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Welcome to Hudson Motorcar!
Welcome to Hudson Motorcar! this site is dedicated to the preservation of the history of Hudson Motorcars with special attention given to Hudson in Canada. If you love Hudsons this is the place to be. The company may be gone but the cars and the people who love them are still here and this corner of the Internet is the place to share your passion for Hudsons. Be they pristine originals or over the top hotrods we love them all. So signup and share your Hudsons with the rest of us.
The graphic above that shows the Hudson triangle merged with the Canadian maple leaf is my tribute to the logo that the Hudson factory in Tilbury Ontario used in the 50's, and shall be the identifier for my site.
Not a lot of information remains about the Tilbury factory I was lucky enough to get a package containing some factory correspondence between the Hudson Motorcar Company Canada and Canadian Hudson dealers.
I am looking for stories from owners of Hudsons in Canada and I will use this site to celebrate the Hudson Motorcar and its history in Canada. We are also very interested in stories of Hudsons in the US and worldwide. So share your stories and if you have any information about the Tilbury factory or any of the Hudson factories or know anyone who worked there who has stories to share please contact me here at the site.
Please register for an account its free and easy to join our Hudson community.
Thanks,
51Hornet
| 8th Annual Canadian Hudson Meet info from Steve Walsh |
Dear Hudnuts,
Please mark your calendars. There is a change of venue for this years 8th Annual Canadian Hudson Meet. Sean Wetherall has graciously agreed to let me host the 8th Annual Canadian Hudson Meet this year in Cardston Alberta. Show dates are the 24th & 25th of July 2009.
Cardston is located a short distance from Waterton National Park and just 10 minutes north of the Babb, Montana border. We are 45 min south west of Lethbridge, Alberta.
We feel this location will have the advantage of encouraging more Hudson, Essex and Terraplane owners from the B.C, Alberta, Saskatchewan and the NW US to attend.
The show will be held in conjunction with the Temple City Cruisers annual show, of which I am the club President. I am also a proud member of the HET.
HET Prs. Mike Cherry has indicated he will try to be at the show on his way back from the national in Pontiac.
This show is a two day event starting on the Friday evening and will include Friday evening Registration, cruise of downtown Cardston. A display by the "Full Tilt Boogie" a wheel stander, followed by a drive in live music dance with a rock & roll 50's & 60's theme.
The Saturday will include a all car parade, followed by the show and shine.
The Temple City Cruisers show has established itself as a destination show with awesome draw prizes and a friendly, fun and welcoming atmosphere. All styles of cars are welcome and there is an amazing variety from turn of the century steamer cars to Lamborghini's and everything in between. We consistently receive comments like: " This is the best car show I've been to in 25 years" and "We love the friendly atmosphere".
Last year we had 211 cars on the grass. The setting is picturesque, held in the Lion's Park, across the creek from the World Famous Remington Carriage Museum (voted Canada's best indoor attraction). http://www.remingtoncarriagemuseum.com/
The highlight of the show is that we give away a car to a lucky draw winner. Last year we gave away a 56 Chev pickup and this year we are giving way a very nice 2002 Chev 35th Anniversary Camaro ragtop. The car is in great condition and very original. Just think you could be taking it home!
We encourage vendors and informal swap meets, for which we do not charge a fee. Tables are available upon request free of charge.
Please visit the following websites for more information including The Temple city Cruisers website, local attractions, hotel and camping/ RV options. Our Lee Creek campsite is literally across the creek adjacent to the Carriage Museum and is full service and very picturesque.
http://www.raftalberta.ca/kimball_river_sports_2007_002.htm
Hotels are all only blocks away from the venue.
Please consider this your invitation, lets get together and celebrate 100 years of Hudson and 50 years of the HET - this chance won't come around again!
Please accept a copy of our Temple City Cruisers newsletter, (attached below), which has even more details of the event.
Event Info Download
Hope to see you at the HET National in Pontiac and/ or the Canadian National in Cardston, Alberta!
best regards,
Steve Walsh - President Temple City Cruisers
Member HET & 38 Hudson Register
Tel: 1 403 393 4234
Fax: 1 403 653 1660
email: walshsd@shaw.ca
www.templecitycruisers.com - event info and hotel specials.
The Town of Cardston: http://www.town.cardston.ab.ca/
Camping & RV: http://www.raftalberta.ca/kimball_river_sports_2007_002.htm
Waterton National Park: - http://www.watertoninfo.com/
The Remington Carraige Museum: http://www.remingtoncarriagemuseum.com/
Golf:- http://www.golfleecreek.com/
The Great Canadian Barn Dance - http://gcbd.ca/ |
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Posted by 51hornet Friday, April 10, 2009 (22:07:24) |
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| 8th Annual Canadian Hudson Meet July 24th/25th Cardston Alberta |
Folks, get your calendars out its time to mark down the time and place for this years Hudson meet.
