1946 Truck Production

48Sed

I have been asked how many trucks were made for the 46 model year and I came up with two different numbers.

1st 3374 and 2nd 2917 does anyone know if one of these is correct?

Thanks

48Sed

Rick

Looking through the History Of Hudson (Don Butler) in 1940 they made a chassis with cab with no box but I don't see that arrangement for 46-47,did the company not offer that option after 1940?

bellbigdawg

offered a cab/chassis no box in 1941 and 1942 for sure. don't know about 46 and 47

hudsontech

Knowing Hudson, thru the research I've done, I'm pretty sure if you wanted only a cab and chassis so you could put on your own body, Hudson would sell you what you wanted.

Hudsonly,
Alex Burr
Memphis, TN

48Sed

Thanks for the info.

I see now from reading sections in the information handbook that 270 were sold in 45 and 3104 in 46 added up to 3374 which I had found printed before..

Also in 46 there were 2543 registrations,what happened to the other 561 trucks?

So from all I can find there were 6291 3/4 ton trucks made in total for the 46-47 model years?

Thanks 

hudsontech

Thanks for the info.

Also in 46 there were 2543 registrations,what happened to the other 561 trucks?

So from all I can find there were 6291 3/4 ton trucks made in total for the 46-47 model years?

Thanks 

I suspect that the 561 trucks unaccounted for in 1946 probably were fitted with 1947 trim, such as it was, 1947 ID numbers and sold as '47s.  This would also account for the 117 sold as 1948 models - they were actually 1947 models but sold in 1948. What happened to the left overs is open to speculation.

Actually, the figures I have are for shipments, not production.  Until we get into the  1946-1954 runs where we have actual production by serial number.  However, those figures don't reflect passenger car/commercial vehicle production differences.  The reader will note that the production figures, by serial number, for 1946-1947 show 95,000 units produced in both 1946 and 1947; shipment figures, tho, show 90,776 passenger and 3,104 commercial units shipped in 1946 - 100,393 passenger cars and 2,917 commercial shipped in 1947.  It can be assumed that the 5,000 extra passenger cars over the production list were left over 1946 models fitted with 1947 ID tags and trim, etc.  That sounds reasonable since there were approximately 5000 cars, in 1946, that were produced but apparently not shipped.  It all comes down to Hudson research is a 'beat-your-head-against-the-nearest-wall' system (and no system at all).  LOL

 Many states would require the vehicle sold as the year it was sold in.  I've seen information that says 1926 Hudsons, for example,  were sold as 1927 models when they were actually 1926 2nd series cars. 

Hudsonly,
Alex Burr
Memphis, TN

Hudsonrules

From an article I read several years ago, Hudson did have one new '47 Station Wagon that was to be awarded to a high selling dealer that year. From what I remeber, the station wagon was given to a dealer in Ohio or Indiana and was totalled in an accident in 1951. I have seen pictures of what appears to be '46-'47 station wagons that Hudson used to transport employees. Correct me if I am wrong. Arnie in Nevada

hudsontech

Hudson did all sorts of strange things during their tenure on this beat up old world.  As mentioned above station wagons for factory use.  They did the same thing around 1922 with a very nice Essex pickup used to haul parts around the factory - I would bet it would have sold in reasonable numbers.  A lot of screwy parts interchanges were probably because of left over stocks. 
And then there's the 1941 Divco type van that  Hudson may have built - or not.  There was a post on the old forum with some pictures, but I don't know how to find it.  I suspect this may have been, if built at all, a factory use only job for hauling parts around the factory.  The answers to all questions no doubt are to be found in a Detroit landfill - tho there may be a treasure trove in the Chrysler archives.  If they haven't dumped whatever they had/have.

Hudsonly,
Alex Burr