1935 Terraplane Roadster in Auction

barrysweet52
barrysweet52 Expert Adviser
edited November -1 in HUDSON
http://www.shannons.com.au/auctions/lot/?id=IAU541YDKJ5AT2AF

This Terra will be auctioned in Melbourne Aust on Monday 15th March. This is a truly rare car, as the steering wheel is on the correct side. Regards, Barry

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  • Geoff
    Geoff Senior Contributor
    Wow, what a beauty! Note wire wheels, which were only fitted to r.h.d. export models.
  • essexcoupe3131
    essexcoupe3131 Senior Contributor
    barrysweet52 wrote:
    http://www.shannons.com.au/auctions/lot/?id=IAU541YDKJ5AT2AF

    This Terra will be auctioned in Melbourne Aust on Monday 15th March. This is a truly rare car, as the steering wheel is on the correct side. Regards, Barry



    That's a lot a bang for your buck especially if it only goes for 26k $AU

    couldn't build it for that especially if the body is as good as it looks

    Mike
  • ESSX28-1
    ESSX28-1 Senior Contributor
    essexcoupe3131 wrote:
    That's a lot a bang for your buck especially if it only goes for 26k $AU

    couldn't build it for that especially if the body is as good as it looks

    Mike



    Take a look at the auctioneers report espec re body & paintwork. Even so.........
  • Huddy42
    Huddy42 Senior Contributor
    The report states the paint poor.??? Clutch stuck, oil leaks, wrong steering wheel wrong rear tail light glass.Is this a ruskin body.?? Looks better than the report.????
  • [Deleted User]
    [Deleted User]
    Would like to see a better pic of windshield frame..It appears to be bolted to the body instead of made on. Wonder if it has roll up windows or curtins? Was this a Hudson built Roadster?
  • Jon B
    Jon B Administrator
    If that goes for $20-25,000 it's an astoundingly low price (U.S. Dollar seems to be the same value as Australian, or even less). It looks like a good restoration, this is a desirable year, and it's a unique body style (I don't think Hudson made roadsters in the U.S. in 1935, only convertibles with roll-up windows).
  • oldhudsons
    oldhudsons Senior Contributor
    carguy - no, due to the expense of shipping entire cars just chassis were sent "Down Under" where they had their own "in house" body builders; I believe Ruskin was the biggest of them that's why it is a body style never offered here by Hudson.

    Same was done in England (Brownie's sedan).
  • oldhudsons
    oldhudsons Senior Contributor
    for instance there is a '34 Terra. 4 door conv. sedan, or phaeton, floating around the U.S. (was at Detroit '09 National) that was imported here from there .
  • Unknown
    Unknown
    Please consult "History of Hudson" by Don Butler

    page 191, I think you will find the vehicle there.



    reidy377
  • Unknown
    Unknown
    looks like 34 hudson front bumper.
  • Huddy42
    Huddy42 Senior Contributor
    G'Day Bob,



    That bumper was standard for all Hudson & Terraplane in New South Wales, Melbourne Victoria had a completely different bar to us.
  • 2manyprojects
    2manyprojects Expert Adviser
    a question for huddy/ what does it cost to have a car shipped to the states, what duties or taxes are paid does the ship go to port in l.a. or ?:)
  • Huddy42
    Huddy42 Senior Contributor
    Sorry, can not help you with that info, would be better to check from your end, I did ship a car from the USA back in 1989 to Australia and the shipping would not have been too bad if it were not for our greedy government with all their taxes and charges, it cost as much as it did to buy the car. Things may have changed but who knows.
  • ESSX28-1
    ESSX28-1 Senior Contributor
    This vehicle sold for $29,000 (Australian). I think the puchaser got a good buy!!
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