A Far Too Brief History of Studebaker-Packard

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• DA

  @DanielHomant · 3 years ago

  I love my big 31 Packard 8 sedan 7 passenger 833.  All original with 88,000 miles yet still road worthy.

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• KU

  @kurttoy5035 · 3 years ago

  Once if car buyers wanted something as an alternative to the Big Three they could buy a Studebaker, a Hudson, a Packard, a Nash, etc. Today one can buy a Toyota, a Honda, a Hyundai, a Nissan, etc.

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• 73

  @73honda350 · 3 years ago

  I'm old enough to remember Studebaker. The brother of one of my college roommates drove a mid-60's Studebaker. This would have been about 1974.

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• CJ

  @CJColvin · 4 years ago

  Imagine what Studebaker and Packard would looked like during the muscle car era had they merged with Hudson and Nash.

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• RI

  @richardkoerper1630 · 2 years ago

  When I turned 16 my Great Aunt Betty was told to give up driving. As a result of this she gave me her 1951 Packard Clipper. This was probably my most favorite car of all time and would love to have another. Fantastic car and oddly enough made the same year I was born.

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• DO

  @don66hotrod94 · 3 years ago

  Neighbor kid was spoiled rotten so his Mom and step dad bought him a new 63 Hawk.  Black with a red interior and 4 speed on the floor.  Soon after he got it he stopped by me waiting for the school bus.  "Want a ride to school?" That was the quickest ride to school ever.  Love the hawk.  Please consider doing the history of JI Case cars, the 1st company to enter the Indy 500 and sit on the pole  position.

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• RO

  @ronwinkles2601 · 3 years ago

  Packard was very innovative with their self leveling system, automatic door locks and their famous fully synchronized three speed manual transmission.  The rarest of all their models was the 1956 Carribean  two door hardtop. with only one year of production.  Their overhead valve V-8 was built for the new Eisenhower interstate system and it obtained optimum mileage while cruising at 70 MPH.

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• AL

  @allenwiddows7631 · 3 years ago

  My mother owned a two-tone blue 1957 Studebaker Champion, which I remember riding around in as a kid.  She reluctantly sold it in the mid-60s because mechanics couldn’t find parts for it, except at salvage yards.  She loved that car and travelled everywhere in it.  She got fairly good gas mileage with it as it had a 3-speed manual transmission with an overdrive gear that was engaged with the accelerator pedal.  It also had an anti-roll feature that kept the car from rolling backwards on a hill when trying to accelerate and engage 1st gear on a hill.

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• NE

  @netdog713 · 3 years ago

  I used to work at the proving grounds when it was owned by Allied Signal. After Studebaker, Bendix, took it over, then Allied Signal, then BOSCH, and now it's being operated by Navistar. I grew up in South Bend and our neighbor was retired from Studebaker and had a mint Lark.  He even had clear plastic over the upholstery to keep it pristine.

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• EM

  @Emslander · 3 years ago

  My great uncle worked for studebaker in South Bend until about 1950. The only cars he ever owned until he died in 1967 were Studebakers. He loved them. They were a quirky car for the era, but previewed the compact car market by twenty years.

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• NI

  @nickphillips2125 · 3 years ago

  Growing up during the '50s, I remember both Packard, Studebaker and Nash very well. In the early to mid '60s, a friend's family had a Studebaker with a pushbutton transmission that I drove on occasion

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• JE

  @jeffking4176 · 4 years ago

  I’m old enough to remember Studebaker, and Packard.<br>As a kid, there were neighbors that had Studebakers. &nbsp;This includes a 1966 model [ with its unique grill.].<br>And neighbors, had 55 Buick, a 56 Cadillac, and a 1955 Packard. ,an absolutely ‘Drop-Dead-gorgeous’ &nbsp;tri-color 2 door. &nbsp; And I actually saw a 1958 Packard Wagon - a VERY rare car. &nbsp; This was in the 1960’s.<br>🚗🙂

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