True, the Studebakers were good cars. Dad bought a pickup truck when the local dealer went out of business, we drove it to about 200k miles, then sold it to a collector. I don't remember why they died (the brand).
On Fri, Nov 1, 2013 at 10:29 AM, Randy Bennell <rbenn...@bennell.ca> wrote: > On 31/10/2013 11:37 PM, OK Don wrote: > >> Yup, resonates! a family friend had both a Studebaker and an Edsel >> dealership - he retired early. >> >> >> >> Studebakers weren't so bad. The little Superhawk was a nice car. I knew > a fellow who drove one for a very long time. Black with a white stripe on > the side. V8 and a manual transmission with overdrive. > Quite the little hotrod for its time in the early 60's. > And how about the Avanti? > > I had an uncle who drove a really ugly one. 4 door sedan that was somewhat > rounded and sort of a pinky tan colour. But he put a lot of miles on the > silly looking thing. > > Randy > > -- OK Don "They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety." - Benjamin Franklin 1775 "in this world nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes." - Benjamin Franklin 1789 2013 F150, 18 mpg 2012 Passat TDI DSG, 44 mpg 1957 C182A, 12 mpg - but at 150 mph! _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
