our 29

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edited November -1 in HUDSON
rear view of our 29



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  • Unknown
    Unknown
    and of course the motor cant post without the motor



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  • Kdancy
    Kdancy Senior Contributor
    Is that a water pump, starter and generator all in one line?
  • Unknown
    Unknown
    no .the starter is not connected to the gen:)
  • Jon B
    Jon B Administrator
    Because the shaft runs through the water pump, is steel, and gets wet, it tends to rust. And the resulting "pock marks" in the shaft -- located right at the water seal -- then make it hard to seal. So, you always have a slight drip-drip-drip around the water pump (which is no big deal, actually). A fellow I know, actually went to the trouble of having a stainless steel shaft made, so it wouldn't rust. I wonder if Jack Smith (who owned your car) went the same route?



    I also note that your car has a right taillight, which was (I believe) not standard -- at least in the States. I know people who have fabricated the brackets and put them on, themselves. Here again, I suspect Jack may have done this. Or, possibly if this is a Canadian-built Hudson, that may have been standard or an option in 1929, unlike the States.
  • akcoop
    akcoop Administrator
    The reason that the generator and the starter are aligned is that when the engine first came out, they used a starter/generator. There was a clutch on the generator end that disengaged when the starter was being turned over and then engaged once the engine was powering the shaft.
  • Jon B
    Jon B Administrator
    So does that engine block date back to 1916, when the first Super Six came out?
  • hudsontech
    hudsontech Senior Contributor
    akcoop wrote:
    The reason that the generator and the starter are aligned is that when the engine first came out, they used a starter/generator. There was a clutch on the generator end that disengaged when the starter was being turned over and then engaged once the engine was powering the shaft.



    Hudson used the starter/generator units from 1913 (first year I've been able to document) thru 1922. Essex hit the ground running with a starter and generator.



    Hudsonly,

    Alex Burr

    Memphis, TN

    http://hetclub.org/burr
  • paulrhd29nz
    paulrhd29nz Member
    Does anyone notice that the tapit gallery covers have been custom made. theres no firing order or hudson logo, and no rivets showing. The factory covers leak oil bad when the gasket gets old. Jack or someone got tired of always cleanig up the oil stains.
  • Geoff
    Geoff Senior Contributor
    Very eagle-eyed of you! What a good fix for this problem. How come I never thought of this?
  • EssexAdv
    EssexAdv Expert Adviser, Member
    Jon B wrote:
    So does that engine block date back to 1916, when the first Super Six came out?
    Jon, on the first Hudson Super-6 motor there are 3 major castings; the block, the base and the head. All the bases are piratically the same. At a quick glance the blocks appear the same however there are several variations including exterior ports and valve holes. The heads are also different. The early ones had holes for priming cups drilled in the top. Then they stopped drilling the holes but the flat spots in the casting were still there, etc. Eventually the went to the first F head with. This was then changed to the final 28-9 head which switched the intake valves and carb to the other side of the engine.
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