ClassicCar

Nope.. trucks are trucks. You can't think of trucks the way people think of trucks/SUV's today. The only people who bought them were farmers, contractors, or those with a good reason to haul something. They were plain-Jane if you want to be strictly historically accurate. But these days restorers like the shiny objects and add the trim and accessories from the cars.

There has been some talk about this on the truck group here on this forum. Some of the things specific to 46-7 trucks are,...as I understand...

1. Trucks didn't have fender lights.
2. Truck bumpers are narrow, not like car bumpers.
3. The area on the hood just below the belt line (near the cowl) should have the holes riveted, no scipt.
4. Rubber floor mats, no carpet.
5. The windshield wiper bases were painted black, not chrome.
6. Side view mirror was black and there was only one.
7. The beds were painted black. The wood and the strips. The cariage bolt heads were large too. I don't think they are still available. Also, four of them would be a smaller diameter head. The four that hold the fuel tank.
8. Also you could get heavy duty rims. Rare option.
9. No back bumper.

I suppose back when they were new you could special order whatever you wanted though.

Thought of something else. I guess it was a dealer item. The covered bed. It had support hoops and made the truck bed look like a covered wagon. All the ones I've seen pictures of said Hudson, in big letters down the side. I've only seen pictures, never seen one of these in person.

Anyone have pictures? Or better information?

That's it! And no writing on the side. Very cool, I'm going to have to check that literature out. Looks like a lot of good stuff in there.

ESSX28-1 wrote:

The Caravan top was not a Hudson made product. It was made by the C. K. Turk Corp to use on the Hudson truck. It was promoted by Hudson.

Yep - that's what the attachment to the aforementioned Dealer Letter, DL-28, says.

Hudsonly,
Alex Burr
Memphis, TN