My father's older sister Louise [nee Palma] Krem, gave birth to what would be her and her husband George Krem's only child, my cousin George D. Krem. Cousin George would have to wait over 4 years for his equally-Studebaker-crazy cousin Bob to join him...but being the precocious fellow he is, I'm sure he busied himself following Studebaker war production in the interim.
George Dale came home from the South Bend hospital in his father's virtually-new 1941 Studebaker Champion 3-passenger coupe. George Dale's father would remain "stateside" during the world war then underway, barred from military service by persistent high blood pressure. He would work on war materials at Bendix in South Bend "for the duration."
Fast-forward 22 years.
In early August 1964, young George Dale would take delivery of the only brand-new Studebaker he would ever buy, his Bermuda Brown 1964 Challenger 2-door. He took delivery of it at Snider Auto Service in Indianapolis, receiving the keys from salesman Jerry Palma, his mother's and my father's youngest brother:
It would become arguably the most famous Studebaker Challenger in the world, now known to everyone in Studebaker-land as The Plain Brown Wrapper.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY, George.
BP
George Dale came home from the South Bend hospital in his father's virtually-new 1941 Studebaker Champion 3-passenger coupe. George Dale's father would remain "stateside" during the world war then underway, barred from military service by persistent high blood pressure. He would work on war materials at Bendix in South Bend "for the duration."
Fast-forward 22 years.
In early August 1964, young George Dale would take delivery of the only brand-new Studebaker he would ever buy, his Bermuda Brown 1964 Challenger 2-door. He took delivery of it at Snider Auto Service in Indianapolis, receiving the keys from salesman Jerry Palma, his mother's and my father's youngest brother:
It would become arguably the most famous Studebaker Challenger in the world, now known to everyone in Studebaker-land as The Plain Brown Wrapper.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY, George.
BP
We've got to quit saying, 
BP
i have always felt honored when you, Mr. H, Mr. Q, Mr. BP (and many others), took the time to answer some of the threads regarding my Studebakers... 
'63 Avanti R-1384. sold 12/10.
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