my first hudson

Unknown

i just bought a 53 jet 2 door. i was told there weren't a lot of two doors made in 53. can anyone tell me were to find out how many were made? also can anyone tell me of a good source for parts?

Jon B

Mark, the first thing you ought to do -- unless you've done it already -- is to join the Hudson-Essex-Terraplane Club. A good source of parts, tech. information and a network of Hudson (and Jet) owners. Go to http://www.classiccar.com/clubs/hudson/ to find more.

Aaron D. IL

If you join the HET Club there are registry keepers who could tell you how many surviving cars are out there that the club is aware of. As far as how many were made originally the number is in different sources but not broken down by model I think. The HET club's magazine the White Triangle News has sources for parts and alsothere is a special interest group for Jet owners called "The Jet Set" with a newsletter specifically for Jet's and Jet parts.

Unknown

Congrats on your purchase. There were 21,143 Jets made in 53'.1953 Hudson Specifications

NOTE: All in-line six (6) cylinder firing order: 153624

All models sparkplug gap @ .032

All models point gap @ .020

All models dwell angle @ 39

All models 6 volt positive ground

All models Normal Oil Pressure @ 40 lbs

All models Wheel Bolt Pattern 5 x 4.5



Total

Number

Built Designation

&

# of Cylinders Model Wheel

base

Inches Weight

Min/Max Tire

Size Bore

and

Stroke Piston

Dis

place

ment

Cubic

Inches Com

pres

sion

Ratio

(Stan

dard) Maximum

Brake

H.P.



R.P.M. Maximum

Torque

Lbs. Ft.



R.P.M. Spark

Plug

Type Ignition

Timing

BTDC

or

Mark

21,143 Jet 6 1C 105 2650/2650 5.90x15 3 x 4 3/4 202.0 7.50 104 @ 4000 158 @ 1400 H8 Line

Super Jet 6 2C 105 2695/2700 6.40x15 3 x 4 3/4 202.0 7.50 104 @ 4000 158 @ 1400 H8 Line

17,792 Wasp DeLuxe 6 4C 120 3340/3380 7.10x15 3 9/16 x 3 7/8 232.0 6.70 112 @ 4000 175 @ 1600 H8 UDC 1-6

Wasp Super 6 5C 120 3455/3655 7.10x15 3 9/16 x 4 3/8 262.0 6.70 127 @ 4000 200 @ 1600 H8 UDC 1-6

27,208 Hornet 6 7C 124 3530/3760 7.10x15 3 13/16 x 4 1/2 308.0 7.20 145 @ 3800 257 @ 1800 H11 UDC 1-6



1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939

Well cut and paste did this no justice. for a clear sheet of these specs go to the Orange Blossom chapter site. They have specs available for all models.

Unknown

i should have said in my first post i have been a member of the national and new england chapter for five years. i signed up for the jetset in september. i will have to look at my past issues of the WTN for jet info. i dont recall seeing much on the jet.

Jon B

Here's the Jet webpage: http://home.earthlink.net/~hetclub/jets.htm