This 1940 Studebaker Commander Club Sedan is a wonderful and rare car, finished in factory colors and runs beautifully! It has a 226 Cubic inch six cylinder, with 90 horsepower, and a 3 speed transmission with factory overdrive! Runs great and freeway capable! It’s in excellent condition, and ready to enjoy now! Offered by The Vault Classic Cars, Fullerton, CA . 714-401-1047
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Take a moment to appreciate the styling on this car – very streamlined, looks great from every angle!
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We get all the way back to the second owner, Claire Rogers, who bought it as a late model used car at Walter Schroeder Motors of La Grange, Illinois in March 1941 for $757 American dollars! The former owner thought she made it to California right around WWII.
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Myra Rogers, likely Claire’s relative, had it in Anaheim, CA up until the 1960’s. Floyd Swan of Anaheim then owned until 1978, Ed Reynolds of Studebaker International fame from ’78 to ’84, then Thomas Griffith of Northern California until 1986, and from ’86 onward the most recent former owner from Southern California. It spent most of it’s life in Southern California, with all of the rust-free goodness you would expect from living here so long.
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The Club Sedan is an unusual and attractive body style, and the Commander was the higher specification car with a bigger engine and more deluxe features than the Champion of the same year.
1940 Studebaker Commander For Sale
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Excellent chrome!
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The orange wheels match the Studebaker color plates, and they really pop up visually against the conservative grey-green paint.
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Studebaker Accessory bumper guard.
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Commander!
.The dashboard is spectacular! as is the steering wheel which has been re-cast.
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Wonderful dashboard
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Lovely!
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This dashboard has been beautifully refinished!
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Excellent restored doorpanels & window surrounds
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Also note the handle escutcheons
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These little eagle wing decorations are nice, reproductions to replace the old, original plastic
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The seats are original – in great shape for original, with some slight wear and repair showing
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Drivers side – original upholstery! Amazingly good.
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Here’s a great view of the marble look steering wheel plastic! They did a great job on this!
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excellent original headliner
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The 226 Cubic inch Flathead 6 cylinder is factory rated at 90 Horsepower – and it is surprisingly powerful! It really steps up and goes, and with the factory overdrive can handle freeway speeds! The tires are modern radials, the brakes are completely redone, and this car is ready to enjoy right now!
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That’s the original engine number, shown on that 1941 invoice! It’s titled to the engine number, as many of the prewar cars were.
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10A is the factory designation for the Commander series.
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Simple yet powerful & effective! The brakes have just been completely redone, with new master cylinder, hoses and wheel cylinders, and new brake shoes properly arced to the freshly turned brake drums.
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Runs great!
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Rear seats are original and nice!
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Even the ashtray is nicely finished!
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Here’s the build sheet from the Studebaker Museum
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And a magazine ad showing this Commander bodystyle. It’s interesting to note the 2 tone in the window openings, just like our subject car has!
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That’s a great looking car!
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I like how Studebaker did the vent window, with the glass edge, so when the window is down it gives a cleaner look!
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The dashboard is spectacular!
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Chip on the rear fender. The runningboards are really good originals with a unique design, but they do have a few wear and crack spots
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A wonderful car!