Re: anybody there?Art McGinn <ajmcginn@comcast,net > wrote:
> since we are having a senior moment here -- it appears nobody will
> notice, on this list -- i will note that i was a big fan of the
> dad of the indy 500's tom sneva's, ed sneva, the dirt-track
> champeen of the stock-car track in mead, wash., driving a battered
> '38 hudson hornet with (always) a slightly-illegally-bored-out
> six-banger mill which just routinely smoked everything in sight.
Wow, you really ARE having a senior moment! '38 Hudson Hornet? The
Hornet came out in 1951 and in 1952 the dual carburetter "Twin H Power"
version was introduced and Hudson became the one to beat in stock car
racing.
I recall in 1951 walking by the Hudson dealership in Phoenix and
spotting a chubby, red haired, freckled faced southern boy named
Marshall Teague working on his Hornet (yes, they were their own chief
mechanic in those days.) He wasn't too busy to stop and talk to a
couple of car-crazy teenagers and, believe it or not, shared a couple
of tech tips with us! The one I recall now was him painting the head
gasket with aluminum paint before installing the head because it dried
fast, made a good seal and could stand much more heat than any other
sealer made in those days...
Teague won the race and went on to become a legend. I remember him as
a very nice guy willing to talk about cars and racing to us.
http :// www .legendsofnascar,com /marshall_teague.htm
and
http :// www .legendsofnascar,com /Hudson.htm
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