Engine

zewwi · Hornet Joined: Nov 07, 2007 Posts: 196 Location: Sweden

I wounder what colour the engine have if it is a 308 with one carburator from 1952 ?I have silver in my 232 -51 but i have seen engine with gold and some blue/ green.This is a questin only for "stepdown modells"

Dave53-7C · Posted: Thu Aug 28, 2008 10:26 am Post subject: Re: Engine

In 1952, a 308 engine should be painted gold.

51hornet · Posted: Thu Aug 28, 2008 2:04 pm Post subject: Re: Engine

The blue/green engines are the JC Whitney engines that were sold after 57 when they bought up the stock of Hudson factory engines. They sold these engines complete and they were a pretty good deal. I have seen one car with this colour of engine. I would hazard a guess it was installed by a non Hudson dealer who just put it in blue instead of painting it for the appropriate year.

Colours of Engines

20's Silver and the F-Heads were green
30's All Silver
40's All Silver
51-53 232 and 262 and Eight were Silver 308's were Gold 53 Jet 202 was gold
54 All engines were red

JC Whitney replacement engines Blue

Dave53-7C · Posted: Thu Aug 28, 2008 3:09 pm Post subject: Re: Engine

You forgot the color of junk yard engines...rust. Laughing

51hornet · Posted: Thu Aug 28, 2008 3:29 pm Post subject: Re: Engine

I also forgot the colour of oil. I have a 308 I pulled and have not cleaned yet that a guy covered in oil to protect it and darn it if it didn't work.

Dave53-7C · Posted: Thu Aug 28, 2008 10:17 pm Post subject: Re: Engine

Are you sure it's oil?

zewwi · Hornet Joined: Nov 07, 2007 Posts: 196 Location: Sweden

Thank you for the answer.I will send a pic. of a blue 308.
I have just bought a JC Whitney engine Wink

51hornet · Posted: Fri Aug 29, 2008 12:25 am Post subject: Re: Engine

Roland,

take pic of the passenger side of the engine and the drivers side. If the serial # is on the drivers side its a 55 and later engine. If on passenger its 54 and before. May not have a serial number but it will have a place to put one.

zewwi · Hornet Joined: Nov 07, 2007 Posts: 196 Location: Sweden

the serial nr is on the drivers side
and it is 304539
under it cwc
and under that is 2
the clock is on number 4

51hornet · Posted: Fri Aug 29, 2008 1:00 pm Post subject: Re: Engine

Yes its a 55 and later engine. Where did you get that. Must have some work on it over there as I am seeing allen type head bolts it would not have come like that.

Are you going to rebuild that and put it in the Pacemaker? or is it rebuilt already looks pretty clean. I do see some gold in there.

zewwi · Hornet Joined: Nov 07, 2007 Posts: 196 Location: Sweden

The engine and trans is rebuilt and working perfect.But i dont know what to do with it.If i put it in my Pacemaker it isn,t original anymore Crying or Very sad

.Bigger engine and hydramatic means that the fuel ecconomy is gone i guess.I bought it from a guy that had bought a 52 Hornet and he like most people think that v8 is gods gift to mankind. Rolling Eyes

So he sold it to me and put v8 i his car.

51hornet · Posted: Fri Aug 29, 2008 3:06 pm Post subject: Re: Engine

Roland keep the engine and lets get you another car without one. Should be cheaper....

Dave53-7C · Posted: Fri Aug 29, 2008 5:22 pm Post subject: Re: Engine

That sounds like a good idea. I'll start shopping right now. Smile