some pictures i took...

[Brock Samson]

misc. stuff i snapped cruisin around...

and a video for a sound track...   http://youtube.com/watch?v=HjyubdhtAQU

[skip68]

   Man Brock, Do you take pictures for a living?   Most all of the pictures you take are great shots.    Chuck...

[Brock Samson]

met this guy with a stang that day...
here it is - it sounded fantastic...

[Brock Samson]

couple more of his daily driver..

[Brock Samson]

some views out my living room window...
i live in the Bayview dist.

[Brock Samson]

turns out this guy down at fishermans warf owns a fleet of studebakers there's a few i ain't even seen yet like his Avanti,..
here's his Daytona,..   

[71green go]

Ok OK .........I am sooo Jealous.......I still have three feet of snow on my front lawn....sigh............Will spring ever really come?...........so I can turn off the heat at my shop and open the doors and let the sunshine in!

[Brock Samson]

i don't think i've ever seen one before,.. says it was repainted and reupholstered 8 years ago... it's immaculate.

[Brock Samson]

did ya see it's even got front discs... thanks for the props skip.. 
i took my friend to the palace of the legion of honor museum a couple weeks back, these pics are from that day...

[Brock Samson]

i forget what all is left that i resized... some i took today... of the runner...

[Musicman]

Great Shots    Thanks for sharing them with us

[Brock Samson]

i wish we all could go cruisin, I own this town! 

[Ghoste]

Nothin' I'd like better when we're still locked into winter over here.

[chargerrt]

Great pics man.  I love those slots on the Road Runner

[TruckDriver]

Awsome pics Dave!

What the heck is this?

My eyes are telling me it's something it's not

[Brock Samson]

a jellyfish about ten inches accross...
  I once got stung by a jelly fish,.. it felt like someone sandpapered my on legs for about three minutes...
...with heavy grit... 

[justin1987]

This picture is awesome!

[CB]

Great pics man.  I love those slots on the Road Runner

love the slots

[dodgecharger-fan]

Cool shots!

There's a couple of Stude Daytonas that show up in the mall cruise in around here. I've never looked into it, but could it be a Canadian model?
*goes a googlin'*

[dodgecharger-fan]

Built here, but also available in the US.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Studebaker_Lark

[/hijack]

[Brock Samson]

Reading all of that taught me alot...

  Some of Studebakers last models were named Commander, Cruiser, Challanger and Daytona.

  And underhanded tactics by the Board of Dirctors killed the company...





  "November 1963 presented a "perfect storm" of events that would seal South Bend's fate, from the illness of the company's president to falling sales which only got worse following the assassination of John F. Kennedy. Rumors were spreading that the board of directors and the company's president, Sherwood Egbert, were at odds over the future of the automotive division. The board's opinion was that it was finally time to find a way out of the auto business as the company's non-automotive divisions were profitable, while the auto operation was bleeding the company dry. Egbert, despite being terminally ill with cancer, fought this. However, when Egbert had to undergo further cancer surgery (his third since 1962) that month, the directors took the opportunity to force him out and execute their plan to wind up automotive production.

  Although it would by necessity have to be done slowly and methodically, lest the company expose itself to contract lawsuits from angry dealers, the directors quickly put their plan into action. Meeting with the leaders of UAW Local 5, which represented Studebaker's assembly workers, the decision was made to close the South Bend plant and continue production at the company's small Canadian factory in Hamilton, Ontario, which could, it was believed, be operated at a profit.

  After the South Bend closing, production continued at the Studebaker's Canadian plant in Hamilton, Ontario, which was overseen by Gordon Grundy, the president of Studebaker of Canada, Ltd. Grundy was a dedicated Studebaker executive who, like Egbert before him, wanted to see Studebaker continue as a builder of automobiles.

  Sales in 1966 were minimal. Surprisingly, though, while the Hamilton plant was not turning out many cars, it was — by most accounts — operating at a small profit, thanks to the efforts of Gordon Grundy, who cut costs wherever possible to bring the plant's breakeven point as low as he could.

   Grundy's efforts were not enough to satisfy the company's board of directors, however. Most of them had viewed the South Bend shutdown two years earlier as the first step in ending auto production completely, but surviving evidence indicates that they did not inform Gordon Grundy of this. Grundy, who along with his small staff, had been working with Marcks Hazelquist Powers on a facelifted 1967 model, approached the board in early 1966 seeking less than $300,000 in tooling funds (a pittance by Detroit standards) for the job. Much to his dismay, he was told that there would be no 1967 production. The board then moved to close Hamilton as soon as possible, and the last Studebaker car, a Timberline Turquoise Cruiser four-door sedan, was built on March 16, 1966 (some sources claim the car was built on March 17). It was the last of only 8,935"

Thanks for the link.

[Brock Samson]

googleing pictures has turned up some interesting examples...




Studebaker Champion Ghia-Aigle Coupe 1955
"1963 Background vehicle in Geneva street scene in the movie "Le petit soldat" (The Little Soldier) directed by Jean-Luc Godardthe".



cross hair grills anyone?..

trucks' steering wheel







1947 pickup

Studebaker land cruiser

found this thought it was worth an out of context inclusion...
 
          kind of a set..





The Old Hunt Special Studebaker! Seen leading a 1938 BMW & a Riley Brooklands! It was raced in the Indy 500 in 1931 & 32. In 31 it was leading, went through a fence & finished 18th! In 32 it finished 6th with an average speed of 110 mph!



1930 president

1933 president..



"This load of old Studebakers was on its way to Texas. A man there was buying about 100 of them, in order to create three or four restored models."





  well,.. needless to say i now have a newfound respect for these old Studebakers..   

1933 Commander 8 roadster, belongs to Mark Mcpeek. The site is 30 miles South of Coos Bay Oregon.


1932 Dictator 8 Regal Coupe, belongs to Roy Asbahr. Photo in his back yard in front of his shop


                                     

[TruckDriver]

a jellyfish about ten inches accross...
  I once got stung by a jelly fish,.. it felt like someone sandpapered my on legs for about three minutes...
...with heavy grit... 

I would of never guesses that! It almost looks like something made out of aluminum. I didn't know they came to the surface unless there dead.  My 13yo thought it was a big frog or something.

[LeeBoy]

I wonder what ever happened to the 41 foot long Studebaker?