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R M AUCTION

dummy — Mon, 11 Jul 2011 23:31:09 +0000

I HAVE SEEN IT MENTIONED ON HERE BEFORE,1939 PONTIAC WITH THE SEE THROUGH BODY PANELS. IT IS GOING UP FOR AUCTION ON JULY 30 IN PLYMOUTH MICH. IF YOU HAVE ALOT OF MONEY SITTING AROUND.

new owner

arnolt — Wed, 29 Jun 2011 05:36:48 +0000

I just bought a 1941 hudson six (175 CI) deluxe 6 passenger. I am trying to get it running and am looking for a few things and any advice someone might have to a new Hudson owner. Does anyone have a thermostat or thermostat gasket, a fuel pump to block gasket. I believe this car is a 6 volt positive ground system, correct me if I am wrong. Does anyone use an 8 volt battery in these cars. Where can you find shock absorbers/springs as the car is pretty floaty when rocked back and forth. That's it for now any help would be greatly appreciated, I have just joined the club also, thanks.

Charles

Something Australian...

SamJ — Wed, 06 Jul 2011 06:18:58 +0000

This vehicle showed up at our July 4th show yesterday here in Santa Fe, complete with RHD. I think its some kind of Mustang or Falcon or something. Kinda interesting, didn't catch what it was doing so far from home...

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Too hot for Ice Cream...

SamJ — Fri, 01 Jul 2011 20:03:18 +0000

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hudsonclub.org hacked

Aaron D. IL — Sun, 26 Jun 2011 20:00:46 +0000

Someone hacked the hudsonclub.org website. For what reason I don't know...just to see if they could ? What benefit did they get out of it? Just irritating and annoying a few people?
Well I got an open message to whoever did it... @#%@#%$@# YOU! WHAT DO YOU GET OUT OF IT ?! NOTHING. OOOOH YOU HACKED THE WEBSITE OF A CAR CLUB! JUST SHOWS WHAT A LOOSER YOU REALLY ARE. GET A LIFE AND A JOB AND STOP ACTING LIKE A SPINELESS COWARD HIDING BEHIND A COMPUTER!!! I DON'T CARE WHAT COUNTRY YOU MAY BE IN EITHER...YOU ARE A COWARD AND A LOOSER IN ANY LANGUAGE!!!! YOU BOTTOM FEEDER!

51 Nash for comparison...

SamJ — Tue, 31 May 2011 21:46:12 +0000

This seems like a nice car. Offered for way less than a '51 Hornet in this condition.

http://www.hemmings.com/classifieds/dealer/nash/ambassador/1237319.html&refer=news

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47 super six emerges after 48 year hibernation

the big katuna — Thu, 02 Jun 2011 03:15:11 +0000

Hi folks,just joined up here. I am currently working on the car of my dreams.
a 1947 Hudson Super Six 4 dr. sedan.. the car belonged to my uncle. we always talked about digging it out and getting it running. it was parked in 1963, when I was a kid I would put many miles pretending to drive behind the wheel.as i grew I would visit the car every chance I would get. around 1990 I joined HET and started collecting bits and pieces,evaluating what it would need and such,learning as much as I could about these cars. she has 30,170 miles. the engine is being rebuilt and should be ready to run in a month or so.I will do updates frequently on the status.
I love her very much.

47 super six emerges after 48 year hibernation

the big katuna — Thu, 02 Jun 2011 03:17:12 +0000

american restorations

bull islander — Wed, 18 May 2011 06:04:35 +0000

How about Ken Poynter being on the show this past Sunday getting his old red wagon restored?
Complete with a Hudson badge on the rear end.

now the warbirds

Spencer Yarrow — Mon, 02 May 2011 11:24:20 +0000

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sorry no pics of them before.

KARMA

TOM-WA- — Tue, 07 Jun 2011 02:54:13 +0000

OK HOW CAN I BE A GOLD MEMBER, BUT HAVE A KARMA FACTOR OF -1 ?

