Re: [HSS] Early Racers
Jeff/Gary,
In terms of physical progress my project is going to be stalled for a while,
but at least after next week I'll have it at home! The guys who've been
looking after it are the best, but my concern is that they're so far away -
over 1,000 miles - and if there's a problem (fire, accident, severe illness,
death or whatever) it can be extremely difficult to prove ownership and
recover the bits.
I bought this whole thing from a friend who decided that he'd have to live
to 300 to finish all his projects. There have been quite a few Hudson S6
specials and racers built in Oz - most resemble the 1916 factory racers
(long pointy tails) but there are also two supercharged F-head specials that
are styled like the 4.5 litre Bentleys that had so much competition success
in the '20s. One of these sold recently at Pebble Beach for US$136k, I
believe. Next week I'll be visiting the guy who did much of the work and is
building another for himself. This one is rather different in that it has
an all-timber body - framing, skin, the lot!
I've seen lots of spirited discussion within our group regarding the
engines, in particular, and the same goes on here. My engine hasn't been
touched yet and so I'm getting a lot of advice (especially from some of my
very good mates, most of whom have never seen a Super Six side-valve
engine). Having people like Gary and NZ Jeff around with their serious
hands-on experience is going to help me considerably!!
The gearbox has been rebuilt with 2nd having a ratio that is somewhat closer
to 3rd than the original. For competition you only need 2nd and 3rd and in
reality 2nd is only there for hillclimbs or very twisty circuits. We have
both of these plus some rather gentle circuits with big sweeping corners, so
hopefully the Hudson will be happy on all of them. One day.
Cheers...........Peter R.
In terms of physical progress my project is going to be stalled for a while,
but at least after next week I'll have it at home! The guys who've been
looking after it are the best, but my concern is that they're so far away -
over 1,000 miles - and if there's a problem (fire, accident, severe illness,
death or whatever) it can be extremely difficult to prove ownership and
recover the bits.
I bought this whole thing from a friend who decided that he'd have to live
to 300 to finish all his projects. There have been quite a few Hudson S6
specials and racers built in Oz - most resemble the 1916 factory racers
(long pointy tails) but there are also two supercharged F-head specials that
are styled like the 4.5 litre Bentleys that had so much competition success
in the '20s. One of these sold recently at Pebble Beach for US$136k, I
believe. Next week I'll be visiting the guy who did much of the work and is
building another for himself. This one is rather different in that it has
an all-timber body - framing, skin, the lot!
I've seen lots of spirited discussion within our group regarding the
engines, in particular, and the same goes on here. My engine hasn't been
touched yet and so I'm getting a lot of advice (especially from some of my
very good mates, most of whom have never seen a Super Six side-valve
engine). Having people like Gary and NZ Jeff around with their serious
hands-on experience is going to help me considerably!!
The gearbox has been rebuilt with 2nd having a ratio that is somewhat closer
to 3rd than the original. For competition you only need 2nd and 3rd and in
reality 2nd is only there for hillclimbs or very twisty circuits. We have
both of these plus some rather gentle circuits with big sweeping corners, so
hopefully the Hudson will be happy on all of them. One day.
Cheers...........Peter R.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Gary Kuck" <garyk@centurion.com>
To: <HudsonSuperSix16-29@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Thursday, September 20, 2001 3:40 AM
Subject: [HSS] Early Racers
> Peter/Jeff; There is a lot of information available through all of the
> group
> of people in the Greatrace about early racers, both original and some of
> the
> modifications that have been made for dependability. I am in contact
with
> these people on a reasonably consistent basis. All the people in the
race
> share an abundance of knowledge about the super six's and modifications
> thereof, there is also a significant amount of parts and cars that exist
> in this group. Much like the egroup, these people are more than happy
to
> assist anyone with a question and/or contacts for parts. Gary Kuck
> '17 Indy Greatracer, '32 Indy 8cyl Racer.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: JEFFERYGOULD@AOL.COM [mailto:JEFFERYGOULD@AOL.COM]
> Sent: Wednesday, September 19, 2001 12:15 PM
> To: HudsonSuperSix16-29@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: Re: [HSS] US Tragedy
>
>
> Peter, several of us have discussed building an early racer like you are
> doing. I look forward to seeing photos of your project in the future. Best
> of
> luck. Jeff
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