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17 unusual facts about Studebaker


Adams County, Pennsylvania

John Studebaker (1833–1917) was the American co-founder and later executive of what would become the Studebaker Corporation automobile company.

Arsenio Laurel

He was among the first champion racers in the early years of organized auto racing in the Philippines, driving his 1954 Studebaker on the oval of the Santa Ana Hippodrome in Manila (when the horses were not running).

Frank J. Nunlist

Frank J. Nunlist (8 September 1913 - 15 May 1974) was an American businessman who became chairman of Worthington Corporation, and then of Studebaker-Worthington.

Govenlock, Saskatchewan

Americans would come to the pioneer town in their Fords, Studebakers, Packards, and Hudsons.

Montreal Locomotive Works

In 1967, Worthington Corporation merged with the Studebaker Corporation, recently exited from the auto business, to form Studebaker Worthington Inc., with ALCO as a wholly owned subsidiary.

North American Light and Power Company

The North American Light and Power Company was a utility holding company formed in South Bend, Indiana and run since 1916 by its President, Clement Studebaker, Jr., of the family famous for the Studebaker automobiles.

Clement Studebaker, Jr. (1871–1932) was born the son of Clement Studebaker (1831–1901), the carriage and automobile manufacturer of South Bend, Indiana.

Randolph H. Guthrie

Randolph H. Guthrie (1905 - 11 September 1989) was an American lawyer and businessman who became the chairman of the Studebaker corporation.

In October that year he was elected to the board of Studebaker.

South Bend Watch Company

The brothers were sons of Studebaker Brothers Manufacturing Company co-founder Clement Studebaker.

Studebaker-Worthington

The government of Pierre Trudeau protested strongly against interference by the U.S. government in exports by a Canadian company.

The 1967 merger that created the company was arranged by the entrepreneur Derald Ruttenberg, who took the risk of buying Studebaker despite the liabilities that came with it, including dealer warranties and union agreements.

The Little Old Lady from Pasadena

Part of this lore was that many an elderly man who died in Pasadena would leave his widow with a powerful car that she rarely, if ever drove, such as an old Buick Roadmaster, or a vintage 1950s Cadillac, Ford, Packard, Studebaker, DeSoto, or La Salle.

Trans International Airlines

In 1962 the Studebaker Corporation quixotically purchased the airline, retaining Kerkorian as president.

Union Electric Company

In 1909 Union Electric began selling electric cars in the automobile business, and became the St. Louis agent for Studebaker and Rauch & Lang automobiles.

Unsafe at Any Speed

Early automatic transmissions, including GM's Hydra-Matic, Packard's Ultramatic, and Borg Warner's automatic used by a number of independent manufacturers (Rambler, Studebaker) used a pattern of "P N D L R", which put Reverse at the bottom of the quadrant, next to Low.

Whitecar Coaches

Whitecars became a hackneyed title for Cairns Tableland Motor Service Ltd as the first "buses" were Studebaker cars stretched to include an extra row of seats, and they were painted white for safety.


Andy Studebaker

Born September 16, 1985, Studebaker spent much of his childhood in Congerville, Illinois.

Brenda Frazier

She posed in ads for Woodbury soap and Studebaker cars (even though she could not drive) among others.

Carl Breer

He also invited Owen R. Skelton to Studebaker, bringing together the Zeder-Skelton-Breer engineering team, which came to be known as "The Three Musketeers".

Frederick Fish

Frederick Samuel Fish (1852 – 1936), American lawyer, politician and automotive executive at Studebaker

Glasspar

Glasspar was also one of the first companies to build fiberglass-bodied cars, most notably the G2 (Glasspar), but including the Woodill Wildfire, the Studebaker-based Ascot and the Volvo Sport.

Hawk GT

Studebaker Gran Turismo Hawk, The Studebaker Gran Turismo Hawk (or GT Hawk), a sporty coupe sold between 1962 and 1964

Held Up

While on a road trip in the Southwest, Rae (Long) discovers that her man, Michael (Foxx), spent the $15,000 they set aside for a home on a vintage Studebaker.

Helms Bakery

Helms' Divco trucks were powered by various engines, including motors purchased from Nash and Studebaker.

James J. Nance

While at Studebaker Packard, Nance moved to separate the Packard Clipper range of vehicles into a stand-alone brand, Clipper.

June Hartley

Jimmy Hartley, a blues musician and lead singer for the Studebaker Blues Band, was found dead in his family's home in Lodi, California on December 8, 2008.

Larz Anderson Auto Museum

A sampling of these events includes days devoted to American V8s, British cars, Cadillac LaSalles, Camaros and Firebirds, Corvettes, German cars, hot rods, Italian cars, Japanese motorcycles, Mercedes-Benz, Miatas, microcars & mincars, Packards and other extinct autos, Porsches and Studebakers.

Maclyn McCarty

McCarty was born in 1911 in South Bend, Indiana, the second of four sons of a branch manager for the Studebaker Corporation while it was still a firm for horse-drawn carriages.

North American Light and Power Company

Clement Studebaker, Jr. also served as President and Chairman of the Board of the Illinois Power and Light Company (and of its subsidiary, the Illinois Traction Company), the South Bend Watch Company, and as Treasurer of the Chicago South Shore and South Bend Railroad.

Packard Clipper

Following the closure of the Detroit, Michigan Packard plant, Studebaker-Packard entered into a management contract with the Curtiss-Wright Company.

Paul Hoffman

Paul G. Hoffman (1891–1974), president of Studebaker and Economic Cooperation Administrator

Studebaker Canada

Token coin 1952 - 100 year Centennial coin of The Studebaker Corporation

Studebaker President

Vehicles manufactured from 1936 also showed the influence of industrial designer Raymond Loewy, who was hired as Studebaker’s design consultant, and Helen Dryden who specialised in interior styling.

Studebaker US6

Studebaker US6 trucks were also used in the construction of the Burma Road as well as the Alcan Highway in North America.

Virgil Exner

In 1938, he joined Raymond Loewy's industrial design firm Loewy and Associates, where he worked on World War II military vehicles and cars, notably Studebaker's 1939-40 models, and advance plans for their revolutionary post-war cars.

Waddill Catchings

He was a director of major corporations in diverse fields, including leather, motion pictures (Warner Brothers), radio, television, recorded music (Muzak Holdings), tin cans, dry goods, rubber, pharmaceuticals, automobiles (Studebaker and Chrysler), typewriters, breakfast cereals, lumber, mail-order merchandising, music publishing, and electric power.

WMPA TV

Among the most controversial was the “Top 20 Countdown,” a show hosted and produced by Jim Studebaker and Thomas Beck and featuring comedy sketches and lip-synched music videos, all under the pretense of “entertainment.”