CRANK - STARTING A HUDSON HORNET EARLY MORNING

[@AlphaXLP]

''c'mon doc drive''

[@kri4970]

🥺🥺amazing

[@NigelMontezuma]

What Are You Doing With Those Old Racing Tires?

[@TordLarrsonYT]

Miyuki Hoshizora : come on start the engine

[@tankthehedgehog105]

Sheriff: “Gentlemen, Start your engines!”

[@94XJ]

What a great sound. Thank you for caring for this old girl!

[@DM-yi1ur]

You mean guy right? "Doc Hudson"

[@plastikowykubek]

@Andy KA No this is real men.

[@kurzoyz7119]

Not a girl it’s a man

[@ManoelTaekwondo]

"old girl"? What the fuck?

[@eagleeyepitts7803]

Can’t stop listening to it and watching. Great car

[@kroakie4]

I love the sound of an old car engine igniting to life, and then purring as you drive it. Just magical.

[@johanbrand8601]

Pure art she is. Beautiful.

[@Palas5150]

Me trying to wake up in a Saturday morning.

[@andybray9791]

Me waking up for work

[@trainslife5638]

Me

[@lightningmcqueen207]

We can all relate to this

[@robertking3130]

Oh the sound of a six volt starter I will never forget. As a young lad I have memories of frosty mornings, flat battery and having to push start dad's old Chrysler Royal and then the long walk back to our house clad in pyjamas. Thank you whoever fitted twelve volt batteries, AC charging systems and fuel injection.

[@eldorado62]

I've never owned a Hudson Hornet, but I'd like to have one. Many V8's of the same era were pushed to keep up with a Hornet. They were the terrors on the stock car track. If you wanted to get really serious about stock car racing in the early '50's, you'd darn well better get a Hudson Hornet. What most of the competition saw was the Hornet's rear end....& the sound of that 308 cu. in. six with dual carbs.

[@m.azkaryoga8909]

Hudson hornet is 5 liter inline 6

[@kermitlynotfound1129]

@@m.azkaryoga8909308 cui is 5 liters

[@lolbr3720]

I've looked at many car's today. This one made me smile...

[@stephencarrigg4371]

One of my favorite cars ever made, The Hudson is a car from the '50s that will easily be recognized, due to the Hornet's, at-the-time, groundbreaking "step-down" design that gave it a lower center of gravity, enabling it, with also an improved L-head six, to win half of NASCAR's championships in the '51-'53 racing years.

[@merlemorrison482]

That took a while! Reminds me of why the 8 or 9 volt conversions were so common back in the day.

[@brianhealey5286]

Owned a 1947 Coupe...never had to crank that hard...the trick was after you shut down give the throttle two pumps so the carb was full for the morning...am now 84 and still miss that really great car!

[@brianhealey5286]

@@hudsoninbury I regret to share that my 17 year old head did not appreciate the great engineering and styling in the Hudson. In a race against my buddy's fathers Packard I stretched the engine bearings (that splash system of oil was a problem)...I did beat the Packard! Your 1978 Seville looks a beauty...when we bought a 1973 Grand Wagoneer we had to have it serviced. The Cadillac dealer we bought the Wagoneer from gave us a 1972 Cadillac Sedan DeVille loaner. We drove it home to our starter Ranch Style home only to find 6 inches stuck out of the garage and we could not get the door down...lots of laughs for years on that experience.

[@guzinthings8183]

The start was so worth the wait

[@WAL_DC-6B]

The push button for the starter indicates that this is a 1951 Hudson (for '52 Hudson switched to a key ignition for starting).

[@giancarlobrezolin]

Thanks for the clarification, in my country ( Brazil ), these cars are extremely rare. Congratulations on your car !

[@oscarpark1523]

They were 5 liter flathead online sixes. They had as much as 170 HP from the factory way back then. There were mustangs with 225 HP with ohv and two more cylinders in the 80s. So impressive

[@ieatcrayons-oi9ye]

I want cheap geo metro 50 HP might be less idk but I want that GEO or Chevy metro

[@bplatt1069]

Garage-kept is best, and regular driving along with proper service, Marvel Mystery additive, and premium gasoline all help keep the engine raring to go. With my '52, three pumps of the accelerator really does the trick, and then once it's started, keep the pedal down slightly to get the carburetor properly supplied with fuel until the engine warms up.

