Hello!

Unknown

Found your group last night while "surfing".



I live in Brisbane, Australia.



Over the years I've had several Super Sixes - '29 B&S Landau, '28

Coach, '27 7-pass Sedan and currently a '28 that has been heavily

modified by someone else and can only be regarded as a "special" or

fun car. It has hydraulic brakes, a 5-speed Toyota gearbox and Model

A Ford rear end. A real mish-mash, but of course it's great for long-

distance touring! And probably not destined to spend a long time in

my possession.



I have an interest in racing older cars. We have an active Historic

Racing movement here and currently I'm running a '37 Austin 7 (very

small English car) in competition. But ever since my first S6 in

1962 - that's a while back - I've been fascinated by the early Hudson

racers. You know, Ira Vail and Ralph Mulford and Sheepshead Bay and

all that stuff! To either acquire or create a replica has been an

idea that's been on my mind for the last 5 years or so. Others in

Australia have done this but I have no idea about whether this sort

of thing happens in the US.



There's a view in the old car movement here and also in the UK that

says it's OK to build racers/specials from remains that have no body

or are simply a collection of bits that were never all part of the

same car. Butchering a complete car is not acceptable. It's a low-

cost entry to HIstoric competition (hillclimbs, sprints, regularities

and racing) and in fact replicates the early days by making the most

of what's available. And it gets another car on the road (or track).



Finding the mechanicals I need here in Australia shouldn't be a

problem but access to photos and data from those wild days is where I

imagined a group like yours might be helpful.



Perhaps someone can give me the US view on historic racing and

perhaps point me to where I could start looking for photos and data?



Much appreciated,



Peter Ransom