Very rare 1932 Hupmobile I226 Coupe for sale. @Hupp31 can ve

Apr 22 (edited)

Very rare 1932 Hupmobile I226 Coupe for sale. @Hupp31 can verify the known cars but I think there might only be 3. These "cycle fendered" Hupps have been an interest of mine for decades since I saw a unrestored Victoria for sale in the Choclate field 25 years ago.

I would have put this in the marketplace and linked it but this was a facebook post to the Hupp Cars fro sale group by. Chad Thomas owned and has passed. His wife is selling it. Chad posted once in a while on the AACA and if I remember correclty had a very cool Nash.

There is no price. More pictures in the replies.

Apr 22, 2026

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· Apr 22

Rest of the pictures.

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· Apr 22

Here is the photo Chad posted on AACA back in 2013

· Apr 22

@alsancle
Beautiful car. Hope someone can give it some love.

· Apr 22

@ShawnG Shawn, these are super cool and rarely seen. This one is the 126" wheelbase with the larger engine. @Hupp31 can give us the specs but it was "top of the line". I think Hupp only made something like 600 total I series cars against all 4 of the body styles, Coupe, Conv, Victoria and sedan.

· Apr 22

@alsancle Unfortunately, Hupp had to pull the plug on the big 133hp eights due to the economic situation so they had to make their mid-range eight the top of line. They enlarged the engine of the previous model C to 303ci for the I-226. That gave it a mild hp improvement to 109. They built 712 as 1932 models with the shorter hood and vertical grille. No data exists as to body style production numbers but sedans would make up the vast majority.

· Apr 23

@Hupp31 I think this is the I sedan.

· Apr 23

@alsancle It is. That’s a nice one. I’d put money on the fact that at least half of the cycle fenders were that same Amazon Stone Gray/ Boone brown combination. Contrary to popular belief, not just a 1970s restoration faux pas.

· Apr 22

Nice! Looks like he had quite a bit of work completed on it. Yes, only three I-226 coupes.

· Apr 22

I’ll bet someone in the club will snap that up quick. It’s a very significant car.

· Apr 22

Strange thing I notice in the photos. That engine has a vacuum advance on the distributor which certainly isn’t original. No idea what distributor they adapted to it or how they did it.

· Apr 22

This is one of the other cars. I believe it came out of Harrahs.

https://rmsothebys.com/auctions/hf24/lots/r0074-1932-hupmobile-i-266-eight-coupe/

· Apr 22

@Ralph71

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· Apr 22

@Ralph71 This is the other restored car. The black one is more correct aside from the stupid spotlights.

· Apr 22

@Hupp31 Dragone car?

· Apr 22

@tom1980 Yes, I believe so. They also sold the 1932 I-226 Victoria which is a sole survivor.

· Apr 23

This car was in the Dragone tent at Hershey a few years ago (2022?). They wanted a lot of money. It was very nice. They were saying it was the only known I series Victoria?

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· Apr 24

@BillSmith Yes, the 1932 Chicago show car is the only model I Victoria known.

· Apr 24

@Hupp31 Travis, I asked Manny when he had this car how he knew it was the Chicago auto show car. Lots of people throw around the auto show thing but it is nice to know exactly where that comes from. I don't remember the anwswer which makes me wonder.

· Apr 24

@alsancle It could be speculation. I thought I remembered something about them only building a few of them to start with, but that could be speculation too. I seem to remember something being mentioned in this video, whether or not it’s true.

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· Apr 23

Perusing through the facebook group I spied a picture of a car I had not seen before. Unfortunately this was the only photo.

· Apr 24

@alsancle Definitely an F-222

· Apr 24

@Hupp31 One I have never seen before. Although I think I dropped out of the Hupp club a while ago so I'm sure those guys knew about it. I didn't mean to drop the club but I put my wife in charge of renewal's and I would accidently drop a few every year and i would take me 6 months to notice the newsletters are not longer coming in.

· Apr 24

@alsancle I don’t think that one has been in the newsletters anyhow. Honestly, you haven’t been missing much. I’ve grown a bit disenchanted with the club to be honest. It seems all anyone wants to do is post incorrect information on the Facebook page. I’ve made two attempts to get documents from the club library, got half of what I was looking for the first time and no response the second. Inquired about sharing a photo album with the club and got a one sentence response and haven’t heard another word.

· Apr 24

@Hupp31
Lots of mouth breathers on Facebook.
I've pretty much given up trying to help people on there with their car problems.
Hopefully Rumbleseat takes it's place.

