tool box

37 CTS
37 CTS Senior Contributor
edited November -1 in HUDSON
The 1937 and also 1938 Hudson parts catalogue lists a tool box

Also listed are screwdriver, pliers, spark plug wrench, monkey wrench and hammer.



I have never seen the Hudson tool box, could someone that has one please post a picture. Also would like to see the tools so I can find similar style

tools for my Hudson.



thank you,

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  • Jon B
    Jon B Administrator
    I always thought it was some sort of pouch with the miscellaneous tools in it. Canvas, of maybe that black grainy material like they used to cover tops with, in the days before all-steel bodies.
  • Jon B
    Jon B Administrator
    Sheldon, I think Terry Meier, out in Illinois, has an original kit, if you want to contact her.
  • [Deleted User]
    [Deleted User]
    Sheldon, the tool bag in my 37 Terrraplane is a burlap sleeve, coated with a black substance, roughly 24" x 6". It has a screwdriver, a ball-peen hammer, a stamped steel open end wrench, a monkey wrench, a bumper jack and base, a combination jack handle and hubcap tool, a combination crank handle and lug wrench, and a spark plug socket that fits in the lug wrench.

    As far as I know, this is the tool kit that came with the car.



    I hope this helps,



    BN
  • Jon B
    Jon B Administrator
    Regarding the tools shown in the photograph, I believe that the correct jack is a screw-type (threaded shaft) with a separate, snap-on rectangular base. The "jack handle" is a long rod that hinges in the middle, with a Z-shaped handle on one end and a fitting that fits into the jack mechanism, at the other. (The mechanism which rides up and down on the screw, looks similar to the jack in the photo but without the "pedestal" below it.) One end of the jack handle is flattened to pry off the hubcaps.



    The crank extension rod (shown at top in the photo) stows in the trunk on the coupe models, but in the sedans it fits into spring clips which are located up in the top of the trunk between the hinges. At least it does on the 4-doors; I don't know about the 2-door sedans (broughams).



    I don't know if the screw jack traveled in the pouch, or had its own elongated pouch.



    I would assume that the pouch rode down in that little depression in the floor just past the threshold of the trunk.
  • 37 CTS
    37 CTS Senior Contributor
    Thanks for all the responses.



    On my 37 the Jack is a screw type and it is stored inside the trunk below the package shelf. The jack is extended to fit tight between some metal plates up there.
  • [Deleted User]
    [Deleted User]
    There is a good article in the Hagerty Insurance news letter about the collectivity of tool kits for old cars. Some of the kits for old luxury cars go for many thousands of dollars and are quite extensive. They have some beautiful pictures of the leather cases and the tools that came in them. Maybe someone can post a picture.



    I have a Genuine Hudson sprayer that was issued with the 1929 Biddle and Smart bodied duel cowl boatail phaeton convertible rumble seat coupe, still in the original plastic wrap that I would let go to a discriminating buyer.
  • Unknown
    Unknown
    I don't think the screw jack is original , the rear of the 37 needs to have the fender raised a bit more than the wheel to get access . I had a 37 in 52 that I'm sure was all original , came from my neighbor . It had a post type jack with a part that engaged the bumper bracket. The straight part shown was used to operate it , and with the other part for cranking. I have one now in my 37 that came with the car . BUD
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