"Draggin' The Line" Tommy James

@What.its.like.

6 ай бұрын

Yeah buddy congratulations you got it =)

@johnboydTx

6 ай бұрын

🎉👏👏 Well Done 👍 Enjoy your evening ✌️

@andreamills5852

6 ай бұрын

Awesome !

@middleclassretiree

6 ай бұрын

Great song 👍👍

@waggitnshaggit6592

6 ай бұрын

All 53 model Hudson’s

Great episode, Jay! I LOVED the Stock Car Race newsreel. One of my dream cars is a maroon 51 Commodore Six sedan with Hydramatic and dealer installed Twin H Power.

@What.its.like.

6 ай бұрын

Glad you dig this one it’s been a long time coming wasn’t sure how to approach it.. it was confusing at first with the narrow block wide block concept.. I found some awesome footage and wanted to share all of it with you =) racing were you had to know how to drive..

WYR: All of them. Hudson made great cars. That race looks like it was fun.

@What.its.like.

6 ай бұрын

Sweet choices =) Yeah it looked really cool so I figured I would just added at the end it was in color and the narration was really good

@ColtonRMagby

6 ай бұрын

@@What.its.like. They don't narrate races like they used to.

@What.its.like.

6 ай бұрын

No they don’t there are too many rules now back then you could buy a car and race it can’t do that now

@ColtonRMagby

6 ай бұрын

@@What.its.like. In some kinds of racing, you can. You just have to modify it to meet certain safety requirements. ChrisFix bought a 2004 BMW to race in the 24 Hours Of Lemons.

53 Hornet and the Wasp but they all look real good , so sleek. Hudson with the twin cabs would be nice to own,especially if it was the race version. Thx Jay.Great racing footage.

@What.its.like.

6 ай бұрын

Glad you dig this one I had to use all that racing footage it was so good and hearing the narrator was cool as well

The Swan Song of the American Valve In Block engine configuration. Kentucky moonshiners loved this car because it easily outran the cops with it's engine torque and it's low center of gravity handling advantages in the mountain road that curved a lot. Those moonshiners became the backbone of NASCAR.

@What.its.like.

6 ай бұрын

Awesome statement I forgot to mention the 308 is bigger displacement than the legendary 5.0 V8 Ford made in the 80s.. and made more power as well that engine was only rated at 150 hp

Love the race clip you added. I like the comment from the announcer after the the driver wrecked his car - "Tough luck for Jack he just bought it a few weeks ago"! Hudson dominated the early years of Nascar, and is too bad to see the decline of the sport and it's popularity. Hudson and Tuckers in my opinion were game changer cars in the auto industry. I would like to see a video on Smokey Yunick. He was an innovator and was integral part of motorsports. Especially drag racing. Enjoy the Thanksgiving holiday!🦃

@What.its.like.

6 ай бұрын

Happy thanksgiving =) the narrator was great I loved that footage figured you all would love to see it two.. old video type of year =)

@aldenconsolver3428

6 ай бұрын

I agree that NASCAR is not what it use to be and is really suffering a decline. I can not say what would be needed to bring it back but all it is right now is advertising. Its a lot more like American football now, nothing but commercials and over paid athletes. I use to watch pro football but now I watch college ball, more fun and does not (usually) have two hours of commercials for one hour of play. I hope that somebody starts televising short track racing.

This here is TRUE NASCAR racing! A lot of these guys drove their cars to the race, set them up themselves and drove them back home at the end of the day.....

@What.its.like.

6 ай бұрын

Yeah I wish it was that way now they actually had to know how to drive back than as well

@keithstudly6071

6 ай бұрын

NO! That was AAA stock car racing. After 1955 AAA decided to quit racing and USAC was created to take over their events.

@What.its.like.

6 ай бұрын

Yes thank you so much for that correction AAA not nascar

Smokey Yunick was definitely a colorful character! I love reading the stories about he would bend the rules, without really cheating outright. I love the Hudsons, there are a couple near me for sale, but they are 4 door cars, rough, and incomplete. There was a few nice Hudsons in Burley Idaho 25 years ago, and the prices were fair, but I didn't strike, im regretting it now. Im sure the old guy that had them is gone now.

