The only "way" a vehicle manufacturer can have press release photos and showroom brochures available on introduction day is to generally use photographs of pre-production and protoype cars, or line art, to depict the new models. Understandably, this results in legitimate errors going to print; cars not equipped exactly like the bulk of production, showing options not available, etc.
Studebaker had its share of such errors through the years, so how about citing some of those and see what shakes out?
For starters: The large 1959 full line Studebaker brochure #PD9012. On the rear cover is a spray of all the 1959 models, including the Hawk. The spray clearly shows a Tahiti Coral Lark Regal sedan having a white roof:
This implies that ordinary two-tone colors were a legitimate 1959 Lark option, which they were not.
There are many more out there. (This thread will be a good brain-teaser for us old timers, and informative for newbies.)
This ought to be a "fun" thread. (Don't feel bad if you can't cite a brochure number or post a picture. With this group, if your memory is hazy and someone has the appropriate brochure to cite a correction, you can be sure that will happen, too! <GGG>)
'Have at it. BP
Studebaker had its share of such errors through the years, so how about citing some of those and see what shakes out?
For starters: The large 1959 full line Studebaker brochure #PD9012. On the rear cover is a spray of all the 1959 models, including the Hawk. The spray clearly shows a Tahiti Coral Lark Regal sedan having a white roof:
This implies that ordinary two-tone colors were a legitimate 1959 Lark option, which they were not.
There are many more out there. (This thread will be a good brain-teaser for us old timers, and informative for newbies.)
This ought to be a "fun" thread. (Don't feel bad if you can't cite a brochure number or post a picture. With this group, if your memory is hazy and someone has the appropriate brochure to cite a correction, you can be sure that will happen, too! <GGG>)
'Have at it. BP
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