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A car rebuild expert bumped into a 1949 Studebaker Land Cruiser and could understand what was wrong with it and why it was ...
The plant built in 1940 has historic significance, and officials for the realty group said they hope to increase the leasable ...
SOUTH BEND, Ind. (WNDU) - The Studebaker Corporation and its history in Indiana was honored with the unveiling of a historical marker on S. Lafayette Boulevard on Friday afternoon.
At Studebaker Building 84, a six-story facility at 635 Lafayette Blvd. in downtown South Bend, the district plans to lease about 40,000 square feet across two floors and offer 19 educational ...
Studebaker's plant on Chippewa Avenue in South Bend continued to be used for military production through the Korean War, and later became part of Kaiser-Willys and then American Motors as AM General.
The closure of Studebaker may seem like a sudden event that substantially transformed South Bend's destiny. Viewpoint: Studebaker's history in South Bend is complicated Skip to main content ...
SOUTH BEND, Ind. (WNDU) - December is full of key dates associated with the demise of Studebaker automobile production in South Bend. Word of the plant closings broke on Dec. 9, 1963 — 17 days ...
It’s seemingly taken decades for the greater South Bend area to move beyond the wounds that were left when automaker Studebaker Corp. closed in 1963, more than a century after it started as a ...
As they hurried through Gate 1 on Sample Street at the end of their shift, on that afternoon of Dec. 9, 1963, Studebaker workers didn’t yet know the news. Then they saw it. In that “Read-all ...
South Bend School Board members approved a resolution to explore a lease at the former Studebaker plant on South Lafayette Street. The old factory has been transformed to draw new developers over ...
It will be 60 years on Dec. 31 since the once-great Studebaker Corp. closed down its plant in South Bend, Indiana and laid off thousands, including a young man who would later become a classic car ...