@What.its.like.

6 ай бұрын

Haha yeah =) Smokey if it’s not in the rule book it’s allowed

Thank you !

@What.its.like.

6 ай бұрын

You bet =) this is one that I’ve been wanting to do for a while now

1954 Hudson Great Episode 😃👍 love Hudson great running motor very reliable 😉 my favorite flat 6 ❤️... Happy Motoring ✌️🤠

Once when I was a young married man, I went to a nearby grocery store. I saw an old car in the parking lot, so I parked near it to see what it was. The car was a Hornet with Twin-H induction. The car looked rather rough at first. The blue paint was faded and missing in a few places, but the sheet metal was straight. I did not see any serious rust on the car. The interior showed its age, but it was not ragged at all. This happened in the late 1970s, so the car would have been around 25-30 years old at that time. That was the only time I ever saw an original, first-generation Hornet in the wild. (I loved the movie after your video.)

@What.its.like.

6 ай бұрын

Great story thank you so much for sharing those memories with us =)

You hit a home run with this one. I really enjoy the stats and background.

@What.its.like.

6 ай бұрын

Thank you this one has been a long time coming =)

Yeeeeaaaaa! Finally! 🥹🥹🥹🥹🥹

Great video! I have a 1951 Hudson Commodore Six with the 262 engine. These were excellent automobiles and engines.

@What.its.like.

6 ай бұрын

Awesome =) my favorite era of Hudson

@danielulz1640

6 ай бұрын

You have one of my dream cars, congratulations.

@gregdelagrange8573

6 ай бұрын

@@danielulz1640 Thanks!

@danielulz1640

6 ай бұрын

​@@gregdelagrange8573 When I was in high school, late 60's, I saw one like that abandoned behind a convenience store. It was in very good, all original condition, but nobody wanted it. I still remember the woven leather buttons on the seats.

@gregdelagrange8573

6 ай бұрын

@@danielulz1640 I have a couple of videos on my KZread channel with my Hudson. I've had it for about 20 years now and still one of my favorites.

Great video. I liked the vintage racing clip. In the 70's I worked at a Goodyear dealer which used to be a Hudson dealer. One of the mechanics I worked with used to work at the dealer. But oddly when I was growing up in the 60's I don't recall seeing many Hudsons around town. WYR I would take the 1953 Hornet in the first and the 1953 Wasp. I like the hood on the 53's.

@What.its.like.

6 ай бұрын

Awesome glad you dig this video thank you so much for sharing those memories what a great story also awesome choices =)

1953 for sure. Had one in my youth. Very comfy and fun car 😀

@What.its.like.

9 күн бұрын

Sweet choice great car =)

Good research. Solid historical accuracy on Hudson engineering. 1954 was the best performing most advanced stepdown and In racing configuration a hot car in its era. You might not like the styling but it was the best 6 cylinder performance car they ever produced before the AMC merger. I would want a 1954 Hornet club coupe with a 7X engine package.

@What.its.like.

6 ай бұрын

I love the styling of these glad you dig this episode =) A good friend of mine is building a 54 7x race car it should be done next yeah going to feature it on here can’t wait I forgot to mention Hudson went hydraulic lifters in 54

WYR: 51 Hornet, 53 Wasp - but honestly - can't go wrong with any of them. Sorry I'm so late, between Thanksgiving and work, well you know the story. Like others have written - thank you, the race coverage was an outstanding addition. Thank you and hope you had a great Thanksgiving! ~ Chuck

@What.its.like.

6 ай бұрын

Great choices Charles I appreciate everything that you bring to the comment section, I hope you had a happy Thanksgiving as well =)

Be blessed and thankful, my friend.

@What.its.like.

6 ай бұрын

You too happy thanksgiving =)

Draggin’ no Dragons or unicorns.

