Robert E. Bourke Archives

Robert Bourke: Studebaker V8 ‘was a catastrophe’

January 8, 2021 Steve 0

“. . . 1950/’51 — was the first time that Studebaker had a V-8 engine, and it was a catastrophe. They had a terrible time. They kept eating up camshafts and millions of dollars. Studebaker never […]

Imagine the 1951 Studebaker with a lighted nose

July 24, 2020 Steve 0

“. . . We (started facelifting) the ’51, which was a terrible looking spinner job. It had a transparent, plastic spinner inside, and, God, they were terrible looking cars. . . . I remember how that […]