1935 RHD Hudson in the UK ID ?

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  • Old Fogey UK
    Old Fogey UK Expert Adviser
    Art Tidesco wrote:
    I know what you mean knowing the owner of this car has made an impact on many of our lives at such a young age is almost incomprehensible.

    I wonder if that is why the car was painted maroon in an earlier incarnation ? Would maroon have been a standard colour ?

    Any info on who the dealer, in Dundee or there abouts, that supplied the car might have been would be more than welcome B)

    Is this car yours, Art ? The new owner needs to know all this.
    It was knocking around the north west of England back in the 1990's before reappearing down here in the Hampshire/Dorset area a little while ago. If my memory serves me right, it was also the subject of an article in "Classic American" magazine around about 1994/5 (guessing here). I was looking for a 1934 or 1935 car at the time, so it all sticks in my mind.
    I love the link with the Beano, Dandy, Topper, etc. What a great car for Lord Snooty !
    The first 1934 Terraplane I can remember is a semi-derelict one behind a filling station in Birkenhead in the late 1960's. As an impressionable kid, I was smitten. Interestingly, the very car (it had/has a Wallasey registration) still survives. It was in the Greater Manchester area until quite recently.

    Sorry American cousins, this thread must be getting mighty boring for you all ! :lol:
  • Unknown
    Unknown
    No the car is, regrettably, not mine I am endeavouring to get in touch with the owner through
    the club that organised the Independence Day rally at which it was seen.
  • Old Fogey UK
    Old Fogey UK Expert Adviser
    Well Art, it sounds like you ought to get one for yourself too ! ;)
  • Unknown
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    I'm seriously tempted ;)
  • Old Fogey UK
    Old Fogey UK Expert Adviser
    edited November 2011
    Art Tidesco wrote:
    I'm seriously tempted ;)

    Go for it, you won't regret it !
    I love the elegant looks of the '34 and '35 cars. They were the bridge between the earlier "square riggers" and the potato shaped cars that followed them. Their only drawback is their cable brakes, although you can modify them with a 1936 hydraulic system without having to cut or drill anything on the car. I've got the 1936 parts kit but just haven't got round to installing it. If you get one, I might sell it to you. :lol:
    They are also, I think, the most numerous surviving 1930's Hudsons in the UK - although as Alex Burr reminded me on another thread, you'll always be proved wrong on this forum if you make such a definite factual claim ! :lol:
  • Unknown
    Unknown
    edited November 2011
    I'd like to thank every body who contributed to this thread and the blog that come out of it that can be seen on this link. I hope it is not too long before I find another one to blog about.

    Hudson Blog

    Thanks again ;)
  • PaulButler
    PaulButler Administrator
    edited November 2011
    Old Fogey UK wrote:
    Art Tidesco wrote:
    I'm seriously tempted ;)

    Go for it, you won't regret it !
    I love the elegant looks of the '34 and '35 cars. They were the bridge between the earlier "square riggers" and the potato shaped cars that followed them. Their only drawback is their cable brakes, although you can modify them with a 1936 hydraulic system without having to cut or drill anything on the car. I've got the 1936 parts kit but just haven't got round to installing it. If you get one, I might sell it to you. :lol:
    They are also, I think, the most numerous surviving 1930's Hudsons in the UK - although as Alex Burr reminded me on another thread, you'll always be proved wrong on this forum if you make such a definite factual claim ! :lol:

    And maybe as a full stop to this thread may I on behalf of my curvaceous 1939 112 take exception the potato remark above :)

    Also thank you to Ralph for starting this , read the blog & it looks great!
  • Old Fogey UK
    Old Fogey UK Expert Adviser
    Paul Butler wrote:
    Old Fogey UK wrote:
    Art Tidesco wrote:
    I'm seriously tempted ;)

    Go for it, you won't regret it !
    I love the elegant looks of the '34 and '35 cars. They were the bridge between the earlier "square riggers" and the potato shaped cars that followed them. Their only drawback is their cable brakes, although you can modify them with a 1936 hydraulic system without having to cut or drill anything on the car. I've got the 1936 parts kit but just haven't got round to installing it. If you get one, I might sell it to you. :lol:
    They are also, I think, the most numerous surviving 1930's Hudsons in the UK - although as Alex Burr reminded me on another thread, you'll always be proved wrong on this forum if you make such a definite factual claim ! :lol:

    And maybe as a full stop to this thread may I on behalf of my curvaceous 1939 112 take exception the potato remark above :)

    Also thank you to Ralph for starting this , read the blog & it looks great!

