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#1 of 2061 Postwar Studebakers by Mr_Shiftright HOST

Nov 06, 2010 (10:13 am)

This topic is for discussion of the history, product line, achievements, and ultimate demise of the Studebaker automobile.

#2 of 2061 Re: Skegshot? haha! [uplanderguy] by jljac

Nov 06, 2010 (11:36 am)

Replying to: Mr_Shiftright (Nov 06, 2010 10:13 am)
When I mentioned disc brakes in my post, I was careful to mention that they were the first modern disc brakes to be as standard equipment on a mass-produced American vehicle. The Crosley Hot Shot was not one of those. Here is the a more compete story about the use of modern disc brakes http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disc_brake
 
Modern-style disc brakes first appeared on the low-volume Crosley Hotshot in 1949, although they had to be discontinued in 1950 due to design problems,.
Chrysler's Imperial also offered a type of disc brake from 1949 through 1953, though in this instance they were enclosed with dual internal-expanding, full-circle pressure plates. . . The next American production cars to be fitted with disc brakes were the 1963 Studebaker Avanti (optional on other Studebaker models), standard equipment on the 1965 Rambler Marlin (optional on other AMC models), and the 1965 Chevrolet Corvette Stingray (C2). The 1965 Ford Thunderbird came with front disc brakes as standard equipment.
 
This web site identifies the following rich and famous people who were proud too own Avantis.I only listed the ones I recognized)
http://wizbangpop.com/2009/07/09/cars-of-the-stars-the-great-studebaker-avanti.p- - - - - - hp
 
Johnny Carson, owned a 1964 Avanti, Richard Carpenter, of the pop singing duo, The Carpenters, was the proud owner of 1963 Avanti, Alice Cooper, the popular 1970's era shock rocker who something like the White man's Screaming Jay Hawkins, owned a 1963 Avanti, Jimmy Dean, the popular folksy country singer, Dick Van Dyke, another great talented performer on TV and screen, NBA basketball legend, Dr. J., Julius Irving, Al Jardine, of the Beach Boys, owned a 1989 model Avanti, DeForest Kelly, "Dr. Bones" to all you STAR TREK fans out there was so proud of his 1973 Avanti II, that he managed to slip in into the STAR TREK film, THE VOYAGE HOME, Ian Fleming, the author of the JAMES BOND,
 Andy Granatelli (he owned two of them), Sandy Koufax, who was the L.A. Dodgers great pitcher, Michael Landon, (little Joe Cartwright) Ricky Nelson, the teen idol offspring of OZZY AND HARRIET, Rod Sterling, Frank Sinatra, the great music and film legend, owned a 1963 Avanti, Gene Siskell, the late great film critic not only knew great films, but he knew great cars. Siskell owned a 1963 Avanti (note Roger Ebert went for the 1958 Golden Hawk),.Barabra Walters, the interview legend over at ABC, and on the cast of THE VIEW, owned an Avanti of an unknown year, Roger Ward, not only won the Indy 500 race one year, but he managed to win the race to become the first ever Avanti owner of a brand new 1963 model.
 
Even though less than 5,000 original Avanti cars ever rolled off the Studebaker production line, it is simply amazing that so many of the cars were sold to celebrities.

#3 of 2061 How About Nifty Fifties and Sixties? by jljac

Nov 06, 2010 (12:48 pm)

I figured new that Uplander guy and me were eventually going to distract other members who are impressed when whey see a Datsun B-210. I am intersted in many cars from 1946 until the government got too involved with the bumpers and smog controls, especially American cars.
 
It is really not correct to call cars made after World War II "classics" so maybe Milestone Cars or Nifty Fifties and Sixties would be good.
 
How do I post images???
 
This is an attempt ">from my website,http://stude.net/commander.html

#4 of 2061 Re: How About Nifty Fifties and Sixties? [jljac] by Mr_Shiftright HOST

Nov 06, 2010 (12:17 pm)

Replying to: jljac (Nov 06, 2010 12:48 pm)
To post an image, first thing is that this image has to reside somewhere---either as a URL at some other website (be sure you have permission to use it) or it can reside say at photobucket, your own website, etc.
 
Once the image has a URL, then it's easy.
 
First you click on the tab IMG (below) just one time---then paste in the URL---then click on the tab IMG a *second* time and you're done!

#5 of 2061 Re: How About Nifty Fifties and Sixties? [jljac] by Mr_Shiftright HOST

Nov 06, 2010 (12:18 pm)

Replying to: jljac (Nov 06, 2010 12:48 pm)
Would you like for me to open a Nifty 50s and 60s Topic for you?

#6 of 2061 Re: Skegshot? haha! [jljac] by Mr_Shiftright HOST

Nov 06, 2010 (12:21 pm)

Replying to: jljac (Nov 06, 2010 11:36 am)
I'd be careful if I were you to judge a car by the celebrities who owned it---some of the most awful cars ever made would make the list.

#7 of 2061 Re: How About Nifty Fifties and Sixties? [Mr_Shiftright] by jljac

Nov 06, 2010 (12:27 pm)

Replying to: Mr_Shiftright (Nov 06, 2010 12:18 pm)
I don't want to be too limited. How about Orphan & Milestone cars. The way things are going, we could include Oldsmobile, Plymouth, Pontiac.Mercury. Come to think of it, eventually most American cars will be covered.

#8 of 2061 Re: How About Nifty Fifties and Sixties? [Mr_Shiftright] by jljac

Nov 06, 2010 (12:43 pm)

Replying to: Mr_Shiftright (Nov 06, 2010 12:17 pm)

#9 of 2061 Re: How About Nifty Fifties and Sixties? [jljac] by Mr_Shiftright HOST

Nov 06, 2010 (12:47 pm)

Replying to: jljac (Nov 06, 2010 12:27 pm)
Okay, let's keep this topic for Studebaker and you can e-mail me and Uplander and we'll discuss other topics.
 
That '55 you posted was a exact color car I had. Mine was a "President", 3 speed w/ overdrive, 289. Because of the overdrive it had a pretty low ratio differential, so for the first 0-60 or so it was pretty quick.

#10 of 2061 Re: How About Nifty Fifties and Sixties? [Mr_Shiftright] by jljac

Nov 06, 2010 (1:13 pm)

Replying to: Mr_Shiftright (Nov 06, 2010 12:47 pm)
Sorry, but the 1955s had a 224 cu.in motor until January 1955, then Studebaker decided that smaller was not better to they up sized to 259 cu.in. That was part of the problem. . . nobody wanted an ecomonical V-8. The 289 cu.in motor arrived in 1956. Same motor, longer stroke.
 
A friend of mine who up sized his 1955 Commander from 259 to 289 cu,in ended up converting to a 12 volt electrical system because the starter would not turn the 289 motor. I already said how much I liked the 3 speed with overdrive transmission.
 
BTW, my grandfather was involved in painting an Avanti black for James Bond author Ian Flemming and said they would not do that again because it was too much body work. His 40 years of pins from working at Studebaker are below, except the red and blue ones are mine from the Driver's Club. I need to add my 40 year pin to that collection.
 
They were awarded for every five years of service. The order is copper, bronze, silver, gold (20 years), one pearl bottom (25 years), one ruby bottom,(30 years) two pearls top (35 years), two rubies top (forty years).

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