8E45E

The SVX was rather daring in some ways, aside from the bland front end. An interesting touch with the DeLorean-like "window within a window" side glass treatment. Craig

Will it look exactly like this one? http://forum.studebakerdriversclub.com/showthread.php?52564-Orphan-of-the-Day-07-04-1906-Pungs-Finch-Limited Craig

North Korea. Craig

770K OT were never designed to be 'elegant'. They were designed and overbuilt to be authoritarian in a sinister kind of way. Craig

Idi Amin's Mercedes Benz 600. Craig

My advice? Enjoy it by driving it until it drops! They made exactly 14,000 of them and probably all 14,000 of them still exist over 40 years later. If you wear it out, 1 less won't hurt any as there are more attractive Cadillacs from earlier years that are far more rare. Craig

I recall an old Tad Burness drawing of a 'blackout' 1942 Oldsmobile, showing wooden bumpers and his comment of having no spare tire. Has anyone seen ever one with the factory installed wooden bumpers? However, I can imagine some who may have seen them on a '42 Oldsmobile were probably unaware they were a blackout item and would have thought they were owner-added. Craig

Possibly a 1950 Studebaker. Craig

The same dilemma faces restorers of big trucks where they were delivered "cab &chassis only" to the dealer and a third-party built a deck or box (often a local builder) for the business end of it. Or in the case of a "chassis only" delivery, the entire body was third-party. Which way is 'correct'? Is the 'factory delivered' look, where it shows the bare chassis the correct way? Or with a box or deck mounted on it? It is open to debate, especially when some big trucks were re-bodied when it changed hands where the second owner required it to suit his own need. Craig

I do agree on that. I scanned the page 'as shown' without comment on the errors in the text. All the cars in that museum were well-restored when I saw them in 1986. Perhaps the most interesting car there was a 1967 Lincoln Lehmann-Peterson 8-passenger limousine which was an unmolested example up to that time. The original 9" Philco-Ford black & white television and tape-player were still intact and in place in the middle rear seating area below the partition window. Craig

From The Classic Car Museum's guidebook when I visited in 1986. Craig

Clue us all in! FULL size as the previous posts suggests, or Intermediate size, or compact? What is he after and for what purpose? One can have a choice of a front engine in four, six, eight cylinder, or rear engine, and six passenger or 9-passenger in a GM wagon from 1962-'64. Craig

Or in the case of a '73 & up Chevrolet/GMC truck, cut the rubber filler hose from under the wheel well and siphon the fuel that way. I learned that fast working at the gas station whenever someone came in all pissed off stating someone siphoned their fuel out of their Chev/GMC truck from those years. First thing I would check is under the wheel well to see if the rubber filler hose was still intact! Craig

In the mid-seventies, I owned a car that was not worth locking the doors. It didn't even have a factory radio. I came out early one Sunday morning and found a stolen 8-track tape deck neatly placed in the middle of the front seat! I called the local PD and they recovered it. Craig

Agree on that! Today, they would make a better running light than a headlamp. Craig

Yes, there was an article on Popular Science magazine around that time on vehicle security. It included a photo of that trunk lock guard. Craig

A few asked about driving lights here: Craig

OEM EMF. Craig

One of the most famous Pre-war headlights: Craig

There is a fellow car collector who owns a 1938 Graber body Dodge cabriolet, LHD originally equipped with the EXPORT lenses. He would like to find another EXPORT lens as one was cracked, and has temporarily replaced it with a domestic lens. Major difference appears the EXPORT lens is more convex than the domestic lens. Craig

That would be an interesting read! To add some fuel on the fire, you'll have to include a chapter on the 'EXPORT' lenses for vehicles sold in Europe and other countries around the world, and how they are different from domestic market lenses. I posted a 1939 RHD Studebaker that was sold new in England with 'EXPORT' headlight lenses. http://forum.studebakerdriversclub.com/showthread.php?46573-39-40s-lets-see-em!&highlight=whitby A peek at the 1934-46 Studebaker Chassis Parts manual shows 'domestic', 'export' and lenses for 'Holland'. Perhaps they were amber as opposed to clear in Pre-war Holland? Craig

That is usually done for show cars, or cars destined for publicity. Their production order will read something like "Tag: Auto Show" or "Zone Office Publicity", and gets the better than average treatment on the assembly line for fit and finish, and perfect alignment of body panels, decals, fasteners, etc. After all, an automaker wants to show off its best for the major auto shows and car magazines as they want the public to read about the perceived quality about a vehicle vs. what they're really getting. Craig

Try here:

From the photo section of the book, a photo with the closest date from when you would have seen it: As it sits in a private collection today. According to the book, it won First Place in the Prewar Mercedes Benz class at the 2014 Pebble Beach Concours. Craig

According to this book I'm reading, it appears to have been the Mannerheim car that was part of the Waterman collection, going by the timeline of it's history. Craig