The Jalopy Journal
note casting pad on left of block around the #2 cylinder right at the top edge of the block, this is where the serial nos were stamped into 55-56...
i have gone to the effort of getting a 55-56 input shaft machined to suit the stepdown bellhousing length into a 55-56 crank. the stepdown shafts...
you wouldnt be the first one ot put one of those in there. here in australia we are lucky enough to have the hemi 6, if i was to do a non hudson...
i just bought another one..... 54 wasp (possibly superwasp?). my 4th one
you did what to your hudson
damn aint no hudson but a finer choice would be hard to find. i say stick with the chromed cad covers- they have that touch of class. plus youre...
mig welding with aluminium actually puts in less heat than tig. we manufacture aluminium fuel tankers and dry bulk tankers (pressurised). most...
Jimi no major oiling concerns. Main drama is the pickup screen gets filled with sludge and starves the engine. Another is cracked filter lines...
my mum ran a shop right at the end of the block of buildings that the heathcote bakery is in when i was a kid. the vacant block next to them used...
it took many months for my complete order of seals and such to arrive, it was a case of once they stocked the parts the back orders got sent out....
and now mack is owned by volvo and the richlands plant pumps both makes out of the same line and a lot of the old school of mack owners/ drivers/...
holden grey 6. not a holden man, but they did anything and everything to it.
Im getting springs wound with a 2" drop in the front with a little higher rate to compensate - $120 whatever rate and length you want. rears had...
HA! my hudson has a factory engine setback of about 4" from what the long wheelbase cars had. factory chop, factory setback, factory dual carbs,...
i work in this terminal from time to time on breakdown duty. now owned by caltex, it is far different now, except these days you have to try and...
that purple 6 wheeled monaro ute still does the rounds in brunswick victoria, i used to live a street away from the owner, a painter i think. and...
looks like frankston station. franger! mr fire your photos have the most interest to me, i grew up listening to my old neighbour and my mums now...
and then the truck driver delivering the fuel throws a curve ball and sticks his ethanol blended stuff in the straight fuel hole because he has...
ok going the other way... what about a V8 like you would find in the 55-57 hudsons.... amc 250 or packard 352
shannon hows it going? i havent seen this pop up on RR lately, good to see you havent let it slide. 48-56 engines are easier to maintain and...
get a 352 and the lot out of a 55-56-57 hudson. nobody likes the nash bodied hudsons much. well, there are a few devotees of them... the bodies...
jimi you're too kind. all im any good at is making stuff fit the hole it needs to go in, and even then i can only take credit for the measuring...
T86 was available from mid 1952 right through to the end of the big six in 1956. Identify the cars so equipped by the twin linkages running off...
the missing link for our cars isthe input shaft. but never fear, i have the answer. first photo is of the stock stepdown and hash trans input...
ive been catching up on this thread and much more that has gone on in the wide world of hudson since my computer gave up a year ago. ive been...
heat it and if that is no good, get a pin punch, so you can hit the shoulder of the flare nut to shock some of that shit loose. in australia, we...
there's a 36/37 terraplane out in the scrub in New South Wales somewhere that has a welding plant attached to the front of the chassis rails and...
the difference between the coopers that comes to you and what we get here is the top label on yours has a kangaroo rather than a barrel. you fancy...
For the price, Rigid are unbeatable. Especially down here in Oz where Snap On tools are EXPENSIVE! perfect fit and will do not only fuel and brake...
von rigg is right. that little angle does make for less metal for the welder to try burn. as for myself, if i did clip every time i started a...
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