Vehicle Description
The term huckster describes a person who sells something or serves
biased interests, using pushy or showy tactics. Historically, the
term, huckster was applied to any type of vendor or reseller, but
over time it has assumed distinctive pejorative connotations. The
original meaning of huckster is a person who sells small articles,
either door-to-door or from a stall or small store, like a peddler
or hawker. The term probably derives from the Middle English hucc
meaning to haggle. The word was in use circa 1200 (as
""huccsteress""). During the medieval period, the word assumed the
feminine word ending ""ster"" as in huckster reflecting the fact
that most hucksters were women.[2] The word assumed various
spellings at different times: hukkerye, hukrie, hockerye,
huckerstrye or hoxterye. The word was still in use in England in
the 1840s, when it appeared as a black market occupation. It is
related to the Middle Dutch hokester, hoekster and the Middle Low
German h?ker, but appears earlier than any of these.[3] In the
United States, there developed a connotation of trickery ? the
huckster might trick others into buying cheap imitation products as
if they were the real thing. In Scotland, the term huckster
referred to a person, usually a woman, who bought goods, watered
them down, and resold them in tiny quantity to others who were too
poor to buy quality products available at market value[citation
needed]. These items tended to be in the poorer quality range since
economy was paramount. Scots burghs often felt the need to control
hucksters because they operated without a stall, on the economic
fringes. In particular, they were subject of accusations of
forestalling, in this case the practice of buying goods wholesale,
""before the stall"" and therefore before tax was paid. Our
Huckster started its life no different than those described above .
We have no historical data on our Huckster. However, the story of
what it could be is just as cool as it?s past use of peddling
goods. Since there?s no engine in the car anymore, we would like to
propose one of two futures for the Huckster. One, is where you buy
the car, then hire us to install an older or more modern engine,
and doll it up. Option number 2, is where we turn it into an
electric car and start selling them to the commuters all over
Washington. The batteries will be installed in the truck bed and in
the engine compartment will be the trunk. We?re still running
numbers and trying to find the best use, and the best Batteries,
however anyone living in Ballard for example, would be able drive
to work and back on one charge. Plug it in and your ready for the
next days commute. Our Huckster has great bones. The only issue we
see is the drivers side running board has done rust that has gone
thru.We would love to be picked as the restoration shop to do any
and all work on this truck.
