No more SB May Meets will be held…

[Welcome]

No more SB May Meets will be held …in this the Studebaker Engineering Building.

Pictured below are Demolition Engineers, not Design Engineers, hard at work! (as of April 30, 2011)

[avanti76]

Wow, At the rate their going at it the building will probably be gone by time I'm there for the meet May 6th & 7th. I'll miss that Studebaker building smell of vintage parts and history.

[PlainBrownR2]

Unfortunately, somehow I had an inkling last year when all of the activity was moved to the new SI building and the fairgrounds ......

[R2Andrea]

Hmmm..... And just what side of the fence did you shoot that pic from, Mr Welcome? LOL

[COMMANDERPINK1]

I could of went all evening without seeing that, Now Ill be going to bed with a sour stomach
Tom

[Welcome]

Hmmm..... And just what side of the fence did you shoot that pic from, Mr Welcome? LOL

Shot THROUGH the fence with the wife's little "spy" camera ...as you call it!!!

[bezhawk]

It's the people that make the history, not the buildings. I'd much rather see the buildings torn down than languish empty and become a place for bums and vandals. Just look at Detroit and how the Packard plant has become such a negative.

[Welcome]

It's the people that make the history, not the buildings. I'd much rather see the buildings torn down than languish empty and become a place for bums and vandals. Just look at Detroit and how the Packard plant has become such a negative.

In general, I'd agree ...BUT ...that particular building was being used by an active business to house the World's Largest Inventory of Studebaker Parts!!! It was NOT languishing in an empty state ...that is until the City of South Bend's government kicked a Studebaker parts business out of one of the former Studebaker Corporation's own buildings. Makes a really big difference in this case!!!

[Retired]

did the city "'kick "out a parts business or did they forclose on a business deal that could not meet it's agreed upon loan payments ? While we all care about and carry on with the vehicles studebaker produced, Studebaker died in the fall of 1963. as did all the small busuiness that Studebaker up rooted when they ex[panded their SB plant over the many years. Time waits for no one especially for those that live in the past.

[stupak]

Retired: Amen......I think! stupak