Author Topic: SOLVED: FW #311: Studebaker Transtar proposal, 1956, Arthur Jameson Roberts  (Read 3570 times)

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Please identify this sketch in all its details: Make? Type? Year? Designer?
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Re: FW #311
« Reply #1 on: June 02, 2022, 12:38:07 PM »
1957-ish Studebaker smooth-side pickup concept (like Chevy's Fleetside) by Vincent Gardiner?

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Re: FW #311
« Reply #2 on: June 02, 2022, 12:44:12 PM »
Studebaker is correct, 1957 nearby, Vincent Gardiner wrong

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Re: FW #311
« Reply #3 on: June 02, 2022, 12:52:22 PM »
Robert Doehler?  Is this the Argentinian "Packard" pickup?

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Re: FW #311
« Reply #4 on: June 02, 2022, 01:17:37 PM »
Robert Doehler?  Is this the Argentinian "Packard" pickup?
Robert Doehler? No
Is this the Argentinian "Packard" pickup? No

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Re: FW #311
« Reply #5 on: June 02, 2022, 01:39:23 PM »
Brooks Stevens?

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Re: FW #311
« Reply #6 on: June 02, 2022, 01:53:40 PM »
Also, judging from the height, is NAPCO 4WD pertinent to this?

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Re: FW #311
« Reply #7 on: June 02, 2022, 02:31:44 PM »
Brooks Stevens?
No
Also, judging from the height, is NAPCO 4WD pertinent to this?

Don't think so. No technical details available. Only type and year, as also the designer

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Re: FW #311
« Reply #8 on: June 02, 2022, 02:59:21 PM »
1956 3E smoothside concept, designed by Robert Bourke?

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Re: FW #311
« Reply #9 on: June 02, 2022, 03:43:44 PM »
Studebaker and 1956 is correct

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Re: FW #311
« Reply #10 on: June 03, 2022, 09:26:22 AM »
Might as well get it out of the way.  Virgil Exner?

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Re: FW #311
« Reply #11 on: June 03, 2022, 10:08:03 AM »
Not Virgil Exner

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Re: FW #311
« Reply #12 on: June 03, 2022, 10:36:51 AM »
Duncan MacRae?

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Re: FW #311
« Reply #13 on: June 03, 2022, 11:59:29 AM »
No

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Re: FW #311
« Reply #14 on: June 03, 2022, 10:54:59 PM »
Bill Bonner?

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Re: FW #311
« Reply #15 on: June 04, 2022, 02:26:16 AM »
No

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Re: FW #311
« Reply #16 on: June 06, 2022, 09:55:33 AM »
Ted Pietsch?

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Re: FW #311
« Reply #17 on: June 06, 2022, 06:54:58 PM »
No

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Re: FW #311
« Reply #18 on: June 07, 2022, 09:22:45 AM »
Did the designer have any connection to Studebaker?

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Re: FW #311
« Reply #19 on: June 07, 2022, 12:22:29 PM »
Yes

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Re: FW #311
« Reply #20 on: June 07, 2022, 01:06:01 PM »
Might as well get it out of the way: Loewy?

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Re: FW #311
« Reply #21 on: June 07, 2022, 04:47:10 PM »
No

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Re: FW #311
« Reply #22 on: June 08, 2022, 03:28:44 PM »
Bob Marcks?

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Re: FW #311
« Reply #23 on: June 08, 2022, 05:55:29 PM »
No

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Re: FW #311
« Reply #24 on: June 08, 2022, 05:58:54 PM »
Anything to do with Porsche?