    I used "potato" as a descriptive not a derogatory term. ;)
    My friend and fellow HET'er Alan Wesson who lives in Devon has a '37 Terraplane. He loves the car but it was he who first coined the term "potato" to describe its looks. :lol:
  • Unknown
    Unknown
    Glad you enjoyed the blog, still not traced the owner of the car but I am working on it :-)

    I love potaoes nothing derogatory about being potato shaped in my book B)

    Paul if you have up to 6 images of your curvaceous 1939 112 I'd be honoured to write a blog on it in the new year ?
  • Old Fogey UK
    Old Fogey UK Expert Adviser
    Art, I can certainly supply you with some pics and info on my '34 2-door Hudson 8 if you want them. I think it's the only one east of the Atlantic and certainly the only one in the UK. It may be the only surviving '34 LTS "Challenger" Brougham anywhere - but I'm waiting for "Alex Burr's Theorem" to prove me wrong on that.
    It doesn't have the illustrious ownership of the Beano Car, but the story of how its first owner came to get it is amusing in its own right.
  • PaulButler
    PaulButler Administrator
    Art Tidesco wrote:
    Glad you enjoyed the blog, still not traced the owner of the car but I am working on it :-)

    I love potaoes nothing derogatory about being potato shaped in my book B)

    Paul if you have up to 6 images of your curvaceous 1939 112 I'd be honoured to write a blog on it in the new year ?

    Ralph,

    I do indeed and will be happy supply them to you for a blog.
  • PaulButler
    PaulButler Administrator
    I know ; dont worry - I was only joshing.

    It's safe to say that the car does indeed have a distinctive look. I very often look at it and like how delightful it is ...
  • PaulButler
    PaulButler Administrator
    Old Fogey UK wrote:
    Art, I can certainly supply you with some pics and info on my '34 2-door Hudson 8 if you want them. I think it's the only one east of the Atlantic and certainly the only one in the UK. It may be the only surviving '34 LTS "Challenger" Brougham anywhere - but I'm waiting for "Alex Burr's Theorem" to prove me wrong on that.
    It doesn't have the illustrious ownership of the Beano Car, but the story of how its first owner came to get it is amusing in its own right.

    They all have a story attached to them and I , for one, am always interested to hear about them
  • Unknown
    Unknown
    Thanks Paul and Old Fogey UK I have PM'd you my e-mail details B)
  • Old Fogey UK
    Old Fogey UK Expert Adviser
    edited November 2011
    Paul Butler wrote:
    I know ; dont worry - I was only joshing.

    It's safe to say that the car does indeed have a distinctive look. I very often look at it and like how delightful it is ...

    It has indeed a distinctive look - I think I've seen your car at the Ashover Show in years gone by. I've only seen 2 other 112s in this country, so I think it's a real rarity. There was a two tone blue one that belonged to Luke Arnott of Pre-50 AAC fame when he lived on the Wirral in the 1970s; I don't know what happened to that one. The other was in Stockport in the mid-1990s and was very far gone. Similarly, that one seems to have disappeared.

