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| DaWeber | Jul 7 2009, 06:07 PM Post #1 |
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STUDEBAKER (US) 1902-1966 This firm was originally founded by the Studebaker Brothers in 1852 and was located in South Bend Indiana . It was established as a wagon building and blacksmithing shop. They continued producing horsedrawn vehicles until 1919 ; although their first "Horseless Carriage" was made in 1902. It was electric powered. Production of this source of energy lasted until 1912. Gasoline powered cars were introduced in 1904. In 1907 this company decided to sell marques produced by other manufacturers for a short while. This venture resulted in the following cars: Garford 1907-1911 made in Elyria Ohio. EMF and Flanders made by Everett-Metzger-Flanders Company in Detroit Michigan ( 1909-1912) By 1913 manufacturing operations had returned to South Bend. They became very successful before the Great Depression, which led to the introduction of some less expensive marques: Erskine ( 1927 -1932) Rockne ( 1932- 1933) Pierce-Arrow was acquired in 1928 but again became independent in 1933. The Post WWII cars were radically designed by Raymond Loewy who introduced the Tuckerlike front bulletnose design in 1950. The cars produced in 1953 were even more modern in style which led to the introduction of the Speedster in 1955 . This in turn led to the Hawk series in 1956-1964. Also introduced was th compact Lark series which lasted until the company demise in 1966. In 1954 Studebaker and Packard merged but the attempt to survive was not successful. In 1963 another radically designed car ; the Avanti was introduced . It was divested of Studebaker and became a limited production sports car for many years after the parent firm ceased operations. STP oil additives were the main concentration and in 1967 the firm became known as Studebaker-Worthington Corporation. In 1969 this firm was absorbed by McGraw_Edison Company ; a diversified book publisher. Models of this marque in small scale were not very abundant until fairly recently. Issues by Racing Champions, Johnny Lightning, Hot Wheels, Matchbox, Corgi Jr, Hubley and Shrock Brothers have been available in diecast. Also in palstic have been EKO, Anguplas and Ferrero This is a good time and place to mention Shrock Brothers located in Coalport Pennsylvania. This is baically a 3 person production operation in which Studebaker models are produced in pewter in limited amounts. Models have been made to represent cars frm 1934-1964. These models are the most detailed cars I have ever seen in 1:72 scale size. The price at present on their website www.shrockbrothers.com is $85 each - but although a costly amount, they are worth every cent- since basically they are handmade! Edited by DaWeber, Jul 8 2009, 03:19 PM.
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| ChFalkensteiner | Jul 8 2009, 01:18 AM Post #2 |
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Just for the record, the merger of Studebaker and Packard actually happened in 1954, with the last Packards made (by Studebaker) in 1958. There are few Studebakers in Austria, but here is a 1963 Lark Daytona Convertible residing in Salzburg:  Picture taken at the 2008 Classic Expo in Salzburg.
Edited by ChFalkensteiner, Jul 8 2009, 01:20 AM.
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| Swifty | Jul 8 2009, 03:26 AM Post #3 |
The Mustang II is a Mustang too!
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 Shrock Bros. 1955 Speedster  Husky  Johnny Lightning  Shrock Bros. 1934 Land Cruiser (car resides in Dave Weber's collection)  Highly modified 1953 (and thus unlicensed) Hot Wheels Edited by DaWeber, Jul 8 2009, 05:46 PM.
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| DaWeber | Jul 8 2009, 03:22 PM Post #4 |
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Oops! Thanks for the critque Christian! I should have researched further before entering that incorrect year! Blunder corrected! |
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