53 Hudson IFS L300 ?? (What year)v Jaguar

[53 Hudson Super Wasp]

What do you call a deer with no eyes? No ideer
Just accessing which way to go?
Wondering if anyone is done/doing this? And pit falls.
If using a L300 what year van do you use??
Any ideas would be greatly accepted!!!
Thanks in advance

[53 Hudson Super Wasp]

I fell in love with the beast the first second I saw it. It's not all there but I'll get it on the road with a few of modifications. It's going to get a drive chain up date but first need to sought out the chassis and ifs then the diff and setup.

[zuffen]

1981-85/6 L300 had the front end you want.

The better one's are around 83-86. They have better brakes.

Be aware parts are getting hard to source for them.

Upper control arms are an issue and are available in South Africa, but they won't ship to Australia. You need a local address to get them.

There have been a few on Facebook Marketplace over the last 6 months.

If you want rear steer you need L200 spindles that fit straight on and also fit L3000 hubs.

[46 deluxe]

My experience having vehicles with both fitted is use a jag front end .
The pilot i have is running an l300 front end and although it rides fine , it is a nightmare to align properly .
It currently has too much neg camber on one side with no adjustment left to rectify it .
Where as the jag front ends i have fitted to f100's and my 47 coupe have never had issues , and parts are easilly obtained .

[53 Hudson Super Wasp]

Thanks alot guys that's exactly what I needed to know. Appreciate your time answering, I'm going to go the Jag series three. Great info and it helps you have cars with the parts in to know. I had another who said what you both said but he had only heard it second hand.

[Sly Fox]

Search - L300 Front Ends - Thanks to Peter Koning
He did a good article that I posted on OzRodders many years ago.

[zuffen]

Don't forget the track of the L300 and Jaguar are quite different so you need to work out what track you're looking for.

Altering track with wheel offset is a very unsatisfactory way to try and alter the track.

[53 Hudson Super Wasp]

Thanks for that I just spent hours reading. There have been so many projects with L300 information. It's been helpful to choose which way to go. Great resources here. Now I'm looking into the track side of things. I want to be informed before I buy right donor car. But I'm already seeing that the correct IFS for the Hudson is the Jag front.

[53 Hudson Super Wasp]

Thanks again for the search info

[jeffa]

Hi 53 Hudson.
Any chance of some pictures?
Whereabouts are you located (just the area will do).

Now here's a bit of light reading about Jag front and rear ends in Hudsons. 1949 actually, and it's on this very forum!
viewtopic.php?p=686732&hilit=hudson#p686732

Enjoy!

[46 deluxe]

Search - L300 Front Ends - Thanks to Peter Koning
He did a good article that I posted on OzRodders many years ago.

It was hoppers that fitted the l300 in the pilot i own .
And i think most if not all of the pics in that article are of the install in the pilot .
I wouldn't take any of that info to use , as the way it's been setup is absolute shit .
When Dave the original owner left their workshop to take the car home after completion , the wheel alignment was so bad the front tyres were squeeling going in a straight line !!
And after numerous attempts to align it , it'is still not right .

[zuffen]

That's interesting Scott.

What did they do wrong as my early L300 with later L300 R&P steering box is a joy to drive, handles well and tyre life is good.

It intrigues me how Hoppers Stoppers could much it up so much?

[46 deluxe]

Everything they did to Dave's pilot was sub standard .
Even the braking system has had issues , and they are supposed to be the brake experts .
Dave didn't even make it to the boat to go home to Tassie without a breakdown .
He stressed out at their shit work so much the poor bugger suffered a stroke .
After that he basically had to rebuild the car himself .
I'm thinking about pulling the front end and and replacing it with something else .

[zuffen]

the front end is so self contained it beggars how you could muck it up.

If it's square in the frame, caster is right (and very adjustable) and steering is done decently it should be good.

Only way I can see the camber issue is a bent crossmember.

[53 Hudson Super Wasp]

Hi 53 Hudson.
Any chance of some pictures?
Whereabouts are you located (just the area will do).

Now here's a bit of light reading about Jag front and rear ends in Hudsons. 1949 actually, and it's on this very forum!
viewtopic.php?p=686732&hilit=hudson#p686732

Enjoy!
Thanks I'm from Kingaroy Qld.
Let's see if I can learn to load photos??can't be that hard right, lol???