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Perhaps you are thinking of the 1991-'92 Capri, which was a 2-seat convertible, based on the Mazda 121. The Festiva was based on a Kia Pride. Don't get me wrong, the Kia/Festiva was a great car, and one still sees them here on the road some 25 years since they've been made. Craig

It sure does, with its home-market bumpers!! 'Exactly how it was SUPPOSED to look without those ghastly 5-mph things at each end mandated by the Feds at the time! Craig

Nah!! GM needs to roll over and lie in their own vomit! Craig

Very sorry to read about your loss. Keep that photo of it being loaded onto the truck as PROOF of how it appeared before boarding. An insurer could easily argue that it was not fully "100% restored". Craig

I know the fully automatic a/c & heating option used a Frigidaire compressor as it was part of the GM 'Comfortron' system Ford actually bought from 'The General', though the base a/c option may have used a York compressor. Craig

Here's a 1920 Lexington: http://forum.studebakerdriversclub.com/showthread.php?50498-Orphan-of-the-Day-04-16-1920-Lexington-Series-S Craig

Yes, and a DOHC engine was made, but not by the factory: http://forum.studebakerdriversclub.com/showthread.php?58404-Gorgeous-1952-Studebaker-DOHC-V8 Craig

Pontiac became 'corporate' in Canada starting right after the war, with a lower, Chevrolet-based line; Grand Parisienne, Parisienne, Laurentian, Strato Chief, in the B-body full size line, and expanded with the Chevy II and Chevelle Acadian and Beaumont in the Y and A body line in the early 1960's. Craig

It was the same at BL in the 1970's with former Austin/MG/Morris management fighting against Triumph management which proved disastrous in the end, where by 1975 BL ended up being owned by the government. Say? Didn't that happen to GM in 2009? A few years before that, when GM was going down the same path, I stated on several forums doing a case-study on the failure of BMC/British Leyland should have been every GM executive's homework assignment. Craig

They should be relatively easy to track with only 435 cars made. It would be interesting to determine how many in each state and other countries. The 1953 Cadillac Eldorado has 532 produced, and most all have been documented where sold new, and where they are today: http://cadillacdatabase.com/Dbas_txt/el53chap.htm Craig

Try and get a woman to work like that all day, and still have your supper on the table on time!! Craig

GM should have learned from what became England's giant albatross: British Motor Corporation/British Leyand. In 1964, BMC had 40% of their domestic market share, in addition to assembly plants in Australia, South Africa, etc., and a very strong presence in North America and continental Europe. By 2005, when they filed for bankruptcy, or 'Administration', they had a paltry .02% of their home market, and struggled elsewhere in the world. Craig

GM could be their own worst enemy!! As I recall, the 1971 owners manual stated their owners should never leave loose objects on the rear package shelf, as they could "become dangerous flying projectiles" and injure either the driver and other passengers in a sudden stop. Perhaps good advice, though. There was a discussion on Tom Mix and why he was really killed in his 1937 Cord where his metal suitcase hit him on the back of his head on the Studebaker Forum. http://forum.studebakerdriversclub.com/showthread.php?60147-Tom-Mix-s-Cord Not long before that discussion, a lady in Surrey, BC, was killed by a laptop that was loose on the rear package shelf and hit her in the head. Craig

Lots on the Studebaker Forum on these right now: http://forum.studebakerdriversclub.com/showthread.php?93113-Brooks-Stevens-design-concepts-for-Willys-Kaiser-Jeep-pickup-trucks Craig

Here's a 1917 Mercer: http://forum.studebakerdriversclub.com/showthread.php?52065-Orphan-of-the-Day-06-15-1917-Mercer Craig

Congratulations on getting it! Have fun with it this summer. Craig

In some states/provinces where one is able to register YOM plates as 'antique' plates, you MUST have both plates, front & rear. Craig

Bluebird bus or RV?? Craig

Not even Cord escaped the fad. http://forum.studebakerdriversclub.com/showthread.php?66285-Orphan-of-the-Day-10-20-1937-Cord Craig

In the mid-1930's the bustle-back was also known as a Touring Sedan, or sometimes, a 'trunk sedan' by several automakers when they got away from the separate hang-on trunk a few years before. This 1935 Rolls Royce 20/25 is similar: http://www.conceptcarz.com/images/Rolls-Royce/35-Rolls-20-25_Limo_DV-10-GG_01.jpg It was Hooper which sharpened the profile with the razor-edged appearance on later Rolls Royces and Daimlers which Cadillac tried to emulate with the 1980 Seville. Craig

That is a Bill Mitchell interpretation; NOT a 'styling cue'! He unabashedly lifted it from English Hooper-bodied cars from the 1940's and 1950's. http://www.simoncars.co.uk/coachwork/hooper.html Craig

1919 Cunningham: http://forum.studebakerdriversclub.com/showthread.php?47370-Orphan-of-the-Day-12-29-1919-Cunningham-V3-Touring 1925 McFarlan: http://forum.studebakerdriversclub.com/showthread.php?59198-Orphan-of-the-Day-02-16-1925-McFarlan-Twin-Valve-Six Craig

I do! This is the worst angle. http://www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/Buick-Riviera-1975.jpg Leads me to believe the boss said to the 'stylist', "My suitcase is too tall to stand up in the trunk, and you have 5 minutes to make it fit!" Craig

I can't resist posting these GJ's. http://forum.studebakerdriversclub.com/showthread.php?92646-Prewar-Studebaker-Prices-nosediving! Craig

Here are some Roamers: http://forum.studebakerdriversclub.com/showthread.php?51752-Orphan-of-the-Day-06-04-1920-Roamer-Touring http://forum.studebakerdriversclub.com/showthread.php?52710-Orphan-of-the-Day-07-10-1921-Roamer-Town-Car-Landaulet http://forum.studebakerdriversclub.com/showthread.php?54989-Orphan-of-the-Day-09-29-1920-Roamer-Roadster Craig