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In this Discussion
- 46HudsonPU March 2007
- 51hornetA March 2007
- ESSX28-1 March 2007
- frank spring March 2007
- Hudson308 March 2007
- hudson8 March 2007
- hudsontech March 2007
- James P. March 2007
Information Wanted
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Hi---I have a 308 block with the serial #300773. Can someone tell me what year it is? Thanks in advance.
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hudson8 wrote:Hi---I have a 308 block with the serial #300773. Can someone tell me what year it is? Thanks in advance.
One serial number source I dug up gave 1953 serial numbers 202917 to 269059 and 1954 269060 up.
So I might go out on a limb and say with that number it would be a 1954 308.
Hudsonly,
Alex Burr -
If it is a bare block and you can see the top of the cylinders look at the valve area the 54 308 Block will have the valve relief i.e Super Induction. If you post a pic I can tell you for sure.www.hudsonmotorcar.org
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www.smokymtnhetclub.org/fiftyfour.html Wouldn't it be May of 54 based on this web site?
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frank spring wrote:www.smokymtnhetclub.org/fiftyfour.html Wouldn't it be May of 54 based on this web site?
I got a little chuckle out of this site. I know I have some serial number info somewhere, but I can never find it when I need it, so I thought that I'd like to copy and save the list printed there. Even though it gives credit to the source of the info as the White Triangle News (which I'm sure I have around here somewhere), when I highlighted it and tried to right click on it, up came the warning, "Sorry, no snagging!" -
James P
Is this what you want?
Serial Numbers and Months of Manufacture
1954 Hudson Hornet Special Sedan
Manufactured October 1954
The 1954 Hudson production run was the longest in the company's history. Lasting from August 1953 until October 1954. What follows is a break down of serial numbers by months of manufacture and units built. This listing does not include Italias or the Hudson-badged Metropolitans that were introduced in May 1954.
Note: X Denotes Model Number. Total Production: 50,660 MONTH
YEAR
SERIAL NUMBERS
UNITS BUILT
August
1953
x269060 - x272845
3,785
September
1953
x272846 - x278789
5,944
October
1953
x278789 - x282939
4,150
November
1953
x282940 - x288198
5,259
December
1953
x288199 - x291688
3,490
January
1954
x291689 - x293766
2,078
February
1954
x293767 - x295068
1,302
March
1954
x295069 - x298053
2,985
April
1954
x298054 - x299862
1,809
May
1954
x299863 - x302331
2,469
June
1954
x302332 - x306009
3,678
July
1954
x306010 - x308875
2,866
August
1954
x308876 - x312733
3,858
September
1954
x312734 - x316250
3,517
October
1954
x316251 - x319720
3,470
Starting Serial Numbers MODEL NUMBER
MODEL NAME
STARTING SERIAL NO.
1D
Jet
1269062
1D
Jet Family Sedan
1296953
2D
Super Jet
2269060
3D
Jet-Liner
3269070
4D
Wasp
4269069
5D
Super Wasp
5269075
6D
Hornet Special
6295720
7D
Hornet
7269066
Principal Source: White Triangle News - January/February 1987
[Calendar] [Gallery] [Guestbook] [H-E-T Application] [H-E-T Club Events] [Hudson History] [Info] [Links] [Main] [Newsletter] [SMHC Application] [The 1954 Hudsons] [Webrings]
© 2006 WLC Web Productions. All Rights Reserved.Dave Y
New Zealand -
In addition to all this, the block casting date is located immediately below the distributor boss... probably just above the number you've provided. This casting date can be almost impossible to see with the engine in the car. The numbers will be in a format such as "D1552", which would decode as April 15, 1952 ("D" being the fourth letter in the alphabet, corresponding to the fourth month). Sometimes the year will be noted as a single digit, making the above example "D152". On very rare occasions I've seen a casting date earlier than the car assembly date, but most of the time it will come close to the dates located in locations such as the back of the clock, radio, etc. There is also usually a similar casting date on the bottom of the intake manifold, but this is not accessible unless the intake/exhaust manifolds are removed from the engine.Workin Stiff
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Hi to all you Hudson moguls out there & a big "Thank You" to each & every one who answered my post for year information. I was told that it was a 54 block & I thought that I could identify it as such after I removed the head, but alas, I could not remember how much relief showed on the earlier blocks. Thanks again.---Cliff Minard.
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James P. wrote:I got a little chuckle out of this site. I know I have some serial number info somewhere, but I can never find it when I need it, so I thought that I'd like to copy and save the list printed there. Even though it gives credit to the source of the info as the White Triangle News (which I'm sure I have around here somewhere), when I highlighted it and tried to right click on it, up came the warning, "Sorry, no snagging!"
Of course if you had a copy of my General Information Handbook you would find not only 1948-1954 Monthly Model Year Production data, but also production and shipping data 1948 thru 1954 AND 1946-1947 Model Year production numbers. Plus a lot of other data for 1909 thru 1957, including Essex and Terraplane, right at your finger tips.
Hudsonly,
Alex Burr -
James P. wrote:
Got the information into an Excel spreadsheet by highlighting it, then doing a "Ctrl-C", and then went to the spreadsheet and did a "Ctrl-V". Pasted right in... No error messages or warnings.I got a little chuckle out of this site. I know I have some serial number info somewhere, but I can never find it when I need it, so I thought that I'd like to copy and save the list printed there. Even though it gives credit to the source of the info as the White Triangle News (which I'm sure I have around here somewhere), when I highlighted it and tried to right click on it, up came the warning, "Sorry, no snagging!"
FYI, for those of you who don't usually use the keyboard commands -
Pressing the "Ctrl" and the "C" keys = Copy
(copies whatever you have highted)
Pressing the "Ctrl" and the "V" keys = Paste
(pastes whatever you have copied)
These commands are generic to most applications/programs within Windows. -
My thanks, as well, to you guys. I've learned more than I know what to do with. Alex, it's only pointless procrastination and absentmindedness that has kept me from ordering your info package. I'll contact you shortly.
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James P. wrote:My thanks, as well, to you guys. I've learned more than I know what to do with. Alex, it's only pointless procrastination and absentmindedness that has kept me from ordering your info package. I'll contact you shortly.
Just a reminder, James P, and anyone else, my snail mail address is changing:
Alex Burr
c/o K. C. Tate
968 Joel Avenue
Memphis,
TN 38127
Thank you all.
Hudsonly,
Alex Burr
