Studes in Roadside Americana photos

[christophe]

There is an early Lark, third from the right in the last row.
Nice day to all.

[Carl Purdy]

I also see a 55 Wagon.

[62champ]

#3061 - might also be a 57/58 sedan - furthest car in upper left

[Commander Eddie]

5 cars to the left of the dark colored Lark mentioned, there is a light colored Lark as well. I also think there is a '56, '57 or '58 two tone Studebaker all the way to the left side of the photo near the top kind of sitting by itself.

[bezhawk]

In 3056, is that a Chevy Vega (tail to us) about halfway down the block? If so, it means the beat up 1958 Commander/Champion sedan is at least 13 model years old. It's a wonder it is still on the street! BP

Some of us drove Studebakers exclusively as our ONLY transportation . Until I sold my Avanti a few years ago .....I still did!
It used to be the Studebaker DRIVERS Club.

[christophe]

I think I saw also a 55 Conestoga between two 56 Buicks on the left side of the third row. In the same row, is the car between the 49 Buick and the 59 Chevy a custom job? It makes me think of an Henry J but seems to be considerably bigger.

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[BobPalma]

I count at least five Studebakers in the LaCrosse WI campus photo in this Hemmings Daily Blog item.

Can anybody see any more?

http://blog.hemmings.com/index.php/2014/07/15/lacrosse-wisconsin-1960s/?refer=hccweekly

[JRoberts]

[JRoberts]

May 30, 1955 Indianapolis Motor Speedway. Two of the cars parked along the outside of the track on the backstretch having been contacted by Bill Vukovich's car.

[JRoberts]

[BobPalma]

Commentary on #3070: Note the information on the sideboard of the Ford pickup.

It says "....Williams Jr. Inc. Mercury," with a phone number that would have been Melrose 4-3363. Obviously, that was a downtown Indianapolis Lincoln-Mercury dealer.

Note the location of that dealership given on the sideboard: Ninth at Meridian. Charlie Stuart Studebaker was also located on another corner of Ninth at Meridian; the northeast corner. Charlie Stuart Studebaker would also have had a telephone number with the downtown Melrose prefix.

I don't know which of the other three corners of Ninth & Meridian housed the Williams Lincoln-Mercury dealership, because it was gone by the time I got to know the downtown Indianapolis automobile dealers when we moved here in 1962. That's when I first visited Charlie Stuart Studebaker. It became Studebaker of Indianapolis, a factory-operated store, when Charlie Stuart decided he was making enough money at Charlie Stuart Oldsmobile seven blocks north at 16th & Meridian, that he could quit being bothered with Studebakers. BP

[JRoberts]

This one is strange,,,,,don't ask me what this is all about. I found the photo on the H.A.M.B. without an explanation. Any ideas?

[BRUCESTUDE]

#3069 IS GREAT! My 2 favorite things; a '51 Commander and a brunette!

[aarrggh]