In the early 1950s, the hottest American performance car didn’t come from Ford, General Motors, or Chrysler. Featured on Jay Leno’s Garage, this 1953 Hudson Hornet represents the automaker’s brief moment in the performance spotlight.
Hudson’s “step-down” design gave the Hornet a lower center of gravity, which improved handling. It also allowed for a lower floor (you literally step down when getting in), which in turn let designers give the Hornet a low, sleek roofline while maintaining an acceptable amount of headroom.
When it debuted for the 1951 model year, the Hornet stood out from the more conservatively styled models from the Big Three automakers. It also offered impressive performance for the time.
1953 Hudson Hornet on Jay Leno’s Garage
Superior handling, combined with a potent-for-the-time 308-cubic-inch 170-hp inline-6, made the Hornet very competitive in NASCAR racing. A Hornet stock car even served as the inspiration for Doc Hudson, the character voiced by Paul Newman in the animated film “Cars.” The engine sported “Twin H-Power,” which was Hudson-speak for dual single-barrel carburetors, but Jay said Hudson’s downfall was caused in part by its failure to develop a V-8.
However, Hudson wasn’t able to keep its streak of innovation going. The automaker stubbornly stuck with its flathead inline-6 as other automakers adopted overhead-valve V-8s, and that lessened its appeal, Leno said. Hudson merged with Nash to form AMC in 1954, and a badge-engineered Hornet based on Nash mechanicals was introduced. The Hudson brand disappeared altogether in 1957.
Leno owned a Hornet while growing up in Boston. This isn’t that car, but he has had it for about 25 years. Leno said it only had about 15,000 miles when he got it, but the car has nonetheless been fully restored. This isn’t the only Hornet in Leno’s vast collection; he has a four-door version, too.
Watch the full video for a lot more on the history of the Hudson Hornet and for the chance to see Jay take the car out on California roads.
buy lasuna for sale – cheap generic lasuna purchase himcolin for sale
besivance brand – sildamax for sale online sildamax generic
purchase probenecid generic – buy carbamazepine pill buy tegretol pill
cheap celecoxib 200mg – indomethacin 75mg cheap indomethacin 50mg pills
buy colospa 135mg pills – order mebeverine 135 mg sale order cilostazol online cheap
cheap rumalaya for sale – elavil 50mg brand purchase endep generic
cost pyridostigmine – sumatriptan buy online buy azathioprine 50mg generic
buy diclofenac online – nimodipine pill nimotop usa
cheap baclofen 25mg – baclofen 10mg pills cheap piroxicam
buy cyproheptadine 4mg generic – tizanidine online cheap zanaflex
mobic pills – rizatriptan 5mg oral toradol uk
cheap trihexyphenidyl tablets – voltaren gel where to purchase where can i order voltaren gel
buy omnicef without prescription – cleocin order online
order absorica sale – avlosulfon pills buy deltasone 20mg online cheap
order deltasone 20mg for sale – oral omnacortil 20mg buy zovirax
order permethrin generic – acticin sale retin price
betnovate 20gm oral – buy generic betamethasone cheap benoquin
order metronidazole pill – buy generic metronidazole 400mg brand cenforce 100mg
purchase amoxiclav without prescription – levothyroxine order cheap levothroid sale
cheap cleocin 300mg – order cleocin buy indocin 75mg online cheap
buy cozaar generic – purchase hyzaar without prescription keflex 250mg us
buy generic crotamiton online – aczone without prescription order generic aczone
buy generic provigil – buy meloset buy meloset 3mg sale
order bupropion 150mg pill – buy shuddha guggulu paypal buy shuddha guggulu generic
xeloda pills – purchase naprosyn sale danocrine 100mg price
order generic prometrium 100mg – prometrium 200mg price clomiphene pills
buy fosamax medication – purchase provera online provera 5mg oral
where to buy norethindrone without a prescription – bimatoprost uk order yasmin online cheap
estrace 1mg drug – generic estradiol brand arimidex 1mg
order dostinex sale – purchase alesse generic buy alesse
プレドニン処方 – г‚ўгѓўг‚г‚·г‚·гѓЄгѓігЃЇи–¬е±ЂгЃ§иІ·гЃ€г‚‹пјџ г‚ўг‚ёг‚№гѓгѓћг‚¤г‚·гѓі гЃЉгЃ™гЃ™г‚Ѓ
バイアグラの飲み方と効果 – г‚·гѓ«гѓ‡гѓЉгѓ•г‚Јгѓ« еЂ‹дєєијёе…Ґ гЃЉгЃ™гЃ™г‚Ѓ г‚·г‚ўгѓЄг‚№ йЈІгЃїж–№