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The Electric Hand Mystery (upd. Hudson dealership)
A few days ago Jim Mace re-asked a question about an automobile he's been researching for many years now (no solution as yet, can you help?). The automobile was owned by Jess Willard, the famous boxing champion and while looking at that picture we remembered we had another photo of Jess Willard on file. Here he's seen her posing (on the right) in front of a brand new 1935 Plymouth. But looking at that photo we became intrigued by the sign painted on the banner behind the car. We don't think for one minute that it's a rude sign, but we haven't got a clue as to what an electric hand is. And what is the connection with a Good Year Tire shop? Please tell us what kind of appliance this is!
Update by Kit Foster: Electric Hand was the name of the electrically- and vacuum-operated shifter available on 1935-38 Hudsons, a Bendix system that worked from a small pod on the steering column. It's similar to Cord's pre-selector system on the 810 and 812 models. That implies that Mr. Willard's Plymouth may be in front of a Hudson dealership.
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mercoledì febbraio 15th, 2012
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Ivan David Taylor.
22 Febbraio 2012, 00:31
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16 Febbraio 2012, 08:52
Forget my earlier post #7. This looks like it - the hand with the "finger" is the same as well:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/carphotosbyrichard/6673356395/
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http://www.flickr.com/photos/carphotosbyrichard/6673356395/
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16 Febbraio 2012, 08:33
Turn Signals or also knows as Semaphores or Trafficators
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16 Febbraio 2012, 08:30
The electric hand was a steeringcolumn mounted electric gear pre-selector and electro-mechanical automatic shifting device, produced by the Bendix Corporation.
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16 Febbraio 2012, 08:15
Electric hand was a trade name for a solenoid operated gear change mechanism, not unlike a Cotal gearbox. As the car is a Plymouth,it was presumably a Chrysler development attached to the cars as an extra.
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16 Febbraio 2012, 06:48
I have seen early electric signal indicators resembling a hand / to replace the hand signal.
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16 Febbraio 2012, 06:41
A company called Friesecke & Hoepfner in Erlangenbruck, Germany made an electric hand in 1949 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2009/01/12/electric-hand/
Perhaps they or another company made something similar in the 1930s...?
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Perhaps they or another company made something similar in the 1930s...?
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16 Febbraio 2012, 06:20
Might be the Plymouth is a car outside. Might be the Goodyear dealer is also a car dealer. Perhaps Hudson.
Some 1935-38 Essex/Terraplane and Hudson models came with a column-mounted electro-mechanical shifter, called the Electric Hand, a Bendix unit which replaced the floor shift. (Drivers still had to use the clutch.) Just a thought. Ed
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Some 1935-38 Essex/Terraplane and Hudson models came with a column-mounted electro-mechanical shifter, called the Electric Hand, a Bendix unit which replaced the floor shift. (Drivers still had to use the clutch.) Just a thought. Ed
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16 Febbraio 2012, 05:24
No power steering in those days, perhaps a device to enable the driver to communicate with other motorists whilst keeping both hands on the steering wheel. Foot operated perhaps.
Graham.
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Graham.
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16 Febbraio 2012, 00:56
Not just a Goodyear Tire Shop. It's a Hudson dealership. The Electric Hand was the name under which Hudson introduced the column shift as the "surprise feature" on their 1935 model range: http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=tuteAAAAIBAJ&sjid=-lMNAAAAIBAJ&pg=3352,23029&dq=electric-hand&hl=en
http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=f9cwAAAAIBAJ&sjid=WOEFAAAAIBAJ&pg=5364,5955055&dq=electric-hand&hl=en
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16 Febbraio 2012, 00:47
Electric hand is a semi automatic Clutch Control used on the Hudson and Terraplane models, from 1935 to 1938, made by Bendix, similar to the Brake Servos we have today
See http://hudsonterraplane.com/tech/1935/1935-38ElectricHandTechInfo.pdf
Stuart
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See http://hudsonterraplane.com/tech/1935/1935-38ElectricHandTechInfo.pdf
Stuart
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16 Febbraio 2012, 00:28
Was it a turn signal device? British cars of that era had traficators, small illuminated arms that came out by means of an electric solenoid to signal a turn, operated by a switch on or near the steering wheel. A similar device could have been called an electric hand.
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16 Febbraio 2012, 00:12
Electric Hand was the name of the electrically- and vacuum-operated shifter available on 1935-38 Hudsons, a Bendix system that worked from a small pod on the steering column. It's similar to Cord's pre-selector system on the 810 and 812 models. That implies that Mr. Willard's Plymouth may be in front of a Hudson dealership.
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Ivan D. Taylor