Studes in Roadside Americana photos

[Greenstude]

Re 5232 --- an Edsel dealership, with a Ford 2-door wagon, a Studebaker 2R5, and a c.1956 Rambler in front. How rare is that combination!!

[Lou Van Anne]

I know this is not a Studebaker, but it was a Studebaker dealer's tow truck...I think it is a Dodge? Look close, you can see the Studebaker sign on the door.

[Lou Van Anne]

Studebaker Newspaper Ad, Lyon County Reporter

[JRoberts]

Fayetteville, NC

[8E45E]

I take back what I said in Post #12 here, about not using a new-for-1952 Starliner: http://forum.studebakerdriversclub.c...0-Stude-Photos

It appears that they DID use one.

Craig

[BobPalma]

I take back what I said in Post #12 here, about not using a new-for-1952 Starliner: http://forum.studebakerdriversclub.c...0-Stude-Photos

It appears that they DID use one. Craig

Right, Craig. I had my doubts about this being at The Indianapolis Motor Speedway, but they have been relieved; it is at IMS.

Post #5242 with that better/different photo prove it was indeed taken at IMS. The AAA logo on the door is badly distorted in the earlier photo, making it difficult to read, and it is unlike any Official IMS logo.

Thanks for finding the earlier photo for clarification, Joe. BP

[JRoberts]

I found the picture in 5234 here: http://www.gmsquarebody.com/forum/sh...?t=8961&page=6 The picture posted here and the one i posted earlier are from the same site. I was sure it was Indy, but I may be wrong.

[Gary1953]

Says so on the door.

[BobPalma]

Says so on the door.

BINGO, Gary. BP

[clonelark]

can't say i've ever seen this pic

[8E45E]

[ATTACH=CONFIG]50249[/ATTACH] can't say i've ever seen this pic

When it made the rounds to Notre Dame. More info on it here: http://forum.studebakerdriversclub.c...ght=1952+notre

Craig

[BRUCESTUDE]

I found the picture in 5234 here: http://www.gmsquarebody.com/forum/sh...?t=8961&page=6 The picture posted here and the one i posted earlier are from the same site. I was sure it was Indy, but I may be wrong.

Bardahl is/was an oil additive developed and made in Seattle...for years they had a big neon advertising sign in the Ballard area.

[BobPalma]

Bardahl is/was an oil additive developed and made in Seattle...for years they had a big neon advertising sign in the Ballard area.

Bardahl was sure good to me, Bruce.

When working the driveway in full-service Shell gas stations during high school and college, the travelling Bardahl rep fixed me up with racks of Bardahl products to sell to driveway customers; the pint size of Bardahl oil additive when their car was a pint low, so you made a sale even though they didn't need a full quart of oil, gasoline additives, etc.

If they were a full quart low on oil and begged off buying a quart "because I'm going to have it changed," I'd sell 'em a quart of regular Bardahl oil additive to "clean up the engine and get it ready for that oil change." That worked more often than not...and if they didn't get around to changing the oil, at least the crankcase was full. (I wouldn't sell a quart of Engine Flush unless they knew for sure they'd be in in a day or two for an oil change, however; that stuff shouldn't be in an engine very long, of course.)

I'd keep track of sales and the Bardahl rep gave me 25 cents credit for each sale, toward all manner of new tools in his goodie bag when he came back around.

To this day, I am using a fine S-K Wayne 3/8" drive socket set earned selling Bardahl...and the same in a 1/4-drive set and a full set of USA-made Challenger wrenches that you'd think were cheap but they aren't; they've worn very well and I like their "feel." (In fact, if I ever wear them out, I have another set still in the box that I earned selling Bardahl almost 50 years ago, but I don't know if I'll ever get around to using them. Ditto a duplicate set of premium, new, wood-handled screwdrivers.)

Good times, for sure. BP

[JRoberts]

[Dwain G.]

Ole Bardahl and the Miss Bardahl unlimited hydroplane are northwest legends!