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When was the last time you saw a woman's tuchas in a man's trousers, and they fit correctly? That body fits correctly, ergo, man.

 

And now that we have that straightened out...

The 1953 Studebaker “Loewy coupe” designed by Robert Bourke when he was working for Raymond Lowey in his design studio has been acclaimed by many to be one of the most attractive cars produced in the fifties.



The post-war years were a time when materials used in the fiberglass process, patented in 1936, by Carlton Ellis for DuPont became popular. Fast-forward to the late fifties when H. Donald Canazzi the president of Custom Craft, a builder of fiberglass boats in Buffalo, NY, had this Studebaker “modernized.” According to “Custom Cars 1960,” He designed the changes to test and prove the workability and durability of modern reinforced plastics when bonded to car metal.”

In addition to all of the added fiberglass updates, the front of the roof panel was removed and a removable transparent plastic roof panel was fitted. The windshield also appears to be of the same material and is a wraparound design that eliminates the vent windows.

The “Golden Ray” was re-powered in the Studillac fashion developed by ace mechanic Bill Frick, who transplanted a 1949 or later Cadillac V-8 and transmission into a 1953 Studebaker. In this instance, the engine was modified and fueled by butane.

The photos and information are courtesy of Forgotten Fiberglass.

 

Let me remind you Sir, that Doug sounds like the past tense for dig . This time around, I'm not telling your wife.
Now, for all of you Rice Burners out there:

 

About 3:30 or so, how J.J. Jackson (of MTV fame) introduced the members of Led Zeppelin to the U.S. on their first tour stop, Boston:



BTW, I'm still over the moon for Martha Quinn.

 

These moons again

 

Dammit, now you made me hungry for a Moon Pie!

 

Stop it! You're yo-yoing my diet already. The following is unsuitable for serving as a birthday cake for one year olds and older:

 

I'm yo-yoing your diet? That pic you put up just made me hungry, whether it has two maraschino cherries or not!

 

It might just have only one bull's eye. Are ya' still hungry?

 

Nah, Tootsie Rolls killed it. You win.

 

Those antennas look like 12 gauge shot guns sticking out of the trunk

 

Or a Tootsie Roll harpoon, in case one should happen to fall out of a vintage passenger plane flying over

 

CORPS

 

General Motors introduced one of the most important innovations in closed car passenger comfort, its new “No Draft I.C.V Ventilation” window system to car buyers in 1933. GM’s unique new vent window system led the way by offering this new individualized comfort to all passengers who rode in its Fischer-bodied cars.

Alfred J. Fischer was listed as the inventor of the new adjustable four-window arrangement on the patent application (patent drawings below) that was filed on Nov. 28, 1932. It was assigned to the Ternstedt Mfg. Co., a GM subsidiary that manufactured components for the automaker.

Ternstedt manufactured many of the parts of the new system and followed up with a patent application filed on May 10, 1933, with later improvements. Another early-1933 patent application was also filed for screens on the leading edge of the window (see below.) In time it became known as the wind wing window, because of a feature that also allowed the front edge to open out and scoop in air.