1957 Broadmoor - where was it then? where is it now?

[Studebaker Wheel]

http://i230.photobucket.com/albums/ee285/studeq/newsgroup/57broadmoor.jpg?t=1321573059

Anyone recognize it?

[Studebaker Wheel]

I think I should have posted the photo directly on the page.

[BobPalma]

Well, it can't be a period publicity photo of some type because there is a Lark in the background, so the wagon is at least 2 years old. And besides, only Classic sedans had the chevrons on the quarter panels, although I agree they look appropriate on the Broadmoor.

Beyond that, you've got me, Dick. BP

[mbstude]

The rocker mouldings aren't production, and the roof rack is a different style than mine.

But that is a stunning car.

[BobPalma]

Personally, I like the Econo-Mono-Deflecto dual exhaust trim option, having only one tail pipe "deflected."

(A real sleeper; trying to make some poor schlock with a base-engine 1957 Nomad think "The Pres." is exhaling through a single windpipe!) <GGG> BP

[BobPalma]

Ah-Ha! It may have been taken at The Studebaker Proving Ground soon after Studebaker discontinued South Bend production. That's because you can barely see what appears to be a fuzzy Studebaker Wheel brick fence post topper at the extreme left edge of the center of the photo.

So what's the prize? BP

[Roscomacaw]

Dats PURDY! <sigh>

[8E45E]

Ah-Ha! It may have been taken at The Studebaker Proving Ground soon after Studebaker discontinued South Bend production.

Probably the 1974 International Meet? There's what looks to be a first-generation shoe-box Winnebago, either a 'Brave' or 'Indian' in the background. And there appears to be an ASC membership sticker in the lower corner of the rear quarter window, and that club was formed in 1971.

Craig

[silverhawk]

That rocker trim looks almost like whats on a '61 Cruiser. Either way, I love that car!

[mbstude]

The rocker trim, if Studebaker, I'd guess is from a GT Hawk.

I like it enough that I'm going to see if I have any GT rocker trim for my own wagon. I'm already thinking about stainless GT Hawk headliner bows, I've got a pile of those..

[mbstude]

Mr. Quinn, could you email me a larger version of that picture?

[Studebaker Wheel]

The image emailed direct.

Actually I took that photo at the Gettysburg Intl meet in 1980. I do not know the owner or what happened to the car.

[BobPalma]

The image emailed direct.

Actually I took that photo at the Gettysburg Intl meet in 1980. I do not know the owner or what happened to the car.

Any idea, then, what he wheel-looking object might be along the left side of the image, Dick? It sure looks like a cast Proving Ground Studebaker Wheel, albeit terribly fuzzy. BP

[clonelark]

Nice, stunning 57 Brodmoor. Hope it has survived.

[Michidan]

If the photo was from 1980, I'd say those whitewalls were applied about 25 years later, a la photoshop.
Beautiful car.