My old Trk

Ol racer
Ol racer Senior Contributor
edited November 2011 in HUDSON
FYI

To some peoples amazement around here I really use my old Truck 'As a Truck' when ever the need. The 8 ft Bed comes in real handy and the rear has never sagged, even when carried bags of sand & cement..... (They dont realize that I put plastisized coreboard & towels down to protect the finish).Their stare's make my day....

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  • Richie
    Richie Senior Contributor
    edited November 2011
    Nice truck ol racer, I really enjoy seeing old cars and trucks being used, thats the fun of it. Richie.
  • dave s
    dave s Senior Contributor, Moderator
    a truck is a truck!

  • Ol racer
    Ol racer Senior Contributor
    Dave,

    That's really Awsome sight a Hudson trk towing an even older Hudson.... Back in the day, I towed my Hudson Racers every wknd with a Hudson trk... I sure wish I had a picture of that now....
  • Fred
    Fred Expert Adviser
    That makes two of us ol racer. Jethroe (46 Huudson pickup) 65years and me 79 years were made to work and we're still at it. We haul hay and wood chips (bedding) for my wife's ponys.
    Fred
  • dave s
    dave s Senior Contributor, Moderator
    if everything goes as planned, that is how I hope to take 36 panel to Gettysburg
    I have used it tow our stepdowns.

  • Lee ODell
    Lee ODell Senior Contributor
    edited November 2011
    It is neat to see these pictures of Hudson PU's pulling Hudsons. Mybe Press will share pictures of his PU pulling his race car at the drag strip in the day.

    Lee
  • MikeWA
    MikeWA Senior Contributor
    dave s wrote:
    if everything goes as planned, that is how I hope to take 36 panel to Gettysburg
    I have used it tow our stepdowns.


    Dave- just curious, because I do a lot of towing (mostly tractors and farm equipment, but the '48 coupe several times)- What kind of hitch do you have on the pickup? Weight-distributing "receiver" type? I can get away without it on 1 ton diesel tow rig, but can't imagine getting by with a simple hitch on a Hudson pickup.
  • Uncle Josh
    Uncle Josh Senior Contributor
    edited November 2011
    Mine earns her keep around here.
  • hoggyrubber
    hoggyrubber Expert Adviser
    looks like you are quite a scrapper uncle josh. i like to see trucks used as trucks too. a pet peeve of mine is jacked ones that is too high to load anything in or so low they scrape their belly. by the way ol racer, nice truck!
  • [Deleted User]
    [Deleted User]
    0ld racer; what did you race?
  • hudsontech
    hudsontech Senior Contributor
    Uncle Josh wrote:
    Mine earns her keep around here.

    Where's the kitchen sink, Uncle J?????????


    Hudsonly,
    Alex Burr
    Memphis, TN
  • Uncle Josh
    Uncle Josh Senior Contributor
    hoggyrubber wrote:
    looks like you are quite a scrapper uncle josh. i like to see trucks used as trucks too.

    Yup, cleaning out the woods. Emptied the guys out of the weigh shack at the scrap yard. They wanted to know if I was gonna leave the whole thing, lol
  • Aaron D. IL
    Aaron D. IL Senior Contributor
    With an almost perfect 4X8 bed Hudson trucks are more useful than a lot of modern ones, just not passenger friendly. Modern pickups are the opposite...passengers come first.
  • hudsontech
    hudsontech Senior Contributor
    edited November 2011
    Aaron D. IL wrote:
    With an almost perfect 4X8 bed Hudson trucks are more useful than a lot of modern ones, just not passenger friendly. Modern pickups are the opposite...passengers come first.

    Yep, Aaron - designed to haul 110 pound Mama down to the store and back. Most offerings are just about useless.

    Back in the '70s I had a heavy half-ton (1/2 ton on a 3/4 ton frame) 1964 International pickup truck. At the time we were cleaning out my Dad's wood lot. I regularly filled the 4 x 10 x 2 foot bed, plus side boards above rails and hauled wood out over a woods road. Close to a full cord of wood. No problems.

    Hudsonly,
    Alex Burr
    Memphis, TN
  • faustmb
    faustmb Senior Contributor
    I love to see trucks working.

    I'm hoping to use my truck & trailer to make a parts run to NY just before the 2012 National and bring a bunch of parts to the swap. Possible if I stay on task:unsure:

    Just need to rewire, rebuild the front end, redo the brakes...
  • [Deleted User]
    [Deleted User]
    Truely a beauty of a truck, ole racer...slim
  • Terraplane33
    Terraplane33 Expert Adviser
    Nice to see your truck being used like in the past !
    It worth to be rebuild but then nobody would use it this way anymore, too worried about the paint...
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