The Studebaker company had its beginnings in the H & C Studebaker blacksmith shop which opened in 1852. From this business, Henry and Clem Studebaker built their first commercial vehicles - horse drawn wagons for local farmers. As the Studebaker became one of the early automobile manufacturers. While Studebaker Corp built Flanders 20 1/2-ton panel trucks from 1911 to 1913, it was not until 1914 that the first true Studebaker light-duty truck appeared: a 3/4-ton Model Three Delivery Car. In 1918, however, Studebaker ceased producing commercial vehicles and did not resume manufacturing light-duty trucks until 1927. One of the most famous of Studebaker's trucks during this period was the Coupe Express manufactured between 1937 and 1939. This vehicle earned Studebaker recognition as a builder of light-weight trucks. The 1938 Coupe Express Model K had a six-cylinder engine that produced 90 horsepower at 3400 rpm. The styling was based on the company's automobile design for the year and featured the Planar transverse spring suspension system which had been introduced on Studebaker automobiles three years earlier. Today the '38 Coupe Express Model K is considered a very rare find among collectors. And now this classic truck is recreated in a precision-engineerd 1:43 scale replica produced by - and available only from - Matchbox Collectibles.

(1998)

Scale: 1:43