Studes in Roadside Americana photos

[JRoberts]

[R3 challenger]

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Cool pic.......wonder if that Lark has a R2 in it? The stripes are certainly interesting, and the big ball on the door where a number would go.

Yes, that is the very first Super Lark made, serial number 63V-23721. To see my article about it, just look at page 6 in the May 2012 issue of Turning Wheels. That article includes several photos of that car, including the photo in post #5606. The son of the man who tuned and drove it for Studebaker is still alive; I interviewed him for the article.

George

[8E45E]

Yes, that is the very first Super Lark made, serial number 63V-23721. To see my article about it, just look at page 6 in the May 2012 issue of Turning Wheels. That article includes several photos of that car, including the photo in post #5606. The son of the man who tuned and drove it for Studebaker is still alive; I interviewed him for the article.

Speaking of which; I wonder if much progress has been made on this particular one: http://forum.studebakerdriversclub.c...mber-info-reqd

Craig

[wlfrench]

The lower right corner looks to be a dealer storage lot. Can anyone tell if they are all the same make of car and what they are?

I see two of them at the right corner of the building and maybe one crossing the bridge.
You can see it bigger there:http://blog.hemmings.com/index.php/2...s#&gid=1&pid=2

[christophe]

Here is the rest of the story.

I don't think it's a dealer lot, though.
For the full resolution picture, click here:http://blog.hemmings.com/index.php/2...ticut-1950s-3/. Then click two times on the picture.

[JRoberts]

1947 Business Coupe at the rear of the Truman home, but it did not belong to the President.

[52-fan]

I wasn't able to identify any Studebakers except for the 55 two door at the Hemmings site, but when I saved the picture and looked at it in Paint the images were much larger. I marked 7 Studebakers with red arrows, but when the picture is the size it is here you can barely see them. Interestingly, I only saw two pickup trucks, a 51-21 Ford and an International. Not many folks driving pickups in the city back then.

[kurtruk]

I wasn't able to identify any Studebakers except for the 55 two door at the Hemmings site, but when I saved the picture and looked at it in Paint the images were much larger. I marked 7 Studebakers with red arrows, but when the picture is the size it is here you can barely see them. Interestingly, I only saw two pickup trucks, a 51-21 Ford and an International. Not many folks driving pickups in the city back then.

Did you spot the Jeep? How 'bout the very visible Buick Caballero Estate Wagon (I think)?

[kurtruk]

I wasn't able to identify any Studebakers except for the 55 two door at the Hemmings site, but when I saved the picture and looked at it in Paint the images were much larger. I marked 7 Studebakers with red arrows, but when the picture is the size it is here you can barely see them. Interestingly, I only saw two pickup trucks, a 51-21 Ford and an International. Not many folks driving pickups in the city back then.

Did you spot the Jeep? How 'bout the very visible Buick Caballero Estate Wagon (I think)?

BTW: I see 2 51-52 Ford pickups. No Intl p/u, but a delivery van, and a likely Chevy/GMC panel van.

[52-fan]

Did you spot the Jeep? How 'bout the very visible Buick Caballero Estate Wagon (I think)?

BTW: I see 2 51-52 Ford pickups. No Intl p/u, but a delivery van, and a likely Chevy/GMC panel van.

I really wasn't looking for anything, but Studebakers. The mention of the pickups was only an impression from the number of cars.
I went back and looked for truck type vehicles. There is a larger delivery van of some sort, but there are 2 51-52 Fords (light blue arrows), 2 jeep vehicles (green arrows), and 2 unidentified pickups (red and pale yellow arrows), and one panel truck (bright yellow). The Paint program enlarges the picture quite a bit and my grandmothers old magnifying glass also steps it up a little. That's all I see.

[aarrggh]

[kurtruk]

Palacio Municipal, Santiago, Cuba

[Studedude]

[JRoberts]

[JRoberts]