Lobed those Stude's. At age 19- while in the Navy - I bought a 54 Stude
Starliner. Loved that car. It was the cats' meow. Sold it when I got out
of the service. Needed the money to go to school.

Regards Jags - I had a 72 powder blue XKE convertible with bumps on it's
hood. Though I had the vehicle and drove it - I wasn't deep into vehicle
then as I am now with the Vanagons. I missed a lot. Had to sell it when
I fell on hard times. Sure hated to let it go. But I do remember some
things - like the inboard mounted rear disk brakes, the three piece
monocoupe construction, the dual cooling fans mounted mounted on the
radiator, 6 forward speed manual transmission and the 12 cylinder engine
with quad Stromberg carburetors. What a monster that was. Shop rates for
maintenance were twice that of other cars at the time. Loved driving it.
There was a favorite interstate interchange near home that had a 45 mph
speed limit. At the right time of day, I loved to hit that sucker at 80
and breeze through just for the heck of it. Foolish looking back, but
fun then. Enjoyed that machine. But that engine put out a whole lot of
heat and leg space was cramped and poorly ventilated. The heat worked
it's way in there. Winter wasn't bad, but in summer even with the top
down it was hot on the legs and feet. Hated to let it go, but I did. ]

Fond of my Vanagons now, in the same way.

John

On 6/30/2012 4:55 PM, Loren Busch wrote:
> On Fri, Jun 29, 2012 at 3:26 PM, george jannini <georgejoann@gmail.com>wrote:
>
>>>> matter of opinion of course, and .. what is the All Time Best post-war
>> American car design ?  The best looking, most iconic, most 'pure american'
>> car design or shape?  And sexy too. <<
>>
>>       1953 Studebaker Champion Coupe.
>>
>
> Agreed!!!
> .
>