My first car was a 1953 Studebaker coupe I bought in 1958 from a
used car lot in Chicago. It had been repainted (yellow) and I suspect
the odometer rolled back but it was lovely. I don't think there has
been a more graceful car made. Whitewall tires. Three on the tree with
overdrive. Flathead straight 6. Not very powerful but smooth and it
handled much better than my folk's Pontiac station wagon.
In that car I experienced an epiphany. I was driving across
Kansas on my way to start a new life in Denver. Suddenly everything was
suffused with the classic glow and I felt a sense of well being unknown
before. The feeling lasted perhaps five minutes. I had ingested only
coffee and scrambled eggs at a truck stop diner not long before. Just
youth, I guess.
The Studebaker got me to Denver but it sure didn't run well. I
read the mile high elevation had an effect on internal combustion
engines. I found a dial on the carburetor that allowed it to be set
leaner and that solved the problem. The next big event was one day on
my way to work the rear end locked up at about 60 mph. A seal had gone
and leaked the lube out. Not long after that was fixed the foot brake
went to the floor and I sailed through a stoplight. (This was before the
day of two chambered brake reservoirs.) A month or so later the
transmission began making bad sounds and shifting hard. By then I was
earning decent money so I traded it in on a new VW Beetle. Fortunately
the dealer didn't test drive the Studebaker.
Dave Gilmore, Cameron WV
http://www.sciencealert.com/watch-lyrebird-perfectly-imitates-laser-gun-sounds
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