1940 studebaker commander
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- Опубліковано 23 сер 2024
- Today On what it’s like we’re going to take a closer look at what a 1940 Studebaker commander was lots of cool comparisons in this one enjoy this episode
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That 1941 Studebaker commander looks the business.
Nice to see someone your generation have such interest in antique cars. Keep up the good work.
Thank you
We really need to get more young people in the car hobby especially per war stuff. One day I want to own a 30s car either Chrysler or packard and share it with as many people as possible let them sit front or back close the door I’d even take them for a ride…
I drove a 1940 Champion Coupe while in High school. Great little car and it gave us guys a real boost with the girls in 1941. Dad and Partner were the Studebaker Dealer in Fort Worth Texas (1949-1944). I drove all models when we transferred the new cars from Dallas to Ft Worth. The President was a great auto for its time. Best features in all models was the Climatizer (Heater under front seat}, Overdrive (4 Speed) and the Hill Holder {brakes only released when stopped going uphill when clutch lifted). Also remember the starter was under the clutch! I favor them over any other Brands and wish I had one today!!!.
Thank you so much for sharing your experience with the car with us =)
She's a pretty one, especially in red. So many wonderful Art Deco design touches! This car seems to have a lot of accessories on it -- typical for the day, I think.
Yeah I saw this one come in from far away and I couldn’t believe I haven’t seen a 40 Studebaker in the wild I think that they are underrated especially in the design department but the biggest downer is flathead six across-the-board it wasn’t a huge powerhouse of an engine but this is more of a cruising car with that said I wonder if 90 hp could get it to 75,80 miles an hour
Studebaker afficionado here. Great video, thank you. One of the three Studebakers I own is a 1941 President so I think the answers to the questions posed are a foregone conclusion, Studebakers all the way. The President is, as you noted, the larger top of the line car. It differs in having a longer wheelbase and uses the 240 ci straight eight, a supremely smooth engine. Keep up the great videos, always looking forward to them.
Glad you dig the channel, it means a lot. I can’t believe how little information was on the commander
What do you like the most about your president..
My great uncle was a huge studebaker fan wish he was still around he had three 4 door champion bullet nose one mid 50s and a gt hawk
It's the kind of car that you should be wearing a fedora when you drive it, preferably to the Godfather's daughter's wedding.
Good looking car, very Lincoln-like front end/grille. Great video as always, keep 'em coming! 😊
Love this car as well =) glad you dig this episode
Hi Justin, the 1940 Studebaker Commander reminds me of a Lincoln.
The grill almost mimic's the Lincoln Zephyr. Edsel wanted a nautical theme grill depicting waves parting in front of a boat.
Thanks to your comprehensive reports, Jay. From the record it looks like the 1930s and 40s has the most winners of the practical glovebox sweepstakes.
Glad you dig the channel =) yes 30s cars have huge glove boxes can double as a lunch box
Attention to detail...wow! So simple but so elegant!!
Nice car and neat paint job
I love That Willys. They make the perfect Hot Rod
The 41 Studie looks classy
Thanks Jay awesome production as usual
I want to find 40 willys That hasn’t been that hasn’t been hot rodded.. i’ve never seen one in stock form great choices glad you dig this episode =)
Great video. Thank you for sharing 😊🐿
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This one was tough because I really love the 1940 Ford. But I went with the Studebaker because my grandfather loved Studebakers. He always said they were the best car ever made.
That one is really beautiful and that red color and you don't realize how intricate the grill is until you're actually right up there looking at it it's actually quite beautiful when you see it up close. I'd be happy to drive that every day.
Great choices
This one had a lot of accessories The headlights look like baseball caps it was super sweet and the owner drives this as his daily driver he also has a shark nose gram.. that is currently working on that car is absolutely gorgeous... i’ve been looking for a gram or a gram page I know somebody with a Hupmoblie Mobile skylark, it’s just getting out there
The headlights on the '39 that the older brother of my father had didn't look like the '39 in the video. I think the 1940 has seal beams while the '39 had "Mazda" bulbs that fitted into the back of reflectors that were replaceable when burned out.
Amazing how similar the styling was on several of the car brands in that era.
Yeah car companies always share design philosophies with one another the only differences is not every single car looks like every single car back then but there were design elements from shared between cars now it’s like we have one or two different shapes of SUV and they all try to mimic that mold and the colors are just bland
The 1940 Commander looks great. The styling of the 1941 model is a challenge to like.
That’s what I thought too as well but a lot of people seem to like that design
The headlight visors, fender markers and curb feelers are aftermarket accessories, think J. C. Whitney.
Notice the reversed position of the door handles and window winders. This is actually a safety feature that persisted until the end of Studebaker car production. If your arm was on the armrest and you grabbed for something in a panic stop, it would be the window winder not the door handle.
