new owner needs help with 1929 Hudson

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I am the person who purchased the 1929 Standard Sedan that was

auctioned last Saturday near York, PA.

I have a couple of British cars which I have rebuilt, but I am new to

Hudsons. They were also auctioning an XK120, but when I checked out

the 1929 Hudson and researched it, I ended up buying it (instead). I

would classify it as an older restoration, I believe in the late

1970's or early 1980's



After the auction I met someone who said they had heard the car run

beautifully last year, and had ridden in it. It had a new clutch in

June, 2001, and was driven around 650 miles since then. The former

owner, Bill Small, died late last year, and was in the process of

working on the engine at that time. It was sold with the

understanding that he had done somewhat of a rebuild because he was

not satisfied with the performance and upon restart after reassembly

there was a knock or noise that was never fixed. I spoke to several

people that had known him, and supposedly he was very good

mechanically, but was sick at the time he was working on it.

Supposedly he only ran it a few seconds and shut it off, but died

before he had a chance to repair it.



Before the auction, an out-of-town person familiar with Hudsons was

hired to see if he could fix the engine. He removed the pan and

examined things, and said he believed two rods were in wrong and that

the head would have to come off, and he therefore could not fix it in

one afternoon. He subsequently bid on the car at the auction, for

what that's worth