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Looks like you may have a "well aged" Huckster. But won't affect the way you can enjoy it.
I found I had to put shocks on the Huckster because of the weight of the body. It drove much better after-could go around a curve at more that 10 or 15 MPH!
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Found another picture of a woodie pickup, Huckster pickup whatever
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I just got my Huckster out of the garage and around to the movie rental shop & the gas station last night. This is the first time she has been out so I'm kinda excited.
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Looks great Eric!! Did you just build her?
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09-12-2012, 08:59 AM | #107 |
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Here's a couple of pics of my Huck, built in the late 80s.
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My biggest issue is that cushion is just a sheet of plywood with 2-3 inches of foam. When you drive any distance at all, its like I'm sitting on the wood very quickly. Any spring motion would make to whole experience so much better. Even a little tilt of the back rest would be better, this sitting up real straight is like being back in grade school! Just trying to figure out how much at add to the side uprights that won't hurt the looks of the truck. Got to keep these Hucksters doing business...ya know. |
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TimM,
Yes I know what you mean about hard seats. Ours is the same way-about 1 hour in the seat is about all a person can take at one time. Last June some of our club drove their Model A's from Portland to Boise about an 7 or 8 hour drive on freeways @ 70 MPH. So that was a long trip in an A. We did take two days. We trailered our huckster over to Boise and drove tours over there for about 150 miles. Much better way to enjoy a huckster
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10-28-2012, 08:30 PM | #111 |
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10-29-2012, 03:12 PM | #112 |
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Just finished a body, looks like a model 150 28/29 wagon except it's a 2 door. Maple and birch plywood. Wish I could post pic's on here
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Hey Huckster guys, just posted pic's of mine. Can't get one in my profile pic, don't know why. Look up my profile and go to album. Hope you like it, Brian
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A great and easy wax is shine keeper from armstrong for wood. Does a nice job on running board rubber too. It's for vinyl floors. Lowes has it. Comes in gallon jug. Take a brush and brush into panel edge on door too. You don't want water down in that joint. Also, make sure the inside of the doors are sealed and the bottoms drilled for drainage. I've bee a woodworker for thirty years and did lots of boat work, trust me. Red oak and water don't get along. Another tip, where the outer door panel meets outer door frame. Remove inner door panel and caulk that joint with silicone or latex clear caulk, on the inside back edge. If that groove is not sealed or the edge of the plywood is not presealed you will get black stains. Also ply can delaminate. Putting a good coat of that wax down in the groove helps alot. Keeps wood from squeeking too. Hope this helps someone. Great to drive though, aren't they?
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02-23-2013, 06:46 PM | #115 |
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Brian29, nice looking huckster. Almost like mine except mine is Acrylic blue.
Did you pick it up in Holland MI.? We drove back there and picked up my body a couple of years ago. Looks like Jon is still making them. They are nice rigs. Fred Kroon Banks, OR
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Glad you liked the truck. No I did not pick up the body. The truck came out of georgia. They took the truck to Jon and had it put on. Truck has had a few issues, but I'm working them out. The latest was a bad tranny leak out the rear end of trans. This is a new restoration mind you. After removing the trans found it did not have sealed bearings and the rear baffle was in backwards. Being it was crushed, leaked like a sivv. I've learned alot, tell you that much!
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02-24-2013, 03:34 PM | #118 |
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I put in a new one and replaced the bearings. Popped seal out of the inside. Should be a beautiful thing. Thanks for asking, Brian
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03-26-2013, 06:40 PM | #119 |
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Hey, I was wondering if someone in the Huckster group, or any other for that matter, has any pictures showing how the side curtains are mounted on the sides of the huckster? Mine never has had any and I cannot find any pictures that show how the curtain is held at the top. Are there snaps or a bar across the opening at the top? I can see the ties that are used to keep them up, but nothing showing a close up of the whole top of the opening. Thinking about trying to make my own and need any information that I can get my grubby little hands on. Thanks in advance.
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03-26-2013, 07:00 PM | #120 |
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Here's a huckster on the Cow Hampshire Craigslist. Lists out of Keene, NH and calls it a "woodie." It seems to have a 4 door cowl.
Very obviously a "car of parts" but heck, it's still a Model A. The owner probably dials in here once in a while. Looking at his shop he MUST be one of us. Joe K
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