Hostetler's 1936 Terraplane Panel Delivery

dave s

What I have to compete with!

dave s

Got any pictures of what you're starting with?

Here is what Ken & I brought home

dave s

Here it is at Carl Undercoffer's, galvanized metal is coming off.:)

Jon B

Wo! When I was out at Eldon's in, maybe, 2007, that panel delivery was in truly sad shape! It had sort of "parallelogrammed" and was in a state of collapse! He must have had it re-done recently! A real beauty!

RL Chilton

It must be one of the more recent restorations, as this wasn't in the museum at last year's Nat'l. A real beauty!

Huddy42

Russell,

This Terraplane Panel Van was in the museum when we had our three day trip and called into the museum after the national in Detroit last year.

50C8DAN

Where did this one come from???? There was a '36 down in Texas back in the late 80s and it was white, but needed a lot of work.

hudsontech

Dave, it looks like you have something fairly solid to start with - anytime you get discouraged, looking at it, just think of the condition of some of those beautiful convertibles you fellows have restored - especially Small Pauls Baby!!!!





Hudsonly,

Alex Burr

Memphis, TN

http://hetclub.org/burr

dave s

50C8DAN wrote:

Where did this one come from???? There was a '36 down in Texas back in the late 80s and it was white, but needed a lot of work.

This one was bought out of Connecticut on lead from Merritt Marks in 1992. Ironically, Hostetler's also came from Connecticut.

hdsn49

Which one made its first appearance at the 1996 National in Dearborn?

RL Chilton

Huddy42 wrote:

Russell,
This Terraplane Panel Van was in the museum when we had our three day trip and called into the museum after the national in Detroit last year.

That's odd. Before the Nat'l., we stopped by and this truck wasn't in there. Perhaps it was making a showing somewhere or was back in the shop for some maintenance.

dave s

hdsn49 wrote:

Which one made its first appearance at the 1996 National in Dearborn?

neither of these for sure

hudsontech

There was a '35 in Michigan - belonged to Mike Whited. Don't know where it is now, but he may still have it.



One of the very, very few people in this club I don't like.



Alex Burr

Memphis, TN

hdsn49

Here is a picture I took at the 1996 National in Dearborn of a Panel Delivery under restoration

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50C8DAN wrote:

Where did this one come from???? There was a '36 down in Texas back in the late 80s and it was white, but needed a lot of work.

The Blake family in Amarillo had a 36 Panel in the past. The only other panel I have seen is the 39 which is now owned by someone in the TriCities area of New York.

hudsontech

RL Chilton wrote:

That's odd. Before the Nat'l., we stopped by and this truck wasn't in there. Perhaps it was making a showing somewhere or was back in the shop for some maintenance.

You ain't crazy, Russell - I didn't see a panel truck at the museum either. Might have been outside out back or something.



Hudsonly,

Alex Burr

Memphis, TN

dave s

Heart_Of_Texas wrote:

The Blake family in Amarillo had a 36 Panel in the past. The only other panel I have seen is the 39 which is now owned by someone in the TriCities area of New York.

Here is history of Hostetlers, Blake did own it at one time.

[Deleted User]

Thanks for the post Dave.

SamJ

I believe Mr. Blake also has or had a '40 panel. If not him, somebody else in Texas. It may be the only '40 panel extant. Unrestored.

dave s

hdsn49 wrote:

Here is a picture I took at the 1996 National in Dearborn of a Panel Delivery under restoration

Alex, that does look like picture I was given of it in progress before they started to try restoration of sheet metal. I will let you know after I talk with seller. Good chance it is same vehicle.

PAULARGETYPE

There is also a 35 panel delivery truck that john o'halloran had he sold it to another guy who i will not name as i have been trying to but it for a few years

ArkieJazz

I bought Hostetler's '36T SdDel. from John Soneff way back when money was flowing and I was young and stupid enough to think I could save every Hudson.

Subsequently, I bought several other Hudsons and Terraplanes from John and my '37 T. Cp became more intriguing than the old sedan delivery, so I sold it to Roy Marks and concentrated on other Hudson projects. Along about the same period of time, the late Bill Hertner from Canyon, Texas bought the '40 SdDel from Soneff's. I always thought the '40 was spooky as John said it was used by a local funeral parlor in the Denver area. It still had an old "emergency" light mounted on the roof. It was long wheel base and was really strange looking. The roof line sloped up toward the rear, making the whole thing appear as a big loaf of bread which had been sat on in the front by the proverbial fat lady. I believe that the '40 ended up at Albright's, but not entirely sure of that.

dave s

ArkieJazz wrote:

I bought Hostetler's '36T SdDel. from John Soneff way back when money was flowing and I was young and stupid enough to think I could save every Hudson.

Subsequently, I bought several other Hudsons and Terraplanes from John and my '37 T. Cp became more intriguing than the old sedan delivery, so I sold it to Roy Marks and concentrated on other Hudson projects. Along about the same period of time, the late Bill Hertner from Canyon, Texas bought the '40 SdDel from Soneff's. I always thought the '40 was spooky as John said it was used by a local funeral parlor in the Denver area. It still had an old "emergency" light mounted on the roof. It was long wheel base and was really strange looking. The roof line sloped up toward the rear, making the whole thing appear as a big loaf of bread which had been sat on in the front by the proverbial fat lady. I believe that the '40 ended up at Albright's, but not entirely sure of that.

The one John Sonneff had was a 1940 Hudson Country Club Hearse. I have been following it since 1988. It went from Soneff to Texas, to Michigan or Illinois, then to Fan Francisco then to Albright and is now owned by Dale Cooper in Cincinnatti, Ohio. After Bill sold it, I asked him why he didn't call me. Bill told me reason he wouldn't sell it to me was because we are friends.



It is still in unrestored condition with doors fallen off and all wood needing replaced inside hearse body. I have tried several times to buy it from Dale, but he still has hopes of having it restored. If he has restoration like he had Davis Brothers so on his 54 Hornet convertible, it will be one great vehicle, but very expensive to restore. I wish him the best of luck with it.

onerare39

Dave,

The weather has turned nice so I'll get the 39 down off the rack and take some pictures of it Friday or Saturday and email them to you. I may even post a few here.



John Forkner

dave s

Than, John

Dave

dave s

John, Thanks for pictures of your 1939 panel delivery. They will help, but there are differences from the York body on my 36 and the Checker body on your 39.

Dave