I spent my childhood playing like I was flying that same Stude in my grampa's driveway. He worked at Studebaker over 30 years before they closed up. Lots of Studes in my family way back when. I still have the bronze Centennial medal that celebrated 100 years of Studes on the roadways of the world. I'll never forget touring the factory when I was young with grampa and seeing the design studio. I saw a lithe little guy in there in a suit with a pinstripe moustache. He folded his arms and eyed me as I looked around awestruck at the full size clay models of cars and a guy airbrushing a full size car profile on the wall. Later on as an adult, I picked up a book on the famous industrial designer Raymond Lowey and saw a pic of him during his time at the Studebaker design dept and suddenly realized I had been in the presence of one of history's greatest designers when I was a kid. Oh yeah, OP, I hope ya enjoy this thread that was started for YOU!!!