When I was very young my dad had a Studebaker pickup that looked like the one in the video. Somebody gave him a 5-gallon pail of CAT yellow paint that my dad painted the truck. One of my earliest memories was going with my dad in the Studebaker to a nearby farm. My dad either sold or bought something from the farmer. The farmers wife gave me a big sugar cookie. 40 years later I married the granddaughter of the farmers. Studebakers pickups can lead to a romance.
“Paging Dr Freud” - darn near spit my coffee out. 😂 I knew about Garwood boats but had no idea about their dump trucks. Thanks for teaching us every day. ~ Chuck
Studebaker built almost 200,000 6x4 & 6X6 army trucks during WW 2 and kept on supplying them to the US army right up to the end in 1963. They were quite the expert in that area and one of the reasons why as an independent were relatively big in the light and medium truck market.
When I first arrived in Vietnam in '67 I "inherited" a M35A1 with a data plate that said 1963 and Studebaker, powered by a turbocharged 427 c.i. in line 6 multifuel engine. Most of ours had usa numbers beginning with 4D.
Always good to see a Studebaker - thanks! That’s a 2R14 one ton truck and is quite rare. The engine is NOT the typical flathead used in trucks - it’s the 245 “Commander” I6. Oddly, these more powerful trucks were barely publicized by Studebaker. The heater is called “Climatizer” and was mainly installed at the factory. Front and rear axles were made by Timken. These trucks handle and stop nicely but are low geared so top speed is only about 50 MPH!
Studebaker afficionado here. Studebakers three days in a row, I have died and gone to Studebaker heaven. Great video, although I must admit I will never viewed that hood ornament in quite that way and now I never will view it in any other. Perhaps in the not too distant future you could find a Lark upon which to expound. Thank you for another informative video.
It's truly a shame Studebaker didn't survive. With their willingness to try new things, it would have been interesting to see what they came up with in later years.
I have enjoyed your deep knowledge of vehicle eccentricities since I first saw you on the “speed channel”.I also LOVED seeing you build models on the motor trend app…Was disappointed that was discontinued.keep shining Steve! We need you!
I have to say, that "one" mistake Motortrend made was a big one. I canceled my MT plus subscription because i watch your stuff way more. And with your channel i dont have to wait 8 months for a new episode to come out.
I nipped my subscription in the bud too, HRM ran an article regarding the champions of Fuel Altered cars, and 'Wild' Willy Borsch wasnt in the Top 10, and was NOT mentioned once in the entire article BOOM tick cancel, DO NOT come Monday.. Many of the decisions they made didn;t make sense commercial or semanticly either, the magazine 'fleet' was bringing in 60% of the income (the other 40 , Online and merchandising etc) But they drew the curtains on the entire repetoire and only kept Hot Rod and a few others which I can't recall the Titles of, but there was nothing scientific about it - just the wrecker's ball on Magazine Titles that were a household name and had been around for almost half a century some of them. A LOT of babies thrown out with the Bathwater that time folks! Many irreverseable decisions that will come back to haunt them with time I think!
Yes indeed. That "house cleaning" took place on Friday, December 6, 2019 one day before the OTHER "day of infamy". I was a freelance writer at the time doing monthly articles for CAR CRAFT, MOPAR MUSCLE, MUSCLE CAR REVIEW and an occasional piece for HOT ROD. I got an email from the editor of Muscle Car Review saying "we all just had a noon / lunch meeting and 135 employees all got fired". Apparently a decision was made a few years BEFORE 12-6-19 to eventually eliminate the print arm of the Motor Trend dynasty. The question was WHEN. The answer - as we now know - came on December 6th. It is true that many of the magazines WERE still profitable but the Larger Intent was to eliminate the old-school printed media....except for Hot Rod, Motor Trend and Four Wheeler. Anyhoo, its been 4 years and life goes on. Thanks for watching and writing. Long Live Wild Willie Borsch! One of my Prized Possessions is a $10.00 check from Al "Mousy" Marcellus from 1995. He bought some old car magazines from me at the Long Beach swap meet and paid with that check. I later told him I didn't cash the check and he sort of got pissed because it upset his bank balance by $10.00! I get it, but c'mon! He's A LEGEND - just like Wild Willie! Thanks for watching and writing. -Steve Magnante
Nice to see you on " uncle Tony's* out side your realm. I find you a very amazing man in the automotive industry, ,, you're very spoken,, and have a great memory,, ... Cheers from Vietnam
Good Morning Vietnam!!! With apologies to Robin Williams (R.I.P.), glad to learn this video is being seen so far away from little old Bernardston, Massachusetts. RUclips is an amazing force for good, no? Thanks for watching and writing. And why not grab yourself a camera and make some videos featuring Vietnamese junkyards? I bet there are lots of fascinating machines to be seen. I'd certainly watch! Thanks again, Steve Magnante
When I was a teen in the mid 80's there was a jade green Studebaker pickup running around town on a newer, lifted, 4x4 chassis. It was always one of my favorites. I thought it looked better than the older Chevy and Ford trucks that were running around my town at the time.
That big fiberglass grill!! Always assumed that they were metal. When I was a kid in the 1970s and early '80s, there was an old Texaco station in my hometown, and their shop truck was a Studee like that - only this one had been fitted with dual exhaust stacks behind the cab, and with rain caps!! It was a sort of medium red which looked a little like primer. I think that station had been a truck stop in the pre-interstate days, but when they put I70 through there, a better truck stop was built right near the overpass, and the site lived on as a regular gas station.
