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  • #1

    Mess with the judges!

    Running thru ads on ebay, I saw this pic from a 1955 brochure:



    I was just thinking how much fun it would be to mess with the show judges by painting a frame & driveline yellow, installing it under a car, and then claiming it was originally from a factory photo-shoot [}]


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    Clark in San Diego
    '63 F2/Lark Standard
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  • #2
    OK, Trivia Buffs: What is the immediate outstanding clue that indicates the chassis and running gear pictured in that brochure are, in fact, 1955 model year, not 1954 or earlier? BP
    We've got to quit saying, "How stupid can you be?" Too many people are taking it as a challenge.

    G. K. Chesterton: This triangle of truisms, of father, mother, and child, cannot be destroyed; it can only destroy those civilizations which disregard it.

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    • #3
      OK, Trivia Buffs: What is the immediate outstanding clue that indicates the chassis and running gear pictured in that brochure are, in fact, 1955 model year, not 1954 or earlier? BP
      We've got to quit saying, "How stupid can you be?" Too many people are taking it as a challenge.

      G. K. Chesterton: This triangle of truisms, of father, mother, and child, cannot be destroyed; it can only destroy those civilizations which disregard it.

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      • #4
        Doncha think they are already confused enough? (Omaha)

        Claude Chmielewski
        Studeski
        Claude's Studebaker of Wisconsin
        http://www.studeski.com
        Studebaker

        Fillmore, Wisconsin
        47 M-16 Truck
        62 GT Hawk
        63 Lark
        64 Commander Wagonaire
        50 Champion Regal (parts car)
        [img=left]http://www.studeski.com/62hawk/dakota01.jpg[/img=left]
        "One after another they volunteered how in their families and in their
        communities they were expected to be responsible for their behavior, how
        honesty was assumed to be the rule, not the exception. They also talked
        matter-of-factly about the sense of duty to their country, a sentiment not
        much in fashion anymore."
        1936 Dictator
        1950 Champion Regal 4 dr parts car
        1953 Commander Regal HT
        1953 2R5 Pickup
        1947 M16 Truck
        1960 Lark VIII Convertible
        1960 Champ 5E7 step side short box
        1962 Champ 7E5 no box
        1962 GT Hawk
        1963 Lark VI 4 dr
        1963 GT Hawk R2
        1964 Daytona Convertible
        1964 Commander Wagonaire

        “America will never be destroyed from the outside. If we falter and lose our freedoms, it will be because we destroyed ourselves.” ~ Abraham Lincoln​

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        • #5
          Doncha think they are already confused enough? (Omaha)

          Claude Chmielewski
          Studeski
          Claude's Studebaker of Wisconsin
          http://www.studeski.com
          Studebaker

          Fillmore, Wisconsin
          47 M-16 Truck
          62 GT Hawk
          63 Lark
          64 Commander Wagonaire
          50 Champion Regal (parts car)
          [img=left]http://www.studeski.com/62hawk/dakota01.jpg[/img=left]
          "One after another they volunteered how in their families and in their
          communities they were expected to be responsible for their behavior, how
          honesty was assumed to be the rule, not the exception. They also talked
          matter-of-factly about the sense of duty to their country, a sentiment not
          much in fashion anymore."
          1936 Dictator
          1950 Champion Regal 4 dr parts car
          1953 Commander Regal HT
          1953 2R5 Pickup
          1947 M16 Truck
          1960 Lark VIII Convertible
          1960 Champ 5E7 step side short box
          1962 Champ 7E5 no box
          1962 GT Hawk
          1963 Lark VI 4 dr
          1963 GT Hawk R2
          1964 Daytona Convertible
          1964 Commander Wagonaire

          “America will never be destroyed from the outside. If we falter and lose our freedoms, it will be because we destroyed ourselves.” ~ Abraham Lincoln​

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          • #6
            Bob,

            the engine (well, parts of it anyway) is painted Alberta Blue, which was only used for the '55 model year.

            nate

            (finally, a trivia question I can answer!)

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            • #7
              Bob,

              the engine (well, parts of it anyway) is painted Alberta Blue, which was only used for the '55 model year.

              nate

              (finally, a trivia question I can answer!)

              --
              55 Commander Starlight
              http://members.cox.net/njnagel
              --
              55 Commander Starlight
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              • #8
                Close, Nate, but they could have painted a 1954 engine Alberta Blue and used a 1954 engine/chassis. After all, the frame isn't a production frame color, either.

                There is a BIG indicator that the chassis/driveline pictured is 1955 that has nothing to do with color: We all acknowledge that the photo is of components that have been specially painted for a display unit. [Nate: I'm sure you know what it is; think hard because it is very obvious!] BP
                We've got to quit saying, "How stupid can you be?" Too many people are taking it as a challenge.

                G. K. Chesterton: This triangle of truisms, of father, mother, and child, cannot be destroyed; it can only destroy those civilizations which disregard it.

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                • #9
                  Close, Nate, but they could have painted a 1954 engine Alberta Blue and used a 1954 engine/chassis. After all, the frame isn't a production frame color, either.

                  There is a BIG indicator that the chassis/driveline pictured is 1955 that has nothing to do with color: We all acknowledge that the photo is of components that have been specially painted for a display unit. [Nate: I'm sure you know what it is; think hard because it is very obvious!] BP
                  We've got to quit saying, "How stupid can you be?" Too many people are taking it as a challenge.

                  G. K. Chesterton: This triangle of truisms, of father, mother, and child, cannot be destroyed; it can only destroy those civilizations which disregard it.

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                  • #10
                    [quote]Originally posted by BobPalma

                    Close, Nate, but they could have painted a 1954 engine Alberta Blue and used a 1954 engine/chassis. After all, the frame isn't a production frame color, either.

                    There is a BIG indicator that the chassis/driveline pictured is 1955 that has nothing to do with color: We all acknowledge that the photo is of components that have been specially painted for a display unit. [Nate: I'm sure you know what it is; think hard because it is very obvious!] BP

                    Dual exhaust pipes.

                    Wasn't '55 the first year for dual exhausts?

                    Craig.

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                    • #11
                      [quote]Originally posted by BobPalma

                      Close, Nate, but they could have painted a 1954 engine Alberta Blue and used a 1954 engine/chassis. After all, the frame isn't a production frame color, either.

                      There is a BIG indicator that the chassis/driveline pictured is 1955 that has nothing to do with color: We all acknowledge that the photo is of components that have been specially painted for a display unit. [Nate: I'm sure you know what it is; think hard because it is very obvious!] BP

                      Dual exhaust pipes.

                      Wasn't '55 the first year for dual exhausts?

                      Craig.

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                      • #12
                        Is it the air cleaners?
                        "Madness...is the exception in individuals, but the rule in groups" - Nietzsche.

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                        • #13
                          Is it the air cleaners?
                          "Madness...is the exception in individuals, but the rule in groups" - Nietzsche.

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                          • #14
                            Fuel pump?

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                            • #15
                              Fuel pump?

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