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Just after I got my wife's '40 Hudson two door sedan on the road with the hopped up Hornet engine (four barrel carb, long tube headers, Chevy 700r4 trans) we went to a local cruise night and parked next to a just finished 32 Ford roadster ( a very nicely done car, but very typically done with off the shelf or catalog parts) , and opened our hood. In just a few minutes, there was quite a group of people crowded around asking my wife and I lots of questions. After about thirty minutes, the roadster moved to the other side of the parking lot so people would pay attention to his car as well. I kinda felt bad for him, and was quite surprised at how much interest out Hudson generated.

1940 Hudson 2dr sedan. 56 Hornet engine. 500 CFM four barrel, and headers. Automatic with overdrive. 3.56:1 rear end. 23MPG at 65MPH.

My Dad has one in his '29 Hudson. Same bracket too. Hudsons used nickel plating exclusively for the bright work in the interior of all their production cars through the 1947 model year.

While this is certainly similar, There is no trunk door, and the forward lower corner of the door is square, whereas the one in question is radiused. Maybe just a year or two off?

Hans1, how do earlier frames compare? I have what I believe to be a '24.

I've never seen that..... I'm not a fan.

This made me laugh.

'29 engines only have one intake port into the engine, so a dual carb manifold was never made. The typical modification was to switch to a downdraft, and use a two barrel carb. I'm working on a manifold for my '29 that will use a Carter side draft from the 50's. I recently sold a dual carb updraft setup for 25-26 Hudson, but that is a completely different animal.

Valley Brake, in Pomona, Ca. does excellent work, great pricing, quick turn around. And he can arc them to match your drums as well. Very highly recommended.

I know the names of five of the previous owners of my '41 Hudson (going back to 1965), and have met four of them. The fifth one, a spoke with on the telephone. These owners have all been in So. Cal., and within about one hundred miles of each other.

It went the opposite way for me... When my '41 Hudson drag racer was in a "Quick look" feature in Hot Rod Magazine, one of it's former owners (30 years prior) contacted me. I was aware of him owning the car, but he was able to give me a few details that I wasn't aware of, and confirmed some suspicions.

I have limited myself to Hudson products. I have a 1925 speedster project that I'm collecting parts for, a '29 rumble seat coupe, a '36 4dr sedan, a '40 2dr sedan, a '41 coupe that has been a (drag) race car since 1965, and the current, active project, '54 Hornet coupe. A mill, lathe, welders, blasting cabinets, two four post lifts, (one is outside). All in a 45'x65' building in the back yard. The daily drivers are in the three car garage attached to the house.

Not a Hudson product.

I'm not sure. I took a photo of a 26 wheel at a local show in September, and I have a 25 chassis for my speedster chassis, and they look the same as what you posted photos of. I don't know if they used the same size tires, though.

I believe they are the same up through 26.

That bucket is for a 36 Hudson or Terraplane. They were mounted on the trunk lid. When you had a flat tire at night time, and the trunk lid was open, you still had a red light facing the rear, so traffic coming upon you MIGHT see you.

Back in the late 70's there was a 58 Edsel Wagon at a local salvage yard in Riverside Calif. I got the 3.25:1 ratio (9") rear end out of it. It was a bolt in upgrade for my '46 Hudson pickup.

Could it have been a facebook group? There is one called Straight 8 flathead engines.

In the Hudson world, it was a two door sedan.

The first year for Hudson products was 1934.

A friend of mine had a 54 Hudson sedan with a butt sucker. There was a small receptacle on the dash where you put your cigarette butts, and engine vacuum sucked the butts out to a glass jar under the hood.

It's not an RS. The RS cars had hidden headlights

YnZ's Yesterday's Parts in Redlands, Ca. make excellent wiring harnesses, with authentic looking cloth braided wires.

I have front and rear axles, with hubs and caps like this, that I bought about ten years ago for a speedster project. It's my understanding, they are Dayton, and came from a 1929 Roosevelt. I'm not going to use them. I paid $400. Would like to break even. In Riverside, Ca.

They fit all models, except station wagon and pickup trucks, and are correct for 41 only, although they will bolt up to all bodies up through '47. The wheel opening is different from 42-47.