{"id":11041,"date":"2021-07-06T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-07-06T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/studebaker.priemerhosting.com\/1937-studebaker-coupe-express\/"},"modified":"2021-07-06T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2021-07-06T00:00:00","slug":"1937-studebaker-coupe-express","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/studebakermuseum.org\/1937-studebaker-coupe-express\/","title":{"rendered":"1937 Studebaker Coupe Express"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"post-content\">\n<p>Studebaker\u2019s Coupe Express foreshadowed the passenger car based trucks of the late 1950\u2019s. It was based on the Studebaker Dictator, sharing its chassis and many body components with that model.\u00a0 The Coupe Express was produced from 1937-1939, and was updated each year to reflect the latest Studebaker passenger car designs. It never sold in great numbers &#8211; only 5,700 were built during its three-year run. Coupe Expresses are highly sought after today by vintage truck enthusiasts.<\/p>\n<table style=\"border-collapse: collapse; width: 927px; height: 86px;\" border=\"0\" width=\"256\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr style=\"height: 15.0pt;\">\n<td style=\"height: 15pt; width: 48pt; text-align: center;\" width=\"64\" height=\"20\"><strong>Origin<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 48pt; text-align: center;\" width=\"64\"><strong>Engine<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 48pt; text-align: center;\" width=\"64\"><strong>Horsepower<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 48pt; text-align: center;\" width=\"64\"><strong>Number Built<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 15.0pt;\">\n<td style=\"height: 15pt; text-align: left;\" height=\"20\">South Bend<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: left;\">218 cu. In. (3.6 L) L-head 6<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: left;\" align=\"right\">86<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: left;\">3,700 (1937)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<p>Gift of Gladys Christian, Tacoma, Washington<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8558\" src=\"https:\/\/www.studebakermuseum.org\/studebaker-main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/DSCF8831-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<table style=\"border-collapse: collapse; width: 1014px; height: 102px;\" border=\"0\" width=\"64\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr style=\"height: 15.0pt;\">\n<td style=\"height: 15.0pt; width: 48pt;\" width=\"64\" height=\"20\"><strong>Did You Know\u2026?<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 15.0pt;\">\n<td style=\"height: 15.0pt;\" height=\"20\">The Studebaker Coupe Express was one of the few prewar pickup trucks available with an optional overdrive transmission.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<h2>About this Series<\/h2>\n<p class=\"post-title\">Keep on Truckin\u2019: The American Pickup Truck was on display at the Museum from 2017-2018.\u00a0 This\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.studebakermuseum.org\/exhibition\/keep-truckin-american-pick-truck\/\">series of articles<\/a>\u00a0comes for the displays from that exhibition.<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-1979 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.studebakermuseum.org\/studebaker-main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/KeepOnTruckin-RGB-1-300x193.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"193\" srcset=\"https:\/\/studebakermuseum.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/KeepOnTruckin-RGB-1-300x193.jpg 300w, https:\/\/studebakermuseum.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/KeepOnTruckin-RGB-1-1024x660.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/studebakermuseum.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/KeepOnTruckin-RGB-1-768x495.jpg 768w, https:\/\/studebakermuseum.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/KeepOnTruckin-RGB-1-1536x991.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/studebakermuseum.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/KeepOnTruckin-RGB-1-2048x1321.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Studebaker\u2019s Coupe Express foreshadowed the passenger car based trucks of the late 1950\u2019s. 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