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61(?) trunklid. I know '62 trunklids had a flip-up cover over the key hole. Craig

They may be, but they have a strong following and a club in France: http://forum.studebakerdriversclub.com/showthread.php?79745-Just-a-small-meet-in-France-today http://forum.studebakerdriversclub.com/showthread.php?79610-My-two-french-Studebaker&styleid=1 Craig

At a Studebaker meet, they are open to Packards, Pierce Arrows, Garfords, and any other make once owned or purchased by them. Even Excalibur counts as the very first one, labeled 'Studebaker SS' was on a Studebaker chassis with an R2 engine, and subsequent Series I Excaliburs were on a Studebaker chassis although with Chevrolet power. Not sure if there were trophies handed out at that event, but there will usually be a 'Peoples' Choice' trophy for non-Studebaker-branded vehicle that was affiliated with the company. Craig

The Panhards should have been in with the Citroens, since they ended up being owned by them. Craig

Not sure about that. Ford, Chrysler and AMC also had variations of these stand-alone audio-visual units with 15-20 minute 'infommercial' video tapes. It may sound odd with the new cars right there beside them, but they did show selling features the cars and trucks had in the 'off-season', or in a rocky area no salesman would ever let one take a brand new car on a test drive. The Ford one was the bulkiest. Their audio-visual station encompassed a standard 20" Philco color TV set (when Philco was a Ford division.), hooked up to a video cassette recorder with various video tapes on Ford cars and trucks. AMC's was a rather low-budget slide-show, projected onto a Fresnel lens. Craig

Did this beautiful car finally find a good home? ( I sure hope so!) Craig

I imagine they are probably still in the French government motor pool garages. Did they have any advertising displays at that show? I must admit, the 1972 SM brochure is a work of photographic art, and it did earn numerous advertising awards at the time. Craig

"California only" is rather unusual that early; especially lighting. I didn't think we saw that until the 1950's and '60's with pollution control equipment. I have heard of 'Export' headlights for European markets including the Riteway headlights I posted a photo of here: http://forum.studebakerdriversclub.com/showthread.php?46573-39-40s-lets-see-em! I'll have to look in my parts catalog more closely to see if there is a 'California' lens in addition to 'regular', 'export', and ones for 'Holland'. Craig

The 'Labourdette' Rolls Royce: https://www.supercars.net/blog/1947-rolls-royce-phantom-iii-labourdette-vutotal-cabriolet/ Craig

Were any of those Henri Chapron "DeGaulle" cars there for real? Or just scale models of them? Craig

I believe they were used on the 1967-'69 Jeepster, the most 'car'-like Jeep up to that time; a convertible with four roll-down windows. Craig

1926 Jewett in the Western Development Museum in Moose Jaw, SK

I have noticed that with Pontiacs, especially 1960's full size models. The U.S. Grand Prix's, Bonneville's, et al., appear to have a bigger following and more in demand than their Chevrolet-based Canadian counterparts; even in Canada. Craig

I like that red crew-cab near the building. Craig

Didn't Johnny Cash or Glenn Campbell (can't remember who) have one made by Hess & Eisenhardt, or some other coachbuilder that makes hearses and flower cars from Cadillacs? Craig

There are at least six individuals with two different marques of cars named after them: Ransom E. Olds, Edsel Ford, Henry J. Kaiser, Walter Flanders, William Morris, and Harry C. Stutz. Craig

Unfortunately, new Citroens haven't been officially sold in the U.S. and Canada since 1973, thanks to the 5-mph bumper regulations, I recall our local dealer was one of many who met with the North American head office to get Citroen to build and certify a new model to comply, but in the end, figured the time and the cost was too much, and pulled out of the U.S. and Canadian market instead. Craig

One look at a Zimmer Quicksilver is what Oldsmobile would have offered for its version of the mid-engine P-body, had PMD not had exclusivity of it. Craig

Only with the original counter display rack, banner, and 115V to 6V transformer with switch to turn them on and off while your waiting to be served. (Boy, we had FUN playing with a big Cibie light display board in the 1970's!!) Craig

The look would be much improved if they were below the bumper. Craig

Correct! They were built for those 'Hey, look at me!' types who think they really have something special, when in reality, they don't. Most were cobbled together from existing contemporary cars at the time which weren't really anything special, including VW convertibles, MG's and motorhome interior fittings. Craig

I posted an XLR dash in this thread: XLR must be getting some recognition from the collector car fraternity, as it was at a vintage car show where I photographed it. Craig

Someone didn't want a Zimmer Golden Spirit or a Clenet, so they made this thing instead............why? Craig

My suggestion is to go down to one of the car/truck dealers and look at their color charts for the past few years, and find the closest match as I did with the Studebaker 'Parchment White' on my truck. Dodge truck 'Stone White' is almost a perfect match for the Parchment white, and the nice part is the handy touch-up brush-in-a-bottle it comes in, which can be kept either in the glove compartment, or in your cleaning equipment totebox. Craig

If its the Duesenberg I'm thinking of, the rear has a hinged cast aluminum clamshell which neatly conceals the top when it is lowered. Craig