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oldhudsons

In just received OCW: "Rare 1938 Hudson Terra-plane Express Pickup, silver, beautifully restored!".

This is part of "The Besser Collection" to be auctioned off July 25 beginning at 10 a.m. at Bolivar, Mo. You can bid online at: www.vanderbrinkauctions.com

oldhudsons

Just visited web site. They have a very poor quality video where they talk & show some of the cars, etc. Place has a lot of porcelain & neon signs inc. a Hudson one. There is also an AMX. The cars are touted as being restored & they all look to be. There are about 50 + cars & trucks inc. a Kaiser Darrin, a '56 T-Bird they say belonged to Gregory Peck, a '51 XKE, some so called "muscle cars", a Nash Healey, etc.

This is a no reserve auction.

46HudsonPU

Here's that '38 - just to the left... (of course!).

Colors (body/fenders) very similiar to what I want to do with my tan '46...

oldhudsons

if you go to the video you can see some of it from the rear too.

bellbigdawg

wish I had a couple extra bucks to add this to the hudson pickup collection...38 would be my favorite truck! then again, a 39 would be right up there too!!

46HudsonPU

bellbigdawg wrote:

wish I had a couple extra bucks to add this to the hudson pickup collection...38 would be my favorite truck! then again, a 39 would be right up there too!!

Yup, same here! That looks to be a very nice restoration (from what I can see of it).

Guess there is always a chance that I'll hit the lottery between now and then.

As long as we're dreaming/wishing, I would also like to pick up a '37 - Like that one that was on eBay a while ago that looked like the Blue Goose's older brother...

bellbigdawg

got a 37, missing bed and rear fenders. got the blueprints for bed, but not sure about keeping it at this time. has a real solid cab/frame/sheetmetal. missed that one on ebay, was it complete?? what did it go for??

46HudsonPU

bellbigdawg wrote:

got a 37, missing bed and rear fenders. got the blueprints for bed, but not sure about keeping it at this time. has a real solid cab/frame/sheetmetal. missed that one on ebay, was it complete?? what did it go for??

Reserve was not met, so it didn't sell, at least on Ebay. Here's a picture of it -

Another similarity - It was a 'cover truck' for 'Vintange Truck' magazine -

(click on picture to read more about this truck)

As was my 'Blue Goose' ("This Old Truck" magazine was renamed "Vintage Truck" magazine) -

bellbigdawg

WOW!! I missed that one!! says it's a series 70 or 1/2 ton..does it look longer (3/4 ton) to you?? nice truck! looks like it was made to be a "blue goose II" and parked in your driveway!! I think I'll keep mine for now. what are you going to do with your 39??

46HudsonPU

bellbigdawg wrote:

WOW!! I missed that one!! says it's a series 70 or 1/2 ton..does it look longer (3/4 ton) to you?? nice truck! looks like it was made to be a "blue goose II" and parked in your driveway!! I think I'll keep mine for now. what are you going to do with your 39??

On the '39 - I'm still actively searching for parts-n-pieces. My primary focus is on the '46. When I am not working-on or am frustrated with the '46 - I plug away on the '39 a bit.
- It is now up on blocks, while I try to find some decent tires and rims so that it can legitimately be called a 'roller'...
- I took off the the hood, grille, and fenders, in preparation for pulling the engine & trans. I want to see if the engine is salvageable, and look at the condition of the clutch & transmission - and probably get them rebuilt/repaired.

bellbigdawg

sounds like you will have that 39 done someday!! seems to me the 38's and the 40's are the hardest to find, in any condition! I knew of a 1940 1/2 ton in nebraska back in 1997, should have bought it (needed LOTS of work on body). never seen a 38 in the rough for sale to this day! good luck on the 46!!

Huddy42

Here is a pic of a 1940 Hudson ute made back in the late 50's by my father and late brother, body shell is 1937 married to a '40 front end and home made rear section, we used this in the Hudson business way back then. When I first got my licence I drove the old ute every where, was very reliable, note the front bar, this was used for pushing wrecks around the yard.

