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Encyclopedia > Terraplane
Hudson Terraplane logo.
Hudson Terraplane logo.
Abandoned Hudson Terraplane convertible (Kathmandu, Nepal, 1980).
Abandoned Hudson Terraplane convertible (Kathmandu, Nepal, 1980).

The Terraplane was a car first built in 1932 by the Hudson Motor Car Company. The Terraplane was an inexpensive yet powerful vehicle that was used in both town and country, as both cars and trucks bore the Terraplane name. The Terraplane was produced until 1939, when Hudson simply called its low end model the 112. The car was also produced in a convertible version. Image File history File links Terraplane1. ... Image File history File links Terraplane1. ... Image File history File links Terraplane2. ... Image File history File links Terraplane2. ... This article is about the city. ... 1932 (MCMXXXII) is a leap year starting on a Friday. ... The Hudson Motor Car Company made Hudson brand automobiles in Detroit, Michigan, from 1909 to 1957. ... The driver of this DAF tractor with an auto-transport semi-trailer prepares to offload Skoda Octavia cars in Cardiff, Wales For further uses of the word truck, see Truck (disambiguation). ... 1939 (MCMXXXIX) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... Saab 900 Convertible Convertible can also refer to a convertible (security) A convertible is an automobile with a folding or retracting roof. ...


References In Music

Blues singer Robert Johnson famously wrote and sang "The Terraplane Blues", as his car, a Terraplane, had its battery run down and it could not start. Johnson suspected that his girlfriend let another man drive it when he was gone. The blues is a vocal and instrumental form of music based on a pentatonic scale as well as a characteristic twelve-bar chord progression. ... Robert Johnson Robert Leroy Johnson (May 8, 1909/1912 – August 16, 1938) can arguably be considered as the most famous Delta blues singer and guitarist in history even though he lived to be only 27 and didnt start recording until 3 years before his death. ... Four double-A (AA) rechargeable batteries In science and technology, a battery is a device that stores energy and makes it available in an electrical form. ... The term girlfriend is usually used in one of two senses, each implying a kind of intimate friendship: When describing a girl or woman as girlfriend of a heterosexual woman, it is usually used in terms of very close friends. ...


"Terraplane Blues" has become something of a blues standard; Elliott Sharp named his blues band after the song. Elliott Sharp (born 1951) is an American multi-instrumentalist, composer, and performer who has personified the avant-garde experimental music scene in New York City for over thirty years. ...


External links

  • "Terraplane Blues" lyrics on Robert Johnson official Website

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