And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
We had a '50 Champion, '54 Commander wagon, '60 something Lark I bought my dad for $75 and a '51 Pickup I got for $50 but being in school didn't have the money to fix up. Mostly it needed painting. Loved those Studebakers. I think I'd rather have a '53 than just about anything.
My Dad drove an early 50's Stud pickup that he couldn't talk his boss out of buying.....he was for the Ford.....he said the Stud could smell a hill a mile away with even the slightest load....
Growing up in South Florida, our neighbor across the street had one, 2 door Black as Black can be! It had glass packs and it was his baby! Waxed it all the time it seemed! He was a WW2 Bomber Pilot who had the coolest remote control planes of that era. the car was the coolest on the block.
and people slobbered over big buicks down the street. 1958, young air force sergeant in southern germany had one of these. the germans thought it was rather nice, but were saddened when told that, no, it doesn't fly.
That's sexy.
ReplyDeleteI have fond memories of driving to our family hunting camp every fall in the back seat of grandad's 1958 President.
I loved bench seats too!
DeleteIt was like driving from your sofa.
I miss bench-seats, column-shifters, vent-windows and white-walls.
ReplyDeleteMy dad had a 53. That thing was sleek a fast! What a beauty it was.
ReplyDeleteWe had a '50 Champion, '54 Commander wagon, '60 something Lark I bought my dad for $75 and a '51 Pickup I got for $50 but being in school didn't have the money to fix up. Mostly it needed painting. Loved those Studebakers. I think I'd rather have a '53 than just about anything.
ReplyDeleteMe too. Love that car.
ReplyDeleteMy Dad drove an early 50's Stud pickup that he couldn't talk his boss out of buying.....he was for the Ford.....he said the Stud could smell a hill a mile away with even the slightest load....
ReplyDeleteGrowing up in South Florida, our neighbor across the street had one, 2 door Black as Black can be! It had glass packs and it was his baby! Waxed it all the time it seemed! He was a WW2 Bomber Pilot who had the coolest remote control planes of that era. the car was the coolest on the block.
ReplyDeleteWow. A Studebaker I like.
ReplyDeleteMake mine a nice Electric Blue, with Arctic White highlights and it's a sale.
Or Fire Engine Red, with obligatory flames, and dropped in upgraded engine.
and people slobbered over big buicks down the street. 1958, young air force sergeant in southern germany had one of these. the germans thought it was rather nice, but were saddened when told that, no, it doesn't fly.
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