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[Deleted User] · October 2009

Ol racer wrote:

Rather than prohibit a Hudson Hornet powered Car to show its stuff at a Regional or National, perhaps arrange a drag race event and/or an un-official (because of liability) 'safer area' in a Parking Lot, etc, to demonstrate the Fabulous Hudson Power so we don't ever forget their racing legacy and its power potential even today....

Just think, most of us use to stand in the front seat when we were kids, had pointed scissors, and drank tap water straight from the faucet.

The fact is, a classic car show is a spectacle...its one of the last places to visit "Hard America" and the wares produced by the Greatest Generation. We should take DNA samples at the gate so there is a repository for the future, when the need arises to reconstitute real Men and Women.

I know that a show can be run with roaring engines, the smell of toasted rubber, and Beer....... and be safe. Its really all up the to organizers. I know there are lawyers and would-be suer's out there looking to cash-in. Its all about how the event is run. The spoilers have pretty much put an end to the Free shows of any scale....but the small gate price is worth the safety in most cases.

When we run Free shows, we get the hotrod, wheel smok'n folks to setup the safety area, set the rules, and run that part of the show......it always works!!!

[Deleted User] · October 2009

Turbopackman wrote:

No, I'm the guy with the PBR and the torn jeans and the forced induction Packard...

You are going to fit in just fine with the rest of us HUDSON guys.....

I'm the guy with the Hawaiian shirt, bottle of Jeggarmister and the

supercharged Hudson.

Tell us about the blown Packard.

PaceRacer50

mrsbojigger · October 2009

It's happening other places too! I saw in the evening news last night that Boerne, Texas just passed a city ordinance banning burn outs, screetching tires, laying rubber, etc. Interestingly, this is just about 11 days before the big Boerne Rod Run. There is up to a $500 fine for doing it.
Peace,
Chaz

[Deleted User] · October 2009

mrsbojigger wrote:

It's happening other places too! I saw in the evening news last night that Boerne, Texas just passed a city ordinance banning burn outs, screetching tires, laying rubber, etc. Interestingly, this is just about 11 days before the big Boerne Rod Run. There is up to a $500 fine for doing it.

Peace,

Chaz

Sounds like the city found a way to fill their coffers! Knowing it is going to happen anyway, ordinance or not. The local courthouse will do well that weekend.:(

Unknown · October 2009

PaceRacer50 wrote:

You are going to fit in just fine with the rest of us HUDSON guys.....

I'm the guy with the Hawaiian shirt, bottle of Jeggarmister and the

supercharged Hudson.

Tell us about the blown Packard.

PaceRacer50

Starts here: Eric's 356 powered Speedster

I started out with a rusty Packard 327 9 main engine, and have since graduated to a 356 9 main'er. If all works out well, and it sonic checks ok, I'll bore it from 3.5" to 3.587 and have me a 374 straight eight. (To compete with the V8 guys) I'm working on putting two turbos on it, as well as fuel injection. I'm still tossing up the idea of just running dual quads and the two turbos, haven't decided yet.

Nevada Hudson · October 2009

Turbopackman wrote:

Starts here: Eric's 356 powered Speedster

I started out with a rusty Packard 327 9 main engine, and have since graduated to a 356 9 main'er. If all works out well, and it sonic checks ok, I'll bore it from 3.5" to 3.587 and have me a 374 straight eight. (To compete with the V8 guys) I'm working on putting two turbos on it, as well as fuel injection. I'm still tossing up the idea of just running dual quads and the two turbos, haven't decided yet.

Why not just hop up the 1954 359ci straight eight?

Unknown · October 2009

Nevada Hudson wrote:

Why not just hop up the 1954 359ci straight eight?

Because I can't find a '54 359. I have two 356's that are rebuildable so that's what I'm using. And after looking over the 356, it's 100 times a better engine than the 359 ever was. It's better built, has larger lifters, bearings, clutch, rods, the crank is better made, even the cam has 9 bearings as opposed to 5 on the 288/327/359 engines. Heck, even the ports are larger for the intake and exhaust than the other engines.

[Deleted User] · October 2009

onerare39 wrote:

"Everyone meet at Old Airport Road"

signed,

Dragstrip Delinquent

Airport road in Detroit?

I heard about that place back in the day.

Oh, and, about the burnouts and beer. What till im on the road. I can only imagine how long that thread will get!

HAH!

Sarah Young · October 2009

And on the next episode of women gone wild... Every time my husband called to see how I was doing I missed his call. When I called back I had something to rub in each time..."Hey, my rental car's a mustang."... "Oh, sorry I was just cruising Woodward in a Jet, we hit up the Irish pub for dinner"... "oh, I just ate at the Mexican restaurant, they had a good Mexican beer on tap, I'm walking back over to see who's hanging out in the parking lot before I head up to my room for the night."... "Oops, missed you again, I couldn't hear anything over the sound of the burnout"... It was great to be unleashed for a week.

On another note, I should dig out some pics from a small airport I used to fly out of here locally. The flying club put on some fun events since one of the fellow pilots is a Land Speed racer and another one owns a Corvette that had been an official pace car.. sometimes you just gotta indulge your need for speed...

We had a hand held radio to monitor for air traffic and went for it. Course, there was that one spot-landing contest incident that this guy will never live down...

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