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[70_GTX]

In another thread, 103tHUNDER talks about how his "69" Runner was restored by guys who specialize in Hudsons. I just had to say that My Dad's Family car was  a 1951 Hudson Pacemaker that he bought used in 1952. We used that thing until 1966 when Dad popped for a used 1963 Buick LeSabre station wagon.
 The Hudson was a stripper model, two doors, three on the tree and rubber flooring. It had the standard 232, one barrel motor. Dad was so taken with it, that when my older sister reached 16, he purchased another 1951 Hudson for her 1st car. It was a Commodore 6. A four door, 262 motor, again with one barrel. It was equipped pretty upscale, automatic, carpeting and all the chromey glitz of the 50's. It never was as reliable as the first.
 My favorite memory with the 1st Hudson was the evening one of the guys in my class bought a new six cylinder Camaro and the Hudson blew his doors off.
 My Dad never worried about the family transportation too much. He was an Illinois State trooper and every two years the state bought him a new vehicle for work. He couldn't use it for family transport. Some states can but Illinois wouldn't allow it. He had Fords until 1963, he got his 1st Plymouth and it had a hot motor in it. It was just a 383 but ran like a lot more. One kid did leave him in the dust one night in a "64" Ford with a 427 and dual fours. The kid didn't outrun the radio or the semi roadblock.
 In my opinion the high point of Illinois squad cars was in 1967. Dad got a Fury I with a 375 horse 440 in it. It was the same motor that was in the GTX that year. That car came with rubber floor covering too. The same year, they used Chevy's too. That's the car I would like to have. A "67" Biscayne with 425 horse 427. I wonder where all those ended up. Can you imagine a stripper, four door Biscayne with all them ponies.
Enough of memory lane, hope I didn't bore you.

[CVOMOE!!]

When I was a young Mountie on the Alberta Prairies we were running the Fury's with the 440's, Chevs with the 427, and Fords with the 460.  Now those were great police cars.  Not like the crap they give you today.  I always liked the Dodge (Plymouth) the best.  I guess the days of chasing the bad guys in the hot cars are gone.

Cheers, Moe [smiley=banana.gif]

[MJZ]

When I was a young Mountie on the Alberta Prairies we were running the [highlight]Fury's with the 440's[/highlight], Chevs with the 427, and Fords with the 460.  Now those were great police cars.  Not like the crap they give you today.  I always liked the Dodge (Plymouth) the best.  I guess the days of chasing the bad guys in the hot cars are gone.

Cheers, Moe [smiley=banana.gif]

Hey Moe, been there, done that! As long as the Fury was running in a straight patch, it was great but did it ever corner like chit? Great car with fond memories but the one that stands out the most is trying any curve with speed, handled just like a Lincoln Town Car.

[cuthbertss]

unfortunately the big engines and high speed chases are a liability nightmare....
The standard i tell my cops is that before you get in a pursuit...  decide whether or not the chase is worth killing your family or someone elses....
 a good pursuit can be a great rush... but it is horribly dangerous.... cold hard truth

[Fired00d]

Scot,
This is true..... However now days, not to many can outrun "Motorola".

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Ride Safe,
Fired00d
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[djkak]

....My Dad's Family car was  a 1951 Hudson Pacemaker that he bought used in 1952. We used that thing until 1966 when Dad popped for a used 1963 Buick LeSabre station wagon...

...hope I didn't bore you.

Not at all!! I was rooting around in a small town car show in 8-2005 and snapped a couple of pictures of this Hudson side valve (flathead).

I'm not familiar with the Hudson, but I think that this machine was a Hornet.

djkak

[djkak]

Another shot of the Hudson

djkak

[RJ749]

Those were he days, my buddies mom had a 66 Dodge wagon with a 440, it hauled.  I can remember laughing as we climed the pass to go skiing in the afternoon  when we got out of school, because you could literally watch the gas gauge drop when he had his foot in it.

Boy that thing would get with it though.  I don't think she had any idea what it had under the hood.  It was light yellow with wood decal sides as I recall.

[70_GTX]

Yeah, That looks like a "53" Hornet.

[70_GTX]

The Twin H motor was a dual one barrel carbed car with 308 cubes of flat head six. There is a fellow here in town that has a couple of very restorable Hornets in his garage that hasn't done anything to them for many years.

[Black_Dog]

My first car was a 49' super six 4-door, the back seat was like a living room, my girlfriend really like it.

Black Dog [smiley=pumpkin.gif]