Three-quarter front view of a 1938 2880cc Hudson Eight, on display at the Regents Street Motor Show 2017
The Hudson Motor Car Company made Hudson and other brand automobiles in Detroit, Michigan, from 1909 to 1954. In 1954, Hudson merged with Nash-Kelvinator Corporation to form American Motors (AMC). The Hudson name was continued through the 1957 model year, after which it was discontinued. For the 1930 model year Hudson debuted a new flathead inline eight cylinder engine with block and Crankcase cast as a unit and fitted with two cylinder heads. A inch bore and inch stroke displaced cubic inches developing 80 HP at 3,600 RPM with the standard :1 Compression ratio. The 5 Main bearing Crankshaft had 8 integral counterweights, an industry first, and also employed a Lanchester vibration damper. Four rubber blocks were used at engine mount points. A valveless oil pump improved the Hudson splash lubrication system. The new eights were the only engine offering in the Hudson line, supplanting the Super Six, which soldiered on in the Essex 1936, Hudson revamped its cars, introducing a new "radial safety control" / "rhythmic ride" suspension which suspended the live front axle from two steel bars, as well as from leaf springs. Doing this allowed the use of longer, softer leaf springs ("rhythmic ride"), and prevented bumps and braking from moving the car off course. The 1936 Hudsons were also considerably larger inside than competitive cars — Hudson claimed a 145-cubic-foot ( m3) interior, comparing it to 121 cubic feet ( m3) in the "largest of other popular cars." (According to United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) measurements, the cavernous Chrysler LHS only reached 126 cubic feet or cubic metres) With the optional bulging trunk lid, the Hudsons could store 21 cubic feet ( m3) of luggage (the LHS, 19 cubic feet or cubic metres), though that might have been an optimistic measurement. The 1936 engines were powerful for the time, from 93 to 124 horsepower (69 to 92 kilowatts; 94 to 126 metric horsepower).
Size: 5496px × 3744px
Location: Regent Street, London, United Kingdom
Photo credit: © John Gaffen / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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