[@Dodger2204]

I love the sound of that car!

[@Flattappingarage]

My struggle in winter when own one of these beauties. Great sound by the way

[@Golbez1991]

I don't know you, we have never met, never talked, never saw each other. However, when you pushed the starter button, I thought to myself "Come on, start, baby. Your owner worked 11 years on you." And when it finally started, I was really happy for you. See folks, that's coming from one car enthusiast to another.

[@SpiritualSolution]

Awesome German Shepard !!!!

[@joeundercoffer2567]

Awesome! My grandpa would love Love the German shepherd

[@johnnyyuma8219]

I live in northern Ontario ,,had a few old stovebolt sixes and a few slants over the years ,,40 below fahrenheit i used to pour a little gas down the carb and hold that choke closed or stick my glove in there ,,usually worked.

[@amandarunck5554]

hudson hornets have a beautiful sounding engine i want one so bad but he was cranking the engine too much a lot of stress on the engine that way

[@hyzercreek]

+Amanda Runck You mean stress on the starter, no stress on the engine

[@1bluesminister]

Amanda Runck ...smiles...

[@amandarunck5554]

well its stress on the engine cuz it says its a cold morning so more stress on the starter and engine my dad always uses my car when he cant get his spacecar started or its too cold to use the rapid charger my car doesnt really get driven too much so dad drives it a lot

[@jaysontadlock1871]

No stress on the engine at all. Starter perhaps, but that's what its for.

[@blackericdenice]

The fly-wheel and the starter mostly. He need a stronger battery.

[@emjayay]

To replace the cross plies on my 1962 Lincoln I had to go up one inch from 14 to 15 inch rims and get the biggest, highest profile radials available. That tire was used on cars like the biggest Cadillacs in maybe the 80's or 90's. That gave a circumference just about identical to the original tires! The speedometer was exactly right when I went by one of those signs on the interstate that reports your speed. Even the big old-Lincoln specialist didn't know of any other way to convert to radials.

[@essexsupersix]

YOU HAVE 12 VOLT BATTERY CABLES. ASK FOR 0 OR 1 GAUGE CABLES FOR 6 VOLT SYSTEMS. IT SURE MAKES A DIFFERENCE!

[@michaelbenardo5695]

So many youngsters just can't understand that nowadays. They also try to use a puny group 1 battery with a big engine. It doesn't work.

[@TheFarmerfitz]

Nice dog...I think he's asking..(can I come for a ride???)

[@Holiday88]

Thats a nice sounding motor.

[@KitKitChanIsaac]

2:02 even doggo is happy to see the Hudson running

[@ellieprice3396]

I remember these well, both the six and the eight. Sounds like the old boy needs to be primed with a shot of gasoline to get those first cylinder firing.

[@Ironhorse13]

Am I correct that the black knob under dash is a choke? Also, what is the silver knob that you're pushing with your left thumb? Trying to help a Hollywood owner who is arguing everything I say, despite the fact that YOUR TUTORIAL GOT THE CAR STARTED. Thanks so much for this video!

[@itsmegp46]

Horsepower was measured differently back in the 1950's. From about 1971 back, engines were rated with gross horsepower. From 1972 on, engines were measured with NET horsepower. Meaning all off the power robbing accesories are attached prior to measuring, such as the power steering pump, water pump, alternator, etc. And the 80's Mustang was saddled with the primitive pollution controls of the day.

[@renatagerlichova7336]

Ostrava

[@michaelbenardo5695]

Hudson used to measure power and torque with the accessories installed.

[@aminehosni3446]

Yes , you're right .

[@Diax1324]

Can't tell you how much I want a 1952 Hornet...

[@hivaidz3250]

that prolonged start time was a bit of an anticlimax

[@giancarlobrezolin]

Incredible sound of this engine, and instrument panel ? It's a show ! Thanks for the video ! One question, what is the estimated maximum speed ?

[@ellieprice3396]

About 105 mph. The Hudson was one of the few cars that would outrun a V8 Ford of the same vintage.

[@MAGNUM05]

Beautiful car.

[@3OCALM1]

I think your dog wanted to go for a ride.

[@winstonelston5743]

Of course. There hasn't been a dog in the past hundred years that didn't want to go for a ride.

