{"id":11137,"date":"2023-04-04T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-04-04T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/studebaker.priemerhosting.com\/1949-studebaker-2r-5\/"},"modified":"2023-04-04T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2023-04-04T00:00:00","slug":"1949-studebaker-2r-5","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/studebakermuseum.org\/1949-studebaker-2r-5\/","title":{"rendered":"1949 Studebaker 2R-5"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-10316\" src=\"https:\/\/www.studebakermuseum.org\/studebaker-main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/DSC_0182-web-format-1024x721.webp\" alt=\"This 1949 2R-5 Pickup Truck is finished in blue with a white bumper and red rims on the tires. On the side of the truck is &quot;Midland Engineering Co. South Bend, IN&quot; finished in yellow lettering.\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"Default\" style=\"line-height: 150%;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11.5pt; line-height: 150%; color: windowtext;\">This 1949 Studebaker 2R-5 was a part of the 2R series.\u00a0 Studebaker debuted its new 2R-Series truck line in mid-1948 to much fanfare. The 2R\u2019s styling was penned by Studebaker designer <a href=\"http:\/\/www.autolife.umd.umich.edu\/Design\/Bourke_interview.htm\">Robert Bourke<\/a>, who later designed the 1953 Studebaker Starliner hardtop.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Default\" style=\"line-height: 150%;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11.5pt; line-height: 150%; color: windowtext;\">The 2R was offered in a wide variety of models from the standard pickup to heavy duty 2-ton units, and included such modern features as concealed running boards and a double-wall pickup beds. The 2R line remained in production through 1953, and was Studebaker\u2019s best selling truck series.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3>1949 STUDEBAKER 2R-5 STATS<\/h3>\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<table style=\"height: 81px;\" border=\"0\" width=\"1177\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"64\" height=\"20\">\n<h3>ORIGIN<\/h3>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"64\">\n<h3>ENGINE<\/h3>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"40\">\n<h3>HORSEPOWER<\/h3>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"40\">\n<h3>NUMBER BUILT<\/h3>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td height=\"20\">South Bend<\/td>\n<td>170 cu. in. (2.8L) L-head inline 6<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: left;\" align=\"right\">85<\/td>\n<td>117,500 (1949-53)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<p>Gift of Bill Steinmetz, Lakeville, Indiana.<\/p>\n<h3>DID YOU KNOW\u2026?<\/h3>\n<p class=\"Default\" style=\"line-height: 150%;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11.5pt; line-height: 150%; color: windowtext;\">2R-Series trucks were built at Studebaker\u2019s Chippewa Avenue plant, which still stands today.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2>ABOUT THIS SERIES<\/h2>\n<p class=\"Default\" style=\"line-height: 150%;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11.5pt; line-height: 150%; color: windowtext;\"><em>Keep on Truckin\u2019: The American Pickup Truck<\/em> 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.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"660\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1979\" src=\"https:\/\/www.studebakermuseum.org\/studebaker-main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/KeepOnTruckin-RGB-1-1024x660.jpg\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/studebakermuseum.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/KeepOnTruckin-RGB-1-1024x660.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/studebakermuseum.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/KeepOnTruckin-RGB-1-300x193.jpg 300w, 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: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This 1949 Studebaker 2R-5 was a part of the 2R series.\u00a0 Studebaker debuted its new 2R-Series truck line in mid-1948 to much fanfare. 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