New member with 1952 hornet

molinelli1952

Finally tomorow morning I'm buying my 1st hudson hornet . It's a 52 four door with a 308 single carb and hydramatic auto transmission. Hasn't run in over 20 years but the guy who has it said it did turn over ??? My father had a 54 twin h power hornet that I helped with when I was 10, and now being 31 I still don't know too much about this old relics . I'm guessing I'll start by draining and replacing all fluids . Checking for spark and checking the points. Then cleaning the fuel tank and maybe giving the carb a once over , then hopefully try and start it , any advice from the pros for this HUpson youngster ? Any advice would truly be appreciated

molinelli1952

I had someone mention of a fellow with 20 or more hudson in lethbridge maybe this is him lol is he in this group?

molinelli1952

And yup I'm in Calgary:)

Jon B

Welcome to the forum, Molinelli, and congratulations on your "new" Hudson.  You've come to the right place for any answers you may have.  Just to put in a shameless plug, are you aware of the H-E-T Club?  Here's a link to the homepage: http://www.hetclub.org/

The Club (which sponsors this forum and has an additional forum at its website) is an invaluable clearinghouse of Hudson information and the portal to a large network of Hudson owners.  If you intend to hold onto your Hornet for the long term, you might want to consider joining.

Meanwhile, bring us your technical questions and we'll do our best to answer them!

duncan

Hi  I live North of Edmonton  54 Hornet Hollywood.  Ray