1941 Hudson Drag Car:

308 flathead-6
stroked a half-inch
7X valves
Boss pistons
Clifford headers
3 Weber side draft carbs
GM Turbo 400 tranny
Chrysler 8¾ rear end
True roller timing chain
Pertronics electronic ignition
Full roll cage

41 Hudson Coupe

Randy Maas bought this 1941 Hudson Coupe to restore in 1985, but after visiting a few local drag strips decided on building it into a drag car. The engine is a Hornet 308 flathead-6, stroked a half-inch with 7X valves, Boss pistons, Clifford headers and 3 Weber side draft carbs. A turbo 400 tranny transfers power to a Chrysler 8 ¾ inch read end. While his sons Russ and Steve were kids, he and the boys spent many weekends racing their coupe and both boys earned their NHRA license behind the wheel of this 41 coupe.

1941 Hudson Coupe doing wheelie at drag strip The car turns 12.53 in the quarter mile with a top speed of 101mph. That’s fast for a big, heavy 3000 pound Hudson.