When I was a little kid, my dad came driving home in a 1946, or 1947, Studebaker pick up truck…. I always thought the front end of it looks so cool with that tall grill and the big headlights … I’m 69 now..🤔
I'm 55 now, and when I was in high school in the mid 80's in the metro Atlanta area, one of my best friends at the time had a 1950 Studebaker truck. He had swapped a V8 into it when he first got it. I want to say it was a 289. Anyway, it was pretty rough, and he had an old style gasser fuel tank in the bed of it. It would be considered a rat rod for sure today. I still remember the prestige tag he got for it. "50 STUD." Good memories.
Watching your junk yard crawl should be mandatory for all gear heads. Amazing detail and fun facts. I been a hot rodder all my life, now at 61 still learning. Great stuff. 👍👍🏁🏁
"They tried..." ? Studebaker was always ahead of the big three in terms of innovation. Early purveyors of improvements such as, their intro of the "Twin Traction" rear axle.(thanks to Packard, another independent) Their use of standard front disc brakes ten years before they became common throughout the industry. They also introduced an overhead valve V8 in 1951, years before Ford or Chevy. Doing more with less was how they survived as an independent for so long against the competition. A true automotive David & Goliath story...
Stude may have been the first to do OHV in a V-8 but Buick used OHV in their straight 6 back in the late 1920s. The Buick Master series 6 also had full pressure lube and roller lifters. That engine was used in similar era GMC trucks as well.
@@rupe53 What's Buick got to do with anything. GMs number two premium car brand wasn't in direct competition with the entry level brands like Studebaker, Ford or Chevy...
@@nsidor1234 ... I already answered that question.... just making comparison to what other mfgrs were doing, years before. IOW, not new technology but Stude did have a new application for it.
I hope the last guy to drive that truck wasn't a victim of the bullet-holes in the rear window! Incidentally, Gar Wood is, or was, a large manufacturer of garbage-truck bodies.
Friend drove a Studebaker pickup in high school. A 47 I think, cool truck but the cab was so narrow the bucket seat from a 60-70s car looked like a split bench in it. One ride I still remember was three of us in there, one guy was on the "portly" side, I was jammed in the center and did the shifting. Worst part was his dad or grandpa told him not to go over 45 and he didn't, the ride lasted an eternity.
Hi Steve, When you mentioned the Conestoga wagons I thought of the spring manufacturer who made springs for those wagons in Providence , Rhode Island - The Palmer Spring Company which is still in business. Perhaps you knew of them as they still make custom springs to order for any vehicle. Last November they made up new front leaf springs for my 1966 Jeep J-2000 Gladiator pickup which was in dire need to support the weight of my Meyer snow plow. They did a great job and fit perfectly. Thanks for the Studebaker video !
Another great presentation! Man that boneyard has some very significant vehicles in it. Would love to have a restored Studebaker dump truck for my 5000 acre ranch in Wyoming (just as soon as I acquire the ranch, of course)!
Thanks RUclips! Sometimes it works out, that when I log on, the FIRST video suggestion that pops up, is Steve Mags!!! I always watch it before others, and often hit that "Like Button" right off the bat! Your videos and the knowledge you share is truly "Golden". PS to all motor enthusiasts, please spread the word, let's get Steve's numbers up. Ya know,,,show MotorTrend just what they missed out on..
Love me some Studebakers! Up until a few years ago, Summit Racing in Tallmadge Ohio, (near Akron) had a huge Studebaker car show once a year. Before that, Wink's drive-in, a 50s style restaurant in Barberton, Ohio had the Studebakers car club yearly car show/swap meet. Lots of Studie goodness!! If you look closely at 4:19 you can see the back of the instrument panel from under the hood. Originally it was covered by a 'cardboard type panel.
The Studebaker club was a fairly good sized organization. They even published a magazine at one time. A coworker was a member and used to give me his magazines after he read them. This was 15-20 years ago and he passed away some 10 years back. Some folks bought a lot of spare parts from Studebaker when they quit making vehicles and NOS parts were available for decades for these cars and trucks.
@@throckmorton8477 i would have to look it up to be certain, but a former Studie dealer, Nate Altman (?) and others bought the parts and Nate (and another former dealer) bought the rights to continue to make the Avanti. The Avanti would be made by various other successive companies over the years. Studies and their owners were known for their frugality. Who else would manufacture and buy a car named the 'Scotsman'. 😁
I bot an original paint survivor 1967 Corvair yesterday in Madison Wisconsin. I stopped in Oldsmobile country, and hi winds last nite, tree branches down, crews are out cleaning up, but luckily no damage to my Escalade or Corvair in this historic & neglected 'hood
On the subject of Studebaker trucks: about 15 years ago, my daily use car was a 1966 Corvair Monza. Meanwhile, a guy on the next block down had an early 60's Studebaker Champ pickup as HIS daily driver. As would occasionally happen, when he and I would wind up together driving through the neighborhood, we would turn heads! Think about it; most neighborhoods don't even have one 50 year old vehicle in day-to-day service, and we had two! (A block away, there's a row of rental grages with a nice Karmann-Ghia and an MGB, but those two hardly ever come out to play.)
