This is some cool stuff, while you can't beat a Jeep sometimes you need a truck or room for more passengers. Back in the late 40's Studebaker built some cars and trucks especially for desert use.
interesting, thanks.
Dave Milne, Scotland
Wow, flash backs galore when I was a kid my dad had one. I remember we use travel from upstate NY to Long Island and visit the kin folks. Dad use to drive down the beach with a car load of people and have fun in the sand . He passed away shortly after but that was one fond memory I can still smell the salt air. I remember back in 62 when Studebaker went bankrupt and remember thinking my dad is probably rolling over in his grave.
Coasty
My dad had a Stude pickup as well. Some time in the late '60s he traded it on a Ford because he was having trouble finding parts.
I was glad to see the last of the Studebaker pickups, I had a close encounter with one once. I wound up with a concussion, broken right collar bone, right upper arm broken in two places, broken shoulder blade and a many weeks in a cast.
I learned not to argue with a Studebaker pickup when on foot.... :-(
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