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17/01/2023 9:49 am
a look back at DMs wonderful '37 Studebaker...
1937 Studebaker Dictator Coupe
John Merritt
South Lyon, Michigan - USA
17/01/2023 10:17 am
I love everything about that model. It screams "1937" and the color is perfect.
Tony Perrone and John Merritt reacted
17/01/2023 10:26 am
Darn, the older I get the faster the weeks / days just fly by....
Steve
17/01/2023 10:32 am
In the magic of your work,we see,simultaneously, into both the past and the future .....................Thanks John,for such a fine look at this gem
Tony Perrone and John Merritt reacted
17/01/2023 11:04 am
One of my all-time favorite models photo'ed wonderfully!! 
John Merritt and John Napoli reacted
17/01/2023 7:18 pm
I have it. I love it. It is one of the very few models that I added to my collection that preceded 1940. It was just a "must have". Hey John Merritt...just a question. Are you 10 days in to the future? Your heading for "Model Dose" today is 1/27/23. 
Of course it's possible I'm lagging behind 10 days.
George Schire
Oakdale, Minnesota
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Topic starter
17/01/2023 10:39 pm
Oops. Sorry guys. it seems I fat-fingered that. I was trying to get this posted before I left to go out of town for work. I'll fix it.
John Merritt
South Lyon, Michigan - USA
17/01/2023 11:32 pm
Oops. Sorry guys. it seems I fat-fingered that. I was trying to get this posted before I left to go out of town for work. I'll fix it.
No problem at all John. This is the reason erasers were invented. And White-Out too. Thankfully here on the Forum, there is an "Edit" button to make things right. THANKS as always for providing "Model Dose" most every day. It is appreciated!
George Schire
Oakdale, Minnesota
18/01/2023 1:05 pm
@georgeschire This really is one of the very coolest looking ‘30’s cars. Last week I was browsing Danbury’s on eBay and saw a Dictator in a dark maroon. It looked amazing, and I thought it must be a re-paint, as I had never seen one like it. When I read the description section, it stated that it was a model given to employees, and never offered to the public for sale. I have no idea if that’s accurate or not, but I do know I couldn’t afford it. It may still be on there, I haven’t gone back to check. I did pick up an Inca silver ‘59 Vette that I’ve been wanting, so all was not lost.
Kevin
George Schire reacted
19/01/2023 2:30 am
@georgeschire This really is one of the very coolest looking ‘30’s cars. Last week I was browsing Danbury’s on eBay and saw a Dictator in a dark maroon. It looked amazing, and I thought it must be a re-paint, as I had never seen one like it. When I read the description section, it stated that it was a model given to employees, and never offered to the public for sale. I have no idea if that’s accurate or not, but I do know I couldn’t afford it. It may still be on there, I haven’t gone back to check. I did pick up an Inca silver ‘59 Vette that I’ve been wanting, so all was not lost.
Kevin
Kevin the story as I recall it was that the model was a repaint that was produced at the time DMs Chinese factory was closing, and that a few managed to "escape", unauthorized by DM, from the factory.
20/01/2023 12:01 am
Passed on this because it was outside of my collection criteria. Very nice none the less.
John Bono
North Jersey
John Merritt reacted
20/01/2023 12:10 am
@sizedoesmatter When I went back to eBay to check on the Dictator, I noticed that the box lettering was in the car’s color, as Danbury did with it’s models, so some real thought went into the production. The more I look at it, the more I want it, kind of like when I was an adolescent and I saw Sophia Loren.
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