1934 Hudson Terraplane

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1934 Terraplane (Hudson) Custom Built Street Rod-Hot Rod Wood Hydraulic Hoist & Body Company Body Type-SPECNo.-95270Chassis/Vin.-4023201951 354 cubic inch Chrysler Hemi700 r4 auto transmissionMustang II front suspension with a Jaguar rearAir conditioning Power steering4 wheel disc brakes Over the course of 13 years, the owner who has an engineering background, performed a complete body-off-chassis transformation on this one of a kind Tarraplane. Car drives right and will cruise all day long with no known issues. People go through their whole lives without seeing one of these Terraplanes in person. Super rare & always a thumbs up while driving. When it comes to elegant styling, few eras have produced more flowing and classy vehicles than the 1930s did. Even work trucks received a healthy dose of Art Deco styling during the ’30s! This 1934 Terraplane Pickup truck has that great airflow look and makes modern trucks look like big ugly boxes. While there are no definitive archived records telling how many Terraplane Cab Pick-ups were built, few remain today and it's doubtful that anything this gracefully purposeful, combining the beauty of a fine passenger car with the work ethic of a truck, will ever be produced again.Coolest truck ever made!!! Included below are some interesting stories and facts about the Hudson car manufacturing company. Terraplane Branding back in the day:1932-1933: Essex-Terraplane1934-1937: Terraplane1938: Hudson-Terraplane http://www.coachbuilt.com/bui/g/gar_wood/gar_wood.htm https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terraplane Amelia Earhart was given a 1932 Hudson Essex after her historic Atlantic Flight. Hudson seized on this record flight for promotional purposes. Hudson organized an event for the car to be presented to her that was attended by all of their dealers from across the America as well as the news media, prominent politicians, and special celebrities. The promotional concept was: An Aeroplane in the air, an Aquaplane over the water, and a Terraplane on the ground. Hudson may have been a little late getting into the light truck field when they introduced their Dover brand in 1929, but they were way ahead of the game when it came to stylish , car based haulers. They built sturdy pickups with front sheet metal identical to their passenger cars. Beginning in 1933, Hudson sold a range of half and three-quarter ton commercial vehicles that included pickups, panel trucks, cabs & chassis’ first under the Essex-Terraplane name, then as Hudson-Terraplanes and as Hudsons thereafter. After WWI, a cottage industry sprang up building commercial bodies on top of passenger-car chassis. In the Roaring Twenties, Hudson-Essex dealers offered open wood bodies built by a couple of different vendors on Essex chassis.In 1929, Hudson offered its own Dover-branded line of light-duty commercial vehicles sold as either a bare cab and chassis or outfitted as a panel delivery, a screenside express, an open express, a canopy express or a sedan delivery.In 1934, Hudson sold 1,000+ commercial Terraplanes. A pretty good haul for a light truck maker in those days. But Terraplane would be short-lived and it was phased out altogether after 1938. During its short run, Terraplane offered a full line of Commercial Cars for hauling, alongside its line of standard passenger cars. The Commercial Cars were gracefully styled both inside and out as their sheetmetal, trim & options were lifted directly from the passenger car line. The heaviest of the lot carried a 3/4-ton rating, which meant it could haul 1,500 pounds of cargo. The difference was largely in the springs: Commercial Cars had additional leaves in the front and rear spring packs, giving them a greater payload capacity than their passenger-car counterparts. Power was from the 96-hp 212-cu.in. Terraplane six, with the 102-hp Super Power Dome available. Terraplanes used a three-speed synchromesh transmission with a single-plate, cork-insert, oil-cushioned clutch. Selective Automatic Shift was optional, which provided pre-selective, power-controlled gear shifting. Terraplanes were also fitted with Hudson's "Duo-Automatic Hydraulic Brakes," which mated a primary hydraulic braking system with an auxiliary mechanical system, so that in the event of a brake failure, the secondary system would stop the car. An optional hill-hold unit was available as well, to aid the driver during uphill takeoffs. The Cab Pick-up had an additional unique feature in that it was built with removable "lockers" covering the wheel houses for storing tools and equipment or for use as seats for workers when taxiing around the job site. The Terraplane brand was a subsidiary of Hudson and was introduced during the Great Depression. It was actually a bold move to launch a new brand during an economic down turn as bad as the Depression, but the combination of good looks, durability, and affordability made the brand rather popular. As a matter of fact, Terraplane was actually outselling its parent company by the mid ’30s. Its success would eventually be the brand’s undoing though. Hudson brass didn’t like the idea of their down market subsidiary outselling their higher margin products, so in 1937 production was cut back and by ’38 the last Terraplanes rolled off the production line.
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