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Studebaker Trucks

Studebaker started out building wagons, large wooden wagons such as used in Wagon Trains, and they continued doing this until 1920. But Studebaker had decided to concentrate on cars after 1913 until 1927 when it started manufacturing buses and trucks. In the late 1930s Studebaker adapted some car models to produce the Coupe Express pickups. Studebaker was one of the companies who manufacturered the Reo M35 Military Trucks during World War Two. After the War, Studebaker produced 2-ton Trucks, which even had styling by Bob Bourke of Raymond Loewy Studios. Studebaker also produced pickup trucks but in 1963 it was all over.

Studebaker Transtar 1956 Pickup. The 'Transtar' name was first given to the Studebaker for the 2E model in 1956, although the model was first launched in 1949 and the body produced until 1960. There were five capacities in the truck market and almost any of the Studebaker six or eight cylinder engines.

Studebaker Transtar 1956 Pickup. The 'Studebaker' badge on this bonnet intake was given to the Transtar truck for the first time; earlier Studebaker trucks did not carry such a badge on the front

Studebaker Transtar 1956 Pickup. Studebaker gave the 3E a variety of engines from its Champion six cylinder to the Commander V8s. This one has a 4,208cc (257) V8.

Studebaker Transtar 1956 Pickup. Originally styled in 1949, the 1957 Transtar 3Es were refreshed with a fibreglass grille and optional two-tone paint. Transtars were sold in half-ton, three quarter ton, one-ton, one and a half ton and two ton.

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Studebaker Hawk 1960, The final fling at the Hawk model, now just a single coupe built on a 120.5-inch chassis, although it did continue until 1965 with altered coupe styling.

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