Not mine, ad claims that the car is 12th in production due to firewall tag. Is this how the tag is supposed to be read? I am not familiar with these model cars.
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I think that mean it was the 12th 4 door Commander body tub assembled. However, that does not mean it was the 12th Commander 4 door built. Could have been first, or 100th. Need the serial # to know.Don Wilson, Centralia, WA
40 Champion 4 door*
50 Champion 2 door*
53 Commander K Auto*
53 Commander K overdrive*
55 President Speedster
62 GT 4Speed*
63 Avanti R1*
64 Champ 1/2 ton
* Formerly owned
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Originally posted by 61LaRk4dr View PostNot mine, ad claims that the car is 12th in production due to firewall tag. Is this how the tag is supposed to be read? I am not familiar with these model cars.
( 16G8 - W5 ) and I believe also Commander Custom ( 16G8 - W1 ) 4 door sedan body tubs. Then there were D body Commander station wagons and Commander F body 2 door sedans, also available in the same 3 trim levels. C body Commander Starlight coupes were only available in either the ( 16G8 - C3 ) Deluxe or the ( 16G8 - C5 ) Regal trim levels. K body Commander Strainer hardtops ( 16G8 - K5 ) were available only in the Regal trim. I think, that with only a very slight possibility of an exception for the rarer Custom trim models, a #12 body tub was produced for all of the above! It is still a very early '55 Commander.
MarkLast edited by S2Deluxe; 05-11-2017, 09:42 AM.sigpic
S2Deluxe = (5H - C3).
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This is an early first series 1955. There were separate body number series for each of the 30 different model and trim combinations for first series 1955s. That means that there were 30 different bodies with the number 12. Of course, in 1955 there was a second series that started the numbering all over again for the 20 body/trim combinations that were new.Gary L.
Wappinger, NY
SDC member since 1968
Studebaker enthusiast much longer
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Originally posted by studegary View PostOf course, in 1955 there was a second series that started the numbering all over again for the 20 body/trim combinations that were new.
MarkLast edited by S2Deluxe; 05-12-2017, 07:08 AM.sigpic
S2Deluxe = (5H - C3).
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