I loved the 4.9L (300) in-line 6cyl engines in both of my F150s.

I love the 308 6 cylinder! It ruled Daytona and at Bathurst as a Holden V8

Another great engine family overview, Jay! Thank you, and Happy Thanksgiving to you and your family.

@What.its.like.

6 ай бұрын

=) happy thanksgiving to you over there

For WYR, I'll pick the '51 Hornet and the '48 Commodore. Thank you for adding that documentary. And it's in color, too. Do you know who narrated it?

@What.its.like.

6 ай бұрын

I have no idea who narrated it sweet choices =) I loved that footage figured all you would totally dig seeing it

I love NASCAR

Happy,Happy Thanksgiving to you and your family !!!

@What.its.like.

6 ай бұрын

Happy thanksgiving to all of you as well =)

51 Comodore .Year I was born.

WYR 54 hornet and the pacemaker looking forward to the episode on Smokey one of my idols😊

@What.its.like.

6 ай бұрын

Not sure when we will start doing people but maybe next year =) Great choices =)

I will go with the 51 Hornet, only because we had an eccentric neighbor with two of them. She also hoarded 57 Plymouths.

@What.its.like.

6 ай бұрын

Sweet choice =)

Those sound effects on the race sound like there from 'Transfusion" by Nervous Norvus........ Not many screeching tire on a dirt track Jes' sayin' .........

@What.its.like.

6 ай бұрын

Yeah but did you notice the track was half pavement half dirt the upper section was dirt

Interesting that these carried a higher power rating than the Oldsmobile V8 although the displacement was about the same and the Olds had the more modern overhead valve and perhaps more importantly a shorter stroke configuration. I guess at a certain point these,Oldsmobile,and Chrysler powered cars were mixing it up on the tracks.

@What.its.like.

6 ай бұрын

Totally agree =)

The 262 version was used in 1952 Wasp and Commodore and I think 1953 Super Wasp. 1952 1953

A friend that owned a engine machine shop some forty years ago said that when porting the 308 engine for marine competition, you needed to remove the guides & keep grinding till a billiard ball would roll through it before installing new guides. Was he pulling my leg? I don't know, but that shop produced a couple of VERY serious Hudson 308's

@What.its.like.

6 ай бұрын

Thanks for sharing that memory I’m not sure but pretty good story

54 Hornet 53 Wasp Hudson made some tremendous 6 cylinder engines the amount of horsepower and torque they were able to coax out of those almost unheard of for that era. How ironic that the step-down design which Hudson touted so heavily and which enabled them to have that low center of gravity and handling was also the same thing that led to their downfall. As mentioned they just could not come up with a quick fast way to retool and change body styles as quickly as all the other manufacturers were.

@What.its.like.

6 ай бұрын

Awesome choices with great information =)

like the vintage race ,dodge / Chrysler had a himi , olds , packerd and studebakers nor sure if any fords in the race

@What.its.like.

6 ай бұрын

Me too it was cool to see people really driving and not going around in circles at high speed

Always wondered what the 308 could do with one, maybe 2 modern 4-barrels and a vacuum linkage. Oh, and a 5-speed trans.

@What.its.like.

6 ай бұрын

Me two I have a friend who is building a 54 7x I asked him about oil filtration because they don’t have filters on the block was wondering if anyone put a filter on the pan idk

Hi Jay!: Happy Thanksgiving! Thank you for another great engine episode, and with some early NASCAR footage too! I wonder if GM got the idea for the multi-carb engine for the first Corvettes from the Twin H power Hudsons? Seems to me Hudson was a pioneer of multiple carbs on an engine in the U.S. In any event Hudson pretty much owned the early years of stock car racing! WYR#1 1952 Hornet. #2 1953 Wasp (nice example in the pic!)

@keithstudly6071

6 ай бұрын

ERR, AAA not NASCAR. Hard to remember that up until the late 1970's there were two stock car racing series?

@What.its.like.

6 ай бұрын

Great choices =)

@What.its.like.

