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I saw this car a year or two at our local car show in Richland, WA. It is Stunning! Wish I could have spoken about it with the owner, but didn't see them.

Dave, Thanks! I appreciate your input, if you know anyone that's looking for a vehicle like this pickup, to direct them my way; I'm willing to negotiate price. I have so many other projects, that I just couldn't do this one myself from a financial standpoint, however, the shop where I have my work done, and where I work around the edges of restoration projects would be able to assist anyone interested in building this truck. Here is my 1967 Oldsmobile Toronado project (and a 69 W-34 restoration project) that we are working on. https://www.facebook.com/PerfectShapeCustoms

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Dave, Thanks for posting these pictures.

Wow, if you had pictures of the wagon , would love to see those.

Yes, that was at BJ Reno auction in 2013. That truck is stock with original V8, first year Dodge offered that. Frankly, I think the short, low-side box is better looking. The 54 Chrysler hemi I have to go with it is a natural for this truck.

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This is one of the Kibiger Hudson concepts that I was aware of. http://wildaboutcarsonline.com/members/AardvarkPublisherAttachments/9990445269073/1969-03_MT_WWII_Hudson_Concept_Cars_1-3.pdf The car concept you show may be a "project 5" car? http://ateupwithmotor.com/model-histories/step-down-hudsons/

Kibiger's drawing looks a lot like the 1933 Pierce Arrow Silver Arrow, and has some cross design with the 1934 Studebaker Land Cruiser as well, which were both in the same company of cars at that time I believe.

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Ok, sorry, this is a 1955 truck. COuldn't seem to edit the title.

1955 Dodge 1/2T Pickup, C3B. Short/lowside box. $3500, Richland, WA. This pickup originally came with the flathead six, but has been replaced by others with a 318 Poly V8. The truck has not run for about 6-7 years -- just sitting, but should run with simple maintenance/startup procedures. It is a four speed on the floor. The body is in good shape. the only major body damage is the rear driver fender, and those are easy to replace/find (or this could be repaired). Floor is solid with surface rust. There is some rust on the bottom of the passenger door, but not too bad. All glass but passenger door is without cracks or any major delamination. The curved windshield appears in good shape. These lowside boxes are rather rare today (as are Dodge pickups of the 50s). I also have an option for you to buy a 1954 Chrysler 331 Hemi V8, which would be a real nice combo to go with this truck -- the engine turns freely and has the original carb with it which is in good shape. (truck comes with the 318 V8 regardless). Will not sell hemi engine separately. No trades. Price for truck and hemi is $5000.

Hi, I have a 1967 Oldsmobile that I'm trying to restore. I am unable to purchase a number of seals for the taillamps, front turn signal, backup lamps, and the heater/AC box seals. I need rubber, firm but sill somewhat foamy, that can be cut to make these. There are 3 different thicknesses. 1/4, 3/8, and 1/2". The heater box piece is overall roughly 2 ft x 2 ft in outer dimention (of course it's an outline dimension). I've tried Steele Rubber, I've tried some vendors suggested by Steele, I've tried Fusick, I've tried local vendors. Where does one get the appropriate sheet rubber to cut these patterns from? I don't need to buy 20-50 times the size roll that I need just to get this stuff (minumum I've found is about $500 for a large roll of one thickness -- totally unworkable for a hobbyist). The rubber used for these is neoprene, pretty sure. Some have tried to sell EPDM which is probably over the top in terms of need. Any help is appareciated!

I forgot to mention that my car (Custom) did come with the Sportsman Package upholstery which has leather bolsters on the seats and a special cloth insert. I think that is quite rare. THe leather colors were blue, red, green, and tan. My car is tan. The original color of the car is Royal Maroon. It also has the Simplimatic Drive with special carburetor with kickdown switch. And it has Fluid Drive. Almost everyone I have found does have fluid drive. I would like to equip my car original equipment directional switch/indicators. I've take apart the dash, and have found that they all come with the orange arrow indicators on the instrument panel, blacked out for most of them since few people ordered that equipment. I had a few other trim questions. On the panel where all the six buttons/cable pulls are located at bottom center of dash, was that just a chrome "box" or did they have the purple embossed panel on the front, same as what is one the glovebox? And how about the clock? I ahve a clock to put in my car which originally had the delete panel there. Did the clock have that purple embossed background, or just black? 1941 was tan/creme background with red hands on the clock.

