'35 H8 front & rear springs

bob ward

I've got the front springs out of my '35 H8 roadster project and pulled them apart to clean them up etc. There's a mixture of leaves, which isn't too surprising on an 80 year old car, some have square cut ends and some have the corners cut off. I've cut the corners back on all the leaves to make them consistent, but out of curiosity did the originals have cut back corners?

I notice all the leaves in the rear springs are square cut.

Park_W

Bob, all the leaves of all the (original) springs in my '36 had the tapered/rounded ends.

StillOutThere

"Roadster project"? Hudson didn't build any roadster body styles after 1933 in the US so what is this?

bob ward

Graeme, its a RHD Australian bodied car.

Thanks for your reply Park

PAULARGETYPE

BOB I WOULD LOVE TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION BUT MY SPRINGS STILL HAVE THE STEEL COVERS ON THEM I WAS SO HAPPY EARLYER THIS YEAR THEY ( THE SPRINGS THAT IS ) WERE SQUEEKING ON EBAY I FOUND A SPRING GREASER MADE BY LUBROCLAMP AFTER A FEW GOOD GREASINGS NO MORE SQUEEKS

Huddy42

And the Frank Kleinig special race car.

Park_W

Still Out There, Hudson did offer a roadster in '34 . . . I've seen a couple of them. One's in Dr. Bob Blake's museum in Allentown, PA. The style is listed in the Standard Catalog of American Cars, 1805-1942.

StillOutThere

Thanks, I was aware of the Australian bodies, having owned a Terraplane tourer, and thus qualified my question with "Hudson didn't build..." knowing others in Oz did. The existence of any '34s with Detroit surprises me. Photos? Thanks.

Park_W

Here's the Blake '34 Roadster