· Apr 24

Cool car.

· Apr 25

What’s the 40ish car parked next to it?

· Apr 27

@Hupp31 Hey yall.. I have a 1933 Hupmobile.. Got it as part of a package deal, and was going to body swap and make a rat rod out of it. I’ve got a few other projects ahead of it and that is probably not happening anytime in the foreseeable future..
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I have the body as in the pics.. Bumpers, tail light, horn, radiator, hubcaps, seats, etc.. Running boards are roaches, but the rest of the sheet metal is pretty good..
I’m in Summerville SC and have a fresh SC title in my name. Looking for $2000.

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· Apr 27

@alsancle I saw that one. Hopefully someone grabs it for parts before it gets cut up. Too bad it’s missing the engine.

· Apr 27

@Hupp31 Travis, what model is it? F-222?

· May 5

@alsancle Sorry, missed your question last week. It’s an F-322. ‘32 model F had louvers and no doors on the hood.

· May 10

@Hupp31 Looks like it has a buyer but he's thinking resto-rod.

· May 10

@BLK-10001 Well, short of a parts car, a restomod is probably the only practical use for that blue sedan, unfortunately. Missing the engine is big a problem because it’s very unlikely that you’ll find another. You could probably count the remaining engines on your fingers and toes and have some digits left over.

· May 10

@Hupp31 I HATE resto-mods but in this case I don't see the car being restored.

· May 10

@alsancle keeping it out of the crusher is probably the best we can hope for.

· May 13

@alsancle I see from a new post on the Hupmobile club page, the new owner is thankfully having second thoughts about rodding this car. The feasibility of restoring is still in question. I see this one turning into a hot potato because nobody wants to be the guy to cut it up.

· May 3

Would this be another of those "cycle fendered" cars?
https://www.facebook.com/share/p/17PHgVCPgw/

· May 3

@ShawnG Yes it is. That’s a 1933-1934 by the full length hood, slanted grille, and windshield shape. That makes it a K-321 or K-421 if it’s a six or an F-322 or F-422 if an eight. I seem to remember it being posted to the AACA about a year ago asking what it was. I believe it was a six. Obviously the owner didn’t listen because they think it’s a 32. That post shows the FB problem in a nutshell. The first reply was from a very knowledgeable guy in the club. The rest are mostly incorrect.

· May 3

@ShawnG I just saw there was an engine photo way down in the replies. Definitely a Model K. Looks like a solid car.

· May 3

@Hupp31 Some of the facebook responses you see in general are so wrong that it makes me wonder who they are. Confident but stupid.

· May 3

@BuickGuy68 Exactly. That’s why I’ve never been able to bring myself to join.

· May 3

@Hupp31 Travis, I have posted 3 times because hte respoonses were so stupid I had to set thing straight. I just created my accont last year after using my wifes for a decade. I wanted to communicate with some marketplace advertisments. I'm not a fan.

· May 3

@Hupp31 Here are the rest of the photos.

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· May 3

@alsancle It does look like there’s a fairly decent car under all that dust. Could be made into a good driver.

· May 3

@Hupp31 100% agree. Rust along the rear apron but the rest looks solid. The problem for the seller is that it is a 10k on a good day. Not sure what his expectations are. These have a following of astute collectors (see you and I as expamples).

· May 3

@alsancle
I've given up.
I had a guy tell me that a Packard Twin Six was an inline twelve engine.
He stuck to his opinion in spite of others correcting him.
The signal-to-noise ratio on Facebook is bad.

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· May 3

@ShawnG I'm not a fan of heavy moderation but the level of idiocy on there is insane.

· May 3

@alsancle
With restoration costs what they are these days. I'd be inclined to do the mechanical work to make it safe, wipe it with an oily rag and drive it.

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· May 3

@ShawnG Shawn, it is impossible now to do paint and cosmetics so you are 100% correct on this car.

· May 3

@ShawnG Yup, you’d be upside down after you bought paint, let alone actually putting it on the car.

· May 4

@ShawnG Needs to be mechanics only. Maybe you get lucky and the engine is not frozen.

· May 4

@ShawnG Facebook is a cesspool. But every once in a while there is a gem posted ike this car.

· May 6

@ShawnG Fun Fact: One of these victorias started in Bonnie and Clyde in 1967.

