914Driver
914Driver MegaDork
10/7/20 8:02 a.m.
Adrian_Thompson (Forum Supporter)
Adrian_Thompson (Forum Supporter) MegaDork
10/7/20 8:08 a.m.

I don't like pick ups and I like that.  MAn that looks perfect for short trips to Home Depot and the local parade.

Robbie (Forum Supporter)
Robbie (Forum Supporter) GRM+ Memberand MegaDork
10/7/20 9:31 a.m.

I saw one very similar last summer, at the local Menards. 

Snowdoggie
Snowdoggie HalfDork
10/7/20 10:20 a.m.

My dad had one of those. Back when they were common. I think he paid about $500 for it. 

Powar (Forum Supporter)
Powar (Forum Supporter) UltraDork
10/7/20 10:30 a.m.

That's just beautiful.

keithedwards
keithedwards Reader
10/7/20 5:56 p.m.

The front looks a whole lot like the front of a Lark, doesn't it?

 

pres589 (djronnebaum)
pres589 (djronnebaum) PowerDork
10/7/20 6:52 p.m.

In reply to keithedwards :

Per Wikipedia these trucks used a *lot* of Lark sheetmetal.

Studebaker Champ

Mazdax605
Mazdax605 PowerDork
10/7/20 7:51 p.m.

The bed doesn't look like it belongs to this truck, but I'm 99 percent sure it really does. Oh yeah it's super cool.

pres589 (djronnebaum)
pres589 (djronnebaum) PowerDork
10/7/20 8:02 p.m.

In reply to Mazdax605 :

Every picture I find of these things are like that.  It's like Studebaker decided the bed needed to be wider than the cab and maybe not that close to the cab either.

TurnerX19
TurnerX19 SuperDork
10/7/20 11:49 p.m.

Studebaker offered two beds for Champs. The narrow one was the old 2R unit that entered production in 1949. Not having the resources to tool up a new bed, they bought the wide beds from one of the big three in Detroit (Dodge or Ford, I can't remember) and only made the tail gate themselves. They are wider than the cab because all Studes are narrow enough to stamp an entire floor panel from a 48" wide sheet! Bean counter rule from 1947 bites again.

pres589 (djronnebaum)
pres589 (djronnebaum) PowerDork
10/8/20 5:21 a.m.

They look like Dodge or possibly IH beds to me.

Danny Shields (Forum Supporter)
Danny Shields (Forum Supporter) GRM+ Memberand HalfDork
10/8/20 6:06 a.m.

In reply to TurnerX19 :

Dodge.

Appleseed
Appleseed MegaDork
10/11/20 1:31 p.m.

Full scale Hotwheels 

solfly
solfly Dork
10/15/20 10:06 a.m.
Mazdax605 said:

The bed doesn't look like it belongs to this truck, but I'm 99 percent sure it really does. Oh yeah it's super cool.

they used Dodge beds.

solfly
solfly Dork
10/15/20 10:06 a.m.

In reply to solfly :

oh, y'all beat me to it

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