Coggins Motor Co., Studebaker, Charlottesville, VA.
Kallin Motors, Studebaker, Saint Paul, MN.
Hatch Motor Co., Studebaker, Show Low, AZ.
Center Line Motor Sales, Center Line, MI.
Morehead Motors Inc., Studebaker-Packard, Service area, Aberdeen, WA.
Reliable Motors, Studebaker, Waynesboro, MS.
Robinson Motors, Packard-Studebaker, Gadsden, AL.
Packhurst Motors, Studebaker-Volkswagen, Orillia, Ontario, Canada.
Forrest Hughes, Studebaker, Ukiah, CA.
Viniela Sport Cars Ltd., Vineland, NJ.
My family owned quite a few of the cars in these pictures because my Dad worked for Raymond Loewy and was involved in the design of many of those cars. He was also was the design lead on the Avanti. Seeiing all the Studebaker dealerships makes me feel nostalgic for a simpler and quieter time.
Your post piqued my curiosity, and a couple of clicks away I found lots of mentions about your father. Do you remember some design process to share with us? I find the whole life of people who fled from one continent to another and then did something that decades on is still famous truly amazing.
Even got the “Stude”, truck there in “NJ”.
I was able to locate Reliable Motors in Mississippi. The dealership was located in Waynesboro (not Waynesville). The building is still standing – then-and-now image below (with a nice Cutlass Supreme T-top out front!).
After Studebaker, Reliable’s owner (Hilton Walker) switched to Buick and Pontiac – and seems to have stayed in business for another two decades or so, as Walker Motors.
Google StreetView link:
https://maps.app.goo.gl/fFxKejsijzBHociu6
Thanks Eric! I updated the dealer’s address.
A quick search didn’t say, but I think Coggins Motor Co site was later Pollard GMC