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studebaker Archive
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CC Outtake: Hot Rod Lark
Posted on November 10, 2015 | 8 CommentsBy pure coincidence, and following hard on the heels of Paul Niedermeyer’s speculations on a hot-rodded ’59 Studebaker Lark, here’s an actual one, photographed by a good friend in a […] -
Houston Hipster Trio: Metropolitan, Ambassador, Hawk
Posted on October 3, 2015 | 55 CommentsIt’s a bit special when one can find three running representatives of long-dead makes in the same place; all the more so if they are contemporaries of each other. It […] -
CC Outtake: It Pays To Advertise (With A Stude)
Posted on August 26, 2015 | 22 CommentsThere’s something about Studebakers that seems to make them excellent billboards. Take a look at these two Studebakers – one in New York, one in Brisbane – being used to […] -
The 2015 Blue Suede Cruise
Posted on May 29, 2015 | 44 CommentsEvery May sees the Blue Suede Cruise in beautiful Tupelo, Mississippi. Held concurrently this year with the 2015 Ford Galaxie National Convention, the Blue Suede Cruise attracted over 900 cars […] -
Museum Classic: 1947 Studebaker Champion Station Wagon Prototype – Woody in the Woods
Posted on April 22, 2015 | 23 CommentsLast summer, one of my sons and I spent an afternoon at the Studebaker National Museum in South Bend, Indiana. I have always liked the 1947 Studebaker (Is it coming […] -
Cohort Classic: 1961 Ford Falcon – Adventures in Advertising
Posted on March 21, 2015 | 45 CommentsDespite being about 40 years too young to be a target demographic, I enjoyed reading Reader’s Digest a lot as a young boy. My mother had every copy from around […] -
Automotive History: 1957-1958 Studebaker Scotsman: Discount Prices Equals Life Preserver
Posted on December 30, 2014 | 87 Comments(first posted 11/8/2011) We have spent a lot of effort debating the merits (and demerits) of economy cars on these pages. We have spent no small amount of time examining […] -
CC Gallery: Up Close And Personal With The Cars From The 2014 CC Meetup
Posted on October 16, 2014 | 35 CommentsIf you attended the CC Meetup in Auburn, Indiana early this month, you may have seen me squatting, sitting on the ground, or down on one knee, bringing my camera […] -
Car Show Classic: 1966 Studebaker Cruiser – Brougham Trainee
Posted on October 6, 2014 | 70 CommentsHaving just arrived back in the QC from Indiana at the time of this writing, but not yet having loaded my pictures from the amazing day yesterday (Oct. 4) at […] -
Car Show Photo Album: Cars From Two Continents, Three States, Four Towns, and Seven Decades – More Mopars, Some Independents, and A Few Surprises
Posted on May 9, 2014 | 50 CommentsWe’ve finally made it out of winter and it’s time for some spring cleaning. These pictures are all at least a year old and I simply haven’t tapped into them. […] -
Car Show Classic: 1960 Studebaker Hawk – Rock Bottom?
Posted on November 29, 2013 | 30 CommentsHow many sports movies have we seen? In about every one of them, there is a place where things look really bleak. This is where the hero of the story […] -
Car Show Classic: 1931 Pierce-Arrow Model 43 Sedan – Classic With a Capital C!
