Should work; try it on a sunvisor first.

I have a customer with his dad's 56 Patty who rubbed GoJo all over the seats (handcleaner) and then steamed it out with a rented steamer. Looks terrific. Seriously.

Alternately, get a bunch of cans of brake cleaner, which I believe is the same stuff as dry cleaning fluid. Spray it on a clean towel, rub a portion of the seat and repeat. Works great and I use this on spots all the time.

The brocade portion of your seats is amazingly robust and colorfast. If yours has turned color it is probably because of smokers and the "drycleaning" technique may remove enough of the yellow-brown to leave the fabric blue again.

The larger issue is that the foam sewn into the pleats is dying and there is no help for that. New underlaying foam between the springs and upholstery will be a big help in comfort though.

Love to see it.

Having owned a 50 Super for 41 years......I can definitely say that the 23d series Super, Super deluxe, and Custom all shared front end sheet metal. The grill is the same size as the Custom but with an internal die change to accommodate the the broad horizontal bars. The rest of the grill bars have attachment provisions on their bottom surface for the eggcrate, but the holes were not drilled.

The confusion arises in that the 22nd series Super was on the 120" wheelbase, but the 23d series Super and Super Deluxe were on the 127.

The pictured convertible in this thread is for certain a Super Deluxe which gives it a decided cornering advantage over the (more) nose heavy Custom.

Here is a fascinating movie from Hudson, the first I have ever encountered. Thanks Youtube!

http://youtu.be/x9kJ76U9Hc4

In it is described the difference between power and torque, but also is hinted what mods Hudson made for increased performance on their flatties. Couple of things to note--how relieving the block and a very briefly mentioned LD (long duration) cam flattened their torque curve so it did not drop off so fast at higher engine speeds, which is the curse of flathead engines as they struggle to breathe.

Note also as the staggering combinations of engines, heads, and carbs are rattled off and compared with Hudson's 53 engines: The optional aluminum heads offered only a few extra horsepower. The dual carb setup about 10. Most of their gains over 53 came from their "Super Induction" modifications, ie the cam and relieving.

Also, if you google "port and relieve flathead" you will find more info than you can look through in an evening.

It is not necessary to remove the lock knob. Just open the vent window slightly and the garnish molding will clear both the lock knob and the vent window frame.

Mount your generator so you can have a belt to turn your water pump. Fill the PS pump and the Ultra--neither one will enjoy running dry. See the manual for how to fill the Ultra. The "ignition" wire needs to be jumpered to the neg terminal of your battery, if you are still running pos ground. Have fun.

Wow, if what you say is true, you got 10 mpg. I sure hope not! My 51 200 (exact same drivetrain as your car) turns in a regular 17 mpg on a trip, 18 at the speeds you mention, and 16 if I flog it. I don't know what it does in the city because I can't hardly think of a reason to visit a city.

PackardV8's numbers are quite right given your tire diameter. From the numbers and from my own experience there is not the slightest trouble running 70 -80 mph, especially with the 288 which has the sweet short stroke. The bottom end won't notice a thing but the gas gauge will have a tendency to plummet.

I'll be very interested to hear--the last old-style u-joint I saw for sale was that much, and you still had to do the job.