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Chuck, Is that a decal? If so will you sell one? If not can we have some made ? Lots of questons. Pal Rudy

I've seriously considered putting a 308 in that '48 Ford sedan body I have and rod it. Wouldn't THAT screw with folks at shows, especially an NSRA event? Better yet, take it to the HET Nationals!:eek: I'd have to break out the defibrillator at both events!

Evidently, the Hudson round track knowledge wasn't just northeastern knowledge.



A few years ago, before I actually owned a Hudson, I found the graveyard of local modified coupes from the 60's and 70's that competed in the middle TN area.



The Twin-H's were unmistakeable. Ford, Chevy, whatever - had Hudson under the hood and between the welded bars. None of the cars or engines were restorable. The acid soils around here, as well as the unprotected ravages of rain and freezing in the engines, had left nothing but ruins. Glorious ruins. The bodies were so rusted, you could push your finger through them with little effort. But it was obvious what engine they prefered.



I need to go back with a camera, if they are still there.



I know exactly what Ol' Racer is saying about the crowds. Nothing special about my Hudsons, except what's under the hood. Something folks haven't seen in a long time, if at all.



That day walking through all those old warriors at rest, kinda made my mind up on what would power my Hudson if I ever had one. I was right, they had testicular fortitude.



I'm glad you found your way here Ol' Racer, I like reading your posts and seeing your Hudson stuff.



Mark

Ol racer to put a Hornet into a Terraplane, what is the weight difference and will the power train inlcuding gearbox fit without having to mess with the X-member? That would make the Terraplane fly along.

Terraplane8,

I put a Hornet with Turbo 350 Trans in my '37 Terraplane by sliding back to the X. (I didnt trim the X),The firewall would need trimmed the width of the head. (However my firewall was already trimmed with a removable cover installed for the '41 Distributor that sets at the back of the Head on 212 motor's)



I cut a couple diagonal pcs in front (under the radiator), trimmed out crossmember(then Dbl plated) to set the damper down in low then re-drilled the radiator mounts more forward. I slid the radiator forward (into the grill Shell) and use a pr of front mounted electric Fans. Its shoe horned in good & low with nice set-back & handles nice.



If have an 8Cyl Car Hornet bolts-in . I took it on as a challenge and was not that difficult ..



The 3X5 motor & trans are extremly heavy so the Hornet with aluminum head & Trans are probably equal in weight. However, I made 1/4" replacement main leafs only because orginal 3/16 were bent. I ended up having to bend the springs down for a lower rake angle..



The gas pedal was already changed to a 'cable' set-up from newer car

Ol Racer, I would like to have decals of each, the Isky and the Lost in the 50's decal. I'm not a big decal guy but I would proudly display both if someone makes them for sale.



Harry

Brownie;

I'd be interested in a copy of that Hornet Twin-H decal with the wings made from air cleaners if you make some more...

Howard Suggs, I think that is his name, Regularly runs his Hudson stepdown on the vintage stock car circuit in North and South Carolina. Hudzilla can correct me if I'm wrong.
Bob