Electric Hand

hornet53
hornet53 Senior Contributor
edited March 2013 in HUDSON
I recently came across an Electric Hand column unit in a box of Hudson parts I received from my grandfather. Since I'm a Stepdown guy, I really don't have a use for it. I've searched around the internet a bit, but I really haven't found anything regarding what this unit would be worth to somebody.

I don't have any of the solenoids (that i know of), just the column part. All the parts seem to be moving correctly and pretty smooth. All the wires seem in good shape for the age and you can see the colors that you could match to a wiring diagram.

Anybody bought or sold one of these recently? Any advice would be appreciated!

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  • ski4life65
    ski4life65 Expert Adviser
    I sold one last year to a guy in Europe for about $100. He was making a Tucker replica and said this was closest to original he could find
  • Park_W
    Park_W Senior Contributor
    edited March 2013
    Based on the photos and description of the condition, I'd say $100 to $150. There's a small but regular stream of folks who want to get an Electric Hand system back into operating condition. Advertise it in the logical places, including E-Bay. You'll sell it and make someone else happy to have it. The Electric Hand components were designed to be pretty easy to disassemble and repair. I've done a complete rehab on a '36 system. Yours looks like 37 or 38, but difference from '36 is minimal. The '35 unit looks much different.
  • hornet53
    hornet53 Senior Contributor
    Yeah, my plan is ebay. I just needed a direction on price. My grandfather was the swap meet seller in the family. I'm just the guy he dumped the parts on. I pulled the Stepdown stuff out I want/need and am selling off the rest.
  • Jon B
    Jon B Administrator
    As to the relative scarcity, my guess is that the control units (which you have) alone, are more plentiful and thus worth way less than the entire unit with the solenoid controlled valves, and the various switches. When an Electric Hand gave out, during the car's "middle ages", the control unit often remained on the steering column long after the valve unit was removed and thrown away.

    So go ahead and advertise it for $100 or so, but after it's been on Ebay for awhile take the best offer!
  • [Deleted User]
    [Deleted User]
    I would start the price on ebay at $99 and see where it goes..Too much stuff is over priced to start and never get a bid.
  • hornet53
    hornet53 Senior Contributor
    Well, I'm not trying to make money. I've been around Hudsons all my life and would like to find Hudson homes for all the stuff I've got. It's stuff I don't need cluttering up my shop space. One bid on Ebay is all I need for it to go away. But I would be remiss if I didn't try to get what it's worth.
  • [Deleted User]
    [Deleted User]
    I think they look neat on the column working or not . And think that is why some of them sell so good on Ebay . Just for the looks,
    Roger
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