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Richard E.

Unable to identify old hood ornament
Fairbanks Morse is a very old company, located in Vermont and they were well known for making safes, security vault doors, etc. They do have a museum in VT which you could probably find on the internet. They probably have a vast corporate archive …

Comment by Richard E. January 9 permalink
1939 Hudson Coupe in France
I thought that this might interest some of you?

Comment by Richard E. January 1 permalink
1934 1935 fender lights
Bob, I would have to dig way back in my files to see who I acquired the reflectors from in Australia. I will see if I can find the info, it was about 10 years ago. I also got a price from a little foundry up in Los Angeles to do the bases in lost …

Comment by Richard E. December 2012 permalink
1934 1935 fender lights
I have a few of the reflectors that were reproduced in Australia and could send you one as a model. They are not chromed. We need someone to spin the bodies and reproduce the inner hardware. Packard has the exact base for these lights and I can p…

Comment by Richard E. December 2012 permalink
Harmon Estate hits panic mode.
It would have been nice to actually have more than 24 hrs notice for something this important! The barn isn't that far from the property, if it is the same one that he showed us in 2001 & it was huge. Perhaps all isn't lost.

Comment by Richard E. December 2012 permalink
Photos of my '53 custom
Glen, how much of a chop does it have on the roof? Neat car!

Comment by Richard E. December 2012 permalink
place or way to put in a lot of photos?
Good work Pedro, great pictures! R

Comment by Richard E. December 2012 permalink
1936 Hudson Accident
Looks like a standard '36 H rear fender? Is that possible? Sorry Brownie s--- happens!

Comment by Richard E. December 2012 permalink
Disk Brake kits , coming soon
RENU works great on gas tanks. I'm sure that there is one in your area!

Comment by Richard E. November 2012 permalink
Disk Brake kits , coming soon
I put the Pridemore disc brake conversion on my '50C6 last spring and I put 8,000 miles on the car this summer and I am quite happy with the conversion. I also fitted the car with remote reservoir sold by HET Club member Erwin Sanchez. He mak…

Comment by Richard E. November 2012 permalink
HARMON ESTATE
I had a very serious discussion with Jim, before he passed away, about buying his place, Hudsons and all. I also toured the place with the group that followed Jim home after the 2001 meet in Seattle. In the end my wife and I decided that we couldn…

Comment by Richard E. November 2012 permalink
"On the Road"
Alex, the "beats" pre-date the hippies by about 10 years. I was a hippie, probably still am! Walt, you and Margaret should write up your adventures "on the road" in your Hornet, I would buy a copy! R

Comment by Richard E. November 2012 permalink
"On the Road"
Kerouac's book is basically men behaving badly, however upon a re-read which I did a few years ago after Pete (Old Hudsons, above) recommended that I do so, I realized that what is important about the book and why it was such a big deal at the …

Comment by Richard E. November 2012 permalink
10th Anniversary Down Under
Pretty interesting, in photos of meets here in the US most of the cars are post war, in these photos most of the cars are pre-war. Interesting.

Comment by Richard E. November 2012 permalink
Transmission noise, revisited
The go to guy in the club for transmissions is Al Saffrahn in Maricopa, AZ. He has all of the parts and the know how to rebuild these transmissions. I had him rebuild the trans in my '50C6 last spring. It ain't cheap, but it works very we…

Comment by Richard E. November 2012 permalink
Ebay has some good buys today
Brownie, I understand completely. I still have work to do on both my '36T & my '50C6 and when I complete these I hope to get another project underway. The challenge of taking them apart and putting them back together again has a lot …

Comment by Richard E. November 2012 permalink
51 hood latch
You can buy these at any auto parts store, you just cut to length, they are cheap. Jason is at Vintage Coach in Fontana, CA. Look on the web, it is Bill Albright's old place, Jason is his grandson.

Comment by Richard E. November 2012 permalink
Ebay has some good buys today
Brownie, you already own the best looking '36 Hudson that there is. If I owned it, I would sleep in it every night!!

Comment by Richard E. November 2012 permalink
stepdown hood release cable
Just buy a new one, you can find them at any auto supply store - they are cheap! You don't want it breaking when you are out on the road somewhere & not be able to open your hood!

Comment by Richard E. November 2012 permalink
1500 mile trip in my 28 Essex Coupe
Dave, I will get there eventually. However you will have to find me a Hudson, I doubt that I can ship mine there.

Comment by Richard E. November 2012 permalink
1500 mile trip in my 28 Essex Coupe
I'm with you Walt, these cars are for driving. Lauraine and I did 8,000 miles this summer in our '50C6 sedan. We met lots of people who were interested in the car and also some folks who owned Hudsons. Plus it is a great way to see the …

Comment by Richard E. November 2012 permalink
Need A New Head?
Opps! If your engine is a '51 please disregard my earlier commet!

Comment by Richard E. November 2012 permalink
Need A New Head?
You will find that the "narrow block" heads '48 - '50 are very hard to find. Be sure to measure the width, they heads only differ by about 3/8" (this is from memory.) The later head will not fit on your engine & there …

Comment by Richard E. November 2012 permalink
Overdrive fuse
I had this problem on my trip this summer in my '50C6 sd, first the kickdown switch stopped working and after awhile the fuse on the relay on the dash would blow as soon as the OD tried to engage. It was the solenoid. I had a spare in the tru…

Comment by Richard E. October 2012 permalink
Looking for a left side dash 'door'.
Are you looking for a door that doesn't have a hole drilled in it? The left side (for US cars) did have a hole in it if you have the heater and defroster. I may have one and will look this afternoon through my trove of '36T stuff.

Comment by Richard E. October 2012 permalink
How Many 1936 Hudson Terraplane Were Produced?
Russell, 1936 was the biggest production year for the Terraplane, however it is far more common to find a '37T or a '35T at the national Hudson meets. Where did they all go? I did a body off frame restoration of mine which I started in 20…

Comment by Richard E. October 2012 permalink
Mice!
While we were driving the Hudson this summer through farm country, we heard an add on our AM radio for "Fresh Cab," it is supposed to keep the mice out of the cab of your tractor and other farm equipment during those long winter months whe…

Comment by Richard E. October 2012 permalink
Before I Break Something...'37 Terraplane headlight lens removal
Be sure to wear a good pair of gloves and some sort of eye protection! I had a lense break on my '36T and that can be pretty exciting!

Comment by Richard E. October 2012 permalink
Looking for Locking door handle late '30's Hudson
I sent you a message.

Comment by Richard E. September 2012 permalink
Blue shift knob
Eshelman Molding & Casting has blue shift knobs. Their website is: "partsbyemc.com"

Comment by Richard E. September 2012 permalink

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