so I was looking around and saw a real nice 3 window coupe for sale somewhere for under 20k....said it was all original and when I read the fine print, it said 1932 hupmobile.....anybody out there know whats the story behind these cars? is a chopped hot rodded one something that was traditionally done? really dont know about this car, but sure looked good!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hupmobile A good start.. I've seen a few Hot Rodded over the years.. Most everything available was probably cut on at one time.. Here's a 24 project in the classifieds.. http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=393540
If you hooked up a generator to all the restorers turning over in their graves at that one, you could power a housing development for a year -
Something south of 20K for a real nice 32 three window anything sounds dirt cheap. The Hupmobiles were something special. Just ask Cyclone Kevin about his Hup.
thats awesome!...I was looking around and read that around 10,000 of these were ever made and around 1900 of them were 3 window coupes!
When I saw the title I just knew I had to click on it! When I got married, all the way back in 1989, our wedding car was a 1932 Hupmobile Sedan. Bone stock but oh so cool, will dig out some photos and post them up, if you promise not to laugh at the goofy groom..... P.
its always a good idea to post pics of.vintage automobiles here....as for the groom pics, can't say i won't laugh!
I'm kind of partial to the Hupp's. Hupp Motor Car Company was founded in Detroit in 1908 and lasted until 1941. My '35 was a 4-door until I cut it in half and shortened it 6" to make it a 2-door. Hupp didn't make a 2-door sedan in '35.
That car was built by a younger guy in the Cincinnati area. I talked to him at the nats, it's sporting a chevy six, with GMC valve cover, I believe. I also saw it on a trailer at Goodguys bowling green, and the tow vehicle has MO tags, so it may have changed hands. Cool car, BIG, compared to a Ford. Hope this helps. Rich
Nice to see Hupmobile mentioned. After the Stock Market crash killed off SO many makes, John C. Hupp struggled on through the lean 1930s. The mini-recession of '38 shot 'em in the butt, and the LAST gasp to try & stay in the auto biz was a last-ditch deal with Graham (wherein Graham would build the Graham & Hup cars), using the left-over 36/7 Cord body dies. Hup still had their own engines, but they didn't have capital to build bodies by that time. As I recall, fewer than two hundred Hupmoible Skylarks (aka Cord) were built for 1940, before Hup pulled the plug and put wha they had left into another line of business. THUS,they were one of the last csualties of the Depression befpre WWII set in. COOL cars, though.
that 32 hupmobile 3 window coupe was my last build. i really like the car but i had to many projects . the car is now in memphis tenn. there were only 1900 of them made . when i got the body i got in touch with the hupmobile club of american. i kinda played it down what i was going to do with it to not piss them off . the older restorer told me it would be best if you make a hot rod out of it because you will never find fenders of other parts for it . he said if its a hot rod atlest it will be back on the road . i figured i got ther blessing so i cut her up. i kinda miss the car . i had a people around it every where i went. on to the next project 48 volkswagen hot rod and a 28 model a 2 door tub.
I should have added that, by 1929, 95 percent of U.S. cars were built by the mega-corps -- NOT independents. Though the Depression killed off a lot of the last independent hold-outs, MOST had dropped by the wayside before the market crash of '29.
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