Vehicle Description
To be OFFERED AT AUCTION at Auctions America's Auburn Spring event,
May 11-13, 2017.
Chassis No.
8845914
Estimate:
$ 40,000 - $ 50,000 US
The Hudson Motor Car Company was founded by auto forerunners Howard
Coffin, George W. Dunham and Roy E. Chapin, and largely funded by
department-store owner Joseph L. Hudson. In 1910, just one year
after it was created, Hudson was the eleventh-largest auto company
in America � a country then widespread with automakers.
The Old Motor has termed the elegant Hudson Terraplane pickups as
being built "in high style for hard work," and it is difficult to
argue otherwise. Hudson got into the light truck business in 1929
with their stylish, car-based transport. Some have suggested that
they were ahead of the game on what a pickup customer may want and
their influence was seen years later with the El Camino and
Ranchero platforms. They put the fenders closer to the wheels and
tires than any other manufacturer of the period and easily gave off
the impression that they were lower and rather classy for a utility
vehicle of the time.
This 1938 example is beautifully presented with all of the original
styling cues that makes it so distinctive, but has been upgraded to
be practically used with modern power, transmission, Dolphin
instrumentation, seatbelts and turn signals. A 350-cid V-8 engine
and automatic transmission allow ease of driving, while air
conditioning, heater and modern banjo-style steering wheel also
adds to the comfort. The originality in a side-mounted spare,
auxiliary lights, grille, vee'd windshield, front trim, whitewall
tires, color-keyed steel wheels and factory caps with beauty rings
lets you know that this is a classically styled 1930s pickup that
will be noticed and respected wherever it may travel.
