HUDSON HORNET-Jay Leno
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His videos on the Duesenbergs are worth a look also 
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Grober Thanks for that . So interesting i never liked J L but i am getting there,, after watching these videos .
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If you like what Jay Leno presents, then the Hispano Suiza has the be one of the most majestic of engines for the era and the car it went into notably the H6 .
This engine was originally installed in a Spad, but also under Wolseley license it was known as the Viper, in a Sopwith Camel .
This was the first engine I build for a car restorer and collector in 1968, all from a basket case with several vital parts that were missing, plus a hole in the block!
If you scroll through to 5,15 in the video to 5,50 you will see the drive gears and shafts which were missing and I made them from drawings I obtained from a WW1 RFC engine mechanic
Equally the valves prone to burning of tulip heads were sodium filled. I recovered them by Eutectic metal spray building up the faces up and and regrinding them
Finally here is some moment of the marque
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If you like what Jay Leno presents, then the Hispano Suiza has the be one of the most majestic of engines for the era and the car it went into notably the H6 .
This engine was originally installed in a Spad, but also under Wolseley license it was known as the Viper, in a Sopwith Camel .
This was the first engine I build for a car restorer and collector in 1968, all from a basket case with several vital parts that were missing, plus a hole in the block!
If you scroll through to 5,15 in the video to 5,50 you will see the drive gears and shafts which were missing and I made them from drawings I obtained from a WW1 RFC engine mechanic
Equally the valves prone to burning of tulip heads were sodium filled. I recovered them by Eutectic metal spray building up the faces up and and regrinding them
Finally here is some moment of the marque
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Tuercas Viejas
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In mid/late 1950s I ran around in a Hudson, not Hornet, for a few months. A friend at the time had a Kaiser
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So interesting . All so nice ,, but the Suiza run the nicest one of all . Love all the old cars may be i was born in to the wrong era .
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Well nostalgia is great, but in real life a lot has changed.
Many of these cars were fine for the era , but today totally out of place.
I started fixing cars when I was 8 years old in my dad's shop.
This I remember well !
A customer had a mid 1930's Hillman Minx which needed the Bendix brake rods set.
My late dad (aka grandad Harry ) adjusted the shoes and then said adjust the rods like yer bike son.
I got a pat on the back ."well done it brakes in a straight line." !
My first successful fixing cars job.
Move forward a bit and as teen in the late 60's , was was chasing a young English female with my Triumph Tiger 100.
Sat outside a pub I watched an MB (I suppose ) SL450 on song going towards Gloucester from Ross on Wye. I thought to myself I would like to own of those one day.
I never got to own one, but many years later now in my shop in Caracas (Tallers Ingles) in came this elegant Latina with a 450 SL. Her complaint (No power-- no sale, falta de fuerza y desempena ) yada yada !
So I took it for a thrash up and down the Caracas to Guaranas autopista.
First thing that struck me was the big steering wheel and lack of steering response compared to more modern cars . The brakes that worked but were slow to respond by modern standards and the power was sure but it took its time. Still a nice experience wafting along, sound of a V8 on song, top down and a "Guapa chica " sat beside you. No wonder Venezuelan women bag the Miss World contest consistently. So I took my time getting back to my shop by going the long way over the Cota Mille and a pause for several coffee expressos to let the car cool down--of course . (Quizas Quizas Quizas!
Besides Latinas from Mexico to Argentina like rugged "Nortenos" who can fix things!
Today I have for example a late cast off Range Rover Ewok which I repaired as daily driver !
Trying doing this with a one of those classics we have discussed !
Cheers /saludos
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