BET MY KARMA WENT THE SAME PLACE MY WTN WENT..POOF

Re: New podcast! Guest: Curbside Classic!

ski4life65 — Mon, 23 May 2011 07:40:50 +0000

OK. I will admit I was a little hesitant to check out your site, but was pleased I did. It is entertaining and worth the visit. thanks

Don

Replacement Timing Gear on a 1934 Hudson 8

Old Fogey UK — Mon, 23 May 2011 15:00:35 +0000

Worried by a fellow HET'er's dire story about the fracture of the timing gear on his '37, I obtained an aluminium timing gear from the Railton Owners Club for my engine rebuild.
I'm rather disappointed with the result. Although the engine runs with a reassuring "thrummm", I'm getting an awful metallic screeching from the front end that seems to come from the timing gear.
Does anyone have any experience of using these replacement aluminium timing gears ? Do they bed in and quieten down after the engine has been used for a while ?
Or am I going to have to find an original plastic gear and take the front end off the car again (Oh, no !) to put it in ?
I used to have a boxed NOS plastic gear but I gave it away......sigh.

Jag project

Kdancy — Sat, 14 May 2011 16:50:08 +0000

Thought some of you might enjoy viewing this album of the 70 XKE we've been working on--
http://s294.photobucket.com/albums/mm97/studebaker2/1970 Jaguar/

Now that I have the 37 Terraplane engine block back, I can start the engine build on that this week.

Hudsons...not your everyday find?

57Kelii — Thu, 12 May 2011 10:11:25 +0000

It seems difficult to find any Hudsons these days...why do you think? Also, if anyone knows if there are any Hudson '51 2 Doors... I would like to know. They seem to be few and difficult to find, and the ones they do have are destroyed, or too expensive.

Fuel Delivery Problem

ArkieJazz — Sun, 08 May 2011 10:45:25 +0000

Getting my '54 H.SpClSd ready for the drive to OK City. Had trash in the gas tank, so took it to be boiled out, etc. It came back clean and painted. I got it back on the car, hooked everything back up and now the electric fuel pump won't pull gas up to the carb. The electric pump was already on the car and was operating ok before I took the tank off. It appears to be operating now, but no gas to the carb. Any ideas? (the car does not have a mechanical pump).

The Government is driving up gas prices...

SamJ — Fri, 29 Apr 2011 23:46:09 +0000

Yeah, right.

http://www.readersupportednews.org/opinion2/279-82/5776-the-oil-company-gusher

Use of UPS as a shipping option

50C8DAN — Mon, 18 Apr 2011 18:26:07 +0000

Last week I sent Steve Engel, HET Radio guru, my radio for servicing. I was wrapped well in bubble wrap in an box with more bubble wrap. Steve called yesterday and said it had arrived damaged, luckly I did insure it, but apparently it had been dropped and whacked. Steve has been able to fix the damage but I am hearing more and more that UPS is becoming really unreliable in handling packages. Steve said he now calls them OOPS due to all the radios he had gotten that have had rough treatment. He now recommends USPS (priority mail), FEDEX air or ground service. Oddly I have used USPS and had very good luck with them, except MAKE sure you insure the package, not for damage but for loss. I have had two items just disappear, one a 308 cast iron head! Otherwise the stuff seems to get there in good shape.

TWIN H CARB SET-UP

billjharris — Wed, 20 Apr 2011 01:27:15 +0000

I AM LOOKING FOR A GOOD PICTURE AND PRICE ON A TWIN H DUAL CARB SET-UP TO FILE A CLAIM ON A PACKAGE THAT UPS HAS LOST, CAN ANYONE HELP ME? MY E-MAIL ADDRESS IS:bjharris36atsuddenlink.net

Hornet Water Bypass

aminard — Tue, 12 Apr 2011 21:18:28 +0000

Anyone have a 55 or 56 Hornet (308) thermostat housing they would like to sell? Cliff Minard.

And folk say "Today's car racers are crazy"!!!

