1938 studebaker cab forward COE K15
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 28 ธ.ค. 2023
- Today on what it’s like it’s 1938 Studebaker offers a pull out drawer of different truck options to choose from with her that was the halftime trip expressed all the way up to five ton big commercial.
They even offered two different cab options standard cab or forward cab a.k.a. C O E which also stood for Cabover engine.
Enjoy this episode
This 1938 Studebaker K 15 COE is currently for sale at classic auto Mall Morgantown Pennsylvania for more information pricing and pictures pertaining to this Very truck be sure to click the link below after the show
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Human League: Fascination. Coupe Express. Any of the COE are cool.
Yeah buddy congratulations you got it first want to do so too right out of the gate
@@What.its.like. Took me right back to the 80s, and to a video game (think it was Vice City)! I like this song better than Don't Ypu Want Me.
good job Luis!
Yeah it reminds me of GTA wasn’t sure which one haha
same here
A neighbor owned a 38 Studebaker coupe express he bought it new in 38 , He was a WW1 veteran in his 90's when I knew him 40 plus years ago was an awesome old man . Had the pleasure of knowing three WW1 vets in my life .
Awesome story did his 38 Studebaker have the funky lights
Yes and he had painted the truck an ugly blue using a paint brush . @@What.its.like.
Im convinced that the 30's and the 50's were the greatest years for artistic design of American cars. That Studebaker is just an incredible work of art, and it drives
around too, if you want it to. The Mona Lisa never could do that.
I totally agree I love the ads from those eras sometimes would what living then was like.. I love the Art Deco trucks and streamlined big rigs
@What.its.like. Oh yeah, the 30's and 40's were the breakthrough years for art deco! Anything from cars to buildings to tea pots!
That is a restoration that anyone would be proud of. If I had done it it would break my heart to sell it.
The truck was pretty much perfect I wish that I could’ve had access to the engine compartment but I wasn’t 100% sure how to access it I knew that it was pretty much right between the two seats I just wasn’t sure if the whole cab flipped forward or if you pull the center out which I was more leaning towards pulled the center out but it wasn’t entirely sure how to do that
Studebaker was a strong presence in the truck market, and it is easy to see why. Fantastic design, tough, and good performance.
As a child I had an antique model truck that looked very similar to this truck. Absolutely beautiful specimen of a truck. Makes me sometimes want to teleport back to that era of time for autos and trucks weren't cast in the same mold as modern SUVs that seem to emulate each other in shape and color. Thanks for sharing.
I was super bummed I was able to find the specifications book for specifically the cab forward Studebaker truck unfortunately it was so grainy that it was unusable...,
That’s why there wasn’t a specifications part in this one because there was multiple wheel bases they could be on
If I had a time machine I’d leave and never come back technology is the only thing I’d miss
Perfect restoration on a real nice looking truck
38 Coupe Express
38 Studebaker COE
After many years of driving VW busses I can say with all certainty that when it comes to a cab over you either like it, or it scares the hell out of you.
If you ever hit anything head on you will be the first one on the scene. Not to mention you also need to carry a tube of preparation H with you because sitting right over the top of the front tire you will feel every single bump.
I also worked for a company where I drove a delivery van it was a 66 Dodge A100 series. You would get the same feeling driving one of those because you're sitting right over the front wheel. You might have a false sense of security because there's an engine right between you and the other seat But that's really not going to help you very much if you happen to hit something in the front.
1938 Coupe Express!
Not a bad looking truck. I like the '37 coupe express model too. Very stylish.
That '37 half-ton is gorgeous!
Totally agree
We had that same ford on the farm as a grain hauler. Hauled grain from the farm to the elevator. It was 30 years old and we still used it. What a god awful horrible riding and driving experience. On Frozen rutted Iowa gravel roads in the winter it was pure punishment
Coupe Express. But that Stude is definitely the best looking COE.
WYR I like the coupe express and this beautiful Stude. The color scheme is striking here but vulnerable in the rear- no bumper? That's crazy. It looks like the front turn signals also illuminate to the rear, a good idea. And the hood ornament with it's clear plastic fin, the stylish grille, fender skirts, and hubcaps add a touch of class to an already classy truck. The seat backs looked rather upright which doesn't look too comfortable. Wondering if the turn-signal box was a "Signal-Stat" brand which most of this type are? If so this is the earliest one I've seen . Most of the older 'dead' trucks were melted down in the WW2 scrap drives so are gone forever but this one was new enough to have been used through the war, and thus survived that inglorious fate. Sure looks better than it's Ford and Chevy competition!