6 ай бұрын

Yeah I’m not sure if it was AAA or nascar either way it was cool to see how they raced back then

@davidpowell3347

6 ай бұрын

I think Buick had twin carburetors on some of their Eights back in the 1930's.

You forgot about the 1948 to 1951 Super that used the 262. Plus in 53, the Pacemaker and Wasp kinda had name shuffle essentially the Pacemaker as rechristened as the Wasp and the Wasp became the Super Wasp. My guess it was for brand cohesion with the Hornet.

@What.its.like.

6 ай бұрын

Awesome thank you so much fir adding that =)

@willgeary6086

6 ай бұрын

​@@What.its.like.You're welcome, apparently there was a rumor this branding was going to go even further with the name of the Jet orginally being the Bee. Whether this actually happened not 100 percent sure.

all the above and Pacemaker

@What.its.like.

6 ай бұрын

Awesome this is one of my favorite eras of Hudson =)

Looks like in those days it was a shootout between the Hudson Hornet and the Oldsmobile Rocket V8...I imagine the Chevy 216 I6 just didn't have what it took to be competitive, nor the by-then outdated Ford flathead V8....

@What.its.like.

6 ай бұрын

The Ford flathead V-8 is sort of overrated in my opinion after getting to drive a couple of them they’re very eh There are other power plants from the day they have less cylinders that are more impressive

@dyer2cycle

6 ай бұрын

Yes, I agree..they probably were impressive in the small light '32-'36 Fords, after having only 4 cylinders previously, but they were very small displacement, even the largest ones, and inefficient designs. I guess a lot of people probably like the racket they make....I think several inline sixes of the era probably out performed them. Not sure what power plants had glass cylinders, little confused by that...@@What.its.like.

@What.its.like.

6 ай бұрын

It was supposed to say less cylinders autocorrected to glass for some reason

@donalddesnoo5303

6 ай бұрын

I had a stude 259 cui . Speedster V8 w 4bbl I raced a 51 Chevy w unknown 6 with 2 single bbl carbs beat pants off my stude 0-60 12s gone gone

Dragon the line by Tommy James

@What.its.like.

6 ай бұрын

Yes that is the correct song and band The Scott Campbell beat you for title

Just wondering. What if a company started to remake these old engines but built them with today's materials and put a PCV and a throttle body on in place of a carb. Wonder how they would sell and pass the "sniff" test.

@What.its.like.

6 ай бұрын

I would love to see them bring back the flathead and turbo charge it

@31847448

6 ай бұрын

You meant PCV valve, correct?…

one of the best cheating Smokey stories is of smokey obtaining unmachined engine blocks so he could move the bores to where he wanted them to simulate the effect of offset wrist pins(which was forbidden) factoid provided by no less of an authority than Gale Banks.

@What.its.like.

6 ай бұрын

Awesome story I hear that he changed the drive train to sit opposite side the car leaned in turns to keep it on the road better in the turn also basketball in fuel tank.. I also heard of 2 inch think gas line haha he was a character

@markreibson7030

6 ай бұрын

@@What.its.like. omfg there is so much more, i was gifted a 6 cd audio book of HIM reading his own autobiography. treasure.

@What.its.like.

6 ай бұрын

Yeah I want to do a story on him man people back then had some real humor =) makes me sad the world we live in

1952 Hornet and 1953 Wasp.

@What.its.like.

6 ай бұрын

Sweet choices =)

1952 saw the end of the Pacemaker. Mid year the Wasp replaced the Pacemaker. Wasp was not made in 1951. I had a friend that worked with Smokey, sadly he passed away. I will stick with the Pacemaker since I own a 1951.

@What.its.like.

6 ай бұрын

Awesome information Smokey was a hell of a racer and finder of the unfair advantage =) sweet choice

@romulascott

6 ай бұрын

@@What.its.like. I would send you a picture of my 51 Pacemaker but I don't know how to.

@What.its.like.

