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I was nosing around on a studebaker web site and found that in the early 60's you could order a 1.5-2 ton stude truck with a 4 cylinder detroit. Sweet I wish ford would have offered that too.
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I'm pretty sure Ford did but I don't know if you will find one smaller than a tandem. My 48-52 Canadian parts book lists a diesel option under the standard/special options but that is the only mention in the entire book.
You have to rememeber that diesel engines weren't as big back then. Look at farm tractors, it wasn't till the 60's that diesel engines were common place.
You have to rememeber that diesel engines weren't as big back then. Look at farm tractors, it wasn't till the 60's that diesel engines were common place.
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Originally Posted by F6Guy
I was nosing around on a studebaker web site and found that in the early 60's you could order a 1.5-2 ton stude truck with a 4 cylinder detroit. Sweet I wish ford would have offered that too.
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When you are selling a truck in the 1960's that the styling dates to 1949, and the chassis to 1935, you'll offer anything to sell 'em. The only gasser 6 cylinder offered then was the 245 cid flathead Commander/Dictator engine that dated back to 1928!
From 1949 thru 1953 the trucks were nameless, Next came the name Transtar and along with it, a fibreglass snout to hide the '49 grille and headlamps. It didn't help when Studebaker concocted what had to have been the absolute worst, most hideous schemed tu-tone paint job on the planet. The Transtar lasted with minimum changes (the tu-toned paint job thankfully lasted only 3 years) till the end came in 1963.
btw: Studebaker sold the name Transtar to International.
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