Hitler's Dictator

[Studebaker Wheel]

I always thought it would only be appropriate that Hitler should own a fleet of Dictators! Well, apparently he did. This photo is from the Sept 8, 1937 issue of LIFE magazine. No telling how many Studebakers were in his Asian fleet! The caption reads as follows: A German car, flying the Nazi swastikas, picked up this wounded Chinese soldier on the Nanyuan Road south of Peiping and brought him back to the Peiping Legation Quarter for hospitalization. There are three more wounded in the trunk box in the rear of the car. It doesn't look as though the soldier on the front fender is in any great pain but if there are really three guys in the trunk you can bet they are!

Richard Quinn
editor: Antique Studebaker Review

[lstude]

Thanks for posting. I seems that someone at Life would have recognized the car. I wonder if Studebaker's management noticed it.

Leonard Shepherd

http://leonardshepherd.com/

[Avantidon]

Richard as usual a great picture and thoughts. I always marvel at your resources but know they run deep so there have got to be more interesting pictures in it. I'm sure the photographer of this one did not look at the car to determine who built it.

[JRoberts]

What a great picture! I'm surprised that a Nazi staff car would bother to pickup wounded Chinese soldiers to simply take them to the hospital, knowing how badly the Japanese treated the Chinese. It looks like the soldier on the fender actually has his ankles bound.

Joe Roberts
'61 R1 Champ
'65 Cruiser
Editor of "The Down Easterner"
Eastern North Carolina Chapter

[BobGlasscock]

Also a binding on the hood ornament to his hands or neck.

'50 Champion, 1 family owner

[Avantidon]

Bob, great observation as his feet are bound too. i guess they did that to keep him from falling off of the car.

[JBOYLE]

I'd like to see a photo of Benito Mussolini's
32 Ford.

The original Il Duce's coupe.

Sorry, I 've been waiting to use that joke for years.

63 Avanti R1 2788
1914 Stutz Bearcat
(George Barris replica)

Washington State

[Roscomacaw]

So does this mean that Eisenhower and Patton used Commanders as staff cars?????[)]

Miscreant Studebaker nut in California's central valley.

1957 Transtar 1/2ton
1960 Larkvertible V8
1958 Provincial wagon
1953 Commander coupe
1957 President two door

[JBOYLE]

quote:Originally posted by Mr.Biggs

So does this mean that Eisenhower and Patton used Commanders as staff cars?????[)]

Maybe, but Eisenhower later traded-up to a President.

63 Avanti R1 2788
1914 Stutz Bearcat
(George Barris replica)

Washington State

[JRoberts]

quote:Originally posted by Avantidon

Bob, great observation as his feet are bound too. i guess they did that to keep him from falling off of the car.

Not if he was a Chinese soldier. He was bound, I suspect, because the Japanese would not have wanted him to get away. Of course the real surprise is that they had not already killed him. The Chinese did not fare very well at the hands of the Japanese, nor their allies I would suspect.

Joe Roberts
'61 R1 Champ
'65 Cruiser
Editor of "The Down Easterner"
Eastern North Carolina Chapter

[Michidan]

War is hell!
Imagine the ride on that fender for a minute, on 1937 Chinese roads. Comfy - and how much heat comes out of those stylish hood vents?
Um, I'll take the trunk, thanks.

Dan
52 hardtop

https://www.studebakerhardtop.com

[lstude]

At least the Nazi's opted for white walls!

Leonard Shepherd

http://leonardshepherd.com/

[JRoberts]

The more I think about this picture the more I wonder where they got the Studebaker(s) from. I guess they could have just liberated them from some western busiessmen, or a western embassy. Or maybe they just found them abandoned when people tried to escape the invasion. Also reminds me of the '37 Stude in this thread from last July: http://www.studebakerdriversclub.com...azi,studebaker

Joe Roberts
'61 R1 Champ
'65 Cruiser
Editor of "The Down Easterner"
Eastern North Carolina Chapter

[62champ]

I think Hitler and the Nazis were pretty partial to white...

quote:Originally posted by lstude

At least the Nazi's opted for white walls!

Leonard Shepherd

http://leonardshepherd.com/

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[avantilover]

Since the war didn't start until 9/3/39 the car is likely a German Embassy vehicle.

John Clements
Avantilover, your South Australian Studebaker lover!!!
Secretary Studebaker Car Club of SA (as of 3/19/08)
Lockleys South Australia