Giant Studebaker? 1934 Land Cruiser?

[rockne10]

We are all aware of the giant 1931 model 80 Studebaker Four Season Roadster.

http://www.studebakerdriversclub.com/giant_car.asp

At the end of the article it alludes to a '34 plaster Land Cruiser at the Chicago World's Fair that was large enough to hold a movie theater.

I don't suppose anyone might have access to a picture of said Land Cruiser.

[DEEPNHOCK]

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[Gary1953]

There are post cards of the giant Land Cruiser.

[Studebaker Wheel]

Below the article I authored that appeared in the December 2002 issue of Collectible Automobile. Actually it was a sidebar to a more extensive article on the 1934-35 Land Cruisers

The Big and Small of It

[65cruiser]

I wanna hear more about this Studebaker they hurled down a "104 foot cliff" that drove away under its own power.

[Carl Purdy]

Wonder how far away they went to find a 104 ft cliff. There is no hills in Indiana.

[raprice]

Boy, it never ceases to amaze me how, when someone asks a question about a Stude event, someone else comes up with the picture a description of the event. Thanks to Richard Quinn, Studedude, & Deepnhock.
You guys are great.
Rog

[Studebaker Wheel]

I have the actual 16mm film showing the car being pushed off the cliff multiple times and being driven away. Seeing is believing!

[rockne10]

Richard,
I don't suppose you ever located a copy of "Wild Flowers"?
I suspect there could be a market for all those old "shorts" in digital format before the celluloid falls apart.

[Studebaker Wheel]

Richard,
I don't suppose you ever located a copy of "Wild Flowers"?
I suspect there could be a market for all those old "shorts" in digital format before the celluloid falls apart.

Yes, in fact I did locate "Wild Flowers." The owner is in the process of donating it to the Library of Congress and they have agreed to make a copy available for reproduction.

[PlainBrownR2]

Wonder how far away they went to find a 104 ft cliff. There is no hills in Indiana.

Mr. Quinn outta get a kick out of this then...
Hmm a picture of a fence with the car being tossed off of a steep 104 ft dropoff, and there's no hills in Indiana.

Maybe it's Thornton Quarry just over the IL state line then?
(Those of you that have came down I-80 going to or from South Bend would pass over this very deep hole in the ground a few miles from the IL-IN state line. )

[Studebaker Wheel]

Mr. Quinn outta get a kick out of this then...
Hmm a picture of a fence with the car being tossed off of a steep 104 ft dropoff, and there's no hills in Indiana.

Maybe it's Thornton Quarry just over the IL state line then?
(Those of you that have came down I-80 going to or from South Bend would pass over this very deep hole in the ground a few miles from the IL-IN state line. )

No, I believe the cliff was in lower Michigan. The Thornton quarrry is limestone and would not have provided for the relatively "soft" landing that I note in the film.

[PlainBrownR2]

It was a bit of a joke . No hills in Indiana? Can't find the location of the dropoff? There's a dropoff !!
Yep, that's a limestone quarry, and the hard bottom might make for a very stomach turning crunch when it landed. I would think for a soft landing the Indiana Dunes might have also been used, but don't quote me on that .

[Studebaker Wheel]

Actually after this thread had died some time ago I did another article for Collectible Automobile on the 1934-35 Studebakers (Oct 2013) and in doing research on that I found that the test took place in Pennsylvania though no specific location was cited.

[nels]

How many 34 and '35 Landruisers were built? What's the survival rate.