Comments on: Studebaker Builds World’s Largest Auto — 41 Feet Long (Dec, 1930) http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2007/10/23/studebaker-builds-worlds-largest-auto-%e2%80%94-41-feet-long/ Yesterday's tomorrow, today. Fri, 10 Feb 2012 21:07:04 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.4 By: Charlie http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2007/10/23/studebaker-builds-worlds-largest-auto-%e2%80%94-41-feet-long/comment-page-1/#comment-641062 Charlie Thu, 25 Oct 2007 16:24:39 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2007/10/23/studebaker-builds-worlds-largest-auto-%e2%80%94-41-feet-long/#comment-641062 I never said it was a fake. I just said it looked liked one. Actually one thing I love is when people look at one of these images and instantly assume it's a photoshop job. This one is my favorite http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2006/01/26/safety-holder-for-fag-smokers/. Someone linked to that on another blog and all the commenters were complaining how bad a job the person had done in photoshop. I never said it was a fake. I just said it looked liked one. Actually one thing I love is when people look at one of these images and instantly assume it’s a photoshop job. This one is my favorite http://blog.modernmechanix.com.....g-smokers/.

Someone linked to that on another blog and all the commenters were complaining how bad a job the person had done in photoshop.

]]> By: Ray B. http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2007/10/23/studebaker-builds-worlds-largest-auto-%e2%80%94-41-feet-long/comment-page-1/#comment-640952 Ray B. Thu, 25 Oct 2007 15:32:45 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2007/10/23/studebaker-builds-worlds-largest-auto-%e2%80%94-41-feet-long/#comment-640952 Sure it's not a fake. Here ia an another article about it, and photos of its destruction. http://cll.hemmings.com/uimage/742934-1000-1263.jpg http://cll.hemmings.com/uimage/742935-1000-1240.jpg Sure it’s not a fake. Here ia an another article about it, and photos of its destruction.

http://cll.hemmings.com/uimage.....0-1263.jpg
http://cll.hemmings.com/uimage.....0-1240.jpg

]]> By: Neil Russell http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2007/10/23/studebaker-builds-worlds-largest-auto-%e2%80%94-41-feet-long/comment-page-1/#comment-636397 Neil Russell Wed, 24 Oct 2007 03:44:41 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2007/10/23/studebaker-builds-worlds-largest-auto-%e2%80%94-41-feet-long/#comment-636397 Now we're on a roll, how about seeing those cans of lost celluloid film from the silent era that have deteriorated beyond repair? And the only reason the Marmon Wasp survived to be restored and put in the Indy 500 museum is because it sat on the roof of a junkyard building while dozens of its siblings were crushed for scrap during WWII. When he was a kid, my uncle used to walk by the place every day and scored a bunch of name plates from the old racers. Now we’re on a roll, how about seeing those cans of lost celluloid film from the silent era that have deteriorated beyond repair?

And the only reason the Marmon Wasp survived to be restored and put in the Indy 500 museum is because it sat on the roof of a junkyard building while dozens of its siblings were crushed for scrap during WWII.
When he was a kid, my uncle used to walk by the place every day and scored a bunch of name plates from the old racers.

]]> By: Firebrand38 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2007/10/23/studebaker-builds-worlds-largest-auto-%e2%80%94-41-feet-long/comment-page-1/#comment-635834 Firebrand38 Wed, 24 Oct 2007 00:11:03 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2007/10/23/studebaker-builds-worlds-largest-auto-%e2%80%94-41-feet-long/#comment-635834 Or how the first years of Johnny Carson on the Tonight Show are lost because the videotapes were reused repeatedly. Or how the first years of Johnny Carson on the Tonight Show are lost because the videotapes were reused repeatedly.

]]> By: Neil Russell http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2007/10/23/studebaker-builds-worlds-largest-auto-%e2%80%94-41-feet-long/comment-page-1/#comment-635701 Neil Russell Tue, 23 Oct 2007 23:18:43 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2007/10/23/studebaker-builds-worlds-largest-auto-%e2%80%94-41-feet-long/#comment-635701 I feel that way whenever they knock down an old casino in Vegas. At least there are pictures! I feel that way whenever they knock down an old casino in Vegas.

At least there are pictures!

]]> By: Firebrand38 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2007/10/23/studebaker-builds-worlds-largest-auto-%e2%80%94-41-feet-long/comment-page-1/#comment-635373 Firebrand38 Tue, 23 Oct 2007 21:19:10 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2007/10/23/studebaker-builds-worlds-largest-auto-%e2%80%94-41-feet-long/#comment-635373 You're welcome. Its a shame that Studebaker decided to destroy the car in 1936. Its like old movie studios destroying films after showings to recover the silver. Funny how sensibilities change. You’re welcome. Its a shame that Studebaker decided to destroy the car in 1936. Its like old movie studios destroying films after showings to recover the silver. Funny how sensibilities change.

]]> By: Neil Russell http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2007/10/23/studebaker-builds-worlds-largest-auto-%e2%80%94-41-feet-long/comment-page-1/#comment-635203 Neil Russell Tue, 23 Oct 2007 20:14:33 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2007/10/23/studebaker-builds-worlds-largest-auto-%e2%80%94-41-feet-long/#comment-635203 Thanks for finding that background info Firebrand. I'm from Indiana and a huge Studebaker fan and never heard of that thing. Not to mention I love giant advertising icons. A bowling alley just isn't a bowling alley without giant pins out front!! Thanks for finding that background info Firebrand.
I’m from Indiana and a huge Studebaker fan and never heard of that thing.

Not to mention I love giant advertising icons. A bowling alley just isn’t a bowling alley without giant pins out front!!

]]> By: Firebrand38 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2007/10/23/studebaker-builds-worlds-largest-auto-%e2%80%94-41-feet-long/comment-page-1/#comment-635099 Firebrand38 Tue, 23 Oct 2007 19:13:59 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2007/10/23/studebaker-builds-worlds-largest-auto-%e2%80%94-41-feet-long/#comment-635099 Charlie, it's not a fake. I was suspicious as well but the backstory is pretty fascinating and can be found in detail here http://www.studebakerdriversclub.com/giant_car.asp Charlie, it’s not a fake. I was suspicious as well but the backstory is pretty fascinating and can be found in detail here http://www.studebakerdriversclub.com/giant_car.asp

]]> By: Stannous http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2007/10/23/studebaker-builds-worlds-largest-auto-%e2%80%94-41-feet-long/comment-page-1/#comment-634995 Stannous Tue, 23 Oct 2007 18:21:45 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2007/10/23/studebaker-builds-worlds-largest-auto-%e2%80%94-41-feet-long/#comment-634995 LOL at Jim's comment LOL at Jim’s comment

]]> By: Jim Dunn http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2007/10/23/studebaker-builds-worlds-largest-auto-%e2%80%94-41-feet-long/comment-page-1/#comment-634919 Jim Dunn Tue, 23 Oct 2007 17:31:09 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2007/10/23/studebaker-builds-worlds-largest-auto-%e2%80%94-41-feet-long/#comment-634919 Or as we know it, a Ford Excursion. Or as we know it, a Ford Excursion.

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