I have a 42 DeSoto Custom Club Coupe; here in Washington state. The car has always been an eastern WA car. Regarding the rear brake light housing, mine is painted body color, as all the rest of the this discussion suggests (I have seen a few that had been chromed looking through the web, but they are not correct, especially comparing to literature). One thing that seems to be missing from some of the painted ones that I see are the red stripe lines in the grooves. My car clearly shows this detail, not uncommon to find this on many cars of the era, even on the chrome plated pieces. As far as the hood ornament goes, my car had the lucite lady, so it seems that all were made that way for 42. That probably makes sense with the ability of manufacturers to chrome pieces already in the works before Jan 1, 1942, when the blackout models appeared. On the ashtrays in the rear seat quarter panels, mine were missing. The best I've found is that they probably were woodgrained and had ivory (plastic knobs). That's why so many are missing today. The plastic degraded, crumbled, and the irritated owner took out the ashtray to possibly fix up something, and they never got put back in the cars. I have found that and Plymouth, Dodge, or Chrysler ash tray of that era seems to fit properly the chrome metal housing for the ash tray. You just have to find two of them. My car is also missing the pieces that attached to the door and rear window garnish moldings. Apparently, these also were plastic and fairly easily cracked from sun and age, and were disposed of. Does anybody have any of the originals of these knobs and moldings that they could share? I think I can make reproductions of them. Would love to see photos of all the extant 42 Desotos out there. I have seen the 3W black coupe that is in Europe and a convertible or two on the web, but there's not really much in the way of pictures, or videos. If you want to see two different 42 Desotos, go watch the 1946 version of "The Postman Always Rings Twice," with Lana Turner. THere is one scene where the couple almost is hit by a 42 convertible. There are many scenes that have the 4 dr sedan in them (Custom I think).

I'm very interested to see subsequent videos if they can be found!

This looks like a 1960s through early 1970s Mercedes Benz steering wheel. This is not Hudson.

Looks wonderful, and I'm thinking that the blackwalls are very nice on this car. Now if it had been painted black, would you go with the same decision? Just curious.

Here are some pictures. 1933 Essex Terraplane Eight Sedan showing skirted fenders and 4 hood louvers (couple missing). Car recently for sale in CA. Next picture is a 1933 ET Eight convertible coupe at recent national meet in CA. Everything correct here except for possible the horns which would have been round and not triangular. The next is a 1933 ET Eight sedan, completely stock (missing horns) and is a sedan. Also at the recent national meet, and was I believe for sale. The last picture is a 1932 Essex Terraplane Pacemaker Six (only model available). You can see the hood on the six is louvered, and the fenders are of the older type lacking the skirting design. The hood ornament is also different.

Did you mean 6 cyl? The numbers you give are for 6 cylinder cars only for 1933 Essex Terraplane; actually the one number would indicate a 1932 Essex Terraplane Pacemaker Six. Engine number 26936 indicates the car is a 1933 Essex Terraplane 6 cylinder car, and could be either K Standard Six, KU Special Six, or KU Deluxe Six. Serial number range is 20501-47052 (25727 and up for the Deluxe). The hoods for this car have louvers, not the 4 doors of the 8 cyl cars. Serial number 12720 indicates a 1932 Essex Terraplane 6 cyl car, K- Pacemaker, serial number range 5000-20500. A completely different car than the 1933 version, with some similarities. Most noticeable, the fenders will not be skirted on this car as on the other 33. The grille is also different. The wheelbase on the 32 is 106", while your 33 could be 106" or more likely 113". BTW, both of those engine numbers could correspond to a 1930 Hudson Eight engine. Those engines had dual heads and was the first year that Hudson offered the 8 cyl engine. If that's the case, you have older engines transplanted into the newer cars -- I'm not sure how well or likely it is that those would fit without some major modifications. The 1933 Essex Terraplane engine used the newer technology design compared to the 33 Hudson (which was a carryover of the 1930 original design). The Terraplane 8 style engines were adapted for the 1934 Hudsons (only eights for Hudson in 34, while Terraplanes only came with a 6 cyl engine). 1933 Terraplane engines were 193 cubic inches displacement, while the Hudson engine was 254 cubic inches. Some pictures would definitely help. Most states used the engine number as the number for the car title, so since the engines have been swapped and the cowl tags are missing, you will have a more difficult time with titles for these cars. I just have had the same situation with my 1933 Hudson. 1933 was also the only year that the Terraplane had an 8 cyl engine, and the only year that they used the griffin hood ornament if that helps (models KT Eight and KT Eight Deluxe). A correct 8 cyl car would have the 4 hood doors, not louvers. I have not yet found any numbers stamped on the frame of my Hudson, but then it isn't yet all taken apart. The cowl tag and engine numbers were correct for my car and did match the CA title, thankfully! Correct serial numbers for KT Eights are: 15001-28620 (engine) and 65001-78250 (KT Eight); 73463-78250 (KT Eight Deluxe) Hope this helps!

Do you have any ashtrays for this car (rear seat area). Any pictures?

Here's a 41 listed for sale on Ebay in Maine. Nice looking car. Not a 42, but still rare and pre-war. seems like a very reasonable price for the condition. http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Beautiful-Antique-1941-DeSoto-Deluxe-Business-Coupe-in-Excellent-Condition-/300980328430?_trksid=p3984.m1423.l2649&ssPageName=STRK%3AMEWAX%3AIT&forcev4exp=true