Monday Eye Candy 9/21

[ChampTrucking]

[JRoberts]

Got my fix for the day. Thanks for posting still another great picture. I love those mid-fifties four door sedans.

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

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When you compare that look to a 53 or 54 Chevy, I don't know how Studebaker didn't eat their lunch sales wise.

Doug

Venice, Florida
1950 Champion 9G F1

[ChampTrucking]

Doug,ain't that the truth!

[silverhawk]

Yea it is, the same era chevy in kinda ugly in mhop. While that's gorgeous!

Dylan Wills

'61 lark deluxe 4 door wagon

[52-fan]

If Studebakers could have sold at or slightly below Chevy's price they probably would have put the hurt on them. They never had the volume to get the price that low.


1952 Champion Starlight w/overdrive. Searcy, Arkansas
"I may be lazy, but I'm not shiftless."

[paintim613]

For what it is worth: That hood ornament replaced the '55 Chevy one that was on the Yuma Studebird before restoration.

Tim in Yuma, AZ

[JGK 940]

I'll take it. Where do I sign?

Keoni Dibelka / HiloFoto
In Hawai'i; on Hawai'i; on the Windward Side
If da salt air never chew 'em up bumbye da lava will...

[Roscomacaw]

Yeah, price was the main impediment! Besides that, if you wanted, you could've had a V8![:0]


1957 Transtar 1/2ton
1963 Cruiser
1960 Larkvertible V8
1958 Provincial wagon
1953 Commander coupe
1957 President two door

[raprice]

Don't forget guys, those '53s & '54s were bashed by people saying that they weren't good looking compared to the Loewy coupes.
I've always liked the styling of those cars. In fact, I'm considering the purchase of a '53 Champion 4-door from a fellow club member.
I agree that, compared to the '53 Chevies and Fords, the Studebakers had them beat a mile in styling. The just couldn't complete with them in the marketplace. Go figure.
Rog

'59 Lark VI Regal Hardtop
Smithtown,NY

[Lark Hunter]

Thanks for sharing that one, ChampTrucking. I often forget just how attractive the 1953-55 sedans are, that is until I see one in picture or person. This is especially true when thay are allowed to stand on their own merits, as opposed to being viewed next to a C or K for comparison, and subsequently picked apart. That car sure does make a '53 Chev (or most any other 1953 car) look like a frump dumpling. LH

"I'm allergic to small block Chevys."

[Roscomacaw]

Roger, prove me wrong, but I don't think that comparison to C-Ks happened til years after these cars were built.


1957 Transtar 1/2ton
1963 Cruiser
1960 Larkvertible V8
1958 Provincial wagon
1953 Commander coupe
1957 President two door