July 24th and 25th it will be held in Cardston Alberta in conjunction with the Temple Cruisers 4th annual show and shine. We have a lot of Hudson owners down south and they have not been able to attend the Leduc event so we agreed to let Steve Walsh and his team host the 8th annual Hudson meet to get a new location and get to see some of the Hudsons from down south and out of province.
Steve will be sending out the invites soon so keep you eyes open.
For more info please visit the Temple Cruisers website. Lots of events and prizes and every one who enters and attends can get a ticket for the draw of a car. This year its a convertible camaro.
Temple City Cruisers Website
When you check out the site it lists links to accommodations and a really nice camping park which is next door to the site of the show. Lets get those Hudsons out in force to support this show. |
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Posted by 51hornet Wednesday, April 08, 2009 (21:41:42) |
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Folks,
I am reposting here a nice writeup by Mark Hudson on the upgrading of the Dana 44 rear ends for Hudsons. Its really great info for the Hudson community and I wanted it easily accessible. Here it is:
I wanted to resurrect this thread to bring some more information to light regarding the Dana 44 rear end.
As you may know, the Fairborn Axle conversion to update to flanged axles is available even now. However, budgets being tight for yours truly, I wanted to do something a bit more sequential in terms of spending my money and eventually getting to the same place. The Fairborn Kit is $495.00. The original tapered axles are 19 spline to work with your existing carrier, or they can have axles made that have the newer 30 spline end.
I called the folks at Reider Racing, as Park suggested. The reason was to hunt down the different carriers that are still made for 19 spline axles.
Something interesting came up in the discussion. The original limited slip carrier as used by both Studebaker and the original 427 Shelby Cobra (Dana 44 equipped), is still available new. And guess what, its 19 spline. And, its the preferred piece for restorers of the previous mentioned vehicles as it is able to be certified as original. Reported by Reider also to be the best limited slip/positraction carrier out there for street driven vehicles.
Link to the Carrier in question:
http://www.reiderracing.com/danapowrlok.htm
Its an original Dana Powr-Lock. Cost is $400.00
This means, you can replicate the Jack Clifford hop up of using a Studebaker Twin-Track (Its actually the Dana Powr-Lok) with the rear ratio of your choice, which is also Dana original gears @ $159.00.
By using a 19 spline carrier, you can get up and going with your original tapered axles and be able to switch to the Fairborn flanged axles of 19 spline later.
Or, all at once.
You will also have to buy a new pinion yoke for the finer pinion splines produced currently.
Dana Power-Lock = $400.00
Dana Ring Gear and Pinion = $159.00
Dana 44 Overhaul kit = $100.00
New pinion yoke = $30.00
For $689.00, you have a posi-traction Dana 44 rear end of the ratio of your choosing. That you can also update with flanged axles for and additional $495.00. If the flanged axles are a bit much, you can run your original tapered/hubbed axles.
If it was good enough for Carroll Shelby - I think it will hold about as much as anybody here is going to unleash upon it.
and the good thing is, nobody will be able to tell anything about it - Its all Hudson from the outside with no fuss in the swapping.
Mark Hudson
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Posted by 51hornet Tuesday, October 10, 2006 (21:54:25) |
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| Restoration vs Buying a Nice Hudson |
You have to ask yourself why you want a to own a Hudson. There are some of us myself included that would try to rebuild a complete car if the only part you had to start with was the left rear lug nut. I like to tinker. I grew up in a garage. I started hanging out in my Dad's garage when I was six. By 12 I had rebuilt many engines and stripped down a lot of cars. So I like to work on old cars.
Not every one has the skills necessary to do the work. Don't let that deter you. Join a club like HET find owners in your area and go out, join in and learn. Then just take your time and you will find its a fun and enjoyable pastime.
If you love Hudsons and you are weighing the option of buying a nice car versus buying a fixer upper. Look at how much money and effort you want to expend. You can spend more fixing one up than you can if you just look for a nice example. There are a nice set of Wasps on ebay now and I saw a 54 Hornet go for cheap that would have been nice with a new paint job and some minor maintenance.
Always make the decision yourself and don't let people deter you. Preserving a Hudson is a noble cause, at least thats what I tell my wife. 
Find a nice site (like mine,shameless plug) join, get stuck in and ask lots of questions. There is nothing a Hud owner likes more than talking about their cars. Hudsons are all about community so don't be afraid to join in.
51hornet |
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