I received the new book from Amazon today, Avanti The Complete Story by John Hull. (I have a gold '63, as depicted on the cover, #4883). Only had time to leaf through it, as am swamped with work. Again, as I looking at the fourth photo of the book of the factory in 50's South Bend, glancing up at the 1913 postcard I bought last month on ebay, of "Studebaker Works, Largest in the World", and recalling the recitation of facts and figures in History of the Studebaker Corporation by Albert Erskine, I just wondered again, how could that huge corporation occupying such a large physical footprint now be vacant lots and a new jail, the last remaining building either slated for, or just demolished? (Or, thank goodness, the Administration Building taken over as an historical site to be renovated into something new?)
How could all those bricks, mortar and boards just disappear? The memory will disappear soon for many, I'm sure. The 27-year-old man I stayed with in South Bend last summer barely knew what Studebaker was and had virtually no curiosity about it.
I wish I had sneaked into one of the building in 2002 at the first South Bend meet I attended. It's all photos to me except for the Administration building, which I got into 20 minutes or so before it was due to be closed back in '02.
One of your daily lurkers, Dennis in Portland
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How could all those bricks, mortar and boards just disappear? The memory will disappear soon for many, I'm sure. The 27-year-old man I stayed with in South Bend last summer barely knew what Studebaker was and had virtually no curiosity about it.
I wish I had sneaked into one of the building in 2002 at the first South Bend meet I attended. It's all photos to me except for the Administration building, which I got into 20 minutes or so before it was due to be closed back in '02.
One of your daily lurkers, Dennis in Portland
DEA
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