I see the hood ornament as an artistic and stylized jet engine inlet (cancel the page for Dr. Freud). You see many 1950s front ends with jet inlet design. If you look at the 1959 Cadillac turn signals and jet engine inlets on a B-45 Tornado, you will see they look very similar! As far as tire pressure, I think you mean at 100 psi, you have😮 a total of 40,000 pounds of pressure over the total interior area of the tire and rim without the “per square inch”.
I wonder what would happen if a 1950 Studebaker "bulletnose" and a 1958 Edsel "horse collar" were parked overnight, nose-to-nose? Would there be a THIRD lousy car in the garage by morning? Or would that also take nine months? Paging Dr. Freud....paging Dr. Freud. -Steve Magnante
@@richardsteckel2814 Sir, I'm in geezer range and remember how shocked I was as a young'in at the incongruence of the '57 Edsel's styling vs Chevy/ Ford/ Plymouth presentations.
You and your watchers will be gratified to know that we had a 49 Stude dually with cattle racks and we took cattle to market just every now and then to Wichita, Kansas a trip of some fifty miles each way, we did not set any speed records, we also used it for hauling wheat, on occasion the brakes were not the best with a full load of wheat so knowing how to manage energy, motion, and down shifts were essential, this was the ultimate in driving skill, it is what you did, operating equipment when “junk farming.”
Lovin' the 'Stude content Steve. Always love learning more about the independent car makers. On a side note, pretty decent looking WJ parked next to it there. Wonder what the rear frame rails look like.
I'm so impressed with your knowledge. I thought I knew a lot about cars but I stand in your shadow Steve. Thank you for the videos and keep them coming 👌👍
2:41 I believe you can see that Studebakers did not have a separate dashboard and firewall. The instruments are mounted in the firewall and the backs are exposed in the engine bay. Their cars were also designed this way, I think. Be gentle if I'm mistaken!
The instrument cluster was from a 1941 Champion car. In 1968 I bought a 49 ( sn R6280 , the 6 being the "big 6") and 280 being early production. I added a supercharged 389, 4 wheel drive from a Jeep FC170 and Posi-traction in both axles and air conditioning. Later I added a snow plow that ran off a pwr steering pump as it had manual steering. It would smoke all 4 tires! Salt ate it up! Oh, I added the later glass grille w/ big square headlights. Loved that truck!
As I mentioned before on a previous video Steve did of Studebaker! My dad did owned one of those! I believe he had 49 pickup. He used on the farm. Great video Steve! I enjoy them very much, and learn in the process!👌😎👍
My favorite time to do Junkyard Crawl videos is NOT summer. I much prefer fall / early winter because there's no snow and the 2-foot tall grass is all gone by then. But in the summer, I have to spend a half hour slashing away grass and bushes so we can see the subject. But its good for my health. Gotta burn calories to justify my daily pizza reward (as verified by my expanding Pizza Gut). Thanks for watching and writing. -Steve Magnante
I so enjoy the the incredible detail of Steve's brilliant essays. His side comments are hillarious. Please never stop this important history of American aoutmobile history.
Hello edwardpatterson1237, Thanks for watching and writing. I've always enjoyed "giving cars - and trucks - a voice". If only they'd speak when I ask them questions. Thanks again, Steve Magnante
Chester from western PA, he ran NAPA stores in Imperial pa. Was a huge Studebaker fan . I found a couple of them for him. Idont know if he's still around, if he is Mike from Raccoon Park sez howdy.
Southbend sounds like somewhere where all the Toilets might be manufactured, don't you think? Loewe, Harley Earl, Elwood Engel, Virgil Exner, Bill Mitchell and Zora Arkus-Duntov etc etc ETC were the guys that got it DONE! I maintain that they are worthy of being in the Top 10 of the Industrial Design , for ALL fields and purposes, for all TIME the . THey designed in those days, today they have comittees that a vehicle to look a certain way in order to live up to their aims due to some Psychological maxims - elegance isnt part of the process - no soul, no heart..
Gar Wood was the designer of the compacting garbage truck. Also the big old pto winches. Most military winches not to mention wrecker winches. Don't know if his designs were on the back of bull doziers. At one time Garfield Wood held more patents than any other living American. He was of that era when there were non college educated designers and engineers like John Browning and the Duesenberg brothers.
One would think that Studebaker would have put a huge chink in the armours of the Big Three with it's bold styling. Especially with their trucks. The Studebaker trucks had a more car-like flair in their design, which I would think would have been more appealing to the masses. I mean, look how car-like and appealing pickups are today.
I'm late to the post today as I just flew home an hour ago from Columbus, OH. The rental van was as expected, a Chrysler Pacifica. They ride nice, but that's not a vehicle you keep long term. LOL. Yes, the independents didn't have the money for all of the frivolous (in their minds) styling changes. That eventually did them in by having a small budget. It was also what did in AMC in the 1980s as well. Yes, Garwood was well-known back in the day. Today, companies such as Galion, Crysteel, Bristol-Donald and others make dump bodies for all sizes of trucks. Popular PTO companies are Chelsea/Parker, Dana and others.
Great info Steve. I drove a old 50’s Binder dump back in the late 80’s, with a 2spd diff; and a Ford a year or two later. They took “finesse” not to have to start over. lol. Once she’s moving, don’t take your left foot off the floor. One old timer told me when they built the highways you could eat your lunch on the running board going uphill. Pull the throttle and step out. lol. Thanks for your efforts and knowledge.
