Saturday, August 9, 2008

DO YOU REMEMBER THIS??? I DO! - UGH


A 1952 Studebaker Commando

Nothing says the 1950's more than a Studebaker!!  (Except maybe a Henry J.  or the Nash Metropolitan- don't ask!)  

However, in 1954, Studebaker was on the skids.  On this date workers at the Studebaker auto plant in South Bend, IN, agreed to take pay cuts of $12 to $20 weekly in an attempt to help the faltering automaker.  It didn't help.  Studebaker was soon out of business because of the increased competition from Ford, Chrysler and General Motors.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Damn. I can't imagine why nobody wanted one of those.