1926 HUDSON pickup ???????

bigboy308
bigboy308 Expert Adviser
edited October 2012 in HUDSON
I was surfin' Craigslist and happened on this: http://spokane.craigslist.org/cto/3298225013.html

Third item on list kinda stopped me-----

There are a few pictures of the cars offered--Is the last pix of the HUDSON, or is it of the 1933 International? Hell, I don't now if HUDSON offered a 1926 pickup?

Anybody interested?

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  • hudsontech
    hudsontech Senior Contributor
    Hudson didn't offer a pickup in 1926 - in fact Hudson didn't offer a "Hudson" pickup until 1939.

    Prior to 1929 any commercial offering would most likely be either a factory project truck, such as the 1922 Essex pickup that was used to haul parts around the factory, or a hacksaw job by a local needing a truck. These show up now and again and they're pretty nice looking trucks.

    In 1929 Hudson offered a Dover; 1930-1931 commercial vehicles were offered in the Essex line; still trying to find out what, if anything, was offered in 1932 - tho I have a weight sheet for 1932 that mentions an "L" cab pickup that used a Model L (Hudson) frame rear end and a Model E (Essex) frame front end; 1933 was Essex-Terraplane; 1934-1938 was Terraplane; and Hudson 1939-1947.

    The picture in that list is probably the International - it sure isn't a Hudson.

    Hudsonly,
    Alex Burr
    Memphis, TN
  • bent metal
    bent metal Senior Contributor
    No picture? I see the last picture of a truck there that looks to be non-Hudson with regularly opening doors. In the description it says '26 Hudson truck with suicide doors.
  • hudsontech
    hudsontech Senior Contributor
    Under the '26 Hudson truck with suicide doors it says 1933 International 1/2 ton pickup - that's the picture at the bottom. There isn't a picture of the 1926 Hudson pickup. The last pickup is the 1934-36 chevy p/u on Ranger chassis Chopped.

    Or maybe it's the other way around. I think the bottom picture is the 1934-1936 Chevy, tho - I could be wrong.

    Hudsonly,
    Alex Burr
    Memphis, TN

  • MikeWA
    MikeWA Senior Contributor
    4th from the bottom is the Chev- I used to have one (my first "car"). Bottom must be the IH, although it is a lot different than 36 IH, which I'm familiar with.
  • hudsontech
    hudsontech Senior Contributor
    Mike, when you get down to it a 1933Hudson is a lot different than a 1936 Hudson. I thought I might have the two mixed up - not that familiar with other brands

    Alex Burr
    Memphis, TN
  • MikeWA
    MikeWA Senior Contributor
    Interesting sidenote- this year's Hudson calendar, with all the old-timey pictures- I think its August that has the unseasonable snowfall- there's a good picture of a '36 International pickup. The grill is much different than the pickup shown, but the grill was one of the things they changed quite often in those days. The grill on that pickup sure looks more '20's than 30's, though.

    Also, the '36 Chev pickups came in two roof heights- low and high. I had a low roof, and it looked almost exactly like the chopped one shown, which must have originally been a high roof. Kind of like comparing Mercs and Hudsons, '49 to '51.
  • Browniepetersen
    Browniepetersen Senior Contributor
    As one who has a "pre-28's Essex" OR 'hacksaw" PICK UP (not so sure I like that term?) I can say that the truck shown is not Hudson product. No idea what the grill is from? I have had one of the 1936 turret top, late production or low cab chevrolet Pickups and seen many of the early production chevrolet pickups or what is called a high cab. The high cab trucks were two piece and would be easy to chop as was done to this one. The later production 36 chevrolet pickups or turret tops would be a bit more of a challenge. As for the truck, it looks to be a nice project for someone.
  • hudsontech
    hudsontech Senior Contributor
    Sorry Brownie, "hacksaw" wasn't meant to be derogatory. It was mean to convey the vehicle was "cut down into truck form using a hacksaw". Or other tool that would be handy. The cars of the teens and twenties, due to their square styling, lent themselves to these conversions with people who needed a truck but couldn't afford one. Many were salvaged from wrecks and converted.

    Hudsonly,
    Alex Burr
    Memphis, TN
  • Browniepetersen
    Browniepetersen Senior Contributor
    Alex, I did not take it as negative. My first hot rod was a 32 Ford 3 window coupe that I cut down with a hacksaw and welded it back and with some grinding, paddling of some lead, melting of springs and cutting off the mufler-painted next to dad's gas station and I was in hog-heaven. 22 coats of hand rubbed candy apple red. The process has improved some but the concept is just the same. Working with metal is still working with metal. It just seems to me that the end product looks better today. However, that 22 truck in Butler's book looks quite good....
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