EYE CANDY for Tuesday

[ChampTrucking]

[Milaca]

Why is it that Studebaker didnt sell millions of these cars? They should have sold as well, if not better than, the original Ford Mustang. The 1953 & 54 Studebaker hardtops are one of the best looking cars ever built and miles ahead of its competitors in styling in those years.


Autumn at Lake Barget
In the middle of Minnestudea

[woodysrods]

How Ironic! Eye Candy is back and the first thing I see is my favorite Studebaker of all time.
Thanks, Thanks, Thanks!
Good Roads
Brian

Brian Woods
woodysrods@shaw.ca
1946 M Series (Shop Truck)

[Cravin]

Thanks for the tasty red hot treat!

[Chris_Dresbach]

YES! Eye candy lives on!!! <- sweet tooth.[)]

Chris Dresbach

1940 Champion two door.
Parts of the 1952 Model N

[55champion]

Thanks for posting,I love the color of this car.

[jallen]

Welcome back to the forum ChampTrucking. You were missed.
Does anyone know anything about the horizontal bar connecting
the fog light/bumper guards?
My color scheme only darker red. Still a great looking car.

[Dads Baby]

Now I can finally get some sleep! My "Eye Candy" has returned! Thank you!!!

Carey
Packard Hawk

[JGK 940]

quote:Originally posted by Milaca

Why is it that Studebaker didnt sell millions of these cars?

Way-ull, that's the $64K question, isn't it? Everybody's got an opinion and this one's mine: plain old Really Poor Planning.

After just two years of saving all kinds of money by building all cars on a single front end, South Bend set themselves up for a fall by splitting the line again between two completely different sets of body parts.

The C & K coupes, by far the more desirable of those body styles both then and now, made it all the way to production ramp-up before anyone noticed their front sheet metal didn't fit once their engines were installed, while much higher production of the F, W & Y sedans was planned because management expected them to be the bigger sellers.

In the meantime, r&d of a fully mechanical power steering system sucked up all kinds of engineering time and money and got far enough to be advertised as an available option before being withdrawn and scrapped as too noisy and unreliable.

The model year was pretty much over by the time this all got straightened out, and the buyers just never came back.

Keoni Dibelka / HiloFoto
In Hawai'i; on Hawai'i; on the Windward Side
If da salt air never chew 'em up bumbye da lava will...

(edit: spelling)

[JRoberts]

What a grand return from retirement! Thanks for the brilliant red wake up call this morning.



Joe Roberts
'61 R1 Champ
'65 Cruiser
Editor of "The Down Easterner"
Eastern North Carolina Chapter

[Invalid User Name]

YAAAAA! It's back.

Doug
Venice, Florida
1950 Champion
9G F1

[COMMANDERPINK1]

Nice very nice, welcome back ChampTrucking eye candy.
Tom

[Starlight]

WAY TO GO CHAMP TRUCKING!!!!!!!I usually go here first thing in the morning, just to see what you post in the way of pictures.....Keep on Studebakering

[Gary1953]

Welcome back and with a beautiful '53.
Thank you,



Gary Sanders
Nixa, MO
President Toy Studebaker Collectors Club. Have an interest in Toy Studebakers? Contact me for details.

[bensauber]

Thanks, and glad to see you back!


48 starlite Commander

32 Austin 7