[@EngineerDaylight]

Is she running on Twin H power, or conventional carburetor

[@ledofredo1]

nice sound

[@fluffyhamsterbro2357]

Good sound

[@Tinsby]

11 years and it hardly cranks... why didn't whoever did the restoration change it to a 6/12 battery? The starter gets 12v and the rest of the car stays on 6v. Those 308 cubic inch sixes are difficult to start on a good day, let alone a cold one. A Hornet saved my life, I was hit broadside by a 55 Chevy and I walked away. The are great cars but they need help when it comes to starting. Too many amps being drawn by the starter when using 6v. Also using a multi-grade oil will help, but you need to start it on 12!! Keep those valves adjusted or they will burn, trust me I know. Good luck with it!

[@TheKingofthewaste]

Not even that. A good cleaning of the grounds on the car will have it starting fast on a bad day even with the 6 volts. The engineers weren’t idiots. If they needed 12 volts they would have used it.

[@johanbrand8601]

@@TheKingofthewaste agree

[@michaelbenardo5695]

There is no need to do that. You just have to use 1 gauge battery cables and a group 2 or larger battery. You can also use an 8 volt battery if you want, you just have to have the regulator recalibrated.

[@michaelbenardo5695]

How do you think we managed back in the day?

[@NJUNDERGROUND]

love it

[@ACAAllertor125]

I want a Hudson Hornet. It’s my dream car.

[@emjayay]

Probably hit 105 without that visor thing on it. I never understood the visor. The windshield is already like a view from a pillbox.

[@roberthaworth8991]

The visor was key when dashes and instrument panels were painted in a Gloss (shiny) finish. And the '51 Hudson has scads of chrome right in front of the driver; -- if kept polished (as intended), it would blind him, or at least cause eye fatigue, on a sunny day.

[@roberthaworth8991]

Top speed on these was a claimed 88 MPH, maybe 92 with the optional Power Dome aluminum high-compression cylinder head.

[@Matthew-e5s9q]

Where’s the speedometer?

[@slasherx80]

this is awesome

[@thomasjordan5578]

Authentic 6 volt laborious starting drama.

[@michaelbenardo5695]

Don't you guys ever wonder why we never had those troubles back in the day?

[@thomasjordan5578]

@@michaelbenardo5695 Correct guage cable and clean contacts would be crucial.

[@roberthaworth8991]

Are you sure you have thick enough battery cables on it? You need 2/00.

[@Diax1324]

Hudson is an American car. Laughing so hard right now.

[@antigosdosertao3974]

Apreciando esse belíssimo veículo a partir do Brasil

[@gonzaroldan2748]

Aguante Argentina

[@bagussetiawanbayuaji4041]

it is hard to start engine 😭

[@jzoz]

A beast!

[@2drcpe]

Put on some radials and fly! Radials were used in Europe at that time, right? Hudson's were made for land speed records. Do a burn-out! DO IT! Drive it hard. Drive it every day. Push it. It's not a big 3 piece o'crap. Show America what it missed out on.!

[@paulosergioalvesalves7492]

que maravilhoso painel

[@ayushvispute7857]

This would make a bad getaway car

[@ianabourbaki1973]

Hi Very nice sound ! In the old time (so when these cars were new cars), was the starting so hard ? or is the baterry or engine now too tired ? As mother of children, I would be too stressed with this car!

[@WymiataczPlays]

+Iana Bourbaki yea those 6 volt cars are like that

[@TheKingofthewaste]

Iana Bourbaki If properly maintenanced using correct battery cables and driven daily this car would crank like a modern car. I daily drive an all original 1953 mercury.

[@arthurclark7470]

Is the valve noise common in those old 6 cylinders?

[@arthurclark7470]

Wasn't sure since I never seen one in person. On our old Ford pick up with a straight six, that much noise meant you better check the oil. Lol Wondered if it was the valves or a weak oil pump. Figured some parts are getting hard to find.

[@styldsteel1]

Hullo sir..I a bit late for the taking, but is this normal for a 6 volt system? I ask because I do have a 48 Commodore, which is in the shop right now, Do you recommend converting it to a 12V? This can be quiet costly, no? I just hate to bring my Hudson to a car cruise 50 miles from my home and have this happen to me.

