Loewy's personal Starliner

[showbizkid]

Studebaker 1953 by gueguette80, on Flickr

Fascinating modifications. Packard-like dual hood scoops, hood notch, custom grille... dinner jacket with no shirt

[8E45E]

Richard Quinn showed some black & white photos of it here: http://forum.studebakerdriversclub.c...ghlight=france

Craig

[Studebaker Wheel]

Great photo! Definitely a French scene I believe. From what publication is it taken?

[Jessie J.]

Certainly not an improvement on Bob Boruke's design. Just my opinion but......eeww!

[Bob Andrews]

Ick. Pleeease get a shirt or at least button up..... Car's cool though!

[Corvanti]

Ick. Pleeease get a shirt or at least button up..... Car's cool though!

once again, loewy's ahead of his time! throw a couple more gold chains around his neck and he'd look like the lounge lizards here at the beach hitting on 20-something young women!!!

[52-fan]

I'm glad that design did not go into production. Maybe it would have seemed more appropriate at the time, but the standard version is much better.

[ozarkman]

once again, loewy's ahead of his time! throw a couple more gold chains around his neck and he'd look like the lounge lizards here at the beach hitting on 20-something young women!!!

Perhaps a big gold Studebaker watch as a wreckless medalion!

[stupak]

Under magnification, he does have a light beige/patterned shirt on. BUT.....(and I might be way off here) - is that RL? Remembering pictires of him throughout his life, it does not look like him. RQ, your thoughts! stupak

[studegary]

I'm glad that design did not go into production. Maybe it would have seemed more appropriate at the time, but the standard version is much better.

This was not a preproduction design study. The car is one of the production 1953 Starliners that Raymond Loewy had customized for his own use. It was considered for the 1955 model year. I like it better than the Buick chrome version that Studebaker ended up with for 1955.

[jnfweber]

Shades of the bullet-nose!

[warrlaw1]

The text is actually claiming that the Frenchman, Raymound Loewy, has renewed American automotive design. I wonder if the writer knew it was a one-off custom?

[JBOYLE]

once again, loewy's ahead of his time! throw a couple more gold chains around his neck and he'd look like the lounge lizards here at the beach hitting on 20-something young women!!!

He was ahead of his time in that way too...his second wife was 28 years his junior!

[Bob Andrews]

throw a couple more gold chains around his neck and he'd look like the lounge lizards here at the beach hitting on 20-something young women!!!

LOL! I thought lounge lizard too! Put me in mind of my all-time favorite gold-chain lounge lizard, the great Harry Gant. Great guy in person, but a bit over-the-top with the gold. Talk about ahead of his time, ol' Harry was the King of Bling before the term 'bling' was ever thought of!

[Bob Andrews]

Under magnification, he does have a light beige/patterned shirt on.

You made me go to the original Flickr page and look at the biggest size, and I believe you are incorrect.

Thanks for making me take a closer look though