Spot the Studebaker. Real easy.

[billmdonn]

I spend a lot of time of the Pittsburgh Historical Website. It is neat in that you can zoom in on items. One of the things I look for are street scenes with Studebakers. There are not very many. Here is a photo with a Golden Hawk. Zoom in on the Dollar Bankd billboard in the backround. 3 1/2 percent passbook savings. WoW.

http://images.library.pitt.edu/cgi-b...t=21;resnum=24

[63t-cab]

Nice 56 GH !

[candbstudebakers]

Also looks like a 61 hawk going the other way along side the 56 GH.

[BobPalma]

Also looks like a 61 hawk going the other way along side the 56 GH.

Possibly so at first glance, Bob.

However, if you study it carefully, I believe it is a 1959 Rambler Ambassador. BP

[63t-cab]

Yup that's a Rambler.

Possibly so at first glance, Bob.

However, if you study it carefully, I believe it is a 1959 Rambler Ambassador. BP

[raprice]

Yes, that's a Rambler Ambassador. I also spotted the '56 Golden Hawk. What's scary to me is that I actually remember paying 29 cents a gallon for regular gas.
Boy, am I old!!!
Rog

[Jeff_H]

That '55 or '56 ford sedan next to the gas price sign sure looks beat up. Big scrapes on the rear door and missing a hubcap. Per the info on this picture it was taken in 1960 so that ford is not that old. A 4 or 5 yr old taurus or focus now would not look that bad in comparison.

[Warren Webb]

What amazes me is the amount of cars in that picture that are 5 years old or less! I see they were still using the electric buses (trolley maybe?).

[BobPalma]

That '55 or '56 ford sedan next to the gas price sign sure looks beat up. Big scrapes on the rear door and missing a hubcap. Per the info on this picture it was taken in 1960 so that Ford is not that old. A 4 or 5 yr old Taurus or Focus now would not look that bad in comparison.

Well, Jeff; your observation proves how spoiled we are now that cars last so much longer.

Yes, that's a 1955 Ford Fairlane Fordor (as Henry spelled it) in the gas station with damage to the RR door. The photo was taken in June 1960 in a rough industrial envoronment for any car; Pittsburgh PA. The '55 Chevy in the intersection (turning left) seems to have fared better, from what we can see of it.

But the reality is that most five-model-year-old cars in Pittsburgh in 1960 had one foot in the grave! BP