[@Tinsby]

Yes by all means make the conversion to all 12 or simply get at 6/12 battery, I assume that they still make them. Starting a 308 cubic inch 6 draws too many amps, the 6v system isn't up to it. Same thing with older air cooled VW's, once they changed to 12v in 1967 the starting troubles went away.

[@Tinsby]

They made them years back to solve the same trouble you are having,. Hudson wasn't the only one that used a 6V system. If you can't source a battery, perhaps a local battery shop that makes batteries could make you one. That assumes of course there is such a business near you, the battery will have 6 cells instead of 3 and you'll be using all 6 to start the car. If you convert to ALL 12v remember the radio 9f it still works is 6V and so are all the instruments, AND the light bulbs behind them, plus your heater motor is 6v and will be running at twice the speed if you run it on 12v. That's why the 6/12 battery is a great choice you only start the car on 12v the rest isn't touched! Oh and if you want brighter headlights for the 6v system it would be easy to install a headlight relay under the hood, this ensures the headlights get a full 6v and not something less. Again this is a product of the 6V system being 'lossy' and the way they ran the headlight voltage all the way to the under dash switch and then back out to the headlights! A relay will be activated when you turn the headlight switch ON and it sends the voltage from there right to the headlight harness. They won't look like Xenons but it will make a difference. I learned that trick from my late father, who always drove Hudson's. Please let me know how you get on with it all! Cheers

[@styldsteel1]

Tinsby my 48 is a 262 Ci inline

[@Tinsby]

If I remember correctly there was the 308ci, the 262ci, and a 232ci. The smaller one was used in the Hudson Jet. The 6/12 battery would be fine for you see the link I posted above. That way at the end of cruise night you'll be able to get home! Changing over to 12v totally, is as you say, expensive and time consuming, that's why the 6/12 battery is so handy and the easiest most likely choice.

[@styldsteel1]

Tinsby I really appreciate the info, and especially the things I didn't know. Like I wasn't feeling changing every light bulb in my Hudson lol! But now thanks to you, I know about the 6/12 battery. Getting home from car shows ending at 9 At night and hearing my Hudson cranking over like the one here in the video would really piss me off lol!! Oh hey.... check out my KZbin channel, I have a couple videos of my Hudson!! Click subscribe cuz I'm going to have more of my Commodore, it's the Driving ms Daisy, dead ringer. Tell me what you think!

[@johnoakes3106]

My dream car since I was in high school in the late '50s is a '34 full fender, Ford coupe with a 308, twin H engine. I'm 75 now so I don't think I'll make it. I've enjoyed the dream all these years however. Anyone got one laying around?

[@franny11786]

your not the only one... although I'm 23 now and have wanted one since I saw the movie cars when I was little... and then found out my great grandpa used to sell Hudson's. Mabey one day I'll get one

[@BenceCsibi]

What is this magnifiing glass like thing on the dash?

[@paulhindenburg1460]

It’s a stoplight prism. In a lot of the ‘50’s cars, the windshields were pretty steep, and it’s hard to see upwards if you’re the first one under a red light unless you want to crane your neck. So the light of the stoplight would reflect off the prism, and when the light reflected is green, that told you to go. :)

[@roadrunner_meepmeep]

How many miles per gallon you get...

[@RedneckRay01]

cold blooded old girl isn't she?

[@lizzie-wizzie]

Fucking beautiful

[@BW-fz5kf]

Put gas in the carbarator

[@justincase8472]

A vehicle with a 6 volt systems are @$#!! to start. Replace the points and condensor with electronic ingintion from Petronics. The engine will start at the touch of the key and no one will ever notice the one extra wire from the distributer.

[@outlawr356]

+Justin Case i don't recommend the petronix for a 6 volt system (i have had good luck with their 12 v products) - i had an awful time with the 6v petronix in my '62 porsche 356 - turns out that if you don't have very close to 6 volts in your system, the petronix won't fire - the factory was great and gave me a return (with that explanation) - the best thing to do is to keep it on a 6v trickle charge and run a sealed optima 6v battery - cheers, b

[@Tinsby]

It's not an ignition problem it's the fact that the 6v starter draws so much current there's hardly anything left. You might get 2 or 3 tries on good day and ONE on a cold day. It needs to be converted to a 6/12 battery, this allows the started to get 12volts when starting, then the car runs everything else on 6v. The momentary use of 12v on the starter is harmless but the benefits are huge.

