True or False

[JEWELL]

Studebaker beds on 56 Dodge trucks?http://houston.craigslist.org/cto/5265117619.html

[63 R2 Hawk]

I always thought it was the other way around. I thought the "T" cab Stude pickups used Dodge beds to save money on forming dies etc.

[candbstudebakers]

Looks more like a GM bed to me. or maybe Ford.

[spokejr]

I'm with Bob, didn't Studebaker use a double wall bed by the '50's?

[Commander Eddie]

I'm with Bob, didn't Studebaker use a double wall bed by the '50's?

I believe the double wall bed was introduced in 1949. I do not believe that is a Studebaker bed on that Dodge truck. The fender looks wrong.

[Guido]

Studebaker used a double wall bed from the introduction of the 2R series for the 1949 model year. The Champ truck utilized a Dodge bed, but I think it was actually made by Budd. The box on the truck in question looks like a M series, which I think was also made by Budd. Gary Ash or Skip Lackie can confirm.

[Frank54]

I did a google image search, and the bed side panels are not correct for a 56 Dodge, but I think the fenders are original - and the tailgate.

[Dwain G.]

This appears to be a "low side" box. In those years you could get either low side or high side boxes. I've read that the low side was dropped early in the '56 model year.

[StudeRich]

FALSE...........................

[Skip Lackie]

Studebaker used a double wall bed from the introduction of the 2R series for the 1949 model year. The Champ truck utilized a Dodge bed, but I think it was actually made by Budd. The box on the truck in question looks like a M series, which I think was also made by Budd. Gary Ash or Skip Lackie can confirm.

I can neither confirm nor deny -- the listing has been removed (saved by the bell . . . . . ).

[JEWELL]

[QUOTE=Skip Lackie;950610]I can neither confirm nor deny -- the listing has been removed (saved by the bell . . . . . ).[/QUOT

Found it Skip, well....http://gulfport.craigslist.org/cto/5253558797.html

[DEEPNHOCK]

Studebaker used a double wall bed in 1937 on the J5

[Skip Lackie]

[QUOTE=JEWELL;950859]

I can neither confirm nor deny -- the listing has been removed (saved by the bell . . . . . ).[/QUOT

Found it Skip, well....http://gulfport.craigslist.org/cto/5253558797.html

Have never owned an M pickup, so am not intimately familiar with their beds -- but it does resemble an M bed. That said, I agree with those who said false. I know that Studebaker had so many M series cabs left over that they were selling them for a few hundred dollars apiece in 1949. But I am not aware of the company having many M series pickup beds left over -- and certainly not as late as 1956. So my guess is it's home-built.

[Guido]

[QUOTE=Skip Lackie;950895]

Have never owned an M pickup, so am not intimately familiar with their beds -- but it does resemble an M bed. That said, I agree with those who said false. I know that Studebaker had so many M series cabs left over that they were selling them for a few hundred dollars apiece in 1949. But I am not aware of the company having many M series pickup beds left over -- and certainly not as late as 1956. So my guess is it's home-built.

Not homemade, it is a factory low side bed on a C series truck.

[Skip Lackie]

[QUOTE=Guido;950907]

Not homemade, it is a factory low side bed on a C series truck.

Gary-
I meant the truck/bed combination was home-built (ie, not factory as stated in the ad), not that the bed was home-built.