ClassicCar

Congrats on your new acquisition. You'll find Hudson folks to be a good bunch.

You might want to re-post on the "main" board- the discussion board is more for "off-topic" stuff, and many of the hard core Hudsonites don't look over here very often. Your post is very much "on topic" (Hudson car stuff) and would probably get more results on the main board.

Hi Charles, welcome to the HET club. Looks like a pretty decent car you've got there! For parts, try Jason @ Vintage Coach in Fontana, Ca. 909-823-9168 Tues to Sat, 8am till 5pm, he may be alble to help with parts. As for the 8 volt battery thing, fix what's wrong with the car, a lot of problems can be solved just by cleaning electrical connections, especially the ground connections and by using a battery with enough capacity to handle the electrical loads that are required. Yes, you are correct, the system is 6 volt positive ground. 8 volt batteries create more problems than they solve, for instance if you don't have your regulator reset to provide an 8 volt charging rate it will only charge the battery to 6 volts! 8 volts is also hard on everything else in the electrical system, generator, light bulbs, instruments, starter, etc. Either keep it 6 volts or change the entire car over to 12 volts. It would make more sense to keep it 6 volts and fix anything wrong with the system and cost a lot less in the longrun. Good luck with your car and keep us posted with your progress! If you click on to this site and type in Hudson club forum you should be able to get on and talk to a lot more people involved with Hudson Motor Cars.