Hi Steve..,....I have a 1948 Ford F5 here in the UK 🇬🇧. When I first had it I had to find replacement wheels for the Firestone widowmaker split rims. The only compatible lug pattern I could find to enable the use of tubeless tyres were those fitted to a 1970's Dodge motor home.
Yeah, I was wondering about that Grand Cherokee myself. The body looks like it might be in decent shape, but the frame could be rusted to junk. Especially if it had a hard life in the rough Northeast winters with its steady diet of salt.
I see this is one of the one piece pto set ups with the pump mounted right to the cylinder and so the u joint angle changed as the box was lifted. Others had them separate with hoses in between.
If Studebaker was around today I'd like to think they'd build trucks without touch screens, three zone climate control and two pedals being a rare option.
My grand father gave me a old Studebaker truck 4x4 had a broke axle knuckle we welded back on and I hauled wood 🪵🪓 and sold it to everyone till I left home it still was running when I parked it I bet it still up there in church hollow
Studebaker was really successful in the medium duty truck market from the 1920's into the 1950's. As a kid in Alaska in the 1970's, I had a very nice old lady as a neighbor who drove Studebaker US-6 trucks up the newly built Alaska highway during WWII. After the war she ran a successful private trucking business using Studebaker and GMC trucks. Super Cool !! By the way, I am totally mystified why you say split rims were outlawed from new trucks by the 1970's. Not on the west coast, at least !!!! All the way thru the 1980's, I saw multiple makes of new trucks rolling out with them !! I was there !!! Were they just outlawed in Mass. ???? As an example, go look at brochures for Ford and GM medium duty trucks of the 1980's..... You will find many split rim wheels, both Budd 10 lug and "Dayton style" cast spoke..... Anyway, Steve, Great presentations, just this one misconception glares at me, as I was a full fledged gear head and truck nut thru this era and lots of "widowmaker" split rim wheels on 1980's medium duty trucks !!
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When I was very young my dad had a Studebaker pickup that looked like the one in the video. Somebody gave him a 5-gallon pail of CAT yellow paint that my dad painted the truck.
One of my earliest memories was going with my dad in the Studebaker to a nearby farm. My dad either sold or bought something from the farmer. The farmers wife gave me a big sugar cookie. 40 years later I married the granddaughter of the farmers. Studebakers pickups can lead to a romance.
I guess you've heard your share of farmer's daughter jokes?
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She was a baker, and he was a stud, a match made in flower and steel! But 40 years later?
What? You met at the assisted living facility, at bingo?🤪
THROW good ol Mr. Steve a thumbs up!He deserves it.
“Paging Dr Freud” - darn near spit my coffee out. 😂
I knew about Garwood boats but had no idea about their dump trucks. Thanks for teaching us every day. ~ Chuck
Missle... orifice... "Paging Dr. Freud", too much!😂
Buick had a similar ornament in the early '50s. Nicknamed "The Flying Weenie" 🤔
Studebaker built almost 200,000 6x4 & 6X6 army trucks during WW 2 and kept on supplying them to the US army right up to the end in 1963. They were quite the expert in that area and one of the reasons why as an independent were relatively big in the light and medium truck market.
The US6 was and can still be found everywhere....even here in the UK 🇬🇧
My dad would have tuned in to this channel
Learn something new, seems everyone made trucks and jeeps at the time
When I first arrived in Vietnam in '67 I "inherited" a M35A1 with a data plate that said 1963 and Studebaker, powered by a turbocharged 427 c.i. in line 6 multifuel engine. Most of ours had usa numbers beginning with 4D.
@@freqmgr Sounds like it was a beast, real memories
Always good to see a Studebaker - thanks! That’s a 2R14 one ton truck and is quite rare. The engine is NOT the typical flathead used in trucks - it’s the 245 “Commander” I6. Oddly, these more powerful trucks were barely publicized by Studebaker.
The heater is called “Climatizer” and was mainly installed at the factory.
Front and rear axles were made by Timken. These trucks handle and stop nicely but are low geared so top speed is only about 50 MPH!
The last few episodes have been a great study in Studebakers.
Studebaker afficionado here. Studebakers three days in a row, I have died and gone to Studebaker heaven. Great video, although I must admit I will never viewed that hood ornament in quite that way and now I never will view it in any other. Perhaps in the not too distant future you could find a Lark upon which to expound. Thank you for another informative video.
I'd like to see a story about the Lark as well! They were extremely popular around my area when I was a boy.
I think that he recently did one on a '63 or '64 Studebaker pick up with the Lark front clip.
It's truly a shame Studebaker didn't survive. With their willingness to try new things, it would have been interesting to see what they came up with in later years.
Love the looks of stude trucks almost better looking than the chevys
Shout out to Bernardston auto wrecking for the endless supply of cars for the classroom !
I have enjoyed your deep knowledge of vehicle eccentricities since I first saw you on the “speed channel”.I also LOVED seeing you build models on the motor trend app…Was disappointed that was discontinued.keep shining Steve! We need you!
I have to say, that "one" mistake Motortrend made was a big one. I canceled my MT plus subscription because i watch your stuff way more. And with your channel i dont have to wait 8 months for a new episode to come out.
