Ha ha! Too late! I really have no idea when this was built, but the oak is pretty aged looking right now-lots of black spots. ( I got this from someone who got it from someone else) Whoever built it got about 75% done with it. The basic box and roof is done,along with the seat. One door frame has been roughed out, and there's no tailgate yet. It looks like he spent a fair amount of time on the chassis, as it is fairly clean and unrusted, but all the little brake bits, and the shocks are missing. The engine turns over, and I was pleased to find it full of clean oil . As far as the basic design of it, my huckster looks a lot like the one you have.
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Ha ha! Too late! I really have no idea when this was built, but the oak is pretty aged looking right now-lots of black spots. ( I got this from someone who got it from someone else) Whoever built it got about 75% done with it. The basic box and roof is done,along with the seat. One door frame has been roughed out, and there's no tailgate yet. It looks like he spent a fair amount of time on the chassis, as it is fairly clean and unrusted, but all the little brake bits, and the shocks are missing. The engine turns over, and I was pleased to find it full of clean oil . As far as the basic design of it, my huckster looks a lot like the one you have.
PetesPonies
Senior Member
Found another picture of a woodie pickup, Huckster pickup whatever 
PetesPonies
Senior Member
Looks great Eric!! Did you just build her?
TimM
Member
Just had our first really good breath of Fall air pass through the Carolinas, so I took the Huckster for nice long ride to the club meeting. What a great day! However, I am going to look at moving the seat around this winter. Not nearly enough leg room for my 6'4" frame! Thinking about try a seat spring cushion from a Roadster and moving the seat back to the rear about 5-6" to allow for some tilt to the backrest. Just beginning on this project...
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Fred K-OR
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Tim M I know what you mean. I am 6'2" and have a similar problem. My seat is made of styrofoam rubber and the back is about 3 or 4" thick. I have been thinking about maybe putting in two bucket seats which may give me more room.
Have fun with youch Huck.
TimM
Member
Fred
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.
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.
Fred K-OR
Well-known member
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
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
David p Ingraham
New member
https://www.dropbox.com/s/mjh4ygizg3223dp/2012-10-24 11.30.14.mp4
Hears my old lady,its old h
but she still gets hot.
Hears my old lady,its old h
but she still gets hot.
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?
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 ****** 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!
Tom Wesenberg
Well-known member
Did you reshape the slinger and reinstall it?
It needs to be in place because it's also a spacer.
TimM
Member
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.
Joe K
Well-known member
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
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