Unusual Hudson At Hershey

Jon B
Jon B Administrator
edited November -1 in HUDSON
This '38 Hudson convertible brougham, "barn fresh", was for sale at Hershey, and was purchased by a gentleman from Long Island, NY for about $40,000. According to my records from the H-E-T Club booth at Hershey, he has joined the Club. Here's a link to a photo of it (from among many taken by the president of one of the AACA regions, and uploaded to the internet).



http://beaver.vinu.edu/10-10-2009%20Hershey%20photos/Weds/IMG_4935.JPG

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  • jjbubaboy
    jjbubaboy Senior Contributor
    Neat lookin ride!

    WOW, lots a potential there.

    Pretty neat lookin trailer behind it as well.



    Jeff
  • [Deleted User]
    [Deleted User]
    Jon, Would you happen to know how many 38 Hudson convertibles are even left?
  • oldhudsons
    oldhudsons Senior Contributor
    WOW, whatta find! Undoubtedly an H8 - has optional front bumper guards, fender lights, wonder if has Elec. Hand, etc.?

    Looks to be original paint AND the top with snap-in side windows, indicating a conv. brougham, still intact!

    Are there any other photos available?????? Sure would be a boon to other restorers if so!
  • oldhudsons
    oldhudsons Senior Contributor
    also on this link, Wed., shows not only the '38 conv. again, with a very nice original "HUDSON TERRAPLANE" original dealers porcelain sign on the pavement beside it but are also several pics of a '31 H BT !!!!!!!!!!
  • RL Chilton
    RL Chilton Administrator, Member
    Hudzilla wrote:
    Jon, Would you happen to know how many 38 Hudson convertibles are even left?

    Lance-

    I'd be willing to bet there isn't more than 5-6 '38 convertibles left, total.

    Great find! Looks all original and all there, a huge plus.
  • [Deleted User]
    [Deleted User]
    What a great find. Looks to be unmolested and solid as a rock aswell.
  • hudsontech
    hudsontech Senior Contributor
    The late Kelly Hinegardner had a 38 convert brougham - and I got a ride in it when I went over to his place in Arkansas to visit. Last I heard was his widow had sold it to a museum.



    Hudsonly,

    Alex Burr

    Memphis, TN
  • Aaron D. IL
    Aaron D. IL Senior Contributor
    Wow what a find, and a car that's got enough there to work with. 2005-2007 roster shows 3 '38 converts. This makes 4. I also saw one on a Wikipedia page noted as being in India I think, but who knows. There's still cars hidden out there. I tend to think a lot of pre-war cars weren't kept because people were thrilled to be able to scrap them or get rid of them when new cars became available post-war. Then again, convert production was never very high.
  • oldhudsons
    oldhudsons Senior Contributor
    sure like to have more pics of it avail.! did any of you attendees take any interior shots, closeups, or engine pics?

    I assume it's an H8 but could be a 6.
  • Jon B
    Jon B Administrator
    Here's yet another one.... in Nepal. Anyone up for a trip to Katmandu?



    Terraplane2.jpg
  • Jon B
    Jon B Administrator
    ...And here's one in Argentina. "Ran when parked".....
  • Aaron D. IL
    Aaron D. IL Senior Contributor
    That was the one, Nepal, not India! Anyways I was refering to '38 Convertibles in general, not by model of Hudson Terraplane vs. Hudson. So guessing there's about 5 in existance that we know about or could identify at this point.



    Hmmm if I made a trip to Nepal to recover that car I wonder how that negotiation would go???? LOL
  • [Deleted User]
    [Deleted User]
    Is the one in Argentina for sale?
  • Jon B
    Jon B Administrator
    This fellow (Marcelo Kaplan) sells antique cars in Argentina:



    http://www.kaplansfamily.com/index2.htm



    Back in '98 he had a '37 Terraplane convertible for sale. Price (it was complete but needed plenty of work!) back in '98 was $5950 plus $850 for various expenses and $1517 for container shipping to an East Coast port.



    He also knew of the '38 Hudson convertible (owned by someone else) for sale, and the price at that time was $8,950 plus expenses (use the Terraplane "extras" as an indication).



    Of course both cars may be sold by now.
  • [Deleted User]
    [Deleted User]
    hudsontech wrote:
    The late Kelly Hinegardner had a 38 convert brougham - and I got a ride in it when I went over to his place in Arkansas to visit. Last I heard was his widow had sold it to a museum.

    Hudsonly,
    Alex Burr
    Memphis, TN

    The 38 Kelly restored was originally in the Pete Booz collection. I have posted a picture of the car while still with Pete and one at the last national Kelly atteneded. The other picture is from one of the earliest HET nationals.
  • Richard E.
    Richard E. Senior Contributor
    Jon, did anyone buy the Hudson Terraplane sign? Who was selling it?
  • Jon B
    Jon B Administrator
    The photo was taken at the Hershey flea market by someone else. I have no idea who was selling the sign, nor whether it sold.
  • oldhudsons
    oldhudsons Senior Contributor
    one reason I sold it was it was a 6; Kelly converted it into an 8 (had forgotten I'd owned it, LOL) - came out of the the "wine country" area of Calif. around Napa.
  • oldhudsons
    oldhudsons Senior Contributor
    '46 - I looked over carefully your pics of the '31 HBT as one of the members of the Hudson 8 group wanted to contact the owner in case it is for sale. I could not read the windshield paper & it had no lic. plates on it.

    Was it for sale or on display? TY
  • oldhudsons
    oldhudsons Senior Contributor
    no, the red boattail
  • [Deleted User]
    [Deleted User]
    Pete, the red & black 31H Boattail was for sale by the Dragone brothers. asking price was $150,000. When I saw it the sign was already marked SOLD. It was a really beautiful car and looked very correct to me.



    Tom.
  • oldhudsons
    oldhudsons Senior Contributor
    like WOW!

    wonder what a '29 DC phaeton is worth now?
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