Ok, this is a longshot... but I'll give it a shot. A few years ago I saw a '34 Hupmobile custom in a magazine... don't even know which one. It was real small pics that didn't give to much info on the car. I believe it was a 3 window... never seen another. Ever since then, I have been fascinated with this car, but have never been able to find any pics again. It looked like it was black, and in progress, but the stance was perfect... on the ground. I said it was a longshot.... but anyone have any pics?
There is one in the Northwest----see it every year at Hotrod-A-Rama in Tacoma. Don't know who owns it though. Marcy
I had a fully restored 1932 Hupp 4 door about 10 years back. They made very few hups in the mid 30's. It's a very rare car, but very cool looking.
That looks like a Model T. The J was nearly identical but had only 1 wiper i think. The photo has a custom grill and is missing the hood ornament. Aside from that it looks stock. The roof may be filled. Its hard to tell from the pic.
Hey, I don't know Marcy, the Hudson ,Studebaker & Nash for '34 were all alittle differen't . All of 'um cool, but different. S****ey Devils C.C.
That...is one strange vehicle. It's like the missing link between fat fendered and "shoebox(?)" construction!
I like all the rare oddballs but I guess what I mean about the Hup being the oddest is the "aerodynamic" layback of the whole front including the headlights and the way the hoodsides stream back from the headlights---nothing else really has that look at all. Off the top of my head the only other '34's not using free standing headlights were the Airflows and maybe some top of the line cars like Pierce-Arrow...haha...I'm sure someone will correct me on this Weird windshield as well.... Marcy
Hey, If my rememberer is workin' correctly, the '34 Huppmobile was some of Raymond Lowey's first work for Huppmobile before moving on to work for Studebaker. For some real "Deco'' design influence, sheck out the French built Pannard LeDynamic and and some of the Peugot and Renault designs from the 30's. American designers Lowey, Northrup and Darrin all leaned heavily on the French and visa- versa, for design influence. My fav-o-rite automotive design period, hands down. S****ey Devils C.C.
Not to steal your post Tuxedo but WOW! I don't know how I'd never seen the Pannard LeDynamic before Very cool. My favorite era of design as well. Marcy
Hey, Did ya check out where the stearing wheel was on the Le Dynamic? Not right hand drive, not left hand drive, but center, or" centre' " Also, check out A Vosin Aero-heavy aircraft influence, and yeah, the Delage and Delehaye marques were really killer! It's a major drag that Huppmobile couldn't sell more of these, even the more doors will make your naughty parts tingle. Ya look at one of these and than look at a Chevrolet or Ford and ya go "****erface"! When I hit the Lotto i'm goin' for a three window '34 Huppmobile & a '34 Studebaker Business Coupe.....serious boing!!!! S****ey Devils C.C.
I built that car for a guy about 5 years ago very cool car . model J filled, top , air ride . I didn't do the grill.
Someone's shown a 4dr like that at the Syracuse Nationals a few times.. or maybe it was the 95 Street Rod Nationals... it was 2-tone silver and had a flip nose. I thought it was registered as a '35, but hell it's been a while.
Question for the Hupp guys, isn't there a Hupp that shared a body with 1933-34 Fords? Many years ago there was a car featured in one of the Street Rod magazines that had all or part of a Hupp 3Window body, the door window area was unique that's all I remember.
Not sure of the years but a guy near me has two Hupmobiles and [SIZE=-1]Linda Vaughn (Hurst) also has one. the guy by me has one streetrodded and the other is all original. I believe both of his are 35 or 36. Wild looking cars. [/SIZE]
Yeah, that is the Model W417, in '34 and '35, they used the previous year's Ford body. They were the lowest price offering of seven Hupp models for '34, and have been known as the "******* Hupps". There was a 4 door sedan and a 3 window coupe on a 117" ch***is. The body was the only Ford part about them, as Hupp used their own ch***is, driveline, fenders, grille and hood. The rear body panel below the window on the sedan was also different, and could be had with a round steel spare tire cover or a potter's trunk similar to Ford's. AFAIK, that is the only real difference in the Ford and Hupp bodies. The Hupp featured in one of the Street Rod magazines that had part of a 3 Window body, I saw up in Knoxville several years ago. It was white with red scallops, and had a Ford front clip, so it looked almost like any other '34 3 window. The guy offerred me $60 bux for the radiator emblem off of my '34 Hupp W sedan, but I p***ed. This was back before eBay; hope he's found one since then. The HAMBer 34 Hupp, down in eastern NC, has a nice W417 on the road. Later, *****6
I had a 37 coupe back in the 50s. Bought it for daily as I had wrecked my 50 chevy vert. It was differant . The 3piece windshield & door window garnish was mahogany & the rumble was canterlevered & opened from inside by pulling a leather strap. It weighed 3200 # & had a straight 8 w/freewheeling. The fenders were really thick. There was a continental type (flush mount) spare below the rear beltline. Sure was a gas hog. Never took a pic of it .Just wish I had that today. B-O-B
hey i saw that 34 hup at knoxville but it was red with white scallops(think it was 97)it had no frame around the top of the doors like a cabriolet
It actually has Chrysler bumpers, VW headlights, Studebaker tailights, 36 Ford trunk and rear section, grille bars from a Chevy, and the body seams were molded in to give it the one-piece look, plus many other parts from cars not listed.
