1936 Terraplane panel delivery picture

dave s
dave s Senior Contributor, Moderator
edited November -1 in HUDSON
Here is picture of my panel delivery when it was purchased from Connecticut by Burl Gingerich after Waterbury National.

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  • hudsonsplasher1
    hudsonsplasher1 Senior Contributor
    dave s wrote:
    Here is picture of my panel delivery when it was purchased from Connecticut by Burl Gingerich after Waterbury National.



    WOW. Sure will be cool when it's done. Keep up posted on your progress.
  • hudsontech
    hudsontech Senior Contributor
    Looks like a typical New England vehicle - but I've seen worse up there on much newer cars.



    Like said above - can't hardly wait to see the finished project. The way you guys restore cars that should be ready for Gettysburg, I'll bet. Hope so - I'm going to try and make that National and would look fwd to seeing the completed project.



    Hudsonly,

    Alex Burr

    Memphis, TN
  • RL Chilton
    RL Chilton Administrator, Member
    Wow! That IS a lot of cancer on the bottom. How's it coming, Dave? Any new developments as of late? Did you get the sidemounts worked out?
  • dave s
    dave s Senior Contributor, Moderator
    Ken primed grill shell and hood today and PAUL LARGETYPE is picking me up an excellent set of front fenders next week. I got sidemount hardware freed up and will have tire well installed in new fenders. Engine and tranny have been installed and firewall is painted. We are still on schedule for 2012 national.



    I have been too busy at my real job to take any new pictures. I will post updated pictures when i get them.
  • Kdancy
    Kdancy Senior Contributor
    dave s wrote:
    Ken primed grill shell and hood today and PAUL LARGETYPE is picking me up an excellent set of front fenders next week. I got sidemount hardware freed up and will have tire well installed in new fenders. Engine and tranny have been installed and firewall is painted. We are still on schedule for 2012 national.



    I have been too busy at my real job to take any new pictures. I will post updated pictures when i get them.



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    Many of the links on that site do not work.
  • Huddy42
    Huddy42 Senior Contributor
    Here is a picture of a 1936 Panel delivery van used by one of our hardware stores back in the 1930-40's, this company was well known around my home town.
  • ESSX28-1
    ESSX28-1 Senior Contributor
    Huddy42 wrote:
    Here is a picture of a 1936 Panel delivery van used by one of our hardware stores back in the 1930-40's, this company was well known around my home town.



    Different roof line from the one Dave S shows. Did this one have a Aussie built body?
  • hudsontech
    hudsontech Senior Contributor
    Looking close it appears that was not an all-steel roof. If you look real close you can see what appears to be a fabric (??) insert in the middle portion of the roof - like previous years before they went to all steel bodies.





    Hudsonly,

    Alex Burr

    Memphis, TN
  • dave s
    dave s Senior Contributor, Moderator
    Here is Hostetler's 36. Both His and mine had sidemount on right side and soft top in center. Hemmings 1937 has solid top.
  • RL Chilton
    RL Chilton Administrator, Member
    Dave-

    Have y'all decided on a color scheme, yet? Maybe some "Triple S" graphics of some sort?
  • Huddy42
    Huddy42 Senior Contributor
    Yes, this was a local Aussie body, for once, in my opinion only, we had a better roof line then the US models.



    Love the roof lines usually on the us models compared to our Aussie models.
  • dave s
    dave s Senior Contributor, Moderator
    RL Chilton wrote:
    Dave-



    Have y'all decided on a color scheme, yet? Maybe some "Triple S" graphics of some sort?





    Color is going to be light grey with black fenders, running boards and top material insert.
  • RL Chilton
    RL Chilton Administrator, Member
    That will be real classy looking.

    So the filled roofs were Aussie bodies? Inserts in the roof were US models, is that right?
  • Huddy42
    Huddy42 Senior Contributor
    Russell, the Aussie one shown has a fabric roof. Look closely and you can see just a shade of black.
  • dave s
    dave s Senior Contributor, Moderator
    RL Chilton wrote:
    That will be real classy looking.



    So the filled roofs were Aussie bodies? Inserts in the roof were US models, is that right?



    I'm still researching, but from what I see so far, 36 and earlier US models made by York Hoover Body Company had cloth insert and 37 and up had solid roof.



    Here is John Forkner's barn find 1939 panel delivery with 200 bullet holes. John thinks his body was built by Yellow Cab.
  • RL Chilton
    RL Chilton Administrator, Member
    Interesting. The body lines on the "box" are different on the '39, than say, Hostetler's. Makes sense on the cloth insert on '36 and solid on '37. Didn't the first solid roofs on cars appear in '36? It always seems it takes the commercial vehicles a year or two to "catch up", so to speak.
  • onerare39
    onerare39 Expert Adviser, Member
    dave s wrote:
    Here is John Forkner's barn find 1939 panel delivery with 200 bullet holes. John thinks his body was built by Yellow Cab.



    Close... It was built by Checker, the same company that built the cabs.



    John
  • dave s
    dave s Senior Contributor, Moderator
    Inside of top on mine, Hostetler's and Folkner's. Garage door over open top on mine and Folkners has leatherette cardboard panels. I am planning on making my center section removable, as it was when built.
  • hudsontech
    hudsontech Senior Contributor
    dave s wrote:
    I'm still researching, but from what I see so far, 36 and earlier US models made by York Hoover Body Company had cloth insert and 37 and up had solid roof.



    Here is John Forkner's barn find 1939 panel delivery with 200 bullet holes. John thinks his body was built by Yellow Cab.



    1938, 1939 and 1940 panel delivery bodies were built by Checker cab, not Yellow Cab.



    Hudsonly,

    Alex Burr

    Memphis, TN
  • dave s
    dave s Senior Contributor, Moderator
    Shows to go you, I don't know too much about panel deliveries or Cab Companies!
  • Unknown
    Unknown
    Yellow Cab used Checker cars when Checker was in bussiness.
  • dave s
    dave s Senior Contributor, Moderator
    37 Terraplane#2 wrote:
    Yellow Cab used Checker cars when Checker was in bussiness.



    I guess Checker employees rode to work in Yellow Cabs. LOL:)
  • onerare39
    onerare39 Expert Adviser, Member
    A little Checker history.



    In addition to automobile production, Checker played a significant role as a third-party automotive supplier of OEM body stampings. In the late 1930s Checker produced truck bodies for Hudson in addition to manufacturing complete Ford truck cabs. Checker also produced truck bodies for REO Motor Car Company.



    Found in Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Checker_Motors_Corporation



    John
  • Unknown
    Unknown
    Hudson308 wrote:
    ...and Yellow Cab employees rode at work in Checkers! :D
    ATTA BOY DAVE , that's what I was tryin to do , stir up a bit of fun on here , Dang I sure do miss ole HOOPITY
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