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In this Discussion
- 46HudsonPU March 2011
- Aaron D. IL March 2011
- barrysweet52 March 2011
- BJ__TN March 2011
- Browniepetersen March 2011
- cargray March 2011
- Geoff C., N.Z. March 2011
- Hudson308 March 2011
- hudsontech March 2011
- lsfirth March 2011
- Marconi March 2011
- RL Chilton March 2011
- Super 7 March 2011
- TwinH March 2011
- Walt-LA March 2011
- walts garage-53 March 2011
Hudson Invader Special Speedster
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Okay, so have you ever wondered what would happen if you tried to stuff a WWII Hudson Invader PT-boat engine into a car? Well, wonder no more....
Actually, this is supposed to have been on Ebay last year, so possibly someone had already posted it to the Hudson Forum. Anyway, you can read all about it here: http://autocar-victory.blogspot.com/2010/04/1927-hudson-invader-special-speedster.html -
GRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRREAT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Im disappointed. I went to the site and couldnt enlarge the photos.I wonder how many others tried as well. Barry
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Yea another one of Gary Wales classics. He was the guy with the better than original, one and only, Grapes of Wrath Hudson.
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That's impractical, unwieldy and ridiculous.
I want one. :huh:Workin Stiff -
Looking through the pictures, it does not appear to be roadworthy, or in running condition.
The engine is not connected to anything (transmission/drivetrain), and if you look at the right-rear drive, it is missing the drive chain (as opposed to the left-rear drive chain, which appears to be present in the photos).
Regardless of that, it is a unique piece. If it can (or has) been finished, it would be a unique vehicle, to say the least... -
Where is Jay Leno when you need him....?Brownie
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That looks like a Super 6 Speedster racecar put under an enlargement ray gun. Reminds me of that car they wedged a RR Merlin airplane engine into. I'd actually like to see someone restore a WW2 Navy Invader landing craft though. I don't think any survivied.
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On a completely different tack, I wonder what the average life of a Hudson Invader engine was? I mean, did they retrieve the landing craft after they had bee used, or were they just left for scrap?If you're stuck in a hole, stop digging.
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There were a couple for sale on ebay a while back.. Walt-LA
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I think at one time Dave Keister in Washington state had a complete landing craft. dont know if he still has it or not. Also if anyone is interested in a complete INVADER engine, "in the crate", I might have an extra one I could be talked out of very reasonable.... Geoff asked about the "life" of the Invader engine, I know a farmer in Hartly Texas that ran one on an irrigation well for 17 years with no problems..RD
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cargray wrote:I think at one time Dave Keister in Washington state had a complete landing craft. dont know if he still has it or not. Also if anyone is interested in a complete INVADER engine, "in the crate", I might have an extra one I could be talked out of very reasonable.... Geoff asked about the "life" of the Invader engine, I know a farmer in Hartly Texas that ran one on an irrigation well for 17 years with no problems..RD
WOW....that irrigation thing is cool....that would be a really cool write-up in itself!! No wonder the Rio Grand is dry
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I was wondering about how long they actually lived for after being fitted to the landing craft. Purely academic. I don't imagine many of them would have been salvaged or re-used, but who knows.If you're stuck in a hole, stop digging.
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I think it was Dave Keister who had a running Invader engine at the first Wichita National meet in 1990.
Anyway, check out this URL to Dave's web site - http://members.tripod.com/daves_hudsons/Invader.htm - at the time he posted this site he had six Invader engines.
I do question if any were actually used in PT boats - I've never heard of them being used. PT boats had 3 Packard 3A-2500 V-12's and were capable of around 40 knots (fast enough to get a ticket if they were on land!!)
Hudsonly,
Alex Burr
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Are those Allisons or the Packard Merlin engines, and is that a Curtis P-40 Warhawk?Either way it must have been an AWESOME experience to have a ride in it. I have always wanted to take a ride in a P-51 Mustang but due to my heart disease it Ain't gonna happen. Anyways the pics are great.
Bob Hickson -
Let's see, gas is going up to $4.00/gal. this summer (or before) and this car would get about . . . 1mpg. Great. Should sell real quick.
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I didnt mean the farmer ran the Invader constantly for 17 years. just in seasons. Alex , I thought that was Dale Matlock with the Invader at the Kansas national. Pretty neat to see it run..I sold him a complete overhaul gasket set for an Invader, still have several sets if anyone needs one. The copper headgaskets in the set is awsome, about six feet long and humongus cyl. holes. The pics of the Allisons are great, remember when Art Arfons ran them on the drag strip? The Green Monster, he called it. Cadillac made lots of parts in the Allison engines.
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RL Chilton wrote:Let's see, gas is going up to $4.00/gal. this summer (or before) and this car would get about . . . 1mpg. Great. Should sell real quick.
Yeah, Russell - but think of it this way: It'll pass everything on the highway EXCEPT a gas station!!! :woohoo: And outrun any cop car on the interstate.
So lets see - 475 miles Memphis to OKC (that's 475 gallons) x 2 (for round trip) = around $3800 for gas. Sure make the gas companies happy.
But Jay Leno would love it!!!
Hudsonly,
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BJ__TN wrote:Are those Allisons or the Packard Merlin engines, and is that a Curtis P-40 Warhawk?Either way it must have been an AWESOME experience to have a ride in it. I have always wanted to take a ride in a P-51 Mustang but due to my heart disease it Ain't gonna happen. Anyways the pics are great.
Bob Hickson
Well Bob,your ticker may not be what it once was but your eyes are sharp as ever.
The wall of Allisons are just some of his "new it their 1940's crates" stash.
Your ID on the P-40 is spot on,and yes it was most definitely the ride of a
lifetime.(In the same seat that Tex Hill flew before his passing a few years back)
Cadillac may well have supplied parts for the Allisons, There are Maytag parts
on this twin Allison:
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While we're on the subject of Hudson Invader engines lets not forget they
supplied pistons for the Wright Cyclones too...
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What do you mean may go to $4.00 per gallon? We are up to $4.15 for 87 octane and goes up 1 or 2 cents every day. Walt.TwinH wrote:While we're on the subject of Hudson Invader engines lets not forget they
supplied pistons for the Wright Cyclones too...
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I don't know how you would mount a Wright cyclone engine to a car?!
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How do you get a Wright cyclone on the road? Like This
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Like This
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