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1937 Hudson Firetruck

Post by Danwin22 » Tue May 03, 2016 9:47 pm

My brother lives in Hudson, Florida and owns a 1937 Hudson Hosecar Firetruck.

Hudson only made 6 of these trucks in 1937 and this is the only one left.

My brother used to lead parades with it and often had Charley Daniels as Parade Marshall riding with him. Some of you know Charley is a pretty good fiddle player.

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Re: 1937 Hudson Firetruck

Post by Sir Henry » Tue May 03, 2016 9:49 pm

They sure don't make 'em like that anymore.
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Re: 1937 Hudson Firetruck

Post by Cowboy Gun Fan » Tue May 03, 2016 10:12 pm

Cool truck.

I've never seen one before.

I'm also a big Charlie Daniels fan.
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Re: 1937 Hudson Firetruck

Post by Henry88 » Wed May 04, 2016 12:08 am

Amazing truck for sure. Would love to go back to a 4th of July parade back in those days....................

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Re: 1937 Hudson Firetruck

Post by Deadwood Dutch » Wed May 04, 2016 12:30 am

What a beautiful old fire truck, and the only one left and he owns it! How very cool!

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Re: 1937 Hudson Firetruck

Post by PT7 » Wed May 04, 2016 12:52 am

Very nice...I've not heard "Hosecar Firetruck" before. Kind of a cool moniker.

And I really like the front chrome grill work....the real thing, I'm sure!

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Re: 1937 Hudson Firetruck

Post by Steve51 » Wed May 04, 2016 7:06 am

My father-in-law loved old firetrucks - he would really drool over that one.

Thanks for posting.
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Re: 1937 Hudson Firetruck

Post by Danwin22 » Wed May 04, 2016 8:49 am

Before my brother rebuilt this Hudson it was used in fire company competitions on Long Island, NY. It went by the name of "The Flying Dutchman."

It has a 327 Corvette engine under the hood.
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Re: 1937 Hudson Firetruck

Post by JEBar » Wed May 04, 2016 9:40 am

There is a Studebaker Museum ===> http://www.studebakermuseum.org/ in South Bend, Indiana that has a remarkable collection of vintage Studebaker vehicles .... they have a classic Studebaker Fire Truck ===> https://images.search.yahoo.com/images/ ... rt=mozilla in their collection .... it is a museum that is well worth visiting

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Re: 1937 Hudson Firetruck

Post by Sir Henry » Wed May 04, 2016 10:36 am

I would love the Studebaker Museum.
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