Studes in Roadside Americana photos

[8E45E]

1952 Studebaker grille was called the "tater digger."

I've heard it called a "two-row corn picker" lots of times. First I've ever heard a '52 being called a 'tater digger'.

Craig

[Dwain G.]

I guess maybe the digging blades on some small potato diggers could be somewhat reminiscent of the ornaments inside a '52 grill opening.

[BobPalma]

'47-'49 Stude sedan rear in upper right at 1:26. Nice video:

https://www.youtube.com/embed/nSC7SXQpInM?rel=0

BP

[StudeNewby]

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1938 Graham grille was called the "shark nose." The car was so ugly, that Graham sales, already reeling from the Depression, dropped to almost nothing.
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"Beauty is in the eye of the beholder..." and here is no different. I find the "shark nose Grahams" among the most exciting designs of the pre-war era. But I'm not looking at it with 1930's eyes, either. It's another example of Loewy's theory that the public is only willing to accept incremental design change, nothing too drastic.

[jclary]

"Beauty is in the eye of the beholder..." and here is no different. I find the "shark nose Grahams" among the most exciting designs of the pre-war era. But I'm not looking at it with 1930's eyes, either. It's another example of Loewy's theory that the public is only willing to accept incremental design change, nothing too drastic.

Graham made some great looking cars. Just as not all Studebakers are bullet nose, certainly not all Grahams are shark nose. I have met folks who have no clue of Studebaker's long history of vehicle production, and certainly not trucks, horse-drawn, or hardly any concept of a Studebaker except for the iconic bullet nose versions. My problem with Graham (as with other makes), is when all the emphasis is placed on the front & grille areas and the rest of the vehicle's design is left as a rather "HO HUM" afterthought. Certain years of Grahams and Cords suffered from such artistic disconnect, especially the sedans.

[j.byrd]

Guys, one of our older friends back in the 80's saw us at a car show somewhere that I can't remember, and came over to us waving so we would not help but be able to see him. He said, "Johnny, I have found the ugliest car in the world and have been searching for one I could afford for years, come on, I want you to see it !".... Yep, a 4 door shark-nosed Graham was what he led us over to. When we got there, he said "isn't it beautiful?".... We laughed and told him we would reserve comments, and he told us that he had never seen anything so beautiful that was that ugly, ha ! ( he was unable to get the owner to sell it ) One of our pals here in Hawaii has a 38 Willys that is a very close contender for the ...uh...title though. Since he has a hopped up Mazda rotary in it, it is quite a handful. ( been in his family with various engines since the 40's, and the fenders are cut open from when his dad used to hill-climb with it in competition ) STUDEBAKER CONTENT; He said that his Dad had early Studebakers as the family car too.


Clark, if this violates the page rules, kindly remove it for me. jb

[skyway]

The abbreviated front, and cut out rear, fenders on that Willys are not correct are they?

OOPS sorry, just caught the part about hill climbs!

[tomlewis]

Vinton, VA, January 1985On another thread there was a question about whether an Avanti that was being discussed came from Roanoke, VA. I dug through my old photos and found these pictures. This poor car sat there for years.

Tom

[spokejr]

From FB, MOTOROLOGY-How Things Were

[Noxnabaker]

That's my fav Studebaker pic of all times, used to google "Studebaker gasser" & use it for my computer.
Seeing it makes me feel superyoung again!

[fatboylust]

JC Pennys 1983, Bremerton WA

[fatboylust]

Rush hour 1942.

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JC Pennys 1983, Bremerton WA
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The car was 32 years old then. I wouldn't mind having that 1951 Commander Starlight coupe.

[BRUCESTUDE]

JC Pennys 1983, Bremerton WA
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Must've came from my area-Yakima, since Yakima County plates began with "E".

[spokejr]

Found on FB

I know it's a Packard but this was during the courtship era so close enough.