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Was the Studebaker Lark’s styling really stolen?
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Loewy offered weird idea for small Studebaker
“Raymond Loewy, who along with his industrial design firm, had been involved with Studebaker since the 1930s, was enlisted to help with designing the new small Studebaker. In the oral history interview Churchill confirmed that […]
Trying to restrain myself didn’t work.
In these days of internet comment, and emboldened by anonymity, I am compelled to point out that the picture of the yellow Lark above is a 1960 model, not a ’59.
Not a criticism. Like the Jeep slogan, it’s just an old auto enthusiast thing. And like showing off a nice car – but it’s wearing blatantly wrong hub caps.
Stewdi, our psychic friend needed a colorful, close-up picture of a Lark front end and this was the only decent one available. Since the 1960 models had very few changes from the previous year I thought it would be worth enduring comments like yours.
Note that I have removed “1959” from the headline. So now we can argue about more important stuff.
Sorry – sounds like l meant that this car was wearing the wrong hub caps. But that’s not what l meant. l meant that citing a ’59 and showing a ’60 is like showing …. Oh good gosh! l should just make an appointment with my Auto Psyc-iatrist!
Hope you’re having a better day than me so far!
Love your comment, Steve. 🙂
I know – darned nit-picky enthusiasts! 🙁
Actually, the Kia Amanti “stole a face like that”! Kia is guilty!