Hudson Terraplane dash and speedometer instrument gauge, unique in being in the center of the top of the dash

good looking design

and the shifter stalk, about the size of a normal flashlight... good looking elegant design for the 1930's. The Tucker had the same shifter

More unusual stuff from the HAMB thread "Vintage shots from days gone by"

Annette on a scooter

Amelia Earhart with the scooter

General Eisenhower chats with Omar Bradley leaning against his '41 Clipper staff car

The outback mailman, on an enormous rig http://aso.gov.au/titles/documentaries/last-mail-birdsville/clip1/

Aerodynamic trucks and trailers

looks like a street car getting relocated

Sept 1949 Popular mechanics

Not sure what the above vehicle is

Kaiser factory that made aircraft

Ever see any racing Hudson Terraplanes before

What a great steering wheel, look slike it'a at a car show (from the I.D. board in the window)

This grill gets it.... the Hudson Terraplane hood ornament is not easy on the eyes... so this one has a Plymouth piece instead, and looks awesome

Tied for best looking design for instrument gauge cluster... with a single pod unit in the 1946 Nash https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiIRJXY6ayUnz0AU-8pqpOztxpKv5rND9et_eqs7ZUd-ly_6cUMGcbFMkx2aaS3ob-fKjinKrvspRNu2Rnr2L1-tHyFX8eoIGbIJ4tPaHLnOyC4HKdCRk_qNDSG-BFCsVcWHNs1z8nUW6f/s1600/DSCN7564.jpg and another Plymouth instrument cluster https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhF_EaKU9ILmMb_5m0IqGYjYUNIdn91l710UObI-Mj3XO7y74ayLzxDle7AyQA3MJisLixY9Cp_ornC1RydMMdMwZCuUlYT2DXdXKyj8KNiRCZP2b0Bu_d_4zbU_4__ocOuXp72UTSK_0SP/s1600/DSCN3782.JPG

1937 Hudson Terraplane, without the body, still resting in peace since the late 60's early 70's

images via Garage Journal member BB767 (Thomas) http://www.garagejournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=51567&page=4 but if you think the Terraplane that the tree osmosised with is far out, look at page one of the thread an see how Thomas keep after and restored a 5 acre piece of land with a 1930's mechanics garage that included a pre 1935 "Rotary" brand car lift, a Pepsi machine, 35 ton floor press, 48 tons of junk scrap steel and 278 varous tires, a 57 chev with title but totally clapped out, two tractors an IH and a Case, NOS auto parts from the 40's, 50's and 60's and maybe best of all, a few flat head engines and a a Sun Engine Analyzer

built in the late 1930's and used by a father as a blacksmith/welding shop and later in the 50's one of his sons did automotive repair there until his death in the mid 1970's. The father carried on until his retirement in the 1980's.The shop was then was slowly under used and finally abandoned. http://www.garagejournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=51567

The above 46-49 Jeep work truck for the shop that this terraplane became a permanent fixture of. Work trucks (real ones) beng rarely photographed, and who ever heard of a Jeep work truck? I had to post it.

1938 Hudson Super Terraplane, barn find... with the coolest dash and gauges

I dig the hood and grill chrome

It's got the most interesting shifter, but look just past that and see the oil pressure indicator... and it doesn't read numbers when not running, it simply says NO oil pressure... simple, straightforward, to the point. How did this not become the norm?

No oil pressure and not charging, I love it!

Via: http://www.riggsboysracing.com/38%20Hud%20Terra.htm

... the cool

Nothing cooler.

That is cool and rocking, I hope to use it someday

Two Terraplane nosed rods... is that a trend?

Sweet trailer combo

An Airflow for a shop car? Cool!

http://customsickles.blogspot.com/

San Diego's auto swapmeet, "The Big 3" has a bit of everything... similar to a huge garage sale

A Schwinn Dragster 3 wheel tricycle. Go figure how they thought that naming a bike a dragster would be all it took to sell them.

Seeing one of these is interesting, but finding three? And notice two of them have the same fronts and hubcaps, but different lettering on the sides

Innovative way to keep the rotating mass organized!

Big variety of car and home radios

It's a Rumbler American... cool!

I'd love one of these for the garage!

Also see Tere's post... she took many more photos than I did. Through a wrong selection on her camera, many a darker than normal, but it made several turn out real cool. http://justacargal.blogspot.com/2009/02/big-3-auto-swap-meet-in-san-diego-feb.html