Maiden voyage, 37 terraplane

Hudsonrules
Hudsonrules Senior Contributor
edited November -1 in HUDSON
Adjusted the clutdh, bled the bralkes, couple gallons of fresh gas:o:) and the engine fired right up. out the drive way and down the road almost a mile, the engind quite. would not restart, carburator flooding out. Also the brakes felt a bit tight. Had to leave the car on the side of the road for an hour or so. will tow it home and put it in the shop and try to make necesary repairs and adjustments. I bought this car sight unseen, was told that it was running and being driven occaisionaly. It may have been started from time to time, but driven? probably not. The gas smelled putrid snd no brakes.. I think it eill be sa fun car once the bugs are worked out. I will be asking questions. like anyI use a petronoz electronic ignition kit on this Terraplane. Thanks in advance. Arnie M, one have a carburator kit?. P>S> There is a NAPA store in town, but I call it No Auto Parts Available as they only seem to have items for toytas and hondas. You mention Hudson or any older car that is not modern and all the computor stuff, they have no idea what you are talking about.

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  • Unknown
    Unknown
    Hang in there buddy, the 37 is really a fun car to drive. Have you got the electric shift option on it ? You may not need a carb kit, after sittng around, stale gas, all that good stuff, you may only need to take it apart and clean it good, put an inline filter on up next to the carb. Check the float to be sure it doesn't have a pin hole and filling up, clean the needle seat with a Q-tip in solvent and clean the needle . Give the ole gal a chance,she just needs somebody to love her. BUD
  • Jon B
    Jon B Administrator
    I'd concentrate your time and money on just getting it running before I considered things like electronic ignition, 12 volt makeover, etc. etc. Just get a new set of points and condenser, it should last you a good long time. Make sure your battery cable connections are "bright and tight" and that some previous owner hasn't slipped a 12-volt cable in there by mistake. Bud is right, the the needle valve may be sticking open, causing the carb to flood. Tap it lightly right over where the fuel line enters. When all the components are in reasonable shape the car will run fine, for what you want it for. The only engine upgrade I ever made, was to use a postwar carb (almost exactly the same as my '37 but with a few improvements). And I added overdrive. Everything else is original and it got me on a 1500-mile round trip to the National, last year, at highway speeds.



    Just take it one step at a time, tell us the problems and we'll try to suggest some solutions.



    For your Hudson needs just go to the Hudson suppliers like those who advertise in the WTN. You'll find a few parts locally (such as U-joints, but tell the guy it's for a '60's Chevy, not a Hudson!) but you'd do well to pick up "spares" from Hudson vendors and keep 'em in the trunk, 'cause you'll need 'em sooner or later. Dave Kostansek is a good guy to go to for things like carb rebuild kits, also Bill Albright.
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