A fine trio, Moe. I have the Packards, but I think the Studebaker has eluded me. Thanks! Just to enrich the process, here's an unusual Studebaker that I rescued after it had been dropped on its windshield.
Now that I've looked at it, I think it's going back into the shop for, hopefully, a better repair job.
@d-m-holcombe I think there must have been hundreds of these Studebaker convertibles, including the brown one, destroyed by the inadequate Brooklin packaging offered for those convertibles back in that era. I know I had 3 of them myself.
Jack, as I was putting this one back in the display case, I looked at the brown one beside it. Same story! One more and I could have an assembly line for repairs!
@d-m-holcombe I think there must have been hundreds of these Studebaker convertibles, including the brown one, destroyed by the inadequate Brooklin packaging offered for those convertibles back in that era. I know I had 3 of them myself.
The only one that happened to for me was the red 1960 CTCS Meteor. But then IMO this was the laziest Brooklin of all of them, so it sits somewhere in the back.
White metal is relatively forgiving in being bent back into shape. I have saved some Durham Classics that came to me from from Ebay that way due to poor packaging. Seller gave me a substantial discount but I got a repairable 1941 Plymouth convertible.
Yes they are all exceptional models. I've wanted to have the '57 Packard redone in other colors, but not sure to whom I can get to do that these days. The '54 Packard is exceptional, one I really love. I have all that Brooklin issued and it's another I'd love a repaint of. Well, while I am it, the Studebaker is also one of my favorite models, I have both of the colors Brooklin issued and a very special one redone by John Roberts in green.
So thanks Moe for this post and some ideas on bringing these three together in a comparison photo-set I can do in the future along with a couple of other ideas that spring to mind on a few other models in this same range.
Sorry for the hijacking, Moe. Your good pictures had me checking on my Packard models. And I found that I don't have that Studebaker! Now you've got me considering. . .