Thank you so much for pointing that out =)
The '40 Studebaker Commander is truly a beautiful automobile. I totally agree with Jay's comments on this car. That being said, I'd rather have the '40 Ford because of 1) the flathead V8 and 2) availability of parts. Enjoyable video, I always learn something new.
Great choices glad you dig this video =)
Studebaker built some great cars and trucks. Too bad they didn't survive to the present day!!
Great video thanks. I like the Studebaker, great looking car!
Research on these vehicles is hard. The companies that made them no longer exist with their information destroyed when buildings were sold or bulldozed. Records that might have been saved by employees were never put up on the internet after they passed. I think you provide really good information that does not go off into speculation.
Thank you so much for seeing that I really try to keep the speculation to a minimum, and sometimes it’s a really hard line it’s really hard to stay away from that depending on the topic.
I was just a bit bummed that there wasn’t as much on this car as the champion and President
The other thing is the information could very well still be out there just not on the Internet there’s a ton of information out there that isn’t on the Internet for whatever reason.
Google doesn’t know everything..
That actually might be an episode for a future topic things google got wrong.
What a great car, very impressive, likin that 40
The 40 Ford, Willys, and Stude are in a dead heat for me styling wise. I guess I would pick the Ford of the three. 1940 Stude for the second WYR. Thank you as always - nicely done! Chuck
Sweet I’ve driven the ford I would’ve loved to drive to Studebaker flathead six as a vehicle engine that I would really like to drive just to feel what that is like..
Glad you dig great choices =)
good program as always :) this model Stude always resembled the Lincoln Zephyr to me somewhat :)
Lots of cars
Willys
Desoto
Lincoln
Should have made a list of all the cars =) great eye on the Lincoln that one slipped my mind
Another great vid on gorgeous rides.
I like both in different ways.
I've been thinking the exact same thing for these two models. Each is good in their own way. Kinda like my first two girlfriends in high school. (Bet those Studebakers have held up better than they have over the years. Me too.) 😄
Willy's Coupe is my favorite 👍
Ford is a close 2nd for me 😉
Another great episode 👏👏 well done ✌️
Sweet choices glad you dig this episode
Nice!!!!
1) Commander 2) '40 Thing that gets me about ALL mid 30's to late 40's cars is how much bigger they look as compared to how they really are. They look like behemoths, but if you look at the specs, not really. Has to be the upright styling. And who called you a whiney millenial? Far from it! Dude, the work you put into all these videos, and your obvious love for cars shows! This olde pharte has learned more about the different cars available since you hit UA-cam than I have in my previous 60 years... and I'm a car lover! Tell 'em to kiss your @$$ and kick rocks!
Thank you so much I really try I’m not the best speaker but everything is getting better.. really looking forward to Hershey. I love covering the cars no one else covers.
Glad you dig the channel =) it’s hard to believe we’ve been doing videos for two years.. I might do a live stream maybe with bill and do let’s talk cars segment
Amazing at how much lighter the '39 or '40 Studebaker is supposed to be compared to the 1950 Pontiac which is more compact in looks. Perhaps the several hundred lb. difference is mostly the weight of the much larger eight cylinder engine in the Pontiac although that can't account for all of it since the Pontiac engine weighed almost 700 lbs. (Packard Straight Eight of the era may have been close to 1000 lbs.) so unless the Stude engine literally weighed nothing the rest of the (Pontiac) had to have been somewhat heavier. I would guess the little Studebaker engine weighed no less than 400 lbs. Also I think Studebaker made an even smaller engine that only displaced 170 or 180 cubic inches.
Those were neat ol cars I never owned a Studebaker but I wouldn't mind to some of them are beautiful..I like because they all have full frames under them..all Studebakers are full frame cars. That's the year my late aunt that just passed away is 1940
I’m so sorry about your aunt 1940 would be a hard year to live through Great Britain was bombed into oblivion.. it’s incredible they were able to stop the Germans
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@@What.its.like. I meant to say that is the year my aunt was born 1940.
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I believe that the Studebaker Commander was reintroduced in 1938 to replace the then unpopular Dictator Series. It had a very successful run for the South Bend, Indiana company lasting all the way until the end. As for my WYR choices, even though the Commander is an impressive looking vehicle for me it is hard to beat a Willys coupe in 1940-42. But for the second choice I would definitely choose the 1940 Studebaker Commander - although I seriously doubt that I will ever own one!
@@hcombs0104 It wasn't a controversial name when the company introduced it back in 1927 but had become increasingly so by the late 1930's which was probably why it was dropped and the Commander name reintroduced again.
Thank you so much for that correction =) when I came up to it I asked the owner if it was a dictator cause that’s originally what I thought it was..
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Beautiful automobile!🤩 The styling is much improved over the '38 IMO. It would be a toss up between the Ford and the Commander, I would have to drive each to decide. 🤔 In the second it would be the '40 Commander. Cool video!😎
I agree, it would be a tough choice between the Ford and the Commander. The 40 Ford is a classic, but I sure like the style of the Commander.