I nipped my subscription in the bud too, HRM ran an article regarding the champions of Fuel Altered cars, and 'Wild' Willy Borsch wasnt in the Top 10, and was NOT mentioned once in the entire article BOOM tick cancel, DO NOT come Monday.. Many of the decisions they made didn;t make sense commercial or semanticly either, the magazine 'fleet' was bringing in 60% of the income (the other 40 , Online and merchandising etc) But they drew the curtains on the entire repetoire and only kept Hot Rod and a few others which I can't recall the Titles of, but there was nothing scientific about it - just the wrecker's ball on Magazine Titles that were a household name and had been around for almost half a century some of them. A LOT of babies thrown out with the Bathwater that time folks! Many irreverseable decisions that will come back to haunt them with time I think!
Yes indeed. That "house cleaning" took place on Friday, December 6, 2019 one day before the OTHER "day of infamy". I was a freelance writer at the time doing monthly articles for CAR CRAFT, MOPAR MUSCLE, MUSCLE CAR REVIEW and an occasional piece for HOT ROD. I got an email from the editor of Muscle Car Review saying "we all just had a noon / lunch meeting and 135 employees all got fired". Apparently a decision was made a few years BEFORE 12-6-19 to eventually eliminate the print arm of the Motor Trend dynasty. The question was WHEN. The answer - as we now know - came on December 6th. It is true that many of the magazines WERE still profitable but the Larger Intent was to eliminate the old-school printed media....except for Hot Rod, Motor Trend and Four Wheeler. Anyhoo, its been 4 years and life goes on. Thanks for watching and writing. Long Live Wild Willie Borsch! One of my Prized Possessions is a $10.00 check from Al "Mousy" Marcellus from 1995. He bought some old car magazines from me at the Long Beach swap meet and paid with that check. I later told him I didn't cash the check and he sort of got pissed because it upset his bank balance by $10.00! I get it, but c'mon! He's A LEGEND - just like Wild Willie! Thanks for watching and writing. -Steve Magnante
@SteveMagnante I just was angry after the last official junk yard gold episode to see the end. That show could thrive with proper leadership.
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mornin’ gents! ☕️ ☀️
Nice to see you on " uncle Tony's* out side your realm. I find you a very amazing man in the automotive industry, ,, you're very spoken,, and have a great memory,, ...
Cheers from Vietnam
Good Morning Vietnam!!! With apologies to Robin Williams (R.I.P.), glad to learn this video is being seen so far away from little old Bernardston, Massachusetts. RUclips is an amazing force for good, no? Thanks for watching and writing. And why not grab yourself a camera and make some videos featuring Vietnamese junkyards? I bet there are lots of fascinating machines to be seen. I'd certainly watch! Thanks again, Steve Magnante
When I was a teen in the mid 80's there was a jade green Studebaker pickup running around town on a newer, lifted, 4x4 chassis. It was always one of my favorites. I thought it looked better than the older Chevy and Ford trucks that were running around my town at the time.
That big fiberglass grill!! Always assumed that they were metal.
When I was a kid in the 1970s and early '80s, there was an old Texaco station in my hometown, and their shop truck was a Studee like that - only this one had been fitted with dual exhaust stacks behind the cab, and with rain caps!! It was a sort of medium red which looked a little like primer.
I think that station had been a truck stop in the pre-interstate days, but when they put I70 through there, a better truck stop was built right near the overpass, and the site lived on as a regular gas station.
I'am familiar with GarWood boats being a retired boat racer but never knew about Garfields other endeavors.
The Junkyard is a classroom.
Cheers 🇨🇦
When I was a little kid, my dad came driving home in a 1946, or 1947, Studebaker pick up truck….
I always thought the front end of it looks so cool with that tall grill and the big headlights … I’m 69 now..🤔
Our 1943 Diamond T 969 wrecker had Garwood winches and booms fitted.
Gotta love the flathead. I liked learning on them in Tech school. A shame Studebaker quit making cars and trucks.
I'm 55 now, and when I was in high school in the mid 80's in the metro Atlanta area, one of my best friends at the time had a 1950 Studebaker truck. He had swapped a V8 into it when he first got it. I want to say it was a 289. Anyway, it was pretty rough, and he had an old style gasser fuel tank in the bed of it. It would be considered a rat rod for sure today. I still remember the prestige tag he got for it. "50 STUD." Good memories.
Love the Studebaker episodes! Thanks!
Definitely , me too !!!!
Watching your junk yard crawl should be mandatory for all gear heads. Amazing detail and fun facts. I been a hot rodder all my life, now at 61 still learning. Great stuff. 👍👍🏁🏁
"They tried..." ?
Studebaker was always ahead of the big three in terms of innovation.
Early purveyors of improvements such as, their intro of the "Twin Traction" rear axle.(thanks to Packard, another independent)
Their use of standard front disc brakes ten years before they became common throughout the industry. They also introduced an overhead valve V8 in 1951, years before Ford or Chevy.
Doing more with less was how they survived as an independent for so long against the competition.
A true automotive David & Goliath story...
Stude may have been the first to do OHV in a V-8 but Buick used OHV in their straight 6 back in the late 1920s. The Buick Master series 6 also had full pressure lube and roller lifters. That engine was used in similar era GMC trucks as well.
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What's Buick got to do with anything. GMs number two premium car brand wasn't in direct competition with the entry level brands like Studebaker, Ford or Chevy...
@@nsidor1234 ... I already answered that question.... just making comparison to what other mfgrs were doing, years before. IOW, not new technology but Stude did have a new application for it.
