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Cohort Pic(k) Of The Day: 1957 Studebaker Provincial – Providential Survivor
Posted on September 13, 2023 | 25 CommentsThanks to these images by William Oliver at the Cohort, here’s a rare find that was a rare sight in its day. A 1957 Studebaker Provincial, one of 3,995 built […] -
Vintage Dealers: Lots Of Larks In Iowa – The Whattoff Motor Co.
Posted on September 1, 2023 | 20 CommentsHere’s a nice bunch of Larks at the Whattoff Motor Co. in Ames, Iowa. And if this image from 1959 compels you to shout ‘fleet cars,’ you’d be right. These […] -
Vintage Advertising: The Romance Of Studebaker
Posted on June 20, 2023 | 34 Comments -
Car Show Classic: 1963 Studebaker Lark Regal – A Left Brain Car For A Right Brain World
Posted on May 23, 2023 | 110 Comments(first posted 5/23/2017) We (OK, mostly I) here at CC have given a lot of love to Studebakers over the years. But looking over our archives, it seems that […] -
Automotive History: Indianapolis 500 Pace Cars (Part 2 1950-1954)
Posted on May 21, 2023 | 29 Comments(Originally published May 21, 2012) This May, we have been revisiting some of the cars to serve as Official Pace Car for the annual Indianapolis 500. We recently looked at […] -
Curbside Classic: 1959 Studebaker 3/4 ton Pickup – A Hoosier in King Twain’s Court
Posted on December 4, 2022 | 25 Comments(first posted 3/13/2013) Ah, a Studebaker pickup, a true piece of Americana. Does anything say apple pie, Coca-Cola and South Bend, Indiana, quite as much? -
Curbside Classic: 1957 Studebaker Commander – Eureka!
Posted on September 16, 2022 | 80 Comments(first posted 9/16/2016) Is there a car that you learned about way after you should have? Is there a car that you have never seen in real life even though […] -
CC Outtake: 1960 Studebaker Lark VI – The Next Generation
Posted on July 5, 2022 | 40 CommentsAs I was talking to my daughter on the telephone, looking at the emails she had just sent, the conversation went something like this… -
Car Show Classic: 1957 Packard Clipper Town Sedan – I Used To Be Somebody
Posted on June 18, 2022 | 85 Comments(first posted 12/13/2012) Packard, Packard, Packard. What did you get yourself into? We could talk all day about the Studebaker-Packard marriage and its chaotic aftermath, but since it’s been talked […] -
Car Show Coverage: The May 2022 Mid-Missouri Old Car Club Cruise-In – Follow The Yellow Brick Road
Posted on June 3, 2022 | 46 CommentsThe other day I realized, not even accounting for that little viral thing, it had been several years since I had been to a car show. While that isn’t always […] -
Truckstop Classic: 1960 Studebaker Champ – Just Needs Some Fresh Horsepower
Posted on May 25, 2022 | 75 Comments(first posted 7/6/2011) No, this multi-hued Studebaker Champ is not trying to be artistic. Its cab appears to have been stitched together out of a number of junkyard Champs (Anderson […] -
The Canadian Studebaker Plant – The Last Studebaker Rolled Off The Lines Here (Plus Some Studebaker Curbside Classics)
Posted on March 16, 2022 | 53 Comments(first posted 5/11/2011) Today we take a trip from Eugene Oregon to Hamilton Ontario Canada, and more significantly to the opposite side of the curb for another sort of […] -
Curbside Classic: 1962 Studebaker Gran Turismo Hawk – A Beautiful Death
Posted on March 14, 2022 | 60 Comments[first posted 6/1/2011. Updated 3/13/2022] Desperate times call for desperate measures, and sometimes the result is nothing short of spectacular. The Studebaker Gran Turismo manages to be quite stunning, despite […] -
Craigslist Classic: 1963 Studebaker Zip Van – Studebaker Goes Postal
Posted on March 11, 2022 | 52 Comments(first posted 3/11/2016) The story of Studebaker’s final few years are well known here. However, there is one vehicle that remains quite little known and has been seldom seen since […] -
Curbside Classic: 1956 Packard Patrician – Please Proceed to The Lifeboats
Posted on October 12, 2021 | 116 Comments(first posted 4/24/2012) In 1912, the White Star Line launched its biggest and most luxurious ocean liner ever, the R. M. S. Titanic. An engineering marvel said to be […]