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Topic starter
01/11/2023 8:38 am
'51 Chevrolet or Studebaker?
Be sure to make your selection.
Of course, please “Reply” to share your comments.
If selection is greater than 2 rank them.
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John Bono
North Jersey
01/11/2023 8:43 am
While the Studabaker is interesting and unusual, I much prefer the 51 Chevy.
Frank Reed
Chesapeake, VA
01/11/2023 9:19 am
Have to go with that unique and cute Studebaker.
01/11/2023 10:22 am
I grew up in a 1951 Chevy, albeit a much less fancy one. I can't be objective, so I voted for it. It is beautiful though, so there is some rationale to my vote.
Retired in Dunedin, Florida.
01/11/2023 10:49 am
The Studebaker might be more unique looking on a 1/43 display shelf, but as a 1:1, I think the Chevy is the better car.
Barry Levittan
Long Island, NY
01/11/2023 11:02 am
I might pick the Studie against most any other convertible of that era save for one thing. That's the near identical 1951 Chevy that Steve McQueen drove in his last movie, "The Hunter" (1980), portraying Ralph 'Papa' Thorson, the bounty hunter. Just watched the DVD, yet again, last week.
He actually bought the car, after filming ended in 1979, to keep in his collection.
01/11/2023 12:05 pm
CHEVROLET as loud as I can yell it! I like the Studebaker for the oddity and uniqueness it brings to automotive history, but would never pick it over the Chevy or any other car for that matter.
George Schire
Oakdale, Minnesota
John Kuvakas and John Bono reacted
01/11/2023 3:15 pm
While the Studabaker is interesting and unusual, I much prefer the 51 Chevy.
+1 Agree
Topic starter
02/11/2023 7:58 am
While the Studabaker is interesting and unusual, I much prefer the 51 Chevy.
Me too!
John Bono
North Jersey
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