Hudson powered Ford

hdsn49

Attached are picture of a Model A Phaeton street rod running a Hudson 262 with 3 carbs. Very Interesting

MikeWA

Hudson tail lights, as well. Neat car. The poor guy probably got tired of answering "what is it?" questions about the engine, hence the Hudson badge on the intake.

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Mike (WA) wrote:

Hudson tail lights, as well. Neat car. The poor guy probably got tired of answering "what is it?" questions about the engine, hence the Hudson badge on the intake.

No Kidding -- I like it too --- very neat car.



Is it Austrailian or English, or are the pics in backwards --- steering wheel is on the right.

RL Chilton

No, the lettering is right, so it is a RH drive car.

Yes, very interesting!! I guess the intake is homemade. Where did the HUDSON badge come from?

I like it! I bet it really scoots.:)

hdsn49

The Hudson Badge on the engine looks like a 48-49 trunk emblem.

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I think the licence plate says "OLD".



The numbers have a sort of European look to them though, (if you can get six numbers and letters to look "European")



As Russell says pictures are in right, because the one showing the Hudson badge on the engine, shows the steering column on that side too.



I'll bet somebody's getting a chuckle out of us trying to figure out where this car calls home.



Maybe Japan? Argentina? (or do they drive on the right there)?



Where else do they drive on the left?

Huddy42

The number plate actually says QLD for Queensland a state of Australia each state has it own identity on their number plates, i.e New South Wales has N.S.W. Melbourne has Vic (for Victoria ) S.A. for South Australia etc etc.



I recently sold a '48-9 boot badge to a guy on ebay who came from QLD, wonder if it is the same badge.

Spencer Yarrow

You are right Les it is a QLD. car it belongs to Dean Kubler [Ashley's son]The motor & gearbox are out of Dean's Stepdown [now powered with V8 ford & auto] it is a narrow block 262 & the inlet manifold was made by him as was the whole car.

Spencer

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Great to see for once a Ford engine replaced with a Hudson engine instead of the other way around as is more often the case!

Huddy42

Thanks Spencer, I was right for a change .LOL And no, that is not the badge I sold recently, I have a few more if anybody is interested, I believe all new old stock.

Unknown

Very K@@L!!!

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Yes, I dragged this thread back from the crypts for purely selfish reasons...;)

Does anyone have any additional information on this car or perhaps more photos?

I wonder if Dean Kubler is a member here and if he has any build photos. I am VERY curious what he did to his frame and what he's got and how he set up a transmission.

I'd love to see a side profile shot... that's a beautiful car.

bob ward

Side view as requested. I believe that to provide the required extra length in the engine bay, Dean shrank the width of the B pillar to a minimum and moved the scuttle back the same distance.

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Thank you for the photo - that was fast!

That makes sense... being almost 7 feet tall, moving the engine into the firewall even a little is NOT an option for me... I wonder how much I could stretch the frame without ruining the proportions...

That's a great looking car.

hudsontech

Another Hudson powered Ford belonged to Billy Bardwell in New Hampshire. This was a 308 in a 1934 Ford, I'm going to say 2 door, but I'm not sure. This was a full blown race car. Billy raced it in New York, mainly. I've seen it once - he brought it to one of our New England Chapter meets, in Maine, a few years back.

Hudsonly,
Alex Burr
Memphis, TN

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You wouldn't happen to have any photos do you?

What sold me on the 308 was the tales I hear of Blackie Hilliard, a dirt track champion many times over in a 308 powered Terraplane here in Maine back in the 50's. Sadly, he passed away last year, shortly after a clone of his Terraplane was completed utilizing the original engine. Apparently, through thick and thin and all of life's twists and turns, the car was sold off but he kept that 308 in his garage or downcellar and would go down periodically and turn it over by hand. The gentleman who helped to restore it and had the opportunity to pilot the reincarnated Terraplane said it was scary how fast that car was and how he was afraid to really put his foot in it.

All of that has stuck with me and is why I'm bucking the formula of running a Ford flathead in my traditional styled rod and opting for the '51 308 that has been perched on an overtaxed engine stand for ya couple years now.

Ol' Blackie had a monster on his hands and anyone lucky enough to have seen him in action always has a great story to tell.