Studes in Roadside Americana photos

[JRoberts]

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[BRUCESTUDE]

Rare Champion Business coupe with (looks like) Ma Bell logo on the door?

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[Neil]

I can only ID studes back to early 40s .In 4509,where is the stude or studes ?

[8E45E]

I can only ID studes back to early 40s .In 4509,where is the stude or studes ?

The '37 Dictator coupe with the batwing rear window, licence 2C 92 41.

Craig

[tomlewis]

'36 and '37 coupes had the same "batwing" rear windows, but '36 had swing-out rear windows and the '37's were fixed. The '36 Presidents had a chromed (or stainless, idk) window frame and I'm not sure about Dictators, so I'd agree with '37 for an ID in # 4509. Tom

[JRoberts]

Another one trying to hide....

[JRoberts]

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[JRoberts]

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[JRoberts]

"Belmont Sanchez's coupe was the first ever Lowey coupe run on the salt. In 1956 when the car was barely 3 years old , Belmont liberated the coupe from his Dad's used car lot, and turned it into a race car. In '57 the car ran 178 with a blown fuel Ardun. When this picture was taken in '59, running a Clarke Cagle blown fuel Chrysler, driver Joe Locosto set a record over 200mph, making it the first door slammer over 200. This is the car that started the Studebaker revolution on the salt."



"The Sanchez Stude in it's final version. With a Clarke Cagle blown fuel 454 Chrysler it set the A/Comp coupe record at 220mph. Running various displacement engines, at one time this car held the top four records in the Comp Coupe classes. "