Did Studebaker ever assemble cars in Mexico?
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None that were intended to be brought back across the border for sale here, but some were shipped CKD (Completely Knocked Down) for assembly and sale in Mexico to Mexican Consumers. Just as with sales to many other countries back in the day, a distributor in the foreign country received and assembled the CKD "kits" and was responsible for the sale of those units in the repective country. A Google Search brings back the following result for 1958-62:
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I will leave any further discussion to those with more resources to fully explain the answer. But the short answer is, yes. Foreign plants operated much differently than today. None of those units were ever intended for the U.S. market. Unlike the plants in Mexico we see today. They assembled knocked down units from the U.S, for sale in the destination country.
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Wow! 880+ Mexican Studebakers. I wonder if any exist today? I speak enough Spanish to get by, but not to do any research. Do we have any club members in Mexico? About 20 years ago I remember driving around D.F. with Mexican friends and observing a '47/48/49 Convertible parked in front of a large gated mansion. I've seen two others, a GT Hawk and '52 four door actually driving....also a couple deserted hulks.Lou Van Anne
62 Champ
64 R2 GT Hawk
79 Avanti II
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As is my nature, this topic has my mind wandering to another. I know that Studebaker offered metric speedometers, but did they offer instrument labels to accommodate the languages of export vehicles? In trucks, where the heater controls are labeled "Climatizer Controls," and the individual switches say "AIR" "DEFROST" "WATER"...were those and other vehicles printed in the the corresponding languages of their destinations? If so...anyone have pictures?John Clary
Greer, SC
SDC member since 1975
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Maybe I should start a new thread, but I do remember my folks reading in the home town paper either the Arizona Republic or Phoenix Gazette, that Studebaker was interested in starting a plant in Tucson AZ. This was after Vernon stopped producing cars but when the Lark first came out. Anyone have anything on that?
In grade school, Alhambra Grade School in Phoenix, there was a classmate whose father was a test driver for Studebaker. She always rode to school in the newest model and I did walk by the house on the way home and see a red Lark they had out front.
Bob Miles
Tucson Az
Home of Lazarus
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Originally posted by jclary View PostAs is my nature, this topic has my mind wandering to another. I know that Studebaker offered metric speedometers, but did they offer instrument labels to accommodate the languages of export vehicles? In trucks, where the heater controls are labeled "Climatizer Controls," and the individual switches say "AIR" "DEFROST" "WATER"...were those and other vehicles printed in the the corresponding languages of their destinations? If so...anyone have pictures?
Our Hawk was an export car. Original destination was Paris France. It has the tie downs bolted thru the frame behind the front wheels. Nothing else was different that I have noticed..... The production order has a notation..... "owners manual must be in the French language".
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