1951 Studebaker Champion Convertible - Sacramento, CA

Well, well. Look what turned up at my local car museum! A nice 1951 Studebaker Champion convertible automatic. Pretty rare feature combination for a 10G model.

View this car on auction at eBay.

1951 Studebaker Champion - Turning Wheels

Congratulations to Karel Staple Chapter member and newsletter EIC Jon Stalnaker on the inclusion of his 1951 Studebaker Champion 4-door in the May 2011 issue of Turning Wheels. In the article, Jon details his '51's journey from rust to radical.

Here are a few pics.

Studebaker - Model - Cars

Michael Paul Smith's models of 1950s American towns, streets, and cars are masterful and have been viewed millions of times on Flickr.com. Let's not forget to mention that they feature images of Studebaker cars!

"My model making skills are an accumulation of numerous and varied jobs I've had over the years. Everything from text book illustrator, wallpaper hanger and house painter, designer of museum displays, architectural model maker, and art director for retail stores. My love of the 20th Century has been a constant inspiration for all of my work."

See all of Michael Paul Smith's photographs here.

Photos copyright Michael Paul Smith

Studebaker Champion - Image Mash-up

Here's a cool little video mash-up of Studebaker Champion images, advertisements, and owner photographs.

Street Scenes - Studebaker - Photographs

The SDC forum has a link to photographs of street scenes from yesteryear that include a Studebaker Lark, Studebaker President, and 1951 Studebaker Commander. How many Studebakers can you find?

See all of the images on the Supercar Registry Bulletin Board.

Studebakers - New on Car Carriers

I love old photographs of Studebaker dealerships and such. This is the first time that I've seen photographs of new Studebakers on car carriers.

Scroll down the page to see Studebaker pick-ups, 1951 Champions, and a few Packard pick-ups.

See all of the photographs here.

Automobile Magazine Feature on Bullet Nose Studebakers

Really nice write-up in Automobile Magazine about the '50 -'51 bullet nose Studebaker Champions, Commanders, and Landcruisers.

"Bob Bourke did the heavy lifting for Loewy on the redesign. With fighter-plane styling in the front and streamlined-railway-car "Vista Dome" treatment in the back, there've been few cars as stunning before or since. The design leadership was matched with comparatively up-to-the-minute engineering to make it more than worthy of contemporary consideration. Was there anything more modern on the road back then? Not really."

"Why buy? It's the most futuristic car of the past - a dream car that you can drive on a regular basis. Styling sets it apart, and straightforward mechanicals make it relatively easy to live with. Spare and reproduction parts abound, and the Studebaker community is very supportive. Nothing says "postwar" more emphatically; the Muppets drove one to box-office glory. You get to admit that it is, in fact, both going and coming and was, yes, ahead of its time, which seems to still have not arrived."

Read the full Automobile Magazine feature here.

Stunning 1951 Studebaker Champion

I had the share this stunning 1951 Studebaker Champion photograph by "bridgepix" that I found on Flickr.

See other photographs by "bridgepix."