This was the project truck before the Chevy found us. It was a 1948 Studebaker 1-1/2 ton M-16 with a hydraulic lift. It was big, old, and free. It was also covered by brush and slowly rotting away from years of outdoor storage. An acquaintance of a friend was the "care-taker" of the truck. Other than remembering where it was, he wasn't caring much. These three photos were taken at the scene.

Front view:

This is taken from the front right side. The red-ish area in the center of the photo is the truck. You can make out one headlight and a reflection on the windshield from here.

This is the view from the back:

You'll notice that this side is considerably more clear. We only had to drag one junk car out of the way and cut down two small trees to get the tow vehicle to it.

Here's what we got for all our trouble:

We took it home with great expectations, but in the end, all we really did was force several (hundred) mice to move to neighboring wrecks. The engine was completely seized and, once freed and taken to an engine shop for inspection, turned out to be little more than a very strangely shaped boat anchor. Despite what it looks like in this photo, the body was a complete waste. The paint was about all that was holding it together. The tranny (complete with PTO), hydraulic lift, and 2-spd rear end all seemed to be in good shape, once we scraped through the caked on grease and dirt that coated it. We ended up selling it to a Studebaker collector for $50. Not including our time, we made 38 cents profit between the two of us. The other $49.62 had been spent paying the friend for the gas used hauling the brute, and paint we used on the frame and tranny (as we started to restore it). We consider ourselves very fortunate to have been able to break even with this fiasco. The 19 cents profit each of us made from it is just icing on the cake!