Studebaker Week Contribution

Almost missed this event!  But here's one not seen too often:

Looking forward to more South Bend memories,

    David H  

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An old pic of 5 Hawks I have. In order L to R they are: Corgi, Dinky, Matchbox Dinky, Solido, and YatMing.

Since then I acquired the simulated gold-plated Corgi and the excellent Conquest model.

Note that the Conquest is a '56, most of the others are 1957 or 1958 Golden Hawks, while the Solido is a '58 Silver Hawk.

If you'd bought a new Studebaker pickup every 10-14 years this is what you would have had.

The Champ by Neo has a detail almost every 1:43 pickup lacks - the indented "STUDEBAKER" in reverse inside the tailgate.

@mg-harv  Never noticed that on mine.    A bit of Studebaker Champ pickup trivia:  Studebaker, being often on the financial ropes, had to develop cars and trucks with frugality in mind.  So when the Champ was launched using the front half of the Lark they needed a "wide" side bed for it. Not wanting to fund the tooling dies for that they bought the production dies from Dodge who had stopped using it in 1961.  The Dodge pickup they were taken from was wider by a few inches than the Lark body and that is why the Champ bed is a bit too wide.  They did, however, stamp out a new tailgate with "STUDEBAKER" on it.   The Lark based pickup was also available with a "fender side"  bed which dated from 1949.  Interestingly,  earlier Stude pickups had fenders that were interchangeable front to rear.   Clever.   And half a century ago, Dinky did a red tow truck "Dinky Service" that illustrates this feature.