· May 6

@Hupp31 Excellent movie with Faye Dunaway and Warren Beatty. I saw the Ford death car as a kid. It was quite the traveling attraction.

· May 7

@alsancle Great Movie! The death car is at Volo.

· May 7

@alsancle Faye Dunaway circa 1967 was quite the attraction too.

· May 19

@ShawnG I just got around to adding this in the marketplace for future reference. It is still available at 8k. Bill of sale only, which is hard on some buyers. But I can think of worse ways to spend 8k.

https://app.rumbleseat.com/admin/marketplace/listing/5600233

· May 5

The original post for the coupe came up in my feed and I read through the comments. My brain hurts. Bots? Idiots? Both?

· May 5

@alsancle Glad I’m not the only one. A few club members either identified right away or gave correct information. The rest was a total cluster. They did finally post a photo of the body tag so it’s definitely a K-321 by that number. Very few victorias even with a six.

· May 5

Bob Herman posted this to facebook. "My mom's Uncle Howard and Bertha Bentley "

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· May 5

@alsancle Cool! Model I, no less.

· May 5

On the I-226 coupe, thankfully a club member contacted Chad’s wife and let her know just how rare that car is and what an approximate value would be. So hopefully that will stop any low ballers from taking advantage of the situation.

· May 5

@Hupp31 The comments were killing me.

· May 5

I just realized that all of these letters and numbers might be confusing people. In 1932 Hupp changed from just using model letters to using a letter and a year/wheelbase combination. This was a bit redundant because all model I cars used a 126” wheelbase, all model F used 122”, and all K used 121”. But as an example, a model I-226 is a 1932 model with a 126” wheelbase.

· May 5

@Hupp31 Thank you! I was getting confused.

· May 5

@Rambler0155 It’s simple once you know the numbering system but jibberish when you don’t.

· May 5

@Rambler0155 Another quick cheat sheet for the cycle fender cars:
1932 only had eights, the F and I. They had a vertical grille and shorter hood. Only the I had doors on the hood.

1933-1934 the six cylinder K was added. There was a minor facelift and all models had a slanted grille and full length hood, all with hood doors.

Late 1933 the model KK was added as a lower cost option with more basic trim than the K. Same styling as other 33-34 models but the hood had simple louvers rather than doors.

· May 5

@Hupp31 I always knew th last 2 digits were the wheelbase but did not get the redundancy on the letters.

· May 5

@alsancle the letter and wheelbase redundancy did come in handy in 1934 when there was a K-421, KK-421, and J-421. There was also a J-521 and O-521. Kind of a flawed system.

· Jul 17

Travis, just saw your cheat sheet. Thanks! I've been following these for 20 years and still get confused.

· Jul 17

Well, it’s not helped by the fact that the differences in wheelbase are difficult to see in photos so sometimes you can’t be certain what you’re looking at.

· May 8

Auction photos from January 2026 of the 1932 Hupmobile F-222 sedan formerly owned by Dave Romani. The car sold for $24k before fees.

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· May 8

@Hupp31 Great looking car! Is 24K considered a deal for something like this?

· May 8

@69GoatMan I would say it was a decent deal. The eight cylinder cycle fenders are quite rare even in a sedan. I was planning on bidding on this car but my wife shot me down because it as too similar to my ‘31, besides I had my eye on a different car in the collection.

· May 8

@Hupp31 I think Parker said ths one was a great car.

· May 8

@alsancle It sure looked like it. Only thing that held me back was how it would have been a lateral move from the car I already have, styling aside. Basically the same engine with 1/8” more bore and 6 more hp.

· May 8

@Hupp31 It think the model H would have been the better play, but you never know how far the other guy will go.

· May 9

@alsancle It was the better play. Major regrets not having looked at that car while it was still in CT, it might have given me more confidence to go higher. But like you say, for all we know the other guy might have been willing to go to 50k and it wouldn’t matter anyhow.

· May 8

Period photo of a 1932 F-222 with the Oakland, CA distributors on the right and west coast sales managers on the left.

· May 8

@Hupp31 Great Photo!!!!

· May 15

This would be the one that I want. Eight cylinder cabriolet-roadster with the 33-34 grille and hood style. As far as I know, only one in that combination exists.

· May 15

@Hupp31 I won't make a crack about the hood ornament.

· May 15

@alsancle I have a framed photo of the same car with the same ornament on the door trim. It was a newsprint ad for a cigarette company and I realized later that it’s a reversed image because the license plate bracket is on the wrong side.

