$55,000 Champ pickup???

[53k]

Dreamer? http://www.ebay.com/itm/1962-Studeba...m=272514274426
Better buy, but still pretty high- http://www.ebay.com/itm/1964-Studeba...m=332089227025

[Pat Dilling]

Second one looks like a good deal. Hard to duplicate to that level at that cost.

Agree the first seller is dreaming.

[Jett289]

I like the second truck better as well.. Both are very cool trucks and love the color .. The 5speed was available on short box Champs? I always thought it was only available on the longer wheel base trucks

[Commander Eddie]

The second truck is well done and has some nice features, like the 5-speed. I think they underrated the horsepower though. With a 4bbl it should be generating more like 190-195 hp. The price is a bit high, however, I recently saw one of these in about the same condition but with a 6-cylinder go for much more at auction. I think someone who really wants one of these great trucks but does not want to have to do anything to it but drive it, this would be a fair price.

[62champ]

I have known about the second truck since a relative bought it in about 1995. Here is the write up about it on the '64 Champ registry: http://forum.studebakerdriversclub.c...622#post875622

[Skip Lackie]

I like the second truck better as well.. Both are very cool trucks and love the color .. The 5speed was available on short box Champs? I always thought it was only available on the longer wheel base trucks

5-speed OD became available on all trucks effective with the 63-64 8E series. That said, a few were apparently so equipped even before that for special orders.

[Skip Lackie]

The second truck is well done and has some nice features, like the 5-speed. I think they underrated the horsepower though. With a 4bbl it should be generating more like 190-195 hp.

Yes and no. My 8E spec book shows 178 hp (@4500 rpm) for an 8E7 equipped with a 289 and 4-bbl, and 192 hp (@4100 rpm) for an 8E40 with 289 and 4-bbl. Since both truckss were available with the same compression ratios, I assume there were some slight differences in carburetion.

[Bish]

Seems like for $55,000 they could have rechromed the dash bezels and not covered the data plate with thick paint. The 2nd truck has had its bed narrowed too. I like that one much better, esp. For the money.

[swvalcon]

The first one has to be a typo but the second one isn't that far out of line for what has been done to it. If it was a chev or ford 64 done that nice it would be gone in a heart beat.

[T.J lavallee]

I, too, favor the second truck and it's got an interior I could live with. Too much orange in the first truck!

[52-fan]

I think the offers on the first truck will fall short of the second one. I think the upholstery in the first one looks like it belongs in a Chevy.

[GrumpyOne]

Dreamer? http://www.ebay.com/itm/1962-Studeba...m=272514274426
Better buy, but still pretty high- http://www.ebay.com/itm/1964-Studeba...m=332089227025

You're right on that assumption… The '64 reminds me somewhat of my old T-Cab which was a great work truck. Equipped with a 289/Powershift from a, (I believe), '63 GT Hawk. Though most prefer the short beds, I like the long bed as you can lay 4x8 sheets of plywood and still close the tailgate.

Ahhh… To be young again!

[t walgamuth]

On the first truck, the beauty rings look out of place on the all paint trim truck.

On the second truck the chrome fairly blinds me! I think I'd have to put in a car grill. Also on such a nice truck the bed looks kindof grubby.

Both very nice trucks though.

What's with the utility truck orange? Is that a factory color?

[53k]

....On the second truck the chrome fairly blinds me! I think I'd have to put in a car grill. Also on such a nice truck the bed looks kindof grubby....

Your comment about a car grille brought back sad memories. The original owner of my 8E7 had converted the front panel to one from a '63 Lark and it worked well. Unfortunately the truck met a sad end in 1983 when it was involved in a bad collision. Like GrumpyOne's truck, the previous owner had also installed a Powershift. The truck was built with a five speed, but he had so much trouble with the clutch linkage that he decided to make the switch to automatic.

[t walgamuth]

That truck looked handsome with the car grill, eh?