'37 panel delivery....gone!

Jon B
Jon B Administrator
edited November -1 in HUDSON
Read it and weep. This guy posted an inquiry on the H.A.M.B. messageboard asking if the 1937 Terraplane panel delivery he'd spotted in a junkyard, was rare!



http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=334296



Now, he knows it is. Sadly, it's been 20 years since he spotted it, so it's undoubtedly long-gone. Oh, well...



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  • Unknown
    Unknown
    Wish I Had The One I Sold To Hemings Motor News. It Still Is The Only One Known To Exist. But It Sure Has A Good Home And They Take It To Shows And Give It Some Use. I Enjoyed It For Several Years, And Used To Drive It On The Freeway To The Pomona Swap Meet With A Load Of Parts. Sure Was Hard To See Out Of, When You Had To Change Lanes. Bill Albright
  • bull_islander
    bull_islander Expert Adviser
    could that be a second one behind it? looks like the same two lines going down the side of the hood and the same bumper.
  • RL Chilton
    RL Chilton Administrator, Member
    Could be! It'd be sweet to come across this in a field, no doubt about it.
  • 50C8DAN
    50C8DAN Senior Contributor
    Back when I first joined HET (1985) I ran across a white '36 Terraplane delivery in TX. The guy wanted $5K I believe and it was junk, but what did I know! The wood bows were shot and most of the passenger compartment was toast. I have not seen one since and wonder still what happened to it?
  • RL Chilton
    RL Chilton Administrator, Member
    50C8DAN wrote:
    Back when I first joined HET (1985) I ran across a white '36 Terraplane delivery in TX. The guy wanted $5K I believe and it was junk, but what did I know! The wood bows were shot and most of the passenger compartment was toast. I have not seen one since and wonder still what happened to it?



    Where in TX?
  • 50C8DAN
    50C8DAN Senior Contributor
    You know I have forgotten where it was in TX. I even had the guy take pictures and send to me. I will look around but I would guess the pics are long gone as well. If I find them I will try to post. That of course was 24 years ago!
  • oldhudsons
    oldhudsons Senior Contributor
    I know of an even more rare '38 H-T panel delivery languishing in Calif. - has EH, LOL! Owner will neither work on it nor sell it - DUH.
  • onerare39
    onerare39 Expert Adviser, Member
    They are still out there! It's a 1939 Hudson 112 sedan delivery... waiting its turn.

  • oldhudsons
    oldhudsons Senior Contributor
    what a "hoot", time to get on it!
  • [Deleted User]
    [Deleted User]
    oldhudsons wrote:
    what a "hoot", time to get on it!



    Here's the picture(s) you sent me Pete.
  • oldhudsons
    oldhudsons Senior Contributor
    Thanks Ryan! Guys, this is the '38 H-T I'd mentioned prior.

    Notice the EH & the H-T emblem above the back doors.

    It's all original, untouched, and sinking into the ground - such a shame!
  • RL Chilton
    RL Chilton Administrator, Member
    Pete-



    That is a shame! Some people collect cars like others collect stamps. It's like opening up the book occasionally and looking at the stamps, then closing it up and putting it back on the shelf.



    They don't do anything with what they have, but if they got rid of it, they'd no longer have it, and no longer be part of the "collection". A rare model like that really deserves to be treated better. More than that, it deserves to be restored, just for the rarity of the model.



    I know some folks that have cars in the barn that have been there for 40-50 years and don't do anything with them. Some of them even collect them like the ones with the stamps. They like having them, but couldn't possibly part with their finds.
  • onerare39
    onerare39 Expert Adviser, Member
    The 1939 sedan delivery sat in a barn in Eastern Oregon for 30 years before it was found by a club member. He brought it home and started taking it apart, and then sat in his barn in Portland, Oregon for another 30 years. It then made its way to Seattle, Washington via a trailer and wheelbarrow and was bolted back together. I took it to the Reno National (via trailer) a few years ago and a rumor started that it was then sold. Nope! I have since moved from Washington to Kansas where it is now sitting in a climate controlled environment waiting to be restored. I am just finishing a 1954 Hudson sedan for the national, and then need to finish a 1940 Packard/Henney, then the 1939 sedan delivery.



    The vehicle has been sitting for for about 65 of its 70 years and has 28,000 on the odometer, it has its original paint and very little rust damage but sadly about 200 bullet holes from its time in the Eastern Oregon barn. The wood frame and floor are solid and it has the original engine.



    All I need is time.



    John Forkner
  • [Deleted User]
    [Deleted User]
    Sometimes people forget how much money it takes to restore a car or truck. Worse, people take on a project only to let it rot out thinking that they will get to it. I had two project and sold them because I knew that I would never get to them and they would just get worse with age. Glad you have it safe and sound.
  • oldhudsons
    oldhudsons Senior Contributor
    the '38 H-T isn't even on the owner's property & both men have inside storage for it, just too damn lazy to do anything with or for it.

    Owner has a list of people wanting/waiting to buy it - I know it's been sitting out for at least 20 years. They sorta cover it sometimes as it does snow where it is.

    Guy is a perfect example of what Russell said, sadly.
  • Aaron D. IL
    Aaron D. IL Senior Contributor
    I decided I don't want more cars than I can handel at one time and for me that threshold is 3. beyond that I wouldn't be doing a single one of them any justice. Perhaps even more harm than good. But I'm sure some of you have been in the hobby long enough to know cars also have a way of finding you. Esp if others know you're into cars.
  • oldhudsons
    oldhudsons Senior Contributor
    Aaron - right, had a guy GIVE me a pretty nice running '54 H sd. because it had been hit on the rt. side, ended up "partsing it out" (that was 30 years ago, today would be a good candidate to be restored or at least "fixed up".
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