# First public charging station? **URL:** \ **Category:** General Discussion\ **Created:** [June 26, 2023, 1:04pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/first-public-charging-station/191318 "2023-06-26T13:04:21Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 16\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![TwinTurbo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8baadc/32.png) [@TwinTurbo](https://community.cartalk.com/u/TwinTurbo)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2023, 1:04pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/first-public-charging-station/191318/1 "2023-06-26T13:04:21Z")
Interesting bit of history I ran across recently. We were a bit looser on the safety aspects back then 😀 - ![Capture](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/original/3X/f/2/f2e44330e0fd6584241339265c97506dfc6308cf.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![Mustangman](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/mustangman/32/44130_2.png) [@Mustangman](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Mustangman)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2023, 1:19pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/first-public-charging-station/191318/2 "2023-06-26T13:19:33Z")
Not as scary as this bad boy! In 1900 ![](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/original/3X/c/2/c238bec5ca549c658c251da5a8abae368e092ee8.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![TwinTurbo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8baadc/32.png) [@TwinTurbo](https://community.cartalk.com/u/TwinTurbo)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2023, 2:09pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/first-public-charging-station/191318/3 "2023-06-26T14:09:32Z")
Car station on the left, Frankenstein on the right… 😆 ---
**Author:** ![old\_mopar\_guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/6bbea6/32.png) [@old\_mopar\_guy](https://community.cartalk.com/u/old_mopar_guy)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2023, 2:45pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/first-public-charging-station/191318/4 "2023-06-26T14:45:55Z")
Im surprised that car isnt bottomed out on its suspension with 24 lead acid batteries sitting in there. ---
**Author:** ![VDCdriver](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/vdcdriver/32/30_2.png) [@VDCdriver](https://community.cartalk.com/u/VDCdriver)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2023, 3:00pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/first-public-charging-station/191318/5 "2023-06-26T15:00:11Z")
> [@old\_mopar\_guy](#): > > Im surprised that car isnt bottomed out on its suspension with 24 lead acid batteries sitting in there. True, but on a positive note, at least it gave that nose-heavy little AMC better weight distribution. ---
**Author:** ![Mustangman](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/mustangman/32/44130_2.png) [@Mustangman](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Mustangman)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2023, 4:19pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/first-public-charging-station/191318/6 "2023-06-26T16:19:28Z")
Stiffer springs take care of the extra load. Add a leaf or 2 in the rear and thicker wire for the front springs. ---
**Author:** ![old\_mopar\_guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/6bbea6/32.png) [@old\_mopar\_guy](https://community.cartalk.com/u/old_mopar_guy)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2023, 4:43pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/first-public-charging-station/191318/7 "2023-06-26T16:43:21Z")
Awful little cars, just like everything from AMC. ---
**Author:** ![VDCdriver](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/vdcdriver/32/30_2.png) [@VDCdriver](https://community.cartalk.com/u/VDCdriver)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2023, 4:48pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/first-public-charging-station/191318/8 "2023-06-26T16:48:00Z")
I knew a guy who bought a new 2-door AMC Hornet, and it was a lemon from day one. By the time it was three years old, he had to have a body shop replace the door hinges because the doors had sagged so badly that he couldn’t fully shut the doors anymore. If AMC couldn’t handle the “technology” of door hinges properly, just imagine how well they did with other aspects of those cars. ---
**Author:** ![Mustangman](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/mustangman/32/44130_2.png) [@Mustangman](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Mustangman)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2023, 5:26pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/first-public-charging-station/191318/9 "2023-06-26T17:26:07Z")
> [@VDCdriver](#): > > a new 2-door AMC Hornet, and it was a lemon from day one Amazing that the newest small SUV by Fiat-Chrysler uses the old AMC name “Hornet”! Considering the lack of success the last Dart had, I was surprised they dug out Hornet. There are reasons Ford never re-used “Edsel” 😆 ---
