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Burlingame, California was the location of the West Coast Studebaker Zone Depot.
I stopped there back in '69 when I was driving from East Bay to Los Angeles. My '64 Daytona Wagonaire had been shipped from Hawaii back to Oakland and it wasn't happy when I picked it up. I had shipped my '53 Commander Starliner back too and when I got to it we started out for LA. I drove the '53 with one son and my wife drove the Wagonaire with the other son. When she got to the toll booth on the Bay Bridge the car stalled and wouldn't start. The man at the toll booth told her that they were going to push her and when it started just keep going. It started and she did what the told her. After finally connecting again we were going down 101 when I saw the big Studebaker sign so we turned off and drove to the Depot. The kind lady at reception there told us where to look for Studebaker service and she gave me a list of all the West Coast dealers. She told me that we would be best off to get to Frost and French in LA for service which we did.
Hard to forget Burlingame.Paul Johnson, Wild and Wonderful West Virginia.
'64 Daytona Wagonaire, '64 Avanti R-1, Museum R-4 engine, '72 Gravely Model 430 with Onan engine
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