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1948-’54 Hudson CONVERTIBLE BROUGHAMS

hen the Hudson Motor Car Company engineered its all-new line that would debut for 1948, the advanced chassis design of those cars particularly complicated the creation of an open style. While the frame of a traditionally constructed car had provided enough support for Hudson’s prewar-designed models to go roofless, the automaker’s fresh “Monobilt” integral-body-and-frame construction was unprecedented and posed challenges that had

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