{"id":38600,"date":"2019-06-10T11:13:31","date_gmt":"2019-06-10T18:13:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/?p=38600"},"modified":"2019-06-11T20:14:10","modified_gmt":"2019-06-12T03:14:10","slug":"38600","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/?p=38600","title":{"rendered":"Do You Remember The Studebaker???"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

If you had friends like mine, you’d be the luckiest guy in the world!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

What happened? My sorry butt did not get up until almost 8:30 AM! Unheard of…usually I am up at 6:00 AM ready to go! Of course, after determining the time, I jumped up and headed for the kitchen to visit my bride and I passed a mirror. Big mistake! The ol’ eyes seemed not to be working yet…the older I get, the longer it takes in the morning for them to focus. Intentional, I think so! Then I remembered:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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This is a good thing!<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

While I was looking at Facebook this morning (I needed my family fix) I saw the following advertisement. Wow… talk about memories! Our neighbors, when I was growing us, was a Studebaker person. Harry Gillick only owned Studebakers and would fight with the other neighbors to convince them this was the only brand to buy! They had four that I remember of starting with the “three-titter” and ending with an Avanti. Listen to the smooth advertisement.<\/p>\n\n\n

Did You Know? Studebaker  was an American automobile manufacturer based in South Bend, Indiana. Founded in 1852 and incorporated in 1868[1] as the Studebaker Brothers Manufacturing Company, the firm was originally a producer of wagons for farmers, miners, and the military.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

Studebaker entered the automotive business in 1902 with electric vehicles and in 1904 with gasoline vehicles, all sold under the name “Studebaker Automobile Company”. Until 1911, its automotive division operated in partnership with the Garford Company of Elyria, Ohio, and after 1909 with the E-M-F Company. The first gasoline automobiles to be fully manufactured by Studebaker were marketed in August 1912.  Over the next 50 years, the company established a reputation for good quality and reliability. <\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

After years of financial problems, the company merged in 1954 with luxury carmaker Packard to form the Studebaker-Packard Corporation. However, Studebaker’s financial problems were worse than the Packard executives had thought. The Packard marque was phased out, and the company returned to the Studebaker Corporation name in 1962. The South Bend plant ceased production on December 20, 1963, and the last Studebaker automobile rolled off the Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, assembly line on March 17, 1966.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n

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Studebaker was a good care…ahead of its time in many cases<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Time to walk and walk I did. Off to Staples to for some shopping and getting exercise at the same time! I did wear my black sweats and I was sorry as it was HOT…got into the 90’s my mid afternoon! I was not the only one!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Felt good to be out and about!<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

As usual, the finger was trigger happy and I collected several shots as the walk progressed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n