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After an unsuccessful 1954 merger with Packard (the Studebaker-Packard Corporation) and failure to solve chronic postwar cashflow problems, the 'Studebaker Corporation' name was restored in 1962, but the South Bend plant ceased automobile production on December 20, 1963, [8] and the last Studebaker automobile rolled off the Hamilton, Ontario ...
The following year, the South Bend plant was closed, while its Canadian plant in Hamilton, Ontario, continued to produce Studebaker cars until 1966. The South Bend plant would later be acquired by the Avanti Motor Company. Studebaker Corp. merged with Worthington Corporation one year later. Studebaker-Worthington was a diversified American ...
Studebakers cars were in town for the 2017 Studebaker's Driver's Club International Meet. The cars were part of a parade from the St. Joseph County 4-H Fairgrounds to downtown South Bend for a ...
A 1902 Studebaker Electric; Studebaker military vehicles built during World War I and World War II [7] Several Hummer vehicles including the Humvee, which are manufactured by South Bend-based AM General at its plant in the adjacent city of Mishawaka, Indiana [7] A specially-painted Studebaker Champion 2-door sedan used in the filming of The ...
As a young reporter for The Tribune, Colwell broke the story Dec. 9, 1963, that the Studebaker Corp. would cease auto production in South Bend.
The exterior of Studebaker Building 84, seen from Lafayette Boulevard, in downtown South Bend on Wednesday, March 13, 2024. The South Bend Community School Corp. plans to rent 40,000 square feet ...
Studebaker shut down its South Bend assembly plant in December of 1963, and its engine foundry in 1964, consolidating auto production at its Hamilton, ON, plant until Studebaker exited the auto business completely in March of 1966.
The name Bendix Woods originates from the Bendix Corporation which donated the land to St. Joseph County for the creation of a park. The park's historical significance, however, dates to its establishment by the Studebaker Corporation, formerly of nearby South Bend, Indiana, as the first model test facility for an American automobile company.