Thanks to club member Vern Anderson, a small group of North Star Chapter members got together for lunch in Mora, Minnesota on Saturday.
Included in the group were forum regulars Bob Shaw (former forum moderator) and Steve Welsh.
There were six Studebakers in attendance with one of them being owned/driven by the son of the former owner of the Anderman Studebaker dealership of Mora, MN. I was so happy to meet Tom & Arlene, Tom having been an employee at his father's dealership which also sold International Harvester trucks (including pickups & Scouts). Arlene gave me copies of dealership photos and advertisements as shown below.
This is how the dealership looked when it began in 1950.
This is around 1954-1955. Anderman expanded the building as he included the Packard franchise in November of 1954.
This photo is from either late 1965 or early 1966. There is a 1966 Studebaker poster in the window and a banner for the new Scout 800 which debuted for 1966. Anderman became the local International Harvester truck dealer around 1963 when he moved into this new building. He quit selling International when they quit manufacturing pickups in 1975.
Local newspaper article from 1956.
Promotional ad for the introduction of the new 1963 Studebakers:
This ad includes mention of the "Mr. Ed" show on channel 4, Thursday at 6:30pm
Until this recent luncheon, I was unaware that there had been a local Packard dealership....even though it only lasted four years.
A Lark promotional pot holder.
The Studebaker hang-out in Mora, across the street from the former dealership which now sells used automobiles. My dirty but trusty 1963 Hawk and Marshall McGrew's 1962 Hawk.
Gene & Jan Anderson's 1963 Avanti and the Anderman's 1953 Champion Starliner (in the original paint).
The whole gang admiring Bob Shaw's 1960 Hawk.
Vern Anderson's 1964 Daytona.
Too bad I didn't get a current photo of the old dealership. Oh well, it's probably for the best as it is surrounded by those ugly late model vehicles.
Included in the group were forum regulars Bob Shaw (former forum moderator) and Steve Welsh.
There were six Studebakers in attendance with one of them being owned/driven by the son of the former owner of the Anderman Studebaker dealership of Mora, MN. I was so happy to meet Tom & Arlene, Tom having been an employee at his father's dealership which also sold International Harvester trucks (including pickups & Scouts). Arlene gave me copies of dealership photos and advertisements as shown below.
This is how the dealership looked when it began in 1950.
This is around 1954-1955. Anderman expanded the building as he included the Packard franchise in November of 1954.
This photo is from either late 1965 or early 1966. There is a 1966 Studebaker poster in the window and a banner for the new Scout 800 which debuted for 1966. Anderman became the local International Harvester truck dealer around 1963 when he moved into this new building. He quit selling International when they quit manufacturing pickups in 1975.
Local newspaper article from 1956.
Promotional ad for the introduction of the new 1963 Studebakers:
This ad includes mention of the "Mr. Ed" show on channel 4, Thursday at 6:30pm
Until this recent luncheon, I was unaware that there had been a local Packard dealership....even though it only lasted four years.
A Lark promotional pot holder.
The Studebaker hang-out in Mora, across the street from the former dealership which now sells used automobiles. My dirty but trusty 1963 Hawk and Marshall McGrew's 1962 Hawk.
Gene & Jan Anderson's 1963 Avanti and the Anderman's 1953 Champion Starliner (in the original paint).
The whole gang admiring Bob Shaw's 1960 Hawk.
Vern Anderson's 1964 Daytona.
Too bad I didn't get a current photo of the old dealership. Oh well, it's probably for the best as it is surrounded by those ugly late model vehicles.
Looks like a swell event, Brent; thanks for the report. How fortunate that so much of the dealership material has survived. 
BP
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