Head tag info

Kdancy
Kdancy Senior Contributor
edited November -1 in HUDSON
Just received this from Roy Marks, concerning the aluminum tag that is on the head of a 1951 308 that I saved from the scrap yard.
I called Gus Souza in Illinois who has raced and rebuilt Hudsons for nearly 60 years. He says the head is simply a more milled one for higher compression that was an option. According to him there was the standard head, then the aluminum which was a little higher, and finally the head with the tag. He said they will all run on regular gas today, as the gas is made for modern cars that are all high compression.
Roy
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  • Park_W
    Park_W Senior Contributor
    Some sources say these heads were made because of an aluminum shortage at the time.
  • Marconi
    Marconi Senior Contributor
    We've got a couple of these heads at the Twin-H-Ranch and I was wondering about them too. I asked Gary Klann about them and his answer was that because of the aluminum shortages at the time Hudson made some 7.2 to 1 heads by milling the stock 6.7 head. Makes sense to me.
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