Mr. B. Here ! ☕️☕️🍩🍩. Morning to all ! Good evening to down under !
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@@tomwesley7884 ☕️☕️🍩🍩👍 have a good day !
I hope the last guy to drive that truck wasn't a victim of the bullet-holes in the rear window! Incidentally, Gar Wood is, or was, a large manufacturer of garbage-truck bodies.
Friend drove a Studebaker pickup in high school. A 47 I think, cool truck but the cab was so narrow the bucket seat from a 60-70s car looked like a split bench in it. One ride I still remember was three of us in there, one guy was on the "portly" side, I was jammed in the center and did the shifting. Worst part was his dad or grandpa told him not to go over 45 and he didn't, the ride lasted an eternity.
I think I like that hood ornament even better than the one on my Fargo.
Hi Steve, When you mentioned the Conestoga wagons I thought of the spring manufacturer who made springs for those wagons in Providence , Rhode Island - The Palmer Spring Company which is still in business. Perhaps you knew of them as they still make custom springs to order for any vehicle. Last November they made up new front leaf springs for my 1966 Jeep J-2000 Gladiator pickup which was in dire need to support the weight of my Meyer snow plow. They did a great job and fit perfectly. Thanks for the Studebaker video !
Another great presentation! Man that boneyard has some very significant vehicles in it. Would love to have a restored Studebaker dump truck for my 5000 acre ranch in Wyoming (just as soon as I acquire the ranch, of course)!
MINT !! More Studebakers 🙏
Fiberglass , front grill / fascia ??
Rebuildable lever shocks / dampers ??
That parking brake design ,
Looks stout
Gar Wood was also one of the most successful boat race drivers during his era. He is a legend for his Miss America racers in the Detroit area.
Garwood also built chassisless buses later built in Europe as Isobloc Autocar. The Garwood used a rear mounted Ford V8.
Timken, the last made in USA bearing manufacturer
They’ve moved some production to China.
Some Federal Mogul bearings and Bower were US made.
And owned by studebaker corporation until 1979
Federal Mogul now Tenneco is still a major and main player in the automotive world. OE and aftermarket.
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Thanks RUclips! Sometimes it works out, that when I log on, the FIRST video suggestion that pops up, is Steve Mags!!! I always watch it before others, and often hit that "Like Button" right off the bat!
Your videos and the knowledge you share is truly "Golden".
PS to all motor enthusiasts, please spread the word, let's get Steve's numbers up. Ya know,,,show MotorTrend just what they missed out on..
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Morning!
@@SteveMagnante Mr. B. Here ! Good evening ! New internet service. Many thanks from this old guy !
Love me some Studebakers! Up until a few years ago, Summit Racing in Tallmadge Ohio, (near Akron) had a huge Studebaker car show once a year. Before that, Wink's drive-in, a 50s style restaurant in Barberton, Ohio had the Studebakers car club yearly car show/swap meet. Lots of Studie goodness!!
If you look closely at 4:19 you can see the back of the instrument panel from under the hood. Originally it was covered by a 'cardboard type panel.
The Studebaker club was a fairly good sized organization. They even published a magazine at one time. A coworker was a member and used to give me his magazines after he read them. This was 15-20 years ago and he passed away some 10 years back. Some folks bought a lot of spare parts from Studebaker when they quit making vehicles and NOS parts were available for decades for these cars and trucks.
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i would have to look it up to be certain, but a former Studie dealer, Nate Altman (?) and others bought the parts and Nate (and another former dealer) bought the rights to continue to make the Avanti. The Avanti would be made by various other successive companies over the years.
Studies and their owners were known for their frugality. Who else would manufacture and buy a car named the 'Scotsman'. 😁
@@burthenry7740Yes, it was Nate.
I bot an original paint survivor 1967 Corvair yesterday in Madison Wisconsin. I stopped in Oldsmobile country, and hi winds last nite, tree branches down, crews are out cleaning up, but luckily no damage to my Escalade or Corvair in this historic & neglected 'hood
Oldsmobile country, eh? Must've been in East Lansing, MI.
On the subject of Studebaker trucks: about 15 years ago, my daily use car was a 1966 Corvair Monza. Meanwhile, a guy on the next block down had an early 60's Studebaker Champ pickup as HIS daily driver. As would occasionally happen, when he and I would wind up together driving through the neighborhood, we would turn heads! Think about it; most neighborhoods don't even have one 50 year old vehicle in day-to-day service, and we had two!
(A block away, there's a row of rental grages with a nice Karmann-Ghia and an MGB, but those two hardly ever come out to play.)
When I was a kid in the 70s. The neighbor had a studabaker parked be hind the garage.
I see the hood ornament as an artistic and stylized jet engine inlet (cancel the page for Dr. Freud). You see many 1950s front ends with jet inlet design. If you look at the 1959 Cadillac turn signals and jet engine inlets on a B-45 Tornado, you will see they look very similar!
As far as tire pressure, I think you mean at 100 psi, you have😮 a total of 40,000 pounds of pressure over the total interior area of the tire and rim without the “per square inch”.