By the way, my late brother at one stage had a 1940 factory ute many years ago as well, wish I knew where it was today. He bought it smashed and rebuilt it.

bellbigdawg

ute's are just too cool! wish I could find one here, but you guy's got all of them sent to you!! I imagine the high cost of buying one of them there ($$$), then the boat ride here ($$$), would keep them all there! nice truck! still around somewhere??

Huddy42

Lost track of that ute many moons ago, would be cool to have it these days.

It would be a lot cheaper for you guys to buy from us and ship to the USA, look at the difference of your $ to our $ and yet we are still buying from you guys and shipping to Australia.

Huddy42

How about this ute a 1936 Terraplane.

bellbigdawg

now that is COOL!! 36 is a nice year for terraplane!! how much would a ute go or in your dollars??

Huddy42

Never see them for sale.

46HudsonPU

Last time I saw a Hudson UTE for sale was about 3 years ago - was a '39, and was in pretty sad shape. Still, it didn't meet the reserve - don't know what ever happened to it. Hope someone eventually got it, and that it will or has been restored.

There have been some nice threads posted here on UTEs, the big problem is, they are hard to find... Seems the "Search" on this forum requires four characters in a word before it will do a search... UTE does not qualify -

Huddy42

Rick, try typing in "Utility" in the search section, this may help.

Ute is an abreviation for utility. Aussie slang.LOL.

46HudsonPU

Huddy42 wrote:

Rick, try typing in "Utility" in the search section, this may help.

Ute is an abreviation for utility. Aussie slang.LOL.

I can try - but think that most posts refer to Ute. I thought I had saved some pictures of that '39 Hudson UTE that was for sale, but can't seem to find them anywhere. :confused: Oh well...

Here's the post on that '39 UTE that was for sale - However no existing photos of it. From the thread, you seemed to be aware of it... Any update on what happened to it?
http://www.classiccar.com/forums/showthread.php?t=4975

Update -

FOUND a picture of it! It was in the new HET Photo Album area!

I wish I had the $$ pockets to acquire and restore it...

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Jon B

Let me just interject here, that the link http://hudsonpix.multiply.com/ takes you to the photo album's homepage, which explains how to use it.

46HudsonPU

Jon B wrote:

Let me just interject here, that the link http://hudsonpix.multiply.com/ takes you to the photo album's homepage, which explains how to use it.

Thanks for pointing that out Jon - I changed the link in my comment, to reflect the hompage of the photo album... :o :rolleyes:

hoosiercrosley

I would settle for the red and black Crosley pickup!

Barry Smedley

53' Super Jet

and a bunch of Crosley's (but not a pickup)

Huddy42

Don't think anybody has bought the '39 ute down under, doesn't seem to be any interest in ute's down here for some reason, if my memory serves me correctly a lady owned it and started to restore it, but, then I believe had a marriage break up, so ended the story.

bellbigdawg

I wish I was in Australia to buy that 39 ute. I would ship it back! that would really look good next to my other pickups! (they get lonely when parked). bed on those look just like stude coupe express beds.

46HudsonPU

bellbigdawg wrote:

I wish I was in Australia to buy that 39 ute. I would ship it back! that would really look good next to my other pickups! (they get lonely when parked). bed on those look just like stude coupe express beds.

That makes two of us - and a lot more 'Hudnuts' - without a doubt!

Spencer Yarrow

here is another one from down under,35 Terra. we picked it up 25 years ago it had the front bumper against a shed & a tree growing between it & the grille so took off the bumper & pulled the ute away cut the tree down & retrieved the bumper,the owner gave us the ute for cutting down the tree.

By the time we got it home [ 250 miles] the chassis had broken from the rust & the rest of it wasn't in much better condition.

bellbigdawg

I'd just tow that 35 around on the trailer and be happy! what a cool ute that is!! ragtop 35 tplane pickup, just sounds like something you gotta see!! thanks for the great pictures!

LanceB

Very cool, I would do any tree trimming to be paid with something like that!

hoggyrubber

i have been to this place in boliver and looked at all thes cars and trucks- pretty darn cool. i may have to go to the auction since it's not that far, not that i have enough cash to buy one. hr

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