I recently finished my '35 Hupp. It was a model 518 D 4 dr (Hupp didn't make any 2 dr aerodynamic sedans). I shortened it from 118" wheelbase to 112" and made it a 2 dr. I used a 49 Ford roof section to fill the top, set the rear fenders out 3/4" on each side, molded the tire cover and made new running boards. The tail lights are from a '38 Chrysler. Here are a few pics.
It's kinda of funny but, I hadn't seen this post before twofosho told me about it. I also saw that 34 Hupp in Street Rodder back in the 80's before scallops. It had the 33/4 Ford sheet metal on it and it said that it was a Hupp that was a Ford as well. I noted that it had pillarless/frameless doors and it was on a Ford frame. Quite an interesting car that I never forgot. Fast forward to 1998 and my Brother Bob shoots me off an email stating "Nothing new to report, It's raining, BTW, saw an interesting ad in the local paper-For Sale 34 Hupp 3 Window Coupe, Looks like a Ford $****.**. I got off line right away and called him and told him that he had to see this car right now! This ****er is rare! He told me me that he had something to do for his kid 1st and then he'd make tracks to the next town (Santa Rosa) and would give it a looksee, he took a 35 mm with him and snapped a bunch of shots off. This car was inside the sellers house as a center piece! I got the call back from the bro and he said that it was styled better than my 34 Ford 3W and that it had all kinds of cool stuff going on. At this point I was hooked! called the seller and I bought my 1st ever Hupp sight unseen! It is a Model W417 The The W is for the model/series. The 4 stands for the model yr, the 17 is for the 117" wheel base. I went up the following friday with my buddy Oscar who thought that we were just driving to Arcata to look @ & then buy a B-engine for his A coupe, Boy was he suprised when after I had driven all evening we went to to go look @ this Hupp! He's like "what's going on here, are you buying this?" He was in shock,because the car was in the house! The guy said that I better be sure and to have the rest of the dough because he was going to have to blow the casings of the doors of his house in order to get this car out! It truly was a barn fresh car! He bought it in like 1986 off of Stony Point Rd. in the same town,The previous owner had it since 1957 and that is the ***le that came with the purchase.(A True Pink Slip!) still had the 56-63 yellow background black lettered plate. When I got it home, I had it parked it next to my Blue 34 and my Purple 34 roadster.This is when I really noticed that there was some major differences between the Ford & the Hupps. I started to measure the side panels as well as the roof line,then the doors. Yes.It is Ford tooling, but like most of Fords bodies,it was made by Murray Body co. Ford allowed Hupp to use the tooling, but with changes, so Hupp went through the previous years Ford catalog and took a little bit of this & a lil of that and had their own 3W Body by ultilizing the entire Cabriolet body and grafting a 3W coupe roof/top section and windsheild. then placed it on a far superior frame with cowl bracing and cable-draulic brakes. The fenders are the coolest that I have ever seen, They have a semi-floating look that blends into the fenders as well beating both Ford and Cord to the peaked rear fender look, It has a water fall grill that resembles a car of a much higher stature and the coolest little Zeppelin to top it off. I haven't changed a thing on it except repair the rear tail light stanchion. I rarely talk about this one on here because there are only a handful of enthusiasts that can relate to its orphan status. My dad used to love talking about it. That I miss the most! The kicker is that I only spent a few bucks in order to get it running and it ran like a top. I haven't started it in a few years cuz, of course I haven't any room to move it in or out.=Bad Me! I have pics if any one wants to post them for me
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