34 Hudson for sale in Florida!!!!!!!!!!

1934 Terraplane
edited November -1 in HUDSON
This was sent to me by a friend, nice 34 conv. coupe.

http://www.pjsautoworld.com/1930cars/1934 Hudson Challenger Convertible .htm

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  • Spencer Yarrow
    Spencer Yarrow Expert Adviser
    does anyone know where that cylinder head came from?

    Spencer
  • That was apparently the high compression head back then. I have seen a couple photos of them,
    Roger
  • oldhudsons
    oldhudsons Senior Contributor
    No, that is the std. head on a '34 H8, referred to by the Brits as the "high spline head" used in '34 & '35.
    I'm sure this is the one Bill Albright bought out of Pa. from an old HET friend of his (Bill was from Pa.). Bill kept it for a while then sold it to a "high roller" from San Diego who re-restored it, who then sold it, & now it's in Florida.
    My friend Buzz & I helped the guy in S. D. restore it as it was really worn out, both the engine & the chassis. The restoration shop that did the work was/is in Escondido where we both lived at the time.
    Guy paid Bill too much for it in lieu of all it needed then sunk another "wad" into it. When he tried to resell it in S.D. asked way too much for it, guess he finally got a buyer.
  • oldhudsons
    oldhudsons Senior Contributor

    here's photos of the 2 pc. high comp. head offered in '34-5 by the factory
  • Huddy42
    Huddy42 Senior Contributor
    I'm with you Spencer, never saw these on a 1934, only on 1935,in Australia anyway, I have a 6 cyl two piece aluminium came off a 1935.

    Looks like a beautiful motor car, it also appears to have a Terraplane steering wheel, the 8 cylinders had a large boss where the horn button goes.
  • Then why does the phot show a tag "High Octne Fuel" .
    Sounds like a performance head to me,
    Roger
  • oldhudsons
    oldhudsons Senior Contributor
    I'd have to look in a parts book to see if that head offered in '34 too.
    The tag is on the head because is a high compression head. As I recall the lower section is aluminum, upper iron.
    I bought the head shown in the photo at the National held in Detroit I believe in '89(?) in the swap meet area as soon as I saw it, early the 1st day, then took it over & put it on the tailgate of my truck & photographed it as I'd never seen one before. I'd had the special 2nd headgasket that is used for a long time as had the old either McCord or Victor catalog telling what the application for that gasket # was.
    I bought it for my friend Buzz as thought he'd want to use it on his '34 Railton as he was racing it in vintage sports car races. He still has the head & the special gasket but has never put it on his car.
  • oldhudsons
    oldhudsons Senior Contributor



    Buzz & Ivan, who frequently races his Railton LST replica, use one of these heads, which is an Edmonds "hot rod" '50s era item.
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