L-Head Inline 8-Cylinder Engine Single Carter 2-Barrel Carburetor 128bhp at 4,200rpm 3-Speed Manual Transmission with Overdrive *Restored to correct specification *Featured in the Jack Nicholson movie The Two Jakes *Fantastic late 1940s style *One of only 596 built and a handful surviving *Extensive recent mechanical service THE HUDSON COMMODORE Hudson was among the first of the Detroit automakers to introduce new models after World War II, and they were without question the most dramatically different of all the new designs.

Hudson's innovation for 1948 was the "step-down" chassis with the footwells recessed between the body stiffening members, an early expression of the "unit body" concept which merged the body and frame in a single, welded unit.

The rear frame members passed outside the rear wheels: the Hudson's rear wheel skirts were functional, not pointless embellishment.

The first "step-down" Hudsons were only five feet high.

They were the fastest, best handling cars a...