Yep, that's it! Knew I would recognize it as soon as I saw it! I was putting on my big boy pants by the early 80's so I wasn't paying as much attention to the current music scene as I had before!
I'll take All Three!😊. America's best wagon maker. 🚒
Awesome =)
What a cool truck! I've never seen one, so thank you for featuring it, Jay.
Thank you so much for watching this one.. glad you dig this episode
I wish things were still made beautiful today. Most commercial trucks today are 100% utilitarian with no concern about being stylish.
Totally agree =)
Great vid!! 👍👍
1962 Studebaker Champ was to me the best looking pick em up truck
There is one in the pipeline it was a toss up between which one to feature first
@@What.its.like. cool. I had a 54 gmc school bus converted to a camper when I was younger. 2 speed rear like your truck
Studebaker made the best looking COEs. I would love one of their short wheelbase coal delivery trucks like the one in the lower left at 3:33.
Great looking flatbed. First pick 38 Studebaker Coupe express, second 38 Chevrolet cabover, even better either GMC or International. Hope you do a short video of the 1923 Pierce-Arow Model XB 3 Ton Flatbed the auto mall has and the 1954 Lincoln Cosmopolitan Sedan they have.
I might do the Pierce arrow when I go back next time there’s a pierce arrow car as well that I’d like to shoot I’m not entirely sure when I’m going back next I was just discussing that with my wife.. lol
I’m going to try to do a cosmopolitan for tomorrow it’s a convertible it’s pretty nice car
These trucks are rare,maybe a dozen of them left.
Definitely the K 15 in the first choice and then the studebaker COE in the second choice, glad to see you highlight a truck jay
We need to cover more trucks next year bummed Coe advertising wasn’t available
America is so much poorer without companies like Studebaker. Innovative, always "different by design". Those skirts are completely unnecessary, but again so stylish, art deco. Druthers: Couple Express everyday.
1938 coupe express
Chevy 👍
Enjoy
Happy Motoring ✌️🤠
Sweet choices
Hi Jay!: Now that truck is something DIFFERENT! But I like it! BEAUTIFUL restoration! Only thing I don't like is that they felt it necessary to put all the gauges in the MIDDLE of the dashboard! You would almost want a co-driver to tell you if anything was going on with the right hand gauges! Other than that it's spectacular! I think with a top and sides it would make a cool mini-motorhome!
WYR#1 Coupe Express for SURE! I agree with you those were just beautiful! Especially the 1937. #2 it would be the one you showed! The thing is just TOO COOL!
Great choices also awesome insight
This gonna be good!
Look at those tiny wheels!
Dang I almost got it😅WYR for use the standard cab for Polka Band playing on the back the Studie Coe and that Chevy baby maker 😊
I've always have been a fan of the Coupe Express and Hudson pickups. Never really liked the "Cabovers" and I'm sure they probably rode terrible with the front wheels under you. Kinda like the Izuzu and other modern trucks. Great video!
I want to drive an old Coe one day
Glad you dig this video
Even workhorses had style back then! But dayum... can that interior be any more spartan? WYR: 1) '38 Coupe Express. I can see where GM "tried" to emulate it with the SSR, failing miserably. 2) Studebaker.
Sweet choices =)
Nice!👍Utilitarian truck, yet touches of art deco. Love that instrument panel. I agree about the Coupe Express. Used to be a guy here who had a ‘41 Hudson pickup in his field. Those had style. Another vanished thing in your photo montage was the small semi. I inherited our 1956 International S164. I think it was on e a small semi.
41 Hudson big boy is a rare truck
It was badly rusted, even the frame, but he finally sold it. I hope it is being restored.@@What.its.like.
Hi Jay, I have always had a soft spot for the rare, the orphan vehicles that have long since disappeared from American roadways. That is why I love this channel, it is my favorite. I am a bit behind in responding to some of your videos, because I only discovered this channel fairly recently and have been trying to catch up with the older ones too.
