I love these old Studebakers! Great look from all angles. Impressive chrome trim- especially the two-tone separation. The best thing about this truck is it looks like someone uses it everyday. Thank you Tony, my favorite truck!
Studebaker cut their teeth on large trucks. This is a good looking truck. It makes me wonder why they didn't pursue the truck market, light and heavy, with more zeal? They were facing market share loss and stretching out redesign cycles. Merging operations with Packard. Maybe trucks were just too small of a market in the 50s?
The Studebaker design was slightly dated in 1957. GM and Ford were offering style-sided models with some luxury by this time. V-8s and AT's plus creature comforts. Cameos and Rancheros, too.
Best of OPC. 
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Not restored but still a nice 2 tone pain job.
incredible, all-original paint!
I love these old Studebakers! Great look from all angles. Impressive chrome trim- especially the two-tone separation. The best thing about this truck is it looks like someone uses it everyday. Thank you Tony, my favorite truck!
Agreed with you, Dave. This is one killer Studebaker. The 2-tone, dog-dishes, the styling...
what sweet and rare original, love this.
I love all the type used on this badboy. I'm just in love with it from all angles, look at that back window and the cartoon wheel arches!
As is always the case with a best of, I don't see this ever being topped. Bravo!
Studebaker cut their teeth on large trucks. This is a good looking truck. It makes me wonder why they didn't pursue the truck market, light and heavy, with more zeal?
They were facing market share loss and stretching out redesign cycles. Merging operations with Packard. Maybe trucks were just too small of a market in the 50s?
The Studebaker design was slightly dated in 1957. GM and Ford were offering style-sided models with some luxury by this time. V-8s and AT's plus creature comforts. Cameos and Rancheros, too.
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