My dad just bought a 56 Studebaker toter. This thing was used to pull house trailers way back when. I will post a few pics as soon as i can but does anyone know anything about these or have any parts for a 56 studebaker 1 ton truck?
Go to this page, and then to the "stude truck talk" http://studetrucks.tripod.com/ All your questions will be answered by the jolly band of Studebaker Truck Farmers.....
I know what it is to "tote", and have "toted" many times, but I never thought about there being a "toter". That would mean there has to be a "totee" as well. I'm done thinking now.
Toters came into existance to run under complience with the maximum legth rule for combination vehicles, when mobile home reached the 50 foot lenght level. Don't exactly what the max lenght was but the Studeis and some other made by Bock and Whatoff, featured an adjustable wheelbase so the truck could be shortened to pull the longest trailers.
I have a set of fenders and a tranny for it. I know nothing about the condition of the tranny though.
I'd drive it around and one day it would be short, the next longer and so on just to fuck with peopls minds. Cool truck
Hey guys I got some pics of that studebaker toter but im trying to figure out how to attach them. Any help???????
I had a 58 pickup for a long time with V-8 stick and overdrive, damn good truck. Wish I still had it. Michael
I always thought a "Toter" stude or not would be just the thing after retirement when it was or is time to hook up the ol' Travel trailer and see the US of A. Maybe overkill but you could be doing it in style.
Good luck on your project. These wre built in Ames Iowa by Vernon Whatoff. He was the local Studebaker dealer there. I believe that in the 60's Studebaker themselves actually built a few. A good source of parts is a place in South Bend called SASCO. They are located in one of the old Studebaker buildings and bought a lot of the old Studebaker parts. They have repoduced quite a few of the rare parts since then.
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