Re: [HSS] new owner needs help with 1929 Hudson

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checknyt wrote:

>

> 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).

***Wise move!! The Hudson is much more robust, easier to service, and

infinitely more reliable than a Jag.

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