The other day I got a call from the Studebaker National Museum--they were refunding my build sheet order because, she said, my car was built in Canada and they had incomplete records. I thanked them for their efforts and was really disappointed--not because it was built in Canada but because I wasn't going to get the original build sheet.
Tonight I was reading through the specifications chapter in John Bridges' Studebaker's Finest when I discovered something--according to my body serial number (and my engine number) my car WAS built at the Los Angeles plant.
My body serial number falls within the Los Angeles range that starts with G-917,701 and ends at G-927,400. My engine serial number is also a US plant serial number.
I'll run this past all the guru's here on the Studebaker Driver's Club forums, but I'm wondering if the records at the Studebaker National Museum have lapses with the Los Angeles cars as well as the Canadian models? Does anyone know? Is this a mistake in the Bridges book?
Tonight I was reading through the specifications chapter in John Bridges' Studebaker's Finest when I discovered something--according to my body serial number (and my engine number) my car WAS built at the Los Angeles plant.
My body serial number falls within the Los Angeles range that starts with G-917,701 and ends at G-927,400. My engine serial number is also a US plant serial number.
I'll run this past all the guru's here on the Studebaker Driver's Club forums, but I'm wondering if the records at the Studebaker National Museum have lapses with the Los Angeles cars as well as the Canadian models? Does anyone know? Is this a mistake in the Bridges book?
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