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 Hudson All-Purpose Delivery Van
Hudson Design I just picked up the December issue of Vintage Truck. It has a nice article on the Hudson delivery van of 1941. Designated the All-Purpose Delivery it was a based on the 116 inch wheel base Series 10 commerical vehicle chassis. The body was produced by Checker and looks to me to be very similar to the body used by International for their vans.

Its a mystery to me why it wasn't more popular. It had a Vacumotive Drive that made driving a lot less of a chore for the driver. These multi-stop vehicles are a chore to drive if you have to work a poor tranny and be subjected to a bumpy ride. The Series 10 chassis was a serious step up for most van and truck drivers with an independent coil sprung suspension it rode and handled like a car. The engine choices were either the 92hp 175 L-Head 6 or the more powerful 98hp 212.

The driver operated the vehicle sitting. The cab was accessed through sliding doors, so the van had all of the standard conveniece's you would expect of a competitor to Divco and International. The cargo area was spacious and well designed with ample head room and measured 9 feet in length, which was plenty of room for delivery.

The van is streamlined with and angled back front with plenty of visibility for the driver. It looks very much like a International of the same period, though I find the International more pleasing to the eye because they have a different grill.

I have never seen one of these vans anywhere or heard of any existing within the Hudson community. I do not know why Hudson dropped this line as it seems to me that only prototypes were built. The Divco line was well established as was the International and Metro vans, maybe Hudson did not like its chances in a already crowded market. It seems to me that this would have been a nice van but maybe the war effort closed down further development and after the war the line was abandoned completely in favor of cars.
Posted by 51hornet Sunday, December 11, 2005 (10:37:48)
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