Can anyone tell me more about this race Hudson?

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A very cool Stepdown coupe..called "The Green Hornet". It looks to me like it was built as a vintage stock car and also used as a drag car.



Pics can be seen in the following thread:



http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=259166

Ol racer

FYI

This Hudson is Gary Ellerd's Record Holder 6 cyl Hornet. Gary has raced it over 40 Yrs and shamed many V8's.....



Ike Smith, who built and raced several NHRA Record Holder Hudson's during the '60's did some tweaking on this Hornet.

Clutchguy

Ol racer wrote:

FYI

This Hudson is Gary Ellerd's Record Holder 6 cyl Hornet. Gary has raced it over 40 Yrs and shamed many V8's.....



Ike Smith, who built and raced several NHRA Record Holder Hudson's during the '60's did some tweaking on this Hornet.

Gary owning this car for many,many years has done a substansial amount of R&D also. My Dad and I visited Gary[Evansville,In.]about 10 years ago.He was doing some freshing up for the new season.He told us that he has had a great time with this car!! We had an great time talking with him about it! It was at the National in Auburn last year,but was only there for a short period. I believe they went to the Dragstrip in Muncie and I believe he went back home. It was great to see all the Hudson drag cars. I wish that I would have known there would be as many as were there and I would have made a special location.:cool::cool:

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Is Gary a member here?

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Nitroman wrote:

Gary is my Dad, he is a member here.... He's not on too often, I think since Ike Smith got some pics of his car put on here (Thanks 'Ol Racer) he probably gets on more than he used to. He goes by Hudsonman. He drag raced the "Green Hornet" thru the '60s anywhere from Ohio, Sturgis KY. , Chandler IN. , Indy, California and probably anywhere in between. He raced in stock class primarily U stock.Ike Smith was a REALLY BIG help the way I understand it, as I wasn't around then to personally meet him. I have talked to him several times on the phone, a wonderful and VERY smart man(Thanks Ike). Back then there was no designation for Auto or Manual trans. Ran anywhere from mid to high 15"s in the quarter. Now he mainly takes it to local cruise-ins and an occasional trip to the local drag strip( Chandler, IN.) for some fun. He's a chaplan for RFC and on his cards he had made up it says "The Green Hornet doc hudson's cousin" , the kids really eat it up since the "Cars" movie. Well, I've taken enough of your time. Any questions just get in touch with one of us, we'll be glad to talk. Thanks again. Danny Ellard

Thanks for the info Danny, tell your pops he's got a beautiful car! (I'm sure he already knows that though)...