REMEMBER THE HUDSON HORNET?

[TAROMAN]

I remember Porky's Hudson:

 

[BearBio]

In the mid-late 60's, we (about 3-4 of us) would hitchhike to high school to save bus fair for cigarettes........ There was an old guy with a 50's-something Hornet who would pick us up regularly. I remember the GIGANTIC back seat. My best friend was restoring his parents '51 Ford "Vicky" and he would sit there and recite every known fact about the Hudson!

 

[galena]

Don't you mean a Commodore? The Hornet started in 1951

I have always remembered it as a Hornet but could very well be mistaken. It was a big old car that ran like a scalded dog.

 

[PALADIN85020]

I remember very well back in the early '50s that the Hudson Hornets were THE cars to beat on the stock car racing circuit. My dad and I used to go out to the Arizona state fairgrounds in Phoenix to watch them run (and win) quite often.

My dad worked for a bank in Phoenix for many years, and when he was in the installment loan department, he occasionally had to go out and re-possess cars. One evening he drove a repo Hudson Hornet home and parked it in front of our house. I thought he had bought it, and couldn't contain my joy. When he explained that it wasn't ours, you could imagine my disappointment. This 1952 stock car winner is typical of the breed.

John

 

[Kurusu]

I have always remembered it as a Hornet but could very well be mistaken. It was a big old car that ran like a scalded dog.

They look very much alike.

1949 Hudson Commodore:

 

[Tom Beavert]

In '62 I bought a '52 Wasp, yes they were fast.
Tom B

 

[Bib]

When I was a kid a guy in our neighborhood...the "Eggman", as we called him (Koo Koo Ka Choo) drove a Hudson Hornet to deliver fresh eggs....

 

[pmanton]

Hudson used to brag that their Hornet was so stable it would be safe with only 3 wheels.

 

[crazyphil]

In 1951 new Hudson Hornets sold for around $2,500

 

[Kurusu]

In 1951 new Hudson Hornets sold for around $2,500

Wish I had a time machine.

 

[mrchuck]

The Hudson clutch floated in a special oil made for it. You changed this special clutch oil also when you changed the engine oil.
If you did not use the correct clutch oil when changing it, a weird thing happened. The car would go nowhere when you released the clutch.
You would wonder what was going on and then WHAM, the clutch would engage as you had your foot on the gas pedal. You would shoot forward instantly burning rubber, and pushing you deep back in the driver's seat.
I took out the shop's overhead door which was closed in the shop, as it was winter time.

 

[THE PILGRIM]

Here's a Hudson 'pickup' that I saw over in AZ.
Don't know why I didn't get a better shot of the bed.
Probably wanted that Indian Sign in tne shot.

 

[jimmyj]

At the end of WWII my Father came home driving a maroon 1946 Hudson.
I just knew we were no longer "Dirt Poor Folks" but "Rich Folks".

 

[PALADIN85020]

Here's a Hudson 'pickup' that I saw over in AZ.
Don't know why I didn't get a better shot of the bed.
Probably wanted that Indian Sign in tne shot.

That's surely on Erie Street in beautiful downtown Lowell, AZ, isn't it? That locale draws a lot of classic vehicles! Here's a couple that appeared there not all that long ago.

John

P.S. My mother was born in Lowell, in 1912.

 

[Kurusu]

That's surely on Erie Street in beautiful downtown Lowell, AZ, isn't it? That locale draws a lot of classic vehicles! Here's a couple that appeared there not all that long ago.

John

P.S. My mother was born in Lowell, in 1912.

Well, the Cadillac on the bottom is from the year I was born. Wonder where did the badge go.

 

[Coldshooter]

My Uncle Lloyd had a Hudson Hornet. To a 5 year old it seemed big as a house inside.

 

[model70hunter]

Not a Hudson expert but didn't they have a straight 8?

There was a local guy who raced them on local tracks up into the 70s. I've heard the engine was a torque monster.

A 51 Lincoln would have been a heavy Ford using the truck flathead V8. Probably did loose to the Hudson.

 

[crazyphil]

Not a Hudson expert but didn't they have a straight 8?

There was a local guy who raced them on local tracks up into the 70s. I've heard the engine was a torque monster.

A 51 Lincoln would have been a heavy Ford using the truck flathead V8. Probably did loose to the Hudson.

It was a straight six with dual carbs. It beat about everything
at that time.

 

[eveled]

I didn't even know it was an actual car. My only knowledge of it was from the movie (my kids were in elementary school when the first Cars movie came out).

The car movies are surprisingly accurate. They had real car guys making it and it shows.