Need help identifying truck

Unknown

I bought this truck out of an old abandoned farmyard last year, and have just given it to my cousin for a hotrod project....any help pinning down the year and model would be appreciated.

VicTor Z

:cheer: 1930 Hudson , home made Pick Up!

Unknown

So it was a car and got converted to a truck? On the tag, in the "Model" stamping area, there isn't any stamp, just the car number.

TwinH

I gonna go with 1930 Essex too. Converted to a truck at some point.
I might be interested in the stuff he's not gonna use...

Here's mine:

Spencer Yarrow

30 Essex The outer ring on the steering wheel centre has a hex raised on Essex and a square on Hudson, dash is also different to the pic. shown

Spencer Yarrow

Hopefully this is a pic. of 30 Hudson dash.

hudsontech

1930 Essex, 2nd series (Intro'd 1 Jan 1930) - serial numbers 1165674 to 1234266.


Hudsonly,
Alex Burr
Memphis, TN

VicTor Z

:whistle: I Got the Year correct! Alex you are the "MAN".

hudsontech wrote:

1930 Essex, 2nd series (Intro'd 1 Jan 1930) - serial numbers 1165674 to 1234266.


Hudsonly,
Alex Burr
Memphis, TN

Unknown

Thanks alot guys, you've been very helpful, who knows when or why it ever got converted to a truck, but it just proves that every car has a story!!

hudsontech

grusum wrote:

Thanks alot guys, you've been very helpful, who knows when or why it ever got converted to a truck, but it just proves that every car has a story!!

Converting cars of that era to trucks was quite common, especially out in places like Kansas, Texas, the Dakotas and other places. It was cheaper than buying a new truck for one thing - and there weren't very many trade-ins. Trucks were trucks back then and were used up. Most ended up out back of the barn to be used as a spare parts source for the next car chopped up into a truck.

Hudson produced the Dover in 1929, the only year for Dover. In 1930, 1931 and 1933 (research has not yet discovered serial numbers for 1932) Essex commercial cars were produced. However, your body was apparently a home-built as the serial numbers for 1930 Essex commercial were 12205 to 14035. Commercial serial numbers are a bit confusing because 1931 numbers appear to have run from 13184 to 13898. Admittedly, my research has uncovered only one source, a North American Dealers Association publication, that lists these numbers.

Hudsonly,
Alex Burr
Memphis, TN

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grusum wrote:

Thanks alot guys, you've been very helpful, who knows when or why it ever got converted to a truck, but it just proves that every car has a story!!

Another reason cars were converted to trucks was WWII. Trucks had a larger gas ration than cars did. An "A" sticker allowed only four gallons per week, with NO pleasure driving allowed! A "B" sticker allowed only eight. A "C" allowed ten.

A "T" sticker was NOT automatically granted to a pickup owner, however! A "T" sticker allowed between eight and forty gallons per week, depending on the occupation of the vehicle owner. If that person's occupation was not considered essential to the war effort, they might receive only an "A" or "B" ration sticker.

hudsontech

66patrick66 wrote:

grusum wrote:

Thanks alot guys, you've been very helpful, who knows when or why it ever got converted to a truck, but it just proves that every car has a story!!

Another reason cars were converted to trucks was WWII. Trucks had a larger gas ration than cars did. An "A" sticker allowed only four gallons per week, with NO pleasure driving allowed! A "B" sticker allowed only eight. A "C" allowed ten.

A "T" sticker was NOT automatically granted to a pickup owner, however! A "T" sticker allowed between eight and forty gallons per week, depending on the occupation of the vehicle owner. If that person's occupation was not considered essential to the war effort, they might receive only an "A" or "B" ration sticker.

This also is correct. I remember during WWII Dad having a very large garden (how he managed to maintain that garden AND work at the Naval Shipyard is still amazing to me) - because of that garden he got a "B" sticker for the pickup truck, but he had a big rototiller, rear tines, that he got a "T" sticker for. I don't know how much gas he got but I know we never went short and there were more than a few picnics at the lake about 12 miles away.

Hudsonly,
Alex Burr
Memphis, TN