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VERY rare TERRAPLANE lighted sign sold at OKC
  • cargray
    Posts: 178Expert Adviser
    I thought some of you might like to see the TERRAPLANE sign I sold at OKC...VERY rare, made in 1933, cant be many left,,,,,RD
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  • Jon BJon B
    Posts: 4,769Moderator
    Wow, what a collector's item!

    I could be wrong but I think they also offered a "HUDSON" illuminated sign. Not long after I first joined the H-E-T Club in 1971, I visited then-president Laurel Hanson in Indiana. While we were chatting in his garage, a fellow Hudsonite stopped by to show us his latest treasure -- HUDSON and TERRAPLANE illuminated glass signs just like this one! He had recently liberated them from an old Hudson dealership he'd discovered. They had been gathering dust up in the rafters, above the parts bins and shelves. His advice to Laurel and I, that day: "Always look UP!"
  • cargray
    Posts: 178Expert Adviser
    Yes there was also a HUDSON lighted sign. In fact Ken Poynter has one of those....These signs were availabe to the dealers in 1933 for the large sum of $7.99 each..
  • bent metalbent metal
    Posts: 1,348Platinum Member
    WOOOOOWWWW!!! Cool sign!:)

    I want one.
  • nhp1127nhp1127
    Posts: 2,275Platinum Member
    cargray wrote:
    I thought some of you might like to see the TERRAPLANE sign I sold at OKC...VERY rare, made in 1933, cant be many left,,,,,RD

    If you don't mind, I'd be curious to know what it was worth (ballpark figure)...
  • cargray
    Posts: 178Expert Adviser
    Went to a person with a Terraplane. He had been after me to sell for about 15 years or more..$1150. Could probably gotten more on feebay, but I wanted a Hud person to have it. rd
  • bent metalbent metal
    Posts: 1,348Platinum Member
    How big (long) was this sign?
  • 1049superg1049superg
    Posts: 402Gold Member
    I'm still looking for an original postwar Hudson "teardrop" "sales service" or "parts service" sign. No one had one for sale at the OKC show though there were a few new reproductions available. Glad to hear someone got an apparently nice original Terraplane sign at OKC. Wish I had seen it while I was there. And yes, how big is it?
  • cargray
    Posts: 178Expert Adviser
    Approx 3 to 4 feet long
  • oldhudsonsoldhudsons
    Posts: 1,728Platinum Member
    I have an original dealership showroom neon sign, in 2 colors saying:
    "THIS TIME IT'S
    HUDSON"
    it is in good working condition which I'd like to sell. This sign is designed to be hung in a window & read from outside.
    Got it from zone distributorship in Billings, Mt. in the late '60s still in original shipping crate (those were the GOOD OLD DAYS when some Hudson dealers had become AMC dealers & still had their Hudson parts stashed)!!!!!!!
    Problem is I can't/won't ship it due to fear of breakage. It's in Arizona.
    Might be able to bring to All Calif. Meet in San Simeon if have potential buyer as have a station wagon I could transport it safely in.
    Not knowing how to post photos in here, changed my "avatar", LOL, so you can see it; it's about 4' across, about 2 - 2 1/2' high.
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