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Karn's Puzzle #1512 - Bob Doehler model 1961 Studebaker Compact
« on: January 28, 2010, 05:19:00 AM »


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Re: Karn's Puzzle #1512
« Reply #1 on: February 05, 2010, 04:35:08 AM »
Expert point for the taking
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Re: Karn's Puzzle #1512
« Reply #2 on: February 13, 2010, 09:01:30 AM »
Moving to the top floor.
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Re: Karn's Puzzle #1512
« Reply #3 on: February 20, 2010, 04:46:33 AM »
Pro's Know
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Re: Karn's Puzzle #1512
« Reply #4 on: February 28, 2010, 05:22:46 AM »
I'm flabbergasted. I thought this one would go in the Rookie round.
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Re: Karn's Puzzle #1512
« Reply #5 on: February 28, 2010, 07:51:57 AM »
Italian bodied?
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Re: Karn's Puzzle #1512
« Reply #6 on: February 28, 2010, 07:52:35 AM »
No sir.
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Re: Karn's Puzzle #1512
« Reply #7 on: March 10, 2010, 02:02:28 PM »
I think it is a Studebaker New Lark aborted project styling model by the designer Bob Doehler in early sixties.
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Re: Karn's Puzzle #1512
« Reply #8 on: March 11, 2010, 04:08:50 AM »
That's the car!

In 1971, Doehler wrote:

"In the period following the scrapping of all new sheetmetal for the 1962 program, Studebaker Styling was in another of those all-too-frequent periods of indecision. Having nothing particular to do, I asked Randy Faurot if I could build a model of my idea of a small car on a 100-inch wheelbase. He readily consented, as it gave him one less man to make work for. So I went across the street (where most of the tools I needed were) and came up with this model. This was early in 1961. If the superstructure appears a little high, it's because the model was built to a headroom and seating package considerably more generous than they get by with today on the somewhat comparable Pinto and Vega."

~Special Interest Autos - Sept-Oct 1971 Issue
*Raymond Loewy alum and Studebaker's styling chief
 
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Re: Karn's Puzzle #1512 - Bob Doehler model 1961 Studebaker Compact
« Reply #9 on: March 11, 2010, 04:34:57 AM »
I could swear I've seen it somewhere else before...
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