I knew Studebaker made pickups, but was unaware they produced heavier haulers. I have a question about the K series trucks engine. Was the 226 CID 85 horsepower, 170 LB FT you described the only engine available on all the K series trucks. I know this was a different time, but that seems inadequate especially on the more heavy duty trucks , like over 2 tons.
The 1937 coupe express was much better looking than the Hudson Big Boy.
WYR 1938 Studebaker K15 Standard cab , 1938 Studebaker K15 Cab over engine.
As a resident of "upstate New York" , I have one small gripe. You said "The Honeymoon Bridge , Niagara Falls, New York City collapses". You can't get much further away from NYC than Niagara Falls and still be in New Your State. No problem, it happens a lot, if I tell someone I am from New York the assume I mean NYC. Nope.
Thank you so much for that correction.. I get the events from Wikipedia and sometimes you have to take everything from Wikipedia with a grain of salt..
85 hp doesn’t sound like a lot but I’m sure it was an adequate motor for the time have to remember it’s 1938 the most powerful engine in the world at that point that went into an automobile was the Duesenberg engine and it made 300+ horsepower but that was those engines that made that kind of power very few and far between.. The model A engine was rated at half the Ford flathead V-8 made 80 hp.. they came out with a 60 hp version in 1937.
Cadillac V16 made 185 hp
Glad you found this channel welcome to this car community =)
All of the Coe trucks
Hi Jay, at time mark 3:35 the grey scale truck sitting beside the red truck is a 1936 2T2 (standard), the red truck is also a 1936 2T2 COE. The way you can tell the 36 & 38 trucks apart is the grill, the 36 has a bold vertical S/S centre trim and 3 sets of bold S/S horizontal trims running off each side of it to the outer S/S trim that runs around the entire edge of the grill insert, the 38 model didn't have these S/S trims. Also the roof on the 36 was taller and more square where the 38 was squatted and more rounded, the 38 roof line always looked too low on the long nose (standard) series. I own a 36 model, the 36 model is one of the car/trucks I asked you to keep an eye out for about 6 months ago as they are super rare. I own the only one in Australia. Although the J5 was release in 1937 and designated to the Coupe Express my 1936 2T2 is also a J5. Many debate this fact but I have the original ID tags for the truck and they are stamped "J5".
I was telling them apart by the bumper if it had a straight bumper it was a 38 I was having a hard time finding ad pieces for this
The 36 bumper has a curve in it where grill is
Exactly Jay, the bumper is one of the only parts missing from my truck. You covered the model really well with what little information there is out there. From 1935-1939 there isn't that much info out there on the Studebaker trucks series especially the years 1935 & 36. I'd love to hear from anyone out there that might have a 1936 2T2 Standard long nose.
I was able to find a k15 Coe ad but it wasn’t useable which sucked only one of those brochures for sale right now apparently
WYR 1: All of them.
WYR 2: All of them.
Who doesn't love cabovers, aside from mechanics with a bad back?
Doing engine work would suck
@@What.its.like. If people thing doing it in those trucks is difficult, try doing in in a flatnose bus with the engine in the front.
38 coupe express, 38 Studebaker COE
Sweet choice =)
Are the K15 body parts stamped, or are they English wheel productions?
Not sure
Coup Express was an impressive truck. You do not see these often. Unfortunately.
Totally agree
Oh dam!!! Whish I were rich!!! I'm in lust!!!❤❤❤❤❤❤❤😂😂😂😂😂
So Jay…are you saying COE trucks were the mullets of trucks (Business in front…party in the back)???
Haha yeah I guess you could say that
38 Coupe Express
38 Stude COE
Awesome choices =)
ah...........recognize the tune but can;t come up with name or band, will say "yep, that's it" as soon as I see it.
The song is Fascination by Human League. I'd take the '38 Coupe Express and the '38 Chevy COE.
Yeah buddy that’s the song and band
Human league - Keep feeling , fascination ?
That’s the name of the band and song someone just beat you for title
1. Coupe Express 2. Stude
Sweet choices =)
Studabaker coe for me please
Sweet choice =)
It's called COE, but has a small hood (unlike FIAT 666 truck, for example). So, where's the truth? 🤔
Hitler was named “Man of the Year” in 1938. Taylor Swift is named Time’s “Person of the Year” in 2023. Coincidence???
Haha nice connection... I’m not a Taylor fan she is in my opinion a, sell out..