**Author:** ![VDCdriver](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/vdcdriver/32/30_2.png) [@VDCdriver](https://community.cartalk.com/u/VDCdriver)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2023, 5:28pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/first-public-charging-station/191318/10 "2023-06-26T17:28:45Z")
> [@Mustangman](#): > > Amazing that the newest small SUV by Fiat-Chrysler uses the old AMC name “Hornet”! I guess that they are counting on getting younger customers who have no memory of the AMC Hornets. The “original” Hornet–a Hudson–was a really good, fast car for its time. The later AMC Hornet… not so much. ---
**Author:** ![old\_mopar\_guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/6bbea6/32.png) [@old\_mopar\_guy](https://community.cartalk.com/u/old_mopar_guy)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2023, 7:35pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/first-public-charging-station/191318/11 "2023-06-26T19:35:59Z")
Ah, twin-h power. Thats gotta be up there with a DeLorean equipped with a flux capacitor! ---
**Author:** ![VDCdriver](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/vdcdriver/32/30_2.png) [@VDCdriver](https://community.cartalk.com/u/VDCdriver)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2023, 7:41pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/first-public-charging-station/191318/12 "2023-06-26T19:41:04Z")
For the younger guys, who might not know what we’re talking about… > **[Hudson Twin H-Power](https://www.hemmings.com/stories/article/hudson-twin-h-power)** > > With this dual-carburetor setup, from the street to the race track, Hudson proved that six was as mighty as eight 👍👍 ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/original/3X/c/7/c7dee3eb82803e174ac008455655be4144d92cb5.jpeg) ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/original/3X/a/1/a1c1434d6fa165b5f21451350f22c8da081a7028.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![old\_mopar\_guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/6bbea6/32.png) [@old\_mopar\_guy](https://community.cartalk.com/u/old_mopar_guy)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2023, 8:19pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/first-public-charging-station/191318/13 "2023-06-26T20:19:09Z")
I have an ashtray made from a Hudson 308 cubic inch 6 piston. It’s the size of a coffee can! ( you may hoard old magazines, but to my wife’s everlasting annoyance, I hoard **stuff**.) ---
**Author:** ![jtsanders](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c2a13f/32.png) [@jtsanders](https://community.cartalk.com/u/jtsanders)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2023, 1:24am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/first-public-charging-station/191318/14 "2023-06-27T01:24:42Z")
I doubt that anyone interested in the class of car the Dodge Hornet fits into has any idea what a Hudson or AMC Hornet are. ---
**Author:** ![Nevada\_545](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/nevada_545/32/41232_2.png) [@Nevada\_545](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Nevada_545)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2023, 1:51am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/first-public-charging-station/191318/15 "2023-06-27T01:51:06Z")
> [@old\_mopar\_guy](#): > > I have an ashtray made from a Hudson 308 cubic inch 6 piston. It’s the size of a coffee can! Must be like a small coffee can. The Hudson 308 cid is a small bore/long stroke engine, like a farm tractor: 3.81" X 4.50". Mopar 318 has a 3.91" bore, 383 = 4.25" bore. ---
**Author:** ![davesmopar](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/davesmopar/32/41750_2.png) [@davesmopar](https://community.cartalk.com/u/davesmopar)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2023, 1:49am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/first-public-charging-station/191318/16 "2023-06-28T01:49:37Z")
> [@VDCdriver](#): > > For the younger guys, who might not know what we’re talking about… Hey hey heyyyyy… I know about the old Hudson Hornet… I watched Pixar’s Cars movie with Doc Hudson… lol > [@Nevada\_545](#): > > Must be like a small coffee can. The Hudson 308 cid is a small bore/long stroke engine, like a farm tractor: 3.81" X 4.50". > > Mopar 318 has a 3.91" bore, 383 = 4.25" bore. The Mopar 400 was factory endowed with the largest bore of any Chrysler big-block, at **4.342 inches**. and shared the B block (low block not RB for raised block) short 3.375" stroke with the 383 engine (as well as a few others)… And just to complete this the stroke on a 273, 318 & 340 all shared the 3.31" stroke…