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Re: Hudson Hornet and Hudson Wasp

To: Rich Fox <v4gr@rcn.com>
Subject: Re: Hudson Hornet and Hudson Wasp
From: Doug Odom <dlodom@charter.net>
Date: Fri, 21 Jul 2006 08:28:41 -0700
Rich, I sure hope you had to look that up. I would hate to think that 
you could remember all that and I can't remember what I had for dinner 
last night.   Hope to see you on the salt or at salt talks.   Doug Odom 
in big ditch

Rich Fox wrote:

> The Wasp came out in 52 at 262 ci flathead six and 120 inch wheel 
> base. Later (55?) shrunk to 202 cid and 114 wheel base. The Hornet 
> came with the 308 flathead six and wheel base of 124, later at 121. Of 
> course in '55 and '56 the wildly popular V8 Hornet came with Packard 
> built V8 engines. Of 320 in '55 and 352 inches in '56. These were 
> early Pro Stock terrors and were ruled illegal in '57 by NHRA in a 
> complete capitulation to the big 3. A lot of people don't know 
> that.          Rich Fox




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