Studes and their history are so interesting (to me anyway).

Back in the early 70s while I was in grade school, our janitor Mr. Lingen loved Studebakers too! He drove a very clean light green 65 Cruiser 4-door on a daily basis, plus he had a mint light blue 65 Commander 2-door. I remember asking him where he got parts and service for his cars. He said that there was absolutely no problem getting them.

Back in 1987 when I was working in Mississauga a dark blue 66 Studebaker Cruiser 4-door parked in front of our business, so I went out and chatted with the owner. He was a middle-aged guy named Sandy that worked for Bell. He said that his 66 had only 20,000 original miles and all original paint! I told him that I had also seen a blue 64/65 Daytona convertible around, to which he replied that it was also his car and was actually a 64. He told me that NOS parts for Studebakers were cheap and plentiful. I think he said he bought a set of NOS headlight trim for $25.

I did cringe when around 1977 a local entered his silver 65 Daytona coupe in a smash-up derby. The car actually looked decent and the black vinyl top looked great but he said it was rusty underneath. Still....

Huge contingency of Studebakers at the Pure Stock drags at Mid Michigan in September.

http://www.psmcdr.com/

If you like Studees that run .......this is the place to be. A lot of Studebakers

from Ontario make the trip........many supercharged cars running.

.......probably not McKinnon but a sweet Studee just the same..........love to have this as a summer driver

https://www.hemmings.com/blog/2017/02/06/hemmings-find-of-the-day-1964-studebaker-champ/?refer=news