A new feature of the 2007 Portland International Auto Show was a gallery of classic cars from the 1930s to the 1950s. These cars were displayed by the Road Angels Hot Rod Club of Portland.
Hudson introduced 1/2-ton and 3/4-ton Cab Pickups in 1939. After World War II, only the 3/4-ton Cab Pickup returned in 1946 on a 128-inch wheelbase based on the Hudson Super Six, powered by a 102-horsepower 212-cubic-inch inline 6-cylinder engine. Hudson discontinued Cab Pickup production after 1947, with the new “step-down” bodies of 1948, with only a single prototype for a 1948 pickup built. This 1946 Hudson Cab Pickup was photographed at the 2004 Unique Tin Car Show in Longview, Washington.
When World War II stopped all American automobile production in 1942, Lincoln had been producing the Lincoln Zephyr as a 4-door sedan, coupe, club coupe, and convertible coupe, alongside the Lincoln Custom sedan and limousine and the Lincoln Continental cabriolet and coupe. When production resumed after the war in 1946, Lincoln brought back its pre-war models with updated styling. The Continental name returned but the Zephyr name did not, with the former Zephyrs now being identified only by body style. Thus, the car pictured here at the Northwest Car Collectors Association Car Show & Swap Meet at the Portland Metropolitan Exposition Center in Portland, Oregon, on October 18-19, 2003, is simply a 1946 Lincoln Sedan. Initially, 1946 Lincolns were powered by a low-compression 130-horsepower 306-cubic-inch V12 with iron heads that had been used for the last month of 1942 production. Later in 1946, Lincoln switched to the 130-horsepower 292-cubic-inch V12 that had been used in 1940 and 1941. Production of these Lincolns would continue with little change through 1948.