· May 15

@Hupp31 😂😂😂

Good sleuthing btw.

· Jun 6

Here’s a rare find. A custom coach built cycle fender cabriolet by Worblaufen.

· Jun 6

That is cool and I have never seen it before.

· Jun 6

Another cabriolet bodied by Langenthal. There is a fairly modern photo of this car so it’s looking like it survived.

· Jun 6

Travis, can you find the modern photo?

· Jun 6

Not the best photo as you can’t get a very good look at the rear of the body. Looks like European plates. Maybe it’s still in Switzerland.

· Jun 7

I assume it must still be in Europe. Very cool. Coachbuilt Hupp. Not many of those.

· Jun 6

Oh, I really hope this one survived. It was listed as a 1933 on coachbuild.com but it’s definitely a 1932 eight, F-222 by Murphy. At first I thought it was the production cabriolet roadster but there are subtle differences to the belt line, cowl, and windshield.

· Jun 8

At first I thought this was the 1932 Chicago Auto Show Victoria but it’s definitely a 33-34 Model I. Very cool. If there’s actually one out there in hiding, that’s the one I want.

· Jun 8

Do you know where that show was?

· Jun 8

1933 New York show

· Jun 8

1933 or ‘34 cabriolet-roadster in the 1934 Rallye Monte Carlo. Posted to AACA forum by Arizona Jim. I love those chained-up spares, ready for battle.

· Jun 8

Great photo! Seems to be a lot of Hupps in Europe at the time. Something I was unaware of . Did they have a European distributor?

· Jun 8

They had distributors in quite a few European countries as far as I know. There are a lot of French advertisements out there. I’ve even seen some from Scandinavia. Also South Africa, Australia, and New Zealand. I think most of their distributors were established in the high production days of the 20’s.

· Jun 8

Look what I found in the Grand Rapids Classic Car Museum.

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· Jun 8

Nice! Think they’ll notice if it went missing?

· Jul 4

From Facebook this morning.

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· Jul 4

Are those before and after shots of the same car? If so, I’m surprised they opted for black fenders. Body color was an available option and I personally think it looks better. But I won’t say no to an F Victoria either way.

· Jul 13

A newly acquired photo of 1933 model F sedan. Taken in 1952 which can be seen by the ghost car that is passing on the street.

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· Jul 14

Cool photo. I like the wooden wheels.

· Jul 15

The cycle fender Hupmobiles were their last body style to use wood wheels as standard, all the way up into 1934.

· Jul 15

Interesting. Most manufacturers had gone the other way and the wood wheels (if they had them) were an option. You could get wood wheels on a Packard up through at least 35.

· Jul 15

The funny thing is that the wood wheels were available either natural or painted for the same price.

· Jul 15

Would that be because natural was still shellacked or something like that so same amount of work?

· Jul 15

Could be. I take it to mean that there likely wasn’t any pinstriping on the painted wheels, as well.

· Jul 15

On second thought, it was earlier cars that had painted and natural at the same price. On the cycle fenders the painted wood and wire were the same price. The dealer price list shows natural wheels as a $2.50 each option.

· Jul 16

I never did dig out my parts book for you did I? I need to do that.

· Jul 16

I scored a couple 1932 publicity photos of a Model F coupe and roadster cabriolet. Sorry about the tires, AJ.

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· Jul 17

Great photos Travis! Where did you find them?

I think the car would look better without the multi-colored wheels but I'll take it as is.

· Jul 17

I actually found them on eBay. They’re the only period photos that I’ve seen of cycle fender cars with wide whites. I also think it’s one of the only that I’ve seen of a coupe.

· Jul 17

Were they marked "hupmobile"? I clearly missed them.

· Jul 17

They were but they were marked with the wrong years. They hadn’t been on there more than a few days though.

· Jul 17

I'm happy you got them. We don't need to be bidding against each other to make sellers think they have a goldmine with Hupmobile photos!!

This made me think about that 326 Coupe. I reminded my friend who is local to it that when the time comes I will step up. Lets see if I follow through.

· Jul 17

😂I don’t know as there’s ever been a gold mine in anything Hupmobile.

I do hope that 326 coupe sees daylight again some day.

· Jul 19

This doesn't sound right to me but posted this afternoon on the subject car. @Hupp31 did you see it?