6 ай бұрын

Just curious where are you located? I would feature it on the channel if your up for it

@romulascott

6 ай бұрын

@@What.its.like. I live in Tulsa Oklahoma. My ride is not in great shape. It needs a complete interior. The exterior is ok but that's what I have been working on.

@What.its.like.

6 ай бұрын

Oklahoma is too far away thank you for sharing your car with us =)

SMOKEY WAS A CHARACHTER ALRIGHT....IF IT WASN'T IN THE RULE BOOK HE HAD THE ANSWER

@What.its.like.

6 ай бұрын

Haha yeah =)

@keithstudly6071

6 ай бұрын

Smokey, YEAH he did so many things and he was not a NASCAR regular after the late 1950's. Usually he was doing things that others were doing but he was making them work. When NASCAR wanted to stop something they would usually make Smokey their example and go easier on the teams that ran the whole series. The inflatable balls in the fuel tanks was a good example. NASCAR officials turned a blind eye to this for a long time. Finally they announced they were going to enforce the rule and inspect fuel tanks after the races and the Daytona winner had unusually good fuel mileage after his last stop. Guess what? The winners fuel tank was never checked in tech and Big Bill France was entertaining VIPs from the winning car's manufacturer while the 'inspection' was being conducted. It was situations like this that soured Smokey on NASCAR and also made him a target of "cheating" accusations from NASCAR insiders, ALL of whom were cheating too but not being punished. Smokey had been campaigning for fuel cells in the cars and had been failed in tech because he used a fuel cell instead of a regular steel tank. When "Fireball" Roberts died after a bad fuel fire in 1964 at Charlotte Smokey stopped racing in NASCAR events till they required fuel cells. @@What.its.like.

@What.its.like.

6 ай бұрын

Haha he was a great outside the box thinker thank you so much for sharing all that =)

@donaldkgarman296

6 ай бұрын

THAT'S JUST IT.....THERE IS NO CHEATING IF IT'S NOT IN THE RULEBOOK....THIS WAS WHAT SMOKEY YUNICK DID , HE WAS NOT A CHEAT HE WAS AN INNOVATOR .@@keithstudly6071

@31847448

6 ай бұрын

Smokey “ there is no substitute for cubic inches “ ….

Tommy James and the Shondells,Making the line.l'm propably wrong about the title.

@What.its.like.

6 ай бұрын

Yes that is the song is close but dragging the line and band The Scott Campbell beat you for title

@ronmckenna5962

6 ай бұрын

Drat😂😂😂

@ronmckenna5962

6 ай бұрын

Great episode also.👌👌👌

@johanvangelderen6715

6 ай бұрын

Dragging The Line

Cheers Jay. That was neat Cheers from New Zealand 🇳🇿

@What.its.like.

6 ай бұрын

Glad you dig this episode cheers from Pennsylvania USA

hehe Oregon cavemen, that says it all. I only recognize WRC and Motogp premier class, as legitimate racing. Everything else is just fooling around... Pacemaker would be my choice. Dad had one of those. I never did work out how the battery stays charged without the alternator. How do you control a submarine on roller skates?!... How do you do many things?!

@What.its.like.

6 ай бұрын

It should have a generator instead of alternator Thank you for sharing those memories

51 HORNET 50 PACEMAKER

@What.its.like.

6 ай бұрын

Sweet choices

Does anyone know the compression ratio on the 7X?

@What.its.like.

2 ай бұрын

over-drive-magazine.com/2022/07/12/the-hudson-wide-block-i-6/#:~:text=All%207X%20engines%20used%20a,head%20it%20was%209.2%3A1.

54 Hornet - most power stock, 48 Commodore.

@What.its.like.

2 ай бұрын

Sweet choices

Can I have them all???????

@What.its.like.

2 ай бұрын

Yeah buddy

1954

@What.its.like.

6 ай бұрын

Sweet =)

51 - 53

@What.its.like.

6 ай бұрын

Sweet =)

Only Hudson id own conv early 50s twin h çonvertible. Prefer no hudsonite 😮

@What.its.like.

6 ай бұрын

Sweet =)