Awesome choices =) glad you dig this video
I really like the 1941 Studebaker Commander - all the way.
I’ve always been partial to Studebakers.
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Haha it was for sale too.. I didn’t do that one going to look for one in the future
Please do someday❤
I really want to find a marlin and compare them
Yeah that would be awesome
I sold both my Studes last year ,48 Landcruiser, and a 40 Commander.
Ah why did you do that... all good things I guess have to end
As far as WYR goes, it would be a tossup for the 1940 Studebaker and the Ford, and for the second scenario I'll go with the 1940 model, since we just saw it and it's impressive.
I like how the headlights are designed, as well as the grille. I was impressed with the art deco look of the door handles and the speedometer. And there's tons of room in the back, even if it was middle child.
I love Art Deco cats one of my favorite eras =) great choices
When you have a Ford as a choice, I will pick a Ford. However, in this case, the Studebaker is my second choice. As a choice between the Studebakers, I like the 40 best. I grew up in the South Bend area, so I am familiar with Studebaker cars.
That’s awesome I’ve been there it’s a cool little town/city I was there years ago as a kid long story my parents did craft shows and I worked my ass off my dad passed away this year will be 7 years, and it sucked, all weekends somewhere different we did 46 shows a year but what I would give to be a kid again just spend time with dad.. I miss that guy
You probably got to see some really cool cars that came out of that plant
The 1940 looks like a Lincoln in the front.
Kind of reminds me of a Lincoln Zephyr which is not a bad thing. Never new much about Studebaker or it's cars from this era. Quite impressive.
We love the orphan cars off this channel we love interesting overworked cars is the ones that we try to go for especially the ones that don’t have reviews associated with them
Great catch on the Lincoln zephyr I can totally see that too
I really like the 40 commander.
Sweet =) me too I guess another con would’ve been Studebaker only offered in-line sixes they didn’t have a V-8
Like to make a 36 dictator hot rod with a license plate that says DICTATOR
I like the newer one.
Chrysler Royale? a brother? gd catch
I should’ve made a whole list of cars that this looks very similar to
Somebody pointed out that it was very similar to the lincoln which totally slipped my mind
Willys
Ford
De Soto
All from 1940
......thanks for the vid....they're all nice ( except the odd-looking '38 Stude) but I prefer the '40 Ford and the '41 Commander......
Thanks for watching I’m glad you dig this episode great choices
I’ll take the Ford coupe, and the 1940 Commander. Send the bill to Joe @ 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. thx!
Willys, 1938 Studebaker - mostly because the 1940 kinda looks like a Ford and it would get old explaining that it isn't!
It would
The owner drives this as his daily driver =)
All three models had their own engine
Yes that’s what I was saying the information for the champion and the president is out there but for whatever reason the commander isn’t.. sometimes you can cross reference models but you can’t cross reference these ones because they’re all totally different even though the bodies look very similar
Aside from Champion has a different grill
1: 1940 Studebaker Commander Coupe.
2: 1940 Studebaker Commander.
Tune: Good Lovin' Gone Bad by Beach Boys, or something like that.
Great choices believe it or not it’s not a beach boy song
@@What.its.like. I may have heard the song, but I don't know if I know the name of the band off the top of my head.
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Give me the 1938!
40 Studebaker looks a lot like the 40 Ford, but so did the 40 Willys. Have seen both types of headlamps on the 38 Stude, too...and there could have been a number of reasons for having the 2 styles, but I really dislike that particular flaired-in design.
They look weird... the lights do it’s crazy how many cars this looks like
40 Ford coupe---38 Studebaker
Sweet =)
1941….i think the car pictured is a President.
The car the thumbnail very well could be a president I was looking for commander advertisements and since the 39 in the 40 are very similar didn’t have any commander advertisements in for a 1940 so I took this from 1939
Wasn't the President a Commander trim level at the time? Also in 1937 the President was available with an awesome sun roof. @@What.its.like.
I’m not sure... but would love to cover both the champion and president one day
1. Stude
2. 41 Stude
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I dunno the song, but for would you rather- First one, I'll take the Willys mostly 'cause you now how to say it. Second, the '38. Sorry, folks, I jut don't like the '40's look.
Sweet choices
Yeah I don’t know what his problem was I saved the comment I’ll let you read it next time we hang out =)
"Good Lovin' Gone Bad" - Bad Company
Great yes but no it’s not that song
LOL...I didn't think it sounded right...@@What.its.like.
40 ford, 41 stude
Sweet choices =)
Willy's and 41
Sweet choices
I’ve never seen a Willys coupe that was original every single one that I’ve ever seen has been hot rodded in someway, Which really makes me want to find an original one to cover for this channel