FOR IMMEDIATE SALE: My late husband Chad Thomas was a member of this group. I would like to sell his Hupmobile. It’s a 1932 I 226 Coupe. Been garaged, has instruments, some chrome, additional dash & two sets of fenders (needs some work), been sanded down as husband was planning on painting. Needs seat, have additional parts too (not sure what though) Located in St. Louis Mo. The frame has been painted with epoxy. It rolls and steers. Probably need a charge to start. Title is clear and been in our family nearly 60 years. 5k

· Jul 20

That seems too low to me but maybe she just wants to move it quick.

· Jul 20

It looks like she posted it. I know projects are dead but there should be 20 guys in the club that would pay that.

· Jul 20

It should find a buyer quick at $5k. I personally think she should have started at 10, even disassembled.

· Jul 20

If you asked me I would have said 15k. But projects are so tough these days. However, if I was a Hupp guy under 60 or 70 this would be the car to spend 5 years on.

· Jul 20

Is that a hint?

· Jul 21

The idea of taking on a disassembled project is daunting if it’s right down the street from you. The logistics of gathering up and shipping everything(or at least you hope it’s everything) when it’s halfway across the country terrify me. That’s the main thing that scared me away from the model H that’s in Washington.

· Jul 21

Travis, just went through this with a friend on the Bohman and Schwartz Packard. He wired the money immediately. Made plane flight reservations for him and another guy to fly to Texas, Rented a box truck, spent the first afternoon gathering everything, spent the next morning and part of the afternoon extracting the car and parts and backing the box truck. Rented a rollback to get the car in to the box truck. Then started driving that afternoon, drove all the next day and then 1/2 the following day to get home. In total a 4 full day operation.

The purchase price is not the issue.

· Jul 21

Right, definitely not the price. It’s the time. I have none of it.

· Jul 20

I'm no expert but that is a really cool project for 6k.

· Jul 21

5k as of last night. But the car has to go now. Maybe the house is sold?

· Jul 21

Found a couple more period photos that were posted to FB a few years ago.

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· Jul 21

Those are fantastic photos! What is with the beige and brown? I thought that was an 80s thing. 😂

Check out the tires on the sedan. These cars are still on my bucket list and it might happen one day.

· Jul 21

It certainly seems like the majority of Hupps from 30-34 were beige and brown. Not surprising considering they were never a very flashy brand and most were just conservative family cars.

· Jul 21

I've said this before, but 25 years ago the Graham factory in Auburn had NOS dashes with gauges for this car. I almost bought one just because.

· Jul 29

Jim Brown posted to Facebook that he bought the car. So it has a new home. Cool car, major project.

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· Jul 29

That’s good news. He certainly has his work cut out for him.

· Jul 29

Yes, the outside photos are more daunting than the ones from in the garage. Worthy project though, if you are gonna take on something this big.

· Jul 30

I look forward to seeing progress on this ambitious but worth project. Glad it went to a good home.

· Aug 5

@Hupp31 Travis, did you see this one?

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· Aug 5

I didn’t. But I really hope that second photo has just been doctored up.

· Aug 5

Judging by the serpentine shifter I 'm afraid it is not running its original engine.    Here is the advertisement.

2 door coupe: all steel body, suicide doors, rumble seat
Engine 1996 LT 1 Corvette 700 R4 transmission
Scott's front end,  Mustang rear, air conditioning, power steering, power disc brakes
Interior  in good condition; exterior paint, body and chrome very good condition

https://www.hemmings.com/classifieds/listing/1933-hupmobile-frankfort-ky-2945649

· Aug 5

Ugh. In the words of Moon Zappa, “Gag me with a spoon.”

· Aug 18

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· Sep 18

I really hope they get that 226 coupe back on the road. The body looks pretty solid.

· Aug 21

Borrowed from Paul Dutra on Facebook. America on Wheels Auto museum. I don't hate the colors.

· Sep 17

@Hupp31 What do you think Travis? Model 321? I was guessing.

https://app.rumbleseat.com/marketplace/9517911

· Sep 17

It does look like a K321 or 421. I suppose it could be a KK but we can’t see enough of it to make a determination.

· Sep 17

I think I count 6 plugs for a six. He has the title so I guess figuring out the year wouldn't be hard.

· Sep 18

The only real difference between those two years would be the serial number range anyhow. It’s kind of surprising how many of these things still turn up, even if they are a bit too far gone. If only they were unearthed 40 years ago they might have made it back on the road.

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https://app.rumbleseat.com/marketplace/4066366/1934-hupmobile-sedan