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Just an aside, it's my understanding, although I can't document it, that the last Studebaker's manufactured for 1966 were built in Canada..
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Paul: That is correct. Hamilton, Ontario plant.
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Didn't Ted race that 51 Studebaker in lower NHRA stock classes in the late 50's and early 60's and win his class at the NHRA Nationals more than once?
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Paul: Yes, he did. In '61 he ran a covertible and got runner-up in his class. For '62 he built the coupe, and won his class at the Nationals 7 of the next 8 years. In later years in stock NHRA started dropping the lowest class, and he had to move up one class. That happened at least twice, and he still won. When NHRA ruled out any stocker older than '62 he started making it a bracket car. Narrowed Ford 9", gm 400 automatic trans, big tires, one supercharger, then two, then two turbos. He was always flogging that car to make it quicker, starting the first year he raced it.
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