The picture on the left is Sales Flyer showing two Stutz Pak-Age-Car Trucks that were already in service. The top one was owned by Fishel Bakery from York, Pa. The picture of the truck on the right is owned by Milt Smazik of Illinois. It is the only known refurbished Diamond-T Pak-Age-Car.
	The picture on the left is my 1937 Stutz Pak-Age-Car in the “as is” condition waiting for its complete restoration. The picture on the right is the interior of the 1937 truck. The steering wheel is very visible. Below the steering wheel is the gearshift lever and the emergency hand brake alongside the gearshift.

1937 Stutz Pak-Age-Car

         My knowledge of the Pak-Age-Kar as a kid, was that it was a small funny looking milk truck. Rutters Dairy had one but it was designed as a truck for a Butcher Shop to deliver door to door. It had a small door in the top rear panel of the body where 50 lb ice blocks were stored. This was the refrigeration for the cargo compartment. The inside rear of the body over the raised area of the engine had two big heavy sliding glass doors to keep the cool air in the cargo compartment. To drive the truck was something else. The pedals, gearshift and emergency levers were so close together.

         Since it was a Stand & Drive truck, I wanted to get one for my collection and knew it would be very hard to find one. After talking to some knowledgeable people regarding the Pak-Age-Car, I found out that there are only four Diamond-T Pak-Age-Car Trucks known to be in existence. Milton Smazik of Illinois has a beautiful restored 1939 Diamond T Pak-Age-Car, there is one thought to be in the Arizona Area and there is one in a junkyard that I haven’t been able to buy from the owner and another one somewhere else. I bought this one in Montana and found out that it was a 1937 Stutz model. There are about six other Stutz Pak-Age-Car known to be in existence. Pak-Age-Car trucks were made by Stutz until the end of 1937. Diamond-T then bought the company from Stutz and manufactured the Pak-Age-Car until the late 1940's.

         These trucks have a four cylinder engine that is mounted in the rear of the truck on a sliding frame that allowed for the complete power train and rear wheel assembly to be removed by removing a couple of bolts. This allowed for a quick engine replacement if needed.

         I have bought another 1937 Stutz Pakagecar in April 2010. It was located in California and was owned by the same family since 1949. It is a long wheel base model and has two rear doors that open to the full width of the body. The truck had body work done to it in the early 1980s and was last driven in the late 1980s. It has all the parts, the body is very solid and will be an easy restoration project compared to some of the other trucks that I have restored in the last ten years. My hope is to start the restoration in 2010 and have it ready for show in 2011.

Full right side & front view of the California truck.	Rear view of the full width rear doors and the radiator area at the engine compartment of the California truck.
Original wheels and hubcaps with the Stutz emblem mounted on each hubcaps (priceless).	A close look at a '37 Stutz hubcap.