Lost out on ANOTHER fine M-series truck :(

[migral23]

Howdy readers.
Well, the M16 truck advertised on page 56 of the January 2016 Turning Wheels has found a new home......and based on the subject line, you can tell it didn't come my way. Spoke again to the late owner's wife just today and was told that my competition, a museum in Georgia, was the winner. Sure, I realize that a private guy competing against a museum is a difficult row to hoe, but I did have my hopes up. So, this is now #2 missed (#1 was Al Sandeen's 1945 M15 in Minnesota); perhaps the old saw that "third time's a charm" will play out ?

I tried to upload the smaller of the two photos I have of it, but since they were actually scanned copies of the Xerox copies I was sent, and thus became PDFs, their size was too big.

[Commander Eddie]

Mike,
I know Oregon is a ways off but there is a truck on the CL here that might be a good buy. I spoke to the owner and he says he is willing to negotiate on the price, which is very reasonable to begin with. He also has a couple of extra V8 engines he would sell for a very low price. Here is a link to the CL ad.

http://portland.craigslist.org/yam/cto/5404985553.html

[Commander Eddie]

Mike, here is another one up in Washington State.

http://seattle.craigslist.org/est/cto/5381662283.html

[migral23]

Ed, thanks for linking me to both of these. Actually, I've seen both of these ads (via an almost-daily CraigsList search via AdHuntr) fairly recently. The R-series truck is OK, but I'm really more of an M-series fan. Re: the M in Washington state, I've been in contact with the seller. There's promise there, yes; the hard part to swallow is the $3000+ cost to have it transported from there to MD, especially since it doesn't run, and tires are flat. Shippers at least want the item to be rollable, and non-runners demand a surcharge, sometimes a hefty one, or so I've been told so far by transporters (those that will even consider it; some guys won't even get back to me once I've said it doesn't run).

[Guido]

Mike,

I have Asa Hall's 1948 M-16 that was at Vern Ediger's at the time of his death. Truck is solid, has a grain/cattle body with a twin cylinder dump and all tires are up. You can own it for not much more than the shipping quote from the West and it is only 1 state away.

Gary

[SC38DLS]

I know how you feel I took a trip to Van Couver and another to New Jersey both were for good prospects but they ended up being a lot different than the descriptions and pictures sent to me, I found this 38 State Commander just 200 miles from home - just about in my backyard compared to the far ends of the country. Hang in there you will find the right truck. Have fun. Dave S

[Dwain G.]

The WA truck has Oregon plates, presumably an OR title too.

[migral23]

"Guido" Gary, that's an intriguing thought.
You may have indirectly answered this next question in the recent past (as part of a previous thread of mine about the 1955 E38 in NJ), but is the truck you're talking about a red M-series in this 10-31-2015 thread response?

http://forum.studebakerdriversclub.com/showthread.php?91687-Anyone-familiar-with-this-1955-E38-in-NJ

If so, perhaps you will PM me about it. Sorry, I don't recognize real names that go with the usernames on here.