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“Every healthy child is full of energy and go – every Studebaker Junior is strong and built to go.
Can’t you imagine what joy there would be if your child and a Studebaker Junior got together?
This splendid wagon is fashioned in style after the celebrated Studebaker farm wagon. Its likeness to the ‘grown up’ wagons tickets the pride of its juvenile owners. Built with the idea of strength and endurance, it has a sturdy oak frame, farm wagon gearing with bent hounds and adjustable reach, parts strongly ironed and braced. We believe it the most attractive and durable child’s play wagon ever put together.”
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1890s Studebaker Junior ‘Model 65’ Farm Wagon
Front wheels 14″
Rear wheels 20″
Metal band tyres
Chassis: Length 48″ / Width 27″ / Height 21″
Body: Length 36″ / Width 17″ / Height 9″
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These days, Studebaker is better known for its cars and trucks, but the company started in business in 1852 as a wagon manufacturer.
At 48″ long, this ‘Model 65’ – with original paintwork – is the largest of the Junior versions available for kids. It could be pulled by hand, by dogs or by goats. The company even printed a humorous Thanksgiving advertising card for a Turkmobile.
I photographed it this morning at Falmer village pond, which was frozen over. Local dog walkers stopped to chat and one dog even got ready to pull it.
Being the market leaders in their field, these wagons were made for several decades, and many children enjoyed attaching their pet dog to one and being pulled around the garden. They were reproduced in kit form in the 1990s, a small batch being made by pedal car enthusiasts. But this example is an original. The chassis was repainted by the previous owner, who owns a museum in America, but the body’s paintwork and Studebaker signwriting is original. Some brackets have been replaced and the body rests on the chassis rather than being bolted down; as you can see in the photos below, I removed it to photograph both separately. Judging by its condition, I assume it was one of the examples that was kept inside rather than bashed about by kids in the garden.
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STUDEBAKER WAGON POSTCARDS
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FRONT AXLE
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EXTRA HITCHES FOR ANIMALS
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CHASSIS WITHOUT BODY
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UNDERSIDE OF CHASSIS
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WAGON BODY & SEAT
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