Better to merely suspend that page... wait til Magnante, Master of Motorcars gets to a '57 Edsel. 😲
@@StephenFields-d7x I believe the first model year for the Edsel was 1958 😊
I wonder what would happen if a 1950 Studebaker "bulletnose" and a 1958 Edsel "horse collar" were parked overnight, nose-to-nose? Would there be a THIRD lousy car in the garage by morning? Or would that also take nine months? Paging Dr. Freud....paging Dr. Freud. -Steve Magnante
If they had met we probably would have had the Pontiac Aztek 43 years early. 😂
@@richardsteckel2814 Sir, I'm in geezer range and remember how shocked I was as a young'in at the incongruence of the '57 Edsel's styling vs Chevy/ Ford/ Plymouth presentations.
Good video. Studebakers helped win the war with their trucks .
My dream truck right there. They look so sharp.
Studebaker trucks are some of my favorites ever made, Love the Champ line the best
Great video lots of comments already, just always liked the curved cabs,great looking, thumbs up
Glad you enjoyed
1st Lansing Michigan view😊
So, that explains the Oldsmobile country comment.
The Gar Wood woodies are beautiful. Lost a lot of boat show trophies to those things.
Morning Steve....
You and your watchers will be gratified to know that we had a 49 Stude dually with cattle racks and we took cattle to market just every now and then to Wichita, Kansas a trip of some fifty miles each way, we did not set any speed records, we also used it for hauling wheat, on occasion the brakes were not the best with a full load of wheat so knowing how to manage energy, motion, and down shifts were essential, this was the ultimate in driving skill, it is what you did, operating equipment when “junk farming.”
Love Studebaker love Oldsmobile too.thanks Steve got your message can't wait 🎉
I just realized the Stude logo is VERY close to the current Saveway supermarket logo
Lovin' the 'Stude content Steve. Always love learning more about the independent car makers. On a side note, pretty decent looking WJ parked next to it there. Wonder what the rear frame rails look like.
kinda rare Freedom edition
@marktimberlake4493 hope someone saves it
I'm so impressed with your knowledge. I thought I knew a lot about cars but I stand in your shadow Steve. Thank you for the videos and keep them coming 👌👍
Steve had a 2 hour podcast with Uncle Tony 2 days ago great show.. next time Mr Steve Mags please tell us once again great job must do more with UTG
Omg…paging dr. Freud….so funny. Thanks Steve, thinking of you and your recovery. Thanks for the great videos!
2:41 I believe you can see that Studebakers did not have a separate dashboard and firewall. The instruments are mounted in the firewall and the backs are exposed in the engine bay. Their cars were also designed this way, I think. Be gentle if I'm mistaken!
The instrument cluster was from a 1941 Champion car. In 1968 I bought a 49 ( sn R6280 , the 6 being the "big 6") and 280 being early production. I added a supercharged 389, 4 wheel drive from a Jeep FC170 and Posi-traction in both axles and air conditioning. Later I added a snow plow that ran off a pwr steering pump as it had manual steering. It would smoke all 4 tires! Salt ate it up! Oh, I added the later glass grille w/ big square headlights. Loved that truck!
As I mentioned before on a previous video Steve did of Studebaker! My dad did owned one of those! I believe he had 49 pickup. He used on the farm. Great video Steve! I enjoy them very much, and learn in the process!👌😎👍
Your drenched in sweat, it sure cooled off
Calling Dr Freud, Call Dr Freud...Love it!!😄😄
I may be incorrect but I think Studebaker started out building wheelbarrows and mining tools before building wagons.
One of my uncles had a studebaker pickup. It was a great truck.
You must have been preparing the set again, cutting tall grass, and weeds!Doing your weedercise!
Drenched in coolant you are!😂
My favorite time to do Junkyard Crawl videos is NOT summer. I much prefer fall / early winter because there's no snow and the 2-foot tall grass is all gone by then. But in the summer, I have to spend a half hour slashing away grass and bushes so we can see the subject. But its good for my health. Gotta burn calories to justify my daily pizza reward (as verified by my expanding Pizza Gut). Thanks for watching and writing. -Steve Magnante
Paging Dr Freud, man that was funny!!! 😂
Glad you enjoyed it
Love the Studebaker! Keep them coming. And since you're standing so close to a modern classic, how about a quick run down of the red WJ jeep.
I so enjoy the the incredible detail of Steve's brilliant essays. His side comments are hillarious. Please never stop this important history of American aoutmobile history.
Hello edwardpatterson1237, Thanks for watching and writing. I've always enjoyed "giving cars - and trucks - a voice". If only they'd speak when I ask them questions. Thanks again, Steve Magnante
The back window on the truck was customized with strategically shot bullet holes.
You are amazing Steve the information you can remember keep up the good work
Remember. One of. These. I my home. Town. Mid. Seventy
I’d love to have a studebaker truck to go with my 58 silver hawk
Darn tutin’ ebaker was studly 😝 ✌️🤙
Chester from western PA, he ran NAPA stores in Imperial pa. Was a huge Studebaker fan . I found a couple of them for him. Idont know if he's still around, if he is Mike from Raccoon Park sez howdy.
Southbend sounds like somewhere where all the Toilets might be manufactured, don't you think? Loewe, Harley Earl, Elwood Engel, Virgil Exner, Bill Mitchell and Zora Arkus-Duntov etc etc ETC were the guys that got it DONE! I maintain that they are worthy of being in the Top 10 of the Industrial Design , for ALL fields and purposes, for all TIME the . THey designed in those days, today they have comittees that a vehicle to look a certain way in order to live up to their aims due to some Psychological maxims - elegance isnt part of the process - no soul, no heart..
