Studebaker promo yard sale find

[Sixties Sam]

I found this old promo at a neighbor's yard sale last week for one dollar! It's missing its windshield, but otherwise all there. Chassis is stamped metal, bumpers are cast metal. Minimal warpage.

[Motor City]

nice find and color!  if the taillights are rather flat, it's a '50; if the taillights are somewhat bulged out, it's a '51

[espo]

Great find even if your not a Studebaker fan. If you are a Studebaker fan this would have to be the holy grail Promo. You know what they say about Garage Sales, "One mans junk is another mans treasure" and I think this proves that.

[misterNNL]

Great find anytime and the price makes it even sweeter.

[Motor City]

Actually it is not a rare model.  The National Products Studebaker promos of 1935 and 1936, and possibly a few other years preceding World War II, are the rare ones.  The 1934 version is fairly common as it was made in great quantities to sell for a quarter at the World's Fair.  AMT made the Studebaker promos from 1950-1956.

[Eshaver]

DECENT !!!!!!!

[Oldcarfan27]

That's a cool find, doesn't matter whether it's rare or not. Where else are you gonna find an old promo like that for a dollar? And it's in good shape too. I envy you!

[Classicgas]

Nice!

[BigTallDad]

8 hours ago, espo said:

Great find even if your not a Studebaker fan. If you are a Studebaker fan this would have to be the holy grail Promo. You know what they say about Garage Sales, "One mans junk is another mans treasure" and I think this proves that.

I do the garage/estate sale thing every weekend, weather permitting (and it usually does). Where else would I find a like-new 12" Delta drill press for $35?

[moparfarmer]

Neighbor when I was about 8 yrs old worked at a Studebaker dealer in Winnipeg would bring me one about every month..They sure were nice to play with at that time..

[SSNJim]

"Ahh, a bear in his natural habitat - a Studebaker."

That's all I can think when I see one of these  Great find.

[Motor City]

The 1950 and 1951 Studebakers usually have minimal warp.  However, the 1952-1956 have horrible shrinkage and warp, so I'm guessing the earlier ones used a different type of plastic.  The bullet nose comes in several colors (mine is maroon) and anyone who likes unusual cars should have one for their collection.  Getting back to National Products, they started in 1934 with 4-door sedan models of the Chrysler and De Soto Airflow, and 4-door sedans of the Hupmobile, Graham and Studebaker.  After the war, they made a nice Studebaker coupe and pickup.  The 1935 Studebaker usually sells for hundreds of dollars, while I've only seen one 1936 on the Internet, and it sold for over a thousand dollars.  I only have a jpeg of the 1935.  Hopefully the Word docs will open.  The 1934 and 1935 are the same except for the inscription on the trunk.  I'd like to have that '35! 

 

1936 Studebaker.docx

Studebaker truck.docx

[PARTSMARTY]

That is so absolutely cool.I love it and love studebakers !!!

[unclescott58]

I love both of the Studes shown in this thread. Very cool! 

[Mike999]

I have a really old resin body mastered off that Bulletnose promo. At least it looks just like that body. Molded in black resin.  Part of  a stash I got in a big package deal about 7 years ago. Other stuff in the same big resin pile include a '53 Pontiac, probably mastered off the Banthrico promo, a couple of '51 Chevy 2-door sedans, a '54 Ford 4-door and some others.  All appear to date from the early days of resin casting, in the 1980s-90s.  Lots of air bubbles and voids. One '51 Chevy has so many zits along the rocker panels, it's probably a good candidate for an abandoned rust-bucket.

One of these days I may shoot pix of those bodies and see if anybody can identity them.