The Studebaker Brothers started building automobiles in 1902. Their first automobiles
were electric, although they quickly moved into gasoline powered vehicles. 
Production increased during 1913, and by 1915 there were more than 45,000 cars sold annually. 
The type and numbers of cars increased through the years, and in 1928, Studebaker acquired Pierce-Arrow. 
By 1933, Studebaker had gone into temporary receivership, and bounced back in 1934.
In 1939, they produced a new car that was a true economy model - the Champion.
During the war, Studebaker produced trucks and radial engines for aircraft. After the war, they rushed back into automobile production, with Raymond Loewy's famous styling.
The most famous Loewy 1953 coupes and hardtops were totally unique to the american scene. 
These cars were designed by Robert Bourke while he was working at the Loewy Studios.
The year of 1954 Packard bought Studebaker.
The Lark was introduced in 1959 and provided a compact car that was also roomy.
That last blast from Studebaker was the Avanti that was introduced in 1963.
In 1964, Studebaker production moved to Canada. The last year that Studebaker was produced was 1966, although the Avanti continued to be built by an independent in South Bend, Indiana.

An interesting footnote sent to me by Robert Dowling ,one of my visitors.
Packard bought the ailing Studebaker Corp. The Packard stock holders got the short end of the deal. 
Upper management thought they could ride on the (former) prestige of Packard and have Studebaker compete with Chevrolet. It didn't work and in two years the Studebaker-Packard Corp. was facing insolvency. 
Creditors demanded they get rid of one of the two manufacturing plants.
Unfortunately they chose to keep the Studebaker plant in South Bend Ind. and dump the Packard plant in
Detroit. Management soon realized their plan was failing, but it was to late. The South Bend plant was not designed to handle cars as wide as the old Packards as was the old Detroit plant, so they couldn't go back and start production of big wide cars again. I've seen design plans for the "new Packards". If you've seen a late 50's early 60's Lincoln Continental (the one with the slanted head lights) or the infamous Edsel that was what they
looked like. When I first saw them I thought it they were for Ford products.
Think about it! If you take the front of an Edsel an replace the "Horse collar" with a little grill shaped like a Clipper grill, you've got the Idea! I can't remember if Ford bought the plans or the design team went over
to Ford after Packard folded. After the dismal sales of "Packardbakers" (Those Studebakers with the funny looking add-ons) they dropped the Packard name.
In 64 they dropped the name completely and moved production to Canada.
They still make trucks for the Canadian military.

Jack has  owned and enjoyed this car for about six years, but he is ready to sell it to work on his ’53 Starliner which is seen below the 66 Daytona. 
The specifications of this car are: American Torq-Thrust II’s, Optima battery, Chevrolet 355 cu.in., coated block huggers, 4500 miles, L-79 cam, 3-angle valve job, Cloyes timing chain, Weiand Stealth intake, Edelbrock 650 cfm carb, HEI, Blue dots, A-833 4-speed w/ overdrive, 3.73 Dana rear end, Hurst shifter, front disc brakes, Ultraleather, tweed, carpet, Kenwood AM-FM cassette, Infinity speakers, tint glass, 54,000 orig. miles, no rust ever, never wrecked, new lowered suspension, California  car cover. All documents, original window sticker, owner manuals, shop manual, all receipts.
Stude built 8935 cars in '66, the last year. 640 were top-of-line V-8 Daytonas.

Asking $25,000 
Albuquerque NM. cell 505-306-5790, home 505-846-8121 
jack.logan.ctr.kirtland.af.mil
 

"I thought you might like to see a couple out in the elements to go along with all the sweet cars on your site. These 2 are of my Dad's, sitting in the weather in California. The bullet nose ('51?)Business Coupe was purchased for a song from the original owner, the wagon ('54?) was also a steal and I have only seen 1 other wagon of the same year in the "wild"...Enjoy! Feel free to use the pictures as you see fit. 
As a side note, as the son of a Stude man, I have been raised always looking for the "Odd and wonderful" and as a result I ended up answering an add for a 1950 pickup for 400 dollars. My dad also has a '50 Stude and I love the body style...so upon arrival, the truck was totally trashed, every panel had been dented and rusted beyond hope. The gentleman did happen to have a 1958 Simca Aronde ( heard of them?) in amazing shape with only 64K original miles...but what caught my eye was the familiar "lazy s" emblem on the hubcaps. So similar to Studes that I had to take a long walk around the little French 2dr. hardtop to be sure that it was not some strange little Studebaker! I fell in love and brought it home after a few days working with the man on his farm in Colorado. I made a friend as well! My kids and I loved the time spent helping this man clean up his years of collecting Stude and VW cars and parts!!!"