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Three Staudenbecker men left Germany in 1736 for a better life. Their descendants settled in South Bend, Indiana, where, beginning in the 1850s, they built a prosperous wagon-making business. By 1904 the Studebakers were making cars, first electric cars, and then gas-powered vehicles a year later. Trucks and then buses, fire engines, and even small-rail locomotives followed. Over the next fifty years, a well-respected reputation for quality was slowly built.
The Commander name graced a long succession of Studebakers built between 1927 and 1964. This car is an original 1953 Studebaker Commander convertible prototype. The factory built only one convertible and this is it. Originally designed as a 1953 Model with Tacoma Gray hue, it was updated for the 1954 model year and resprayed Sandusky Beige. Somewhere in the distant past, it was painted yet again in the red it currently wears.
It languished for many years in the garage area at the Studebaker proving grounds. The current owner's father worked there as an engineer and he took his son to the proving grounds many times, where he first saw this prototype. In fact, his dad can be seen driving the car in home movies that have survived from that time.
Studebaker didn't usually sell prototypes, but when the South Bend factory closed in 1964, they sold this car to an employee for $100. After his death years later, the car changed hands several times until the current owner tracked it down and purchased it in 2015.
The Commander name graced a long succession of Studebakers built between 1927 and 1964. This car is an original 1953 Studebaker Commander convertible prototype. The factory built only one convertible and this is it. Originally designed as a 1953 Model with Tacoma Gray hue, it was updated for the 1954 model year and resprayed Sandusky Beige. Somewhere in the distant past, it was painted yet again in the red it currently wears.
It languished for many years in the garage area at the Studebaker proving grounds. The current owner's father worked there as an engineer and he took his son to the proving grounds many times, where he first saw this prototype. In fact, his dad can be seen driving the car in home movies that have survived from that time.
Studebaker didn't usually sell prototypes, but when the South Bend factory closed in 1964, they sold this car to an employee for $100. After his death years later, the car changed hands several times until the current owner tracked it down and purchased it in 2015.
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