Studes in Roadside Americana photos

[JRoberts]

[JRoberts]

[BRUCESTUDE]

I just retired after 38 years of firefighting, which included loading literally hundreds of patients into ambulances, so it hurts my back to just look at this picture!!!!

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[62champ]

[Frank54]

49 or 50 Chevy half-ton. But I can't tell what year Studebaker. Gotta be a 2R, right?

[JRoberts]

I have seen pictures of this car before but never this shot. The car is Junior Thompsan's '41 Studebaker that is often credited for starting the "Gasser Wars."

[BobPalma]

49 or 50 Chevy half-ton. But I can't tell what year Studebaker. Gotta be a 2R, right?

2R is correct, Frank; but you can't tell the model year without knowing the Serial Number. BP

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[BobPalma]

#4494: Great photo; Hudson, Studebaker, Packard. Love it! Thanks. BP

[62champ]

[62champ]

[62champ]

[Sam Ensley]

This Studebaker ambulance reminded me of my early childhood. Our next-door neighbor owned a furniture store/funeral home with free ambulance service during WWII. His earliest ambulances were a 1941 Hudson and a 1941 Mercury sedans very similar to that in the Studebaker pics. When new ambulances were bought after the war, a father and son in the neighborhood bought the old Hudson and Mercury. I remember that they replaced the cot and jump seat with the original upholstery.