Electric Hand ?

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  • Park_W
    Park_W Senior Contributor
    Looks like the '37 and later version. Only slightly different than '36 and would work OK on one, but quite different looking from '35.
  • RL Chilton
    RL Chilton Administrator, Member
    Park W wrote:
    Looks like the '37 and later version. Only slightly different than '36 and would work OK on one, but quite different looking from '35.



    Park would know better than me, but I've definately seen these on a couple of '37's.
  • Unknown
    Unknown
    That's what's on my 37and the one I had 55 yrs ago., the earlyer ones had a mount that went around the column, these mount on top of it BUD
  • ski4life65
    ski4life65 Expert Adviser
    Wow! I had no idea these were worth this much. I have one sitting on the shelf I will never use. I just thought they looked cool. I guess I should start going thru my boxes to see what other goodies I have that will never get used and start selling.....



    Don
  • oldhudsons
    oldhudsons Senior Contributor
    I just gave a '35 tester, which is flat ('35) "shifter" with a big special cord to plug into the bottom unit, to a guy who has a '36 T & '36 H. He bought a rad. core from me so just threw it in with the deal as he was really hot for it.

    It is shown in the '34-9 shop manual with a guy using one of these with the driver's door & hood open - today a "conversation piece", LOL.
  • 35Terra
    35Terra Senior Contributor
    Yeah I have one too. Thought it was more of a conversation piece also. But if the price was right...ummmm



    Jim
  • LanceB
    LanceB Senior Contributor
    Here is ski4life65's electric hand that is on ebay right now



    http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&ih=011&sspagename=STRK%3AMEWA%3AIT&viewitem=&item=320247166688&rd=1
  • ski4life65
    ski4life65 Expert Adviser
    Does anyone here know Sondre Kvipt in Norway? He sent me a message asking if I would ship it to him. I am always a little leary about selling overseas, but I told him if he was willing to cover the nearly $50 in shipping, I would send it to him. I'm sure Hudson parts are a scarce commodity in that part of the world, and if the shifter will get another Hudson on the road it will be worth the extra effort on my part.
  • Unknown
    Unknown
    LanceB wrote:
    Here is ski4life65's electric hand that is on ebay right now



    http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&ih=011&sspagename=STRK%3AMEWA%3AIT&viewitem=&item=320247166688&rd=1



    SOLD, and now the person that lost it is bidding higher on the other one.
  • Unknown
    Unknown
    I got an extra in the shop, maybe ought to sell the thing.---- Overseas shipping/ I've sent a number of things over the pond with no problems via US MAIL. Just marked the form as a gift. Of course I allways had guaranteed funds up front . BUD
  • ski4life65
    ski4life65 Expert Adviser
    I can't beleive how much I got! The guy in Norway was the winner. He said he is putting it in a Tucker Torpedo. I'm not familiar enough with Tucker to know what the shifter looked like, but I guess it must be close to what hudson used.



    Don
  • Unknown
    Unknown
    DON, the mail is cheapest but slow as tarnation. 6-8 weeks. Other methods are really high and mess with customs and charge you for it, don't want to do that. US MAIL uses a free form for customs you can mark as gift and have no problems . Be sure to get a delivery receipt . BUD
  • Unknown
    Unknown
    ski4life65 wrote:
    I can't beleive how much I got! The guy in Norway was the winner. He said he is putting it in a Tucker Torpedo. I'm not familiar enough with Tucker to know what the shifter looked like, but I guess it must be close to what hudson used.



    Don
    ---out of curiosity--- A bit of research on tucker torpedo on the net--- one site says the car had an automatic transmission and shows a pic of the steering column with what looks simular to the electric hand selector, all tho a bit differant, as a selector. Could be the guy is gonna sort of '

    "make do" as we all have done one time or another. I saw a Tucker at a museum in Florida maybe 30 yrs ago, don't remember details of it. BUD
  • ski4life65
    ski4life65 Expert Adviser
    oldhudsons wrote:
    I just gave a '35 tester, which is flat ('35) "shifter" with a big special cord to plug into the bottom unit, to a guy who has a '36 T & '36 H. He bought a rad. core from me so just threw it in with the deal as he was really hot for it.

    It is shown in the '34-9 shop manual with a guy using one of these with the driver's door & hood open - today a "conversation piece", LOL.





    Tom Lynch is the guy that bought this from you. He was bidding on my part I was selling on Ebay. He wanted me to have you contact him since he isn't a member of the forum, but your PM is full. Maybe you can email him at HETdreamtuck@yahoo.com (drop HET), or send me a PM to get his phone number.



    Thanks

    Don
  • Unknown
    Unknown
    The Tucker had a vacuum operated transmission from a Cord. Also had a "hand" like device under the steering wheel to do the shifting.



    Bobj50
  • oldhudsons
    oldhudsons Senior Contributor
    Kind of interesting aside that Tuckers weren't worth much until the movie "Tucker", then prices skyrocketed!

    I remember going with my dad & uncle to see the first showing of the Tucker in Chicago. My uncle lived there & was a rabid Chicago fan - he like many, put in an order for one but never got it.
  • [Deleted User]
    [Deleted User]
    Tucker had three of his cars down the street from our service station in a little garage he owned on Valley Blvd in Fontana, right after he died the garage burned to the ground with all it's contents under strange circumstances. I don't remember what year it was but I remember going to the garage and looking through the windows at the cars. I never met Tucker or saw him there, I never even saw the doors open. I sure wish I would have been smart enough to get those cars out of there though. Who ever had told me about the garage had been inside and told me Tucker was working on some revolutionary, (how many times have we heard that word) carburetor. He had installed them on his cars and was supposed to have met with some government representitives to patent his invention before the auto companies or oil companies got their hands on it. I don't know how much truth their was to the story but it is part of lore of Tucker and his automobiles. I do remember one time that he came into our gas station and talked with my Dad while I filled up his car. My Dad was always working on some kind of improved carburetor so that was probably what they talked about but I wasn't included.



    Harry
  • oldhudsons
    oldhudsons Senior Contributor
    I assume you've seen the movie & I've always wondered about the scene dealing with Howard Hughes. You may recall Tucker couldn't get an engine, or engines, & Hughes called him, told him to come to L. A. where they met in the hangar of the "Spruce Goose". In the movie Hughes rambles on a bit then tells Tucker about a helicopter motor manuf. in NY - Tucker follows up on it & got the engines he needed.

    I've always wonder if that was true. Anyone know? I've always found H. H. fascinating.
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