A different car showed up at the weekly gathering at Sonic: I knew it was a Hudson right off, then saw it was a Pacemaker.
Still, cool. But, somehow, the SBC in the engine bay just ... well, didn't complete the experience for me.
I'm not against engine swaps or mixing of the brands, and I'm definitely not a restoration fanatic. But I was so hoping to see some form of Hudson iron under the hood.
ehh. someone got it back on the road and drove it there. so there is that.
At least it wasn't an LS1. 
Javelin wrote: At least it wasn't an LS1.
'Cause a better performing, lighter small block chevy is somehow worse than a lower performing and heavier small block chevy?
Pretty neat car, no matter how you cut it.
njansenv wrote:Javelin wrote: At least it wasn't an LS1.'Cause a better performing, lighter small block chevy is somehow worse than a lower performing and heavier small block chevy?
Because LS1 swaps are so boring even Popular Hot Rodding and Hot Rod have both stopped running pretty much all of them.
I'd have much rather seen a Hudson motor as well.
It needed more 392 Hemi......
People don't understand how small the Hudson six is. It's an under appreciated engine.
i will agree that for other than a track car, I dont think chevy v8 swaps improve a vehicle in most cases.
It is a darn cool car but he should have left the engine closed. If the stock motor was dead and I was to swap a motor in there it would have to be an inline six of some sort.
i usually leave my hood closed to keep people guessing.
And here I thought you were disappointed because a Chevy Sonic couldn't jump the Hudson river. 
I'd love to see a Jag I6 or V12 in a Hudson, assuming one wanted to swap something in, it would be a cool swap. A GM Atlas I6 would also be acceptable.
Shoot, put some sort of TBI or FI on the Hudson 6...
failboat wrote: ehh. someone got it back on the road and drove it there. so there is that.
Don't get me wrong. I'm glad to see old cars on the road, and don't mind the standard "350/350" swap as much as some. I have some GM and Ford parts on my Valiant, for that matter. But I've never seen a Hudson Twin-H Power engine - or any Hudson engine, for that matter - in person.
It's someone else's car, and such things are their choice.
For my viewing pleasure, however, (which should be a top priority for all car builders), I'd prefer to have seen :
Whatever it came with, clean but with patina
Twin H-Power inline six
Firedome or Red Ram Hemi (Hudson got rolled into AMC, which got rolled into Mopar, sort of.)
Something from AMC - Maybe a 4.x Jeep six, or a 390 V8.
AMC V8, Rambler V8, AMC/Jeep I-6, new Hemi, Cummins I-6, 392 Hemi, etc, etc...
BMW 3.5?
2JZ swap. 
It's fine to complain if you aren't paying the bill or trying to find rare parts. Better he got it on the road and driving than sitting behind a barn somewhere.
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