Best M series around?

[Studebaker Wheel]

http://www.chooseyouritem.com/classics/files/18422000/18422129.html

This is the last truck Asa Hall had restored (finished after his passing). It was shown at the Lancaster meet. Pretty steep price for an M series but it is the best and I am sure the asking price would not pay for the restoration.

[Studebaker Wheel]

At Lancaster 2008.

[studegary]

That is a rare and excellent truck.
It is hard to sell, for much money, trucks that are larger than pickup size and do not fit into a "normal" garage. The market is quite small, but it only takes one.

EDIT: The listing states; exterior gray. To me, it looks like green with black fenders.

[8E45E]

The listing states; exterior gray. To me, it looks like green with black fenders.

Looks gray (with black fenders) on my monitor.

Craig

[StudeMann]

It's definitely grey in the photos showing the cab and the engine.

[sals54]

If it costs you more than $51,000 to restore an M Series truck, you've got serious problems with where you spend your money. That's an outrageous price for that truck.

[2R5]

Sal , I tend to agree with you , just because someone spends that much doesn't mean its worth that !

[Roscomacaw]

I too, think that's too much to restore that vehicle. I could see where if you did nothing yourself ('cept write checks) , you could flirt with $30K. But $50K??? You'd have to be really silly with your checkbook.

There's an International 1&1/2ton that's being "redone" (not restored) by a high dollar shop near here - about a 1950 model. The work is impeccable. What's more, some wealthy farmer is paying them to WIDEN and LENGTHEN the cab while maintaining a bone stock appearance so that a late-model turbo-charged driveline could be fitted! There's over $50K in it so far and it's not quite complete.