Snake45 Posted October 30, 2014 Posted October 30, 2014 Trick or Treat! Doesn't this little '53 Studebaker look adorable in its Bandit costume? I built this about 20 years ago to demonstrate my position that the '53 Stude was styled at least a decade, and maybe two, ahead of its time. AMT kit built out of the box except the wheels—I forget where they came from, maybe the old AMT '70 ½ Camaro, perhaps, or something of that nature. When a modeling friend saw what I was doing with this, he gave me a nice gold decal to put on the hood. I think it might have been from a GMC Diablo truck, or something, but when I saw that it fit the Stude's hood like it had been made for it, I had to use it. When my friend saw the finished model, he named it the "West Virginia Trans Am."
JJ Deuce Posted October 31, 2014 Posted October 31, 2014 Well done. I agree the '53 Studebaker was way ahead of it's time
Maxicoop Posted October 31, 2014 Posted October 31, 2014 ya it looks fantastic !!!!! Love those studebaker's sure wish they were still around !!!! super build !!!!
Danno Posted October 31, 2014 Posted October 31, 2014 Sweet! And, yes. Raymond Loewy and his Studebaker design team was way ahead of their times. Studebaker was a courageous corporation, but unfortunately, their bold experiment was decades ahead of the consumers.
Snake45 Posted October 31, 2014 Author Posted October 31, 2014 Thanks for all the kind comments, everyone! I hope you got at least a grin out of this little beast.
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