Hudson Super-Six - genesis ?

[Guest DeSoto Frank]

I've been doing some casual research on the first generation of Hudson Super-Sixes, from 1916 through 1929.

From what I've read, this was Hudson's main powerplant from 1916 through 1929, maintaining its original 288 cid displacement.

The first Super-Sixes were L-head, but somewhere along the way, they were revised to an F-head configuration ?

Can anyone confirm and provid more details as to when the change was made, were the L-head & F-head produced concurrently ?

Thanks !

De Soto Frank

[john2dameron]

That would have been 1927. The F-Head replaced the L-Head. They were not produced concurrently. Horsepower rose from 76 on the L-Head to 92 on the F-Head.

Edited September 30, 2009 by john2dameron
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