'41 Stude Milk truck $2200 in CA

[Bob Andrews]

I've never seen one of these!

http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=629870

[kmac530]

Hey that thing is neat. I could totally see building a cool little mini motorhome or something out of it. That would make a great surf rig for mexico and stuff. Put some good running gear under it, a transfer case and 4wd axles and set it up with some fold up bunk beds and a kitchenette and you got a VERY cool camp rig for weekends in the desert dirtbiking, surfing in Mexico, hunting in the woods you name it. That would be a rig with style there.

[garyash]

It's not a milk truck, it's a Railway Express delivery truck.

[kmul221]

There's a "R" series up our way with a Divco body added on,looks neat.I'm sure Steve T. has a photo he can post.

[larryyano]

If anyone wants a project - Look here




Pulled this out of a junk yard a few years ago to save it from being crushed. I thought I would maybe put it on an ambulance chassis. Never got around to it and here it sits I'm located in the Philadelphia area and if any one is interested, let me know. It may end up in the crusher as I am out of storage space.

follow this link

http://s51.photobucket.com/albums/f368/larryyano/Boyertown%20Body/

[Steve T]

Here's the 2R milk truck Kevin mentioned. I have a number of photos of it, this one being from the Fall 2010 Waterdown show and swap; belongs to a metalsmith named Keith Sim, and as of the Rockton swap meet (successor to Waterdown) last month it too is for sale.



S.

[Roscomacaw]

Those wheels hint at more modern underpinnings. Do you know anything about what powers it?

A few years back, I took a bunch of stuff off of an 8E-40 refridgerated beast. Dimensionally, it was no bigger than the trucks featured in this thread, but it was amazing to see such a stubby little buggar riding 20" tires! And it wasn't some latter-day conversion either.

[Steve T]

Bob(s)--

The Sim truck is based on a Hamilton-built '51 2R; engine is a '71 Chevy LT1 350ci V8, tranny is a TH350, front and rear running gear are GM 1-ton equipment. At Rockton, Keith was asking $18K for the truck.

S.

[studelark]

It's not a milk truck, it's a Railway Express delivery truck.

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I am in total agreement with Gary- that is NOT a milk truck, but one of a number of similiar trucks built by REA prior to WWII.

Frank Drumheller
Locust Grove, VA
60S-W6
M16-52 Boyer-bodied 1948 fire truck

[kmac530]

Whatever they were built for they are awsome I love those things. What a great truck for a bike builder shop, enclosed pick up and delivery truck and parts runner...nice.

I am not gonna be enclosed, but I am building a bit like that for a shop truck.

[Bob Andrews]

It's not a milk truck, it's a Railway Express delivery truck.

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I am in total agreement with Gary- that is NOT a milk truck, but one of a number of similiar trucks built by REA prior to WWII.

OK, guys, I believe ya! I just went off what the seller said.

Still a cool truck, and well worth saving. Although, I would like a COE even better.

[kmac530]

Im with you Mr. Andrews...dont care what it was originally, but it is cool and I would love it....