Studebaker sold the Coupe Express as a bare chassis and cab, leaving plumbers and electricians to fit their own bed.
Lead trim: Coupe Express L-head six
Studebaker Coupe Express1937–1939
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FactStudebaker sold the Coupe Express as a bare chassis and cab, leaving plumbers and electricians to fit their own bed.
The Studebaker Coupe Express is a passenger-car-based coupe utility produced by Studebaker between 1937 and 1939, with an automobile-styled cab and flared rear fenders straight off the Studebaker Dictator, sold both with a manufacturer-supplied pickup-style metal bed and as a rolling chassis and cab to be fitted with a bed or service box by the purchaser (a plumber or electrician, for example). It was designed by Raymond Loewy and used the Dictator's frame, running gear and front sheet metal with a new stamping for the cab back, powered by the larger of Studebaker's L-head six-cylinder flathead engines with a 3-speed manual (a Borg-Warner overdrive optional), rear-wheel drive; options included a radio, heater, wire-reinforced sliding back window and turn indicators, with stamped steel disc or 'artillery' spoked wheels. Production was approximately 3,000 in 1937, 1,200 in 1938 (with the cab restyled for the modernized passenger car sheet metal and a slightly longer bed) and 1,000 in 1939; it was discontinued after 1939 with no successor for 1940, the M-Series pickup arriving in 1941 (the Coupe Express name was used in advertising for a time). The page notes it is hard to define as either a coupe utility or a pickup truck.
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Trims & Figures
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| Trim | Years | Engine | Power | Torque | 0–60 | Drive | Gearbox | MSRP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coupe Express L-head six | 1937–1939 | Inline-6 | 90 hp | — | — | RWD | — | — |
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