ESSX28-1 — Sat, 09 Apr 2011 05:08:34 +0000

Brownie, A similar car to your new Salt flats racer is in here!!

source for windshield glass 42 super six

vintage prophet — Mon, 11 Apr 2011 06:13:30 +0000

hoping someone can help! I spoke to a Het member in january misplaced his name and number!He is in the glass business in colorado and is a former supplier of Hudson parts any ideas??? thanks for listening Mark Riggle in Michigan new het member as jan 2011

Cool Rides on line - Disappointment...

46HudsonPU — Sun, 10 Apr 2011 06:02:25 +0000

http://coolridesonline.net/

For those of you who have particpated in the past with Gold Eagle and Cool Rides Online, my condolences.

It appears that any/all photos and information that had been entered and uploaded to the site has disappeared...

No notice of what happened or where the information & photos went... Apparently just 'flushed' everything and started anew.

An 11-year road trip in a 1928 Graham-Paige!

Roger Harmon — Fri, 08 Apr 2011 17:35:41 +0000

http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/42381709/ns/today-todaytravel/?gt1=43001

This guy is Living the Dream!

R/ Roger.

Lighting

HudMotCarCo — Thu, 31 Mar 2011 18:29:49 +0000

Am I the only one who is annoyed with the inadequacy of proper lighting in the work area? :unsure: Incandescent, florescent, halogen lighting ..... I have tried them all and remain annoyed by the fact that when I am working in confined areas on a car that the illumination provided is either insufficient, blinding or associated with searing heat. :angry: Normal incandescent bulbs go out with the slightest bump. Even the “tough” incandescent bulbs I tried quit when dropped, typically when I am working in the most awkward position. And while those curly florescent things are more robust the light they provide is either too dim or too bright. Halogen lights are like a mini-sun, dangerously hot and fragile.

There may not be a satisfactory solution for this dilemma. Yet when poor lighting converges with my mechanically challenged skills the results are anything but pleasing.

Bill :S

Dashboard Secret revealed

37 CTS — Sun, 03 Apr 2011 22:52:28 +0000

http://www.philseed.com/secret.html

OK, So how many of you knew this?

My good friend who rents a lot of cars did not know this.
When my wife told him he was so suprised.

Phishing - BEWARE

hudsontech — Wed, 06 Apr 2011 06:21:49 +0000

A while back there was mention on the forum of phoney package emails floating around. I can't find it at the moment but be advised these emails are still coming around. This is a phishing expedition.

In the past 3 days I've gotten one telling me a package was mailed via FedEx and should be at my home in 10 days; today I got one, same msg, only using DLH. The consist of the address and an attachment you can open to get a tracking number - the only tracking that attachment will be their path into your little computer world, I imagine.

These are so obvious that even old pharts like myself who are nearly blind can spot them. There are email addresses for a lot of people and the format is nowhere near what FedEx (at least - I've gotten tracking notice emails from them in the past) uses. FedEx, for example, does not use an attachment to access the tracking number.

Just a heads up.

Hudsonly,
Alex Burr
Memphis, TN

Pricing or overpricing on Ebay

Browniepetersen — Fri, 25 Mar 2011 05:41:55 +0000

I try to pull up this post by "twelch" and get an empty screen. What has happened to the post?

Removing Mothball Smell

Snailslayer — Tue, 22 Feb 2011 02:22:12 +0000

Looking for any good suggestions to remove mothball stink from upholstry out of a 52 hornet sedan. Moth ball smell makes my wife ill, and the car is kept in the same garage as her car. its snowing and cold here in WI. I cant open the windows and air it out insside the garage often as it makes everything else stink bad. I pulled out the seats adn moved them to unheated pole shed. im thinking im going to have to pull the door panels and perhaps even the headliner down too.

any methods you guys use to remove the stink, not just cover it up?

also on the same note, any good methods to deep cleaning teh original style upholestry as well without damage?

thanks

Brad in WI

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torque specs

98truck — Thu, 31 Mar 2011 05:44:52 +0000

Does anyone know the torque specs for an 1931 Essex Super Six? I need to know the specs for the fly wheel and the clutch??

Thanks George