November/December 2023 Vintage Truck

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The November/December 2023 issue of the magazine is available in our gift shop now and will be available on newsstands soon. Our cover feature is a 1947 Studebaker Coupe Express owned by Donna Sanders. Story by Robert Gabrick, Photos by Brad Bowling

Cover Story | 1947 Studebaker Coupe Express

DONA’47

Donna Sanders’ 1947 Studebaker Coupe Express has enjoyed a long second life!

World War II was becoming an increasingly smaller image in history’s rear-view mirror in 1947, and, with the overwhelming postwar demand for new cars and trucks, facelifted prewar models represented the order of the day.

Earning high marks for its WWII production efforts, The Studebaker Corp. of South Bend, Indiana, returned to the civilian market in 1946, offering only the slightly refreshed Champion passenger car (based on the company’s short-lived 1942 model) and the essentially unchanged M-series truck, which had been introduced in 1941. Studebaker had credited Raymond Loewy, the “star stylist,” with giving its 1942 Champion, President, and Commander “Skyway Styling” that featured the “flight-streamed contours of the latest model pursuit planes.” Studebaker repeated this futuristic, aviation-based theme when production began for the abbreviated 1946 model year.

To read more about the 1947 Studebaker, pick up a copy of the November/December 2023 issue of Vintage Truck magazine!

Articles in this issue include:

FEATURES

  • “Sell My Truck, and I Will Haunt You!”
    Tom Duncan intends to keep his father’s 1964 Chevrolet C10 in the family forever!
    Story and Photos by Brad Bowling

  • The Golden Jubilee Puller
    Kyle Gendreau’s 1967 Ford F-250 is a first-rate tractor-towing rig!
    Story by Bob Tomaine, Photos by Chuck Vranas

  • DONA’47
    Donna Sanders’ 1947 Studebaker Coupe Express has enjoyed a long second life!
    Story by Robert Gabrick, Photos by Brad Bowling

  • Tanker Away!
    This 1927 Graham Bros. Model EDX and Studebaker trailer represent a typical bulk fuel delivery unit of the Roaring Twenties!
    Story by B. Mitchell Carlson, Photos by Brad Bowling

DEPARTMENTS

  • Letter from the Editor

  • Letters to the Editor

  • Independent Trucks: Jeffery/Nash Quad in Mexico

  • Books in the Bed: Reviews by Robert Gabrick

  • The Workhorse: 1977 Ford F-350

  • Aid for the Anxious Amateur: Distributor health

  • Classifieds

  • Granny Gear: Busboy

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