Posted on November 2, 2013 | 31 CommentsDo you ever get sick of the common car-show fodder–hot rods, Mustangs, Corvettes and the like? Me, too. So, when an AACA Grand National was held right here in downtown […] -
The Tupelo Automobile Museum
Posted on October 23, 2013 | 37 CommentsTupelo, Mississippi, is known for more than being the birthplace of Elvis Presley; bisected by the Natchez Trace Parkway, the city that was once the site of a Civil War battle is […] -
1963 Postscript: Aqua Avantis Are Awesome
Posted on October 18, 2013 | 32 CommentsWe just had a very fine CC on the Avanti recently, but I just had to share this aqua Avanti I saw at a show last summer in downtown Davenport. […]
![CC Outtake: Hot Rod Lark By pure coincidence, and following hard on the heels of Paul Niedermeyer’s speculations on a hot-rodded ’59 Studebaker Lark, here’s an actual one, photographed by a good friend in a […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/Hot-Rod-1959-Lark-Rt-side.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1)
![Houston Hipster Trio: Metropolitan, Ambassador, Hawk It’s a bit special when one can find three running representatives of long-dead makes in the same place; all the more so if they are contemporaries of each other. It […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/Nashes-cover.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1)
![CC Outtake: It Pays To Advertise (With A Stude) There’s something about Studebakers that seems to make them excellent billboards. Take a look at these two Studebakers – one in New York, one in Brisbane – being used to […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/caliente-cab-co-studebaker-4.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1)
![Car Show Report: The June 2015 Jefferson City Car Show – Studebakers, E-Bodies, and A Few Other Surprises Summer is flying by and this is the first time I’ve been to the monthly car show that is all of two miles away. Part of it has been due […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/IMG_5160.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1)
![The 2015 Blue Suede Cruise Every May sees the Blue Suede Cruise in beautiful Tupelo, Mississippi. Held concurrently this year with the 2015 Ford Galaxie National Convention, the Blue Suede Cruise attracted over 900 cars […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/IMG_4389.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1)
![Museum Classic: 1947 Studebaker Champion Station Wagon Prototype – Woody in the Woods Last summer, one of my sons and I spent an afternoon at the Studebaker National Museum in South Bend, Indiana. I have always liked the 1947 Studebaker (Is it coming […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/1947StudebakerWoody01.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1)
![Cohort Classic: 1961 Ford Falcon – Adventures in Advertising Despite being about 40 years too young to be a target demographic, I enjoyed reading Reader’s Digest a lot as a young boy. My mother had every copy from around […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/rsz_1.png?resize=115%2C115&quality=80&ssl=1)
![Automotive History: 1957-1958 Studebaker Scotsman: Discount Prices Equals Life Preserver (first posted 11/8/2011) We have spent a lot of effort debating the merits (and demerits) of economy cars on these pages. We have spent no small amount of time examining […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/Studebaker-Scotsman_mp204_pic_25861-e1745347742807.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1)
![CC Gallery: Up Close And Personal With The Cars From The 2014 CC Meetup If you attended the CC Meetup in Auburn, Indiana early this month, you may have seen me squatting, sitting on the ground, or down on one knee, bringing my camera […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/23-Duesy.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1)
![Car Show Classic: 1966 Studebaker Cruiser – Brougham Trainee Having just arrived back in the QC from Indiana at the time of this writing, but not yet having loaded my pictures from the amazing day yesterday (Oct. 4) at […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/6-8-2013-211.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1)
![Car Show Photo Album: Cars From Two Continents, Three States, Four Towns, and Seven Decades – More Mopars, Some Independents, and A Few Surprises We’ve finally made it out of winter and it’s time for some spring cleaning. These pictures are all at least a year old and I simply haven’t tapped into them. […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/IMG_0191.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1)
![Car Show Classic: 1960 Studebaker Hawk – Rock Bottom? How many sports movies have we seen? In about every one of them, there is a place where things look really bleak. This is where the hero of the story […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/1960StudebakerHawk01.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1)
![Car Show Classic: 1931 Pierce-Arrow Model 43 Sedan – Classic With a Capital C! Do you ever get sick of the common car-show fodder–hot rods, Mustangs, Corvettes and the like? Me, too. So, when an AACA Grand National was held right here in downtown […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/6-28-13-126.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1)
![The Tupelo Automobile Museum Tupelo, Mississippi, is known for more than being the birthplace of Elvis Presley; bisected by the Natchez Trace Parkway, the city that was once the site of a Civil War battle is […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/IMG_0888.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1)
![1963 Postscript: Aqua Avantis Are Awesome We just had a very fine CC on the Avanti recently, but I just had to share this aqua Avanti I saw at a show last summer in downtown Davenport. […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/6-23-2013-108-800x533-e1382052188672.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1)