[@gmc0422]

I have a 6/12 Interstate battery on my 1955 Imperial w/331 Hemi. Even after sitting for several months, 5-6 pats on the foot feed and it usually fires on the first try. It helps to have a 6-volt electric fuel pump to fill the carburetor bowls though. What good is patting the foot feed when there's no fuel in the carburetor bowls?

[@michaelbenardo5695]

There is no need to do that. You just have to quit being cheap and start using the correct 1 gauge battery cables and a group 2 or larger battery.

[@michaelbenardo5695]

@@Tinsby No you don't need to. Just use the correct 1 gauge battery cables AND a group 2 or larger battery. You can't use 4 or 6 gauge cables and you CAN'T use a puny group 1 battery.

[@madureirajustiniano7766]

Locomotive????😆

[@Kiichi16]

The max speed is 160kph.

[@janbonsema5888]

the dreaded six volt swoon.....

[@johnlund4826]

needs a tune up

[@MAGNUM05]

You do realize this was over 10 years ago, right?

[@davidpancerev9658]

Gotta prime that baby !

[@emjayay]

You probably gain a mile per gallon also.

[@stormtrooper8431]

now I like the sound of super cars but the v8 rumble I like much much more! *Gets ready for hater comments*

[@VinzentDk]

+James Steele (Gameandcheez) This isn't a V8 though ;)

[@Kaputnik11]

Straight 6 :)

[@slowspecv69]

KirbyAndGamecubeGamer109 in-line 6 bud

[@Growtopian19]

Lmao it’s a 6 banger 😂. Know your facts bub

[@andreasmerkel5717]

Maybe the car start a little way better with a full loaded battery,.....

[@pontiachotshot]

time for a new battery

[@NO-LAN]

It's a 6 volt, that's all you're gonna get!

[@TheFarmerfitz]

Those old 6 volt systems were like that... One could if need be boost with a 12 volt battery(like say on cold mornings)((Done it many times with my old 1950 chev grain truck)...Just make sure and check polarity as some of those old vehicles were positive ground(My Grandpas 1946 Ford was positive ground)...(((If it is negative ground(like all modern vehicles are today) then you can just boost like you normaly would any vehicle(just be carefull not to run starter to long at a time)...(If positive ground, then you can't boost off another vehicle with negative ground, you'll need to disconnect booster battery from the other vehicle(or just have a battery by itself)..(and don't turn on any lights while the 12 volt battery is connected...)))

[@TheFarmerfitz]

another trick my 1950 chev truck(negitive ground thank goodness) had was if you shut it off when a warm temp,,, it was hard to start right away( it would turn over once and then hesitate before turning over more maybe)..it was better to let it cool down a while first... And when hauling grain from the combine would sometimes overheat if you let it run while unloading, then wouldn't start if you shut it off, so I always had a 12 volt booster battery along with....lol...

[@HotRagEmma]

No, but new starting motor. My Chevrolet 1939 sounded like that, but a NOS one did go double as fast, like a newer 12 V. 6 V does not go slow by defalut, but they are much more sensitive for poor connection between different parts, and the starting motor seams to be more sensitive overall too. I have had several Volvo PV 6V and same there. If the system is flawless, the starting motor goes FAST and you cant tell "oh, hehe, 6 V yeah".

[@HotRagEmma]

HotRagEmma Btw, my husband said cheap starters has 2 field coils, expensier has 4. My Chevy actually had 4, but 2 was broken when I bought a NOS with 4 ones. If only 2 from start, they should go more slow. I did not know there are cheap ones with two field coils.

[@redehernandez7765]

Saludos

[@ebddenby8439]

Does that thing need a donkey engine

[@mtimajulie3097]

HODSON HORNET

[@styldsteel1]

Hudson. Not Hodson.

[@joonathoon69]

1:19

[@fabianobernardes8656]

Nossa, pegou na primeira. Primeira bateria !!!!!!!! kkkkk

[@WymiataczPlays]

+Fabiano Bernardes kkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkk

[@pilsudski36]

Needs a battery!

[@Spikyzzzz]

Push to start? tha fuck?

[@johanbrand8601]

Uhm... yes you turn the key to on and then press the start button to swing...

[@CommercialVehicle]

take it back, it should start much easier

[@chrisjeffries2322]

LOL what a barge