Studes in Roadside Americana photos

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[Chrycoman]

Surfside Beach, South Carolina, 1967

Actually, there are two Chrysler products - in the row with the 1959 Chevrolet wagon, the car to the left of the wagon is a 1965 Ford and to the left of that is a 1964 Dodge Dart GT hardtop. Right in front of it is a dark coloured 1964 or 1965 Valiant V-200 sedan.

Bill
Vancouver, BC

[Chrycoman]

Correct. It should have read ACF Brill; not 'AEC' which describes a diesel-engine version. I posted a 1949 gasoline-powered Brill here http://forum.studebakerdriversclub.c...CCF-Brill-C-36 which originally used a Hall-Scott engine.

Of course, being in Canada, it also could have been a 'CCF' Brill.

Craig

ACF buses were not sold in Canada after WW II. I saw the 1949 CCF bus at a swap meet in Lethbridge about 20 years ago. Surprised it has a Hall-Scott motor as CCF usually used AEC gasoline or diesel engines. Canada was in a currency crunch after WW II, as was virtually every country except the US, and from 1948 to 1951 there were severe restrictions on what you could import from the U.S.

There was a long list of cars not built in Canada but imported from the U.S. that needed government approval to import, such as Oldsmobile 98, all Buicks, Cadillacs, Lincolns, Nash Ambassadors, eight cylinder Chryslers, and Studebaker Commanders.

Studebaker of Canada started building Champions in Canada in August, 1948, and imported Commanders through 1950. The other independent manufacturers opened plants later (Nash, Hudson, and Kaiser in 1950) thus leaving Studebaker to build a strong base in Canada. In 1950 Studebaker built over 13,000 cars while Nash and Hudson were around 2,000 and Kaiser with less than 1,000.

Winnipeg purchased used trolley buses after CCF stopped building trolleys in 1952. Standard Pullman coaches were purchased in Providence, RI, and used ACF trolleys from Flint, MI. One of the ACF trolleys ended up in Mexico City.

The car on the right side of the Vancouver photo is a 1949 or 1950 Vauxhall. As Pontiac-Buick dealers had no Buicks to sell, GM of Canada imported Vauxhalls from Britain.

By the way, the "apple" on the front of the bus had an earlier version with the top of a totem pole sticking out the top. It was affectionately known as the "Tomato Bird".

[8E45E]

ACF buses were not sold in Canada after WW II.

That was correct starting in 1946. However, Edmonton Transit had two 1945 ACF-Brills in their fleet at one time. http://www.barp.ca/bus/alberta/ets/e...s1945tc44.html

Craig

[8E45E]

Well, Joe, if you can wait a day or two until Craig Parslow sees this, he'll probably post a half-dozen links in ten minutes!

It supposedly had a genuine R3 in it, and I believe it did. It kind of held its own in the race, but couldn't corner as well as some of the carefully-set-up big cars. Too, the big-inch engines had grunt right out of the corners, whereas the R3 had to spool up to develop its full power. I'm not sure if he finished the race and if he did, I don't know where he placed.

I wish I knew more particulars, but there's no sense making things up, so I'll stop with having shared what little I remember about the car and/or that race. I vividly remember watching it, though! BP

RE: Posts 6592 thru 6594

A little late with my response, but here is probably the best link on the Passwater GT Hawk: http://forum.studebakerdriversclub.c...on-the-website

Craig

[dpson]

Regarding 6785, assuming it's a "factory photo"; it appears he just came off the slopes (snow in the binding), so how far is South Bend from the nearest ski area?

[Dwain G.]

Sheriff's car in #6778.......Based on speedometer pod and side trim, I'll call it a '56 Commander.

[BRUCESTUDE]

WOW! Bullet nose central; there's even a '50 in the showroom next to the new '51.

[DieselJim]

Regarding 6785, assuming it's a "factory photo"; it appears he just came off the slopes (snow in the binding), so how far is South Bend from the nearest ski area?

The setting looks a lot like Rum Village Park about a mile south of the of the factory. There is a sledding hill there, but too short for those skis.

[kurtruk]

Do I see the rear fender peak of a new Henry J peeking out from the right rear corner of the building? (It has piqued my interest )