This photo was posted to Facebook by a guy who runs a local hot rod page, providing a schedule of car shows locally.
This is a current picture. I mentioned that in about 1963, there was a music teacher at my junior high who had one of these when school started. (I was a car geek even then) and just before Christmas, he was in a wreck with a drunk driver and was killed. I don't remember much about school but I do remember that.
Tommie, I lived in SB for many years, heard horror stories of the way Studebaker treated the workers when they shut down. Bad ending to a great car company.
In the 80s my roommate restored a 1954 Studebaker Champion 4 door sedan - a rare survivor, but with very similar lines. He updated it with a modern drivetrain, it looked great in person.
It is. Studebaker produced this gem when the big three were producing increasingly massive, chrome laden turnpike cruisers.
For a compact car it is surprisingly roomy and comfortable.
This is probably one of Raymond Loewy's designs. (Google his name for some wonderful stuff on industrial design and his projects, among which are ash trays, locomotives, Sunbeam appliances and Studebakers.)
Yes, you read that correctly: 1953. Isn't that just gorgeous?
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This photo was posted to Facebook by a guy who runs a local hot rod page, providing a schedule of car shows locally.
This is a current picture. I mentioned that in about 1963, there was a music teacher at my junior high who had one of these when school started. (I was a car geek even then) and just before Christmas, he was in a wreck with a drunk driver and was killed. I don't remember much about school but I do remember that.
For a compact car it is surprisingly roomy and comfortable.
This is probably one of Raymond Loewy's designs. (Google his name for some wonderful stuff on industrial design and his projects, among which are ash trays, locomotives, Sunbeam appliances and Studebakers.)
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