Studebaker/Ferguson

[kompressor 57]

Had Studebaker any connection with Ferguson England?

Jan Lundin Sweden

[Collection Doctor]

In an round about way, yes. In 1962 Studebaker experimented with placing diesel engines in taxi cabs and used a 4 cylinder Perkins powerplant. Perkins had been purchased 4 years earlier by Massey Ferguson, so there is a connection.

[comatus]

Here's one a little farther out on the limb of the family tree: Andy Granatelli bought the Novi racing car team. The last vehicle to ever display the Studebaker name was a Novi, using the Ferguson four-wheel-drive system.

They were terrible, beautiful things. To this day, no car has ever put more horsepower onto the bricks of Indianapolis, and that would include Schumacher's Ferrari.

[Collection Doctor]

There was also an experimental diesel powered Zip Van that had a Perkins engine. Last I knew it was in the Asa Hall collection, but do not know who owns it today.