    (Good grief! I'm coming across as OCD about surviving British Hudsons! :ohmy: )
  • Unknown
    Unknown
    It's a good job someone is taking an interest and keeping tabs on them :-)
  • Old Fogey UK
    Old Fogey UK Expert Adviser
    Art Tidesco wrote:
    It's a good job someone is taking an interest and keeping tabs on them :-)

    Well Art, what do you know ? The Beano Terraplane is for sale again (see www.chuggaboom.co.uk) at £12995. So now's your chance ! ;)
  • PaulButler
    PaulButler Administrator
    Old Fogey UK wrote:
    Art Tidesco wrote:
    It's a good job someone is taking an interest and keeping tabs on them :-)

    Well Art, what do you know ? The Beano Terraplane is for sale again (see www.chuggaboom.co.uk) at £12995. So now's your chance ! ;)

    Well if it really sold for £1,800 at auction there's a slight profit margin being asked for there :-)
  • Old Fogey UK
    Old Fogey UK Expert Adviser
    edited November 2011
    Paul Butler wrote:
    Old Fogey UK wrote:
    Art Tidesco wrote:
    It's a good job someone is taking an interest and keeping tabs on them :-)

    Well Art, what do you know ? The Beano Terraplane is for sale again (see www.chuggaboom.co.uk) at £12995. So now's your chance ! ;)

    Well if it really sold for £1,800 at auction there's a slight profit margin being asked for there :-)

    It's a little worrying that it seems to be changing hands a lot. :unsure:
    I haven't seen this car since the first half of the 1990s but it was quite doggy back then. It looks like a lot of cosmetic work has been done on it since.
    A potential buyer should try to get hold of that back number of Classic American that had the feature on it. The illustrations showed it as I remember it, pre its present reincarnation.
    Looking at the pic on the Chuggaboom website (I've never heard of them before, but their name seems to say it all), someone's urge to turn it into a gypsy caravan seems to have gotten the better of them. It will be interesting to visit the website again next week as more pics of it are promised.
  • Unknown
    Unknown
    Hmm ! Very interesting Chuggaboom have obviously not read the blog, I wonder what the blog information might add to the price ?

    I notice the car no longer has the centre strip on the screen either.

    Unfortunately I am short of £13K spare change at the moment, but may be I can trade up if I win the Morris Minor being offered in the Wilson Atwell Motor Museum raffle on Saturday, see bottom of the linked page ;)
  • Old Fogey UK
    Old Fogey UK Expert Adviser
    edited November 2011
    Art Tidesco wrote:
    Hmm ! Very interesting Chuggaboom have obviously not read the blog, I wonder what the blog information might add to the price ?

    I notice the car no longer has the centre strip on the screen either.

    Unfortunately I am short of £13K spare change at the moment, but may be I can trade up if I win the Morris Minor being offered in the Wilson Atwell Motor Museum raffle on Saturday, see bottom of the linked page ;)

    The Morris Minor will have better brakes, I'm afraid, but then again you can't have
    everything ! :lol:
  • PaulButler
    PaulButler Administrator
    edited February 2012
    This has now appeared on eBay here in the UK

    http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1935-HUDSON-TERRAPLANE-Gangsters-car-choice-/170778837793?pt=Automobiles_UK&hash=item27c3364321
  • Unknown
    Unknown
    If the prospective purchaser does a little research he might be in for a pleasant surprise ;)
  • essexcoupe3131
    essexcoupe3131 Senior Contributor
    edited February 2012
    I see the auction has finished
    sold for 5223-00 pounds around $10,000-00 nz dollars
    Mike
  • ESSX28-1
    ESSX28-1 Senior Contributor
    essexcoupe3131 wrote:
    I see the auction has finished
    sold for 5223-00 pounds around $10,000-00 nz dollars
    Mike

    The auction has finished but not at £5223 as the reserve was not met & the car was withdrawn from sale. It was a bargain at £5223 - I keep buying Lotto tickets but it still doesn't help!!!
  • [Deleted User]
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    Wow that car is a real beauty.....
  • Old Fogey UK
    Old Fogey UK Expert Adviser
    I think the eBay top bid was about right.
    This car was quite doggy last time I saw it and the restoration doesn't look that good and is rather bizarre in some respects. Quite a lot of cash still to be spent to make it right, I fear...
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