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Gar Wood was the designer of the compacting garbage truck. Also the big old pto winches. Most military winches not to mention wrecker winches. Don't know if his designs were on the back of bull doziers. At one time Garfield Wood held more patents than any other living American. He was of that era when there were non college educated designers and engineers like John Browning and the Duesenberg brothers.
Couple of hundred bucks for that hood ornament
My Hero. Wass up
bet fabulous cameraman Shane is sweating just as bad, or more than our beloved host..
One would think that Studebaker would have put a huge chink in the armours of the Big Three with it's bold styling. Especially with their trucks. The Studebaker trucks had a more car-like flair in their design, which I would think would have been more appealing to the masses.
I mean, look how car-like and appealing pickups are today.
those vehicles were aerodynamic. who's calling dr love.
Love the Studes, very cool video, thank you
Thinking of you Steve…thanks for these amazing videos
I'm late to the post today as I just flew home an hour ago from Columbus, OH. The rental van was as expected, a Chrysler Pacifica. They ride nice, but that's not a vehicle you keep long term. LOL. Yes, the independents didn't have the money for all of the frivolous (in their minds) styling changes. That eventually did them in by having a small budget. It was also what did in AMC in the 1980s as well. Yes, Garwood was well-known back in the day. Today, companies such as Galion, Crysteel, Bristol-Donald and others make dump bodies for all sizes of trucks. Popular PTO companies are Chelsea/Parker, Dana and others.
Great info Steve. I drove a old 50’s Binder dump back in the late 80’s, with a 2spd diff; and a Ford a year or two later. They took “finesse” not to have to start over. lol. Once she’s moving, don’t take your left foot off the floor. One old timer told me when they built the highways you could eat your lunch on the running board going uphill. Pull the throttle and step out. lol. Thanks for your efforts and knowledge.
Hi Steve..,....I have a 1948 Ford F5 here in the UK 🇬🇧. When I first had it I had to find replacement wheels for the Firestone widowmaker split rims. The only compatible lug pattern I could find to enable the use of tubeless tyres were those fitted to a 1970's Dodge motor home.
Thanks for sharing
Its the little caesers Crazy Sauce
Hey Steve, do you think that red Jeep in the background could get its own episode? That would be cool to show as it looks pretty intact. =)
Yeah, I was wondering about that Grand Cherokee myself. The body looks like it might be in decent shape, but the frame could be rusted to junk. Especially if it had a hard life in the rough Northeast winters with its steady diet of salt.
Looks like the fiberglass held up well even better than the truck
Thank you love the history, where’s that darn dog?
I see this is one of the one piece pto set ups with the pump mounted right to the cylinder and so the u joint angle changed as the box was lifted. Others had them separate with hoses in between.
jounce and rebound havnt heard those terms since auto shop in the 70's
Great stuff, Steve! Amazing wealth of knowledge as always
If Studebaker was around today I'd like to think they'd build trucks without touch screens, three zone climate control and two pedals being a rare option.
Great videos! I watch everyday. There’s a 2000s Ford Crown Victoria in the yard somewhere. You should do a video on it.
never mind. Love you man!
My grand father gave me a old Studebaker truck 4x4 had a broke axle knuckle we welded back on and I hauled wood 🪵🪓 and sold it to everyone till I left home it still was running when I parked it I bet it still up there in church hollow
Studebaker was really successful in the medium duty truck market from the 1920's into the 1950's. As a kid in Alaska in the 1970's, I had a very nice old lady as a neighbor who drove Studebaker US-6 trucks up the newly built Alaska highway during WWII. After the war she ran a successful private trucking business using Studebaker and GMC trucks. Super Cool !! By the way, I am totally mystified why you say split rims were outlawed from new trucks by the 1970's. Not on the west coast, at least !!!! All the way thru the 1980's, I saw multiple makes of new trucks rolling out with them !! I was there !!! Were they just outlawed in Mass. ????
As an example, go look at brochures for Ford and GM medium duty trucks of the 1980's..... You will find many split rim wheels, both Budd 10 lug and "Dayton style" cast spoke.....
Anyway, Steve, Great presentations, just this one misconception glares at me, as I was a full fledged gear head and truck nut thru this era and lots of "widowmaker" split rim wheels on 1980's medium duty trucks !!
Thanks for the info Steve!
I’d love to see a video on Grand Cherokees
Pretty decent looking WJ. If the rear frame rails are solid, it's a saveable Grand.
ENJOYED THIS ; I SEE YOU HOPPING AROUND HOPE YOUR O/K / AND I LIKE HOW YOU HAVE SLOWED DOWN A BIT WHEN TALKING OR SHOULD SAT TEACHING / I LIKE IT / WELL THANKS AGAIN FOR SHARING LOOKING FORWARD TO MORE OF YOUR JUNK YARD CLASS ROOM / YOUR LIVING EVERY KID'S DREAM HANGING OUT IN A JUNK YARD / I WAS LUCKY AS A KID HAVING FRIENDS THAT THERE FAMILY HAD THE LARGEST JUNK YARDS IN TOWN AND WE HAD A BALL PLAYING AROUND IN THEM / AT ONE TIME IN AMERICA YOU COULD DO THINGS LIKE THAT / WE HAD A BALL WITH OUT GETTING IN TROUBLE / WELL THANKS AGAIN KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK / KEEP THE FAITH , JESUS SAVES
Thank you Steve