Truck hunting afternoon

[52-fan]

Some of you may know that gas wells are being drilled all over a wide strip of Arkansas. The drillers and associated workers are all over the back roads and woods. A man with one of the companies saw one of brother's Studebaker trucks and stopped to talk to us a few weeks back. This same guy sent brother a picture of a Studebaker truck he saw on a dead end road well off the beaten track. We went up there today and found the truck along with some old Chryslers and tractors. It's an R series 3/4 ton with column shift. The most amazing part was how good the bed looked. A tree made it impossible to raise the hood. The truck has been in that spot for a while.





Bed is straight and tailgate is good. Cab floors and step, at least on the left side, are gone. Hood is rusty.

[wolfie]

I would love to have that bed for my T-Cab. Shipping from Alaska is most likely prohibitive. Steve

[Bo Markham]

Shipping from Alaska? Don't you mean Arkansas?

[LarkTruck]

Steve, that bed is the narrow 49-55 P-1 bed, your Champ would look better with the wider 56-up P-1 bed.
Jim S.

[Invalid User Name]

You didn't say how hard it was to get that truck up on your trailer?

[52-fan]

Haven't talked to the owner yet. Actually, we are only mildly interested in the truck, but I was told that one of our chapter members has been looking for a long bed for his R series truck.

[SteveH]

I'd be interested in those doors, they look better that what I have now!

[52-fan]

I'm not sure about the driver side door because there was no handle to open it with, but the passenger side didn't look so good.

[wolfie]

Shipping from Alaska? Don't you mean Arkansas?

I have no idea where I got Alaska from but thats what I read originally. These drugs the doc has me on must be better than I thought. Steve

[wolfie]

Steve, that bed is the narrow 49-55 P-1 bed, your Champ would look better with the wider 56-up P-1 bed.
Jim S.

I didnt know there was a difference. I thought all the P1 beds were the same. The bed on my truck is good, rust free etc... I just prefer the look of the narrow bed with the fenders. Steve