The term "Huckster"...

Vern, I remember when she came to San Diego. Her name was Thursday Featherstone and she set up in a Nordstroms,I believe, very professional and a wonderfully restored A. Had quite a chat with her. To bad the product was ladies oriented as the guys missed quite a show with a beautiful lady.
 
As a kid in so.Cal, I remember a AA huckster coming through our neighborhood selling fruits and vegetables accessed over the sides of the bed. Everything was displayed on tilted shelving with a canopy overhead. This was in the early 1950's. No sign of having been restored or gussied up in any way, A survivor. Only other "huckster" I can remember was The Helms Bakery trucks, custom made for the company and not Ford.
 
Ray in La Mesa said:
Vern, I remember when she came to San Diego. Her name was Thursday Featherstone and she set up in a Nordstroms,I believe, very professional and a wonderfully restored A. Had quite a chat with her. To bad the product was ladies oriented as the guys missed quite a show with a beautiful lady.
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YES, Thursday, I thought it was Victoria, I knew it was unusual, she was an eyeful, the car and the lady, made a big impression on me. I woke in the middle of the nite and remembered the product. Village Bath, now to find out what happened to that neat rig. Thank you.
 
Roadster62 said:
I'll loose a few friends over this, but "Huckster" just brings to mind poorly made wooden bodies that look nothing like aftermarket bodies sold in the 1920-1930's.
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You must not know much about current produced huckster or any in the past. If you do some research on the York-Hoover company you could see how they were used for both the Model T and Model A chassis. They were not a pile of "junk" in those day nor are the ones produced by quality vendors today "junk".

Currently I have around 15 trophies and ribbons from various car shows in this area. So would seem like it might be more than just "junk"

Granted they were not a model produced by old Henry but they were and still are a Model A rig.
 
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There was a grocery store in Harrison, Arkansas that the owner drove an old 49 or so Chevy truck that was factory made that looked like a huckster. It was made up like a panel with the sides cut out and a canvas that rolled up on each side and also screens that were heavy wire cloth with 1 1/2 inch opens that some how opened up. People there referred to it as a "Shenie wagon". I have never heard this term used before. I have always wondered what it meant.
 
I don't know if they still have it or not, but in Sweetwater, TX, at the Holiday Inn there, they used to have an AA Huckster that held their breakfast bar. The tilted bed part seemed to be stainless, so it was not something probably produced by any auto maker, but it was a real hoot to see it and I spent more time enjoying looking at the thing than I did in eating my meal there. This was back in the early 90's, so I have no idea as to it still being there these days. I suppose it was a conversion Huckster, but who knows?

Sweetwater, near Abilene, is known for their Rattlesnake Roundup. They had just closed down the one K-Mart store there and there wasn't much to do. I used to laugh because the phone book showed maybe 50 beauty shops, but only one barber shop in their listing. My survey team for the state had to inspect homes for the mentally retarded back then and stay over in Sweetwater for a few days at a time. For me, viewing that ol' AA was worth the stay there. :-)
 
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