Studebaker Pickup

It comes with blackwalls too as long as you change from blue to orange.

Okay, mine's blue, but I wonder why I don't have the "Studebaker" logo on the doors.  I like its big bed, enough for a BIG dog! This one looks something like the Plott hounds of western North Carolina.

*The Plott Hound is a large scent hound, originally bred for hunting bears. In 1989, the North Carolina General Assembly designated the Plott Hound as the official State Dog. The Plott Hound was first registered with the United Kennel Club in 1946. Wikipedia

I ordered this one last week. I should receive this week. I will see if i will change for the black tyres? It will be my first Pickup. It seem that i have seen a list that BRK will made 1948 International Pickup Truck in 2021 but i'm not sure?

With Brookins and Durham Classics it's easy to just flip the tires over and put the whitewalls inside if not wanted.

@john-quilter

John i have never change until now a color of tires for another one and i'm not a collector who is comfortable to manipulate too much a model. I just come put back a tire that was unloaded at the back, I had a little trouble fixing it with the skirt and I wondered if I would have removed the base plate if it would have been more easy?
I received the Studebaker Pickup this morning. it is a beautiful model but i have been surprise because i thought that the model was bigger than that? Maybe i am wrong it looks like more a 1:44 or a 1:45 when i compare with some of my other models?

@michel-lemieux  Michel, it's a fine model, and I think it is sized just about as correctly as our 1:43 manufacturers make. This truck was still sized more as its sedan antecedent than its competitors' trucks.

The Studebaker Coupe Express was a passenger car based pick up, produced by the Studebaker of South Bend, Indiana, between 1937 and 1939. Unlike other concurrent pick-up trucks, the coupe express mated Studebaker's passenger car styling to a full size truck bed. The Coupe Express utilized the Dictator passenger car frame, running gear, and front sheet metal. A new body stamping was made to form the cab back. An all-steel pickup box was built for the pickup models.

@d-m-holcombe

Thanks for the infos, David. I look more the models of the 30's since a couple of weeks. This is my first Pickup and my the first model of the thirthies. There is the BRK 1937 Studebaker Dictator who looks very well.

@michel-lemieux   Did a little research on the 1938 Studebakers.   My findings are that the wheelbase was 116.5 inches and overall length was 193.75. Checking my Matchbox Models of Yesteryear Coupe Express shows it to be 2.71 inch wheelbase, and 4.59 length which translates to 116.5 wheelbase and 197.4 length. These figures are for the 1:1 passenger car model 7A which likely had the same wheelbase as the pickup but the pickup may have differed a bit in overall length.  Compare these figures to your US Model Mint version which I do not have.

And this was not the last time ever frugal Studebaker used a passenger car as a base for their light truck.   Done again in 1961 to (?) 1964.  

Neo's Champ is a great model - note the inverse Studebaker script on the inside of the tailgate, just as you would expect a stamping to be. I don't recall seeing this on other pickup models.