Photo: Hudson Terraplane at a California Gas Station, 1942.

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edited November -1 in HUDSON
Just thought you guys might like to see this old photo I found. Yes, that does say 18 cents a gallon on the gas pump.

http://home.comcast.net/~m.rosseau/hud1.jpg

http://home.comcast.net/~m.rosseau/hud2.jpg

http://home.comcast.net/~m.rosseau/hud3.jpg

http://home.comcast.net/~m.rosseau/hud4.jpg

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  • frank spring
    frank spring Expert Adviser
    Very cool picture, at a 3% inflation rate per year, that would be $1.27 in todays dollars.
  • Park_W
    Park_W Senior Contributor
    Brings back memories of the '37T I started driving in (and in Fort Wayne, Frank)
  • Jon B
    Jon B Administrator
    Notice that not only is the windshield being washed, but the red zeppelin is being polished! What service!
  • frank spring
    frank spring Expert Adviser
    John,Did you mean Led Zeppelin, I didnt know they were around then, and Park Ft Wayne has never been the same!
  • Hudson Grandpa
    Hudson Grandpa Expert Adviser
    Do you see that "A" sticker on the right windshield. License says 1942. By that time all gas was rationed.... Stickers were "A" "B' & "C"



    This guy must have been VIP, cause you got first choice at the pump.. Correct me someone if I am wrong. We had an "A" sticker on the 41 Packard we had. My stepDad was a wholesale food & Liquor Distributor. I don't remember though how many gallons an "A" sticker allowed you per week...Hi got the "A" sticker on the car cause the delivery trucks were A'd also....
  • oldhudsons
    oldhudsons Senior Contributor
    I remember on the back side of the sticker, facing in, it said "IS THIS TRIP NECESSARY?" (I was a child, sat in my mother's lap in the '37 Chevy we had when the war started, & couldn't see over the hood) and remember thinking "of course the trip is necessary, you HAVE to go to grandma's for Thanksgiving", LOL.

    Think my dad, who was a lawyer, had an "A" sticker which alloted the least amount of gas. I still have our family's ration books.
  • [Deleted User]
    [Deleted User]
    The "A" was for four gallons a week; "B" was for eight, and "C" had a higher limit, though I don't know what that is. My granddad was the head of the local power company, and utilities had the highest priority, along with doctors and other essential people.



    That Terraplane picture is great! I've copied that for my little '37 TP picture file.
  • Huddy42
    Huddy42 Senior Contributor
    My 1942 Hudson Two Door still has the original "A" & "B" sticker on the front screen.

    Les.P. Down Under.
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