Studes in Roadside Americana photos

[gjamesk]

Thanks for the memory refresh.

Bob Miles
Pacific Southwest Zone Coordinator

Sure Bob. My grandparents would have shopped at Tang's when this photo was taken.

[Noxnabaker]

A friends girlfriend took a picture & posted in the "surfacebook" group "Studebakers of Scandinavia" today, & I just stole it:

Hope I'll get away with this...
(I even thought it would be a good picture for Turning Wheels)

[Santosh]

German MOT Munich 1962 , picture from autobild klassik 5/2019

[studegary]

A friends girlfriend took a picture & posted in the "surfacebook" group "Studebakers of Scandinavia" today, & I just stole it:
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Hope I'll get away with this...
(I even thought it would be a good picture for Turning Wheels)

Nice picture, but not a Studebaker.

[Noxnabaker]

Nope, 'tis an Avanti 2, should I remove it & has it never been another one here?
Probably "Yes!" & "No."...

[rowan]

Nox - it’s a beautiful Avanti and more than welcome here.

[studegary]

Nox - it’s a beautiful Avanti and more than welcome here.

I also think that it is welcome here. I was referring to the Turning Wheels part of the post.
Full disclosure - I have owned both Studebaker and post-Studebaker Avantis.

[Noxnabaker]

Ah, I see... yep, sadly that does it & I can easily cope with it!
But how did ya all know it aint a Studebaker? I'm not an Avanti guy so I don't have a clue...

[studegary]

Ah, I see... yep, sadly that does it & I can easily cope with it!
But how did ya all know it aint a Studebaker? I'm not an Avanti guy so I don't have a clue...

A sun roof and side lights were not on any Studebaker Avantis and things that may have been changed like seats, mirrors, side moulding and wheels.

[BobPalma]

From today's Old Motor dispatch. Click to enlarge:



Second row from the top, second car in on the extreme right side; a 1947-1948 Champion?

Might the camera's lens distortion on the extreme edges make the cars on the outside of the photo look narrower than they are? BP

[Noxnabaker]

Actually Gary, the wheels was options for Studebaker, maby only in Sweden, I don't know, but Henrik is a Studebaker guy since shildhood & has a bunch of Studebakers & I believe him.

[Greenstude]

From today's Old Motor dispatch. Click to enlarge:

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Second row from the top, second car in on the extreme right side; a 1947-1948 Champion?

Might the camera's lens distortion on the extreme edges make the cars on the outside of the photo look narrower than they are? BP

10720 --- The location of the bumper guards identifies the Studebaker Champion as a 1949. I believe it is the newest car in the picture.

[studegary]

Actually Gary, the wheels are options for Studebaker, maby only in Sweden, I don't know, but Henrik is a Studebaker guy since shildhood & has a bunch of Studebakers & I believe him.

Studebaker offered wire wheelcovers, not wire wheels (at that time).

[BobPalma]

10720 --- The location of the bumper guards identifies the Studebaker Champion as a 1949. I believe it is the newest car in the picture.

'Good eye, Bill...and I think you're right; it appears to be the newest car in the photo. BP

[Noxnabaker]

"At that time" Studebaker didn't even make cars anymore...
But he & I might be wrong about it being a original Studebaker option, but I've seen Studebakers with wire wheel more than once, even being original non-altered cars.