330 ci 6

I just looked at the pictures of this car again and don't see the 7X. There's a single exhaust (from the rear view) and the head studs look normal. Am I wrong?



Here's the link



http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Super-Restored-Hudson-Hornet-Exc-Classic-Car_W0QQitemZ260543606970QQcmdZViewItemQQptZUS_Cars_Trucks?hash=item3ca99bf0ba

hudnut1tmr wrote:

I just looked at the pictures of this car again and don't see the 7X. There's a single exhaust (from the rear view) and the head studs look normal. Am I wrong?



Here's the link



http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Super-Restored-Hudson-Hornet-Exc-Classic-Car_W0QQitemZ260543606970QQcmdZViewItemQQptZUS_Cars_Trucks?hash=item3ca99bf0ba

I am near 100% positive this is the car that Pete Delaqua owned. When he died the car went to his daughter and she lived up in that area of NY state. He lived in Rochester. The car was near perfect, as I remember I believe he bought it from John Soneff and drove it back from Colorado.



After he got it back it had a few problems, one that the head gasket blew. I put a new gasket ,had the head resurfaced, etc. While I had the head off I checked bore dameter (.040 over) Checked valve diameter (7x specs) also checked valve lift against 7X specs, not exact but very close. As I recall it had the stock head on it but he had the 232 head with it. It was reported at the time he bought it that it was a documented 7X Engine, not a clone. It did not have the 7X exhaust, just the single. It did have the 1/2" studs in the engine. Look closely and I think i see a stud and nut under the air cleaner painted over so it is hard to tell for sure.. I suppose the engine could have been replaced, but don't know why it was running great at the time of his death and I am pretty sure the daughter probably didn't use the car.



The interior is as I remember it and the A/C under the dash and the wire wheels. He drove the car alot and was not afraid to 'get into it" on occasion. I have driven the car car so I know that it ran well.



Hudsonly, Jim Spencer

We have always wondered what happened to the car hoping that it hadn't just rusted away some where.

hudnut1tmr wrote:

Thanks Jim! I'm such a dope, I didn't see (or read about) the AC. I believe I can see the stud you mentioned. $37K is a little out of my price range.



A very nice car even without the 7X. My guess is the accelarator pedal won't stick either!

It is a very nice car. The underside is as nice as the rest. It was like that when he bought it and he kept it that way. If the engine has not been changed, it is a 7X motor. It also had the block work around the valves for better flow.



Jim