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Studebaker Safety from 1932

Studebaker National Museum

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No better way to test for safety than by rolling a Studebaker straight down a hill!

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The Studebaker National Museum is devoted to sharing the story of the automotive and industrial history of South Bend and the greater region through the display and interpretation of Studebaker vehicles along with related industrial artifacts. The Collection also includes seven objects designated as “National Treasures” including the carriage Abraham Lincoln rode to Ford’s Theatre the night of his assassination, and a carriage used by the Marquis de Lafayette during his farewell tour of United States in 1824. Our Vision is to spark the imagination and ignite interest and passion for design, innovation, and overall impact of the automobile and its related industries.

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20 Comments

@gregoryroscow5846 3 months ago

I had a 1953 Champion as a teenager. The steel was so strong we could jump on the roof without denting it. 6-cylinder with overdrive got 31 mpg on a run. Great car.

@heinaauto77 3 months ago

I am sold! I want one

@chuckmaddison2924 3 months ago

The ride control test looks like normal driving in Australia.

@vinnyg.8170 3 months ago

Studebaker was a class company that went all the way back to the days of connestoga wagons. Shame they didn't survive longer.

@cavailerpugman702 3 months ago

The ride test guy must have a sore back of a job

@DomingoDeSantaClara 3 months ago

Aaah the good ol' days, when YOU were the crumple zone and your face was the air bag.

@revvyhevvy 3 months ago (edited)

71yr old here. I recall watching the news broadcast as the last car rolled off the assembly line!. Early 1960s.
Also saw the Beatles on Sullivan in 64..may have been same year!

@MD-rd9fh 3 months ago (edited)

From 60 mph to 0 in 160 feet is very good even for new cars and SUVs, and that car is as large as a good size SUV and probably heavier. Its stopping in a perfectly straight line without antilock brakes makes it even more exceptional.

@kellypbr7742 3 months ago

If people had been inside the rolling would have been messed up, the same with the head on collision.

@icdumbppl 3 months ago

I worked at the old Studebaker proving grounds when it was Bendix. Doing tests like this would've made the job more fun! 😄😄😄

@discerningmind 3 months ago

Surprising results, the Studebaker bodies are strong. As well, after a number of roll-overs the doors didn't fly open, engines started and seemed to run without any type of leaks, nor did the engines smoke out the tailpipes as I've seen in other car tests.

@mattikaki 3 months ago

Very convincing. If this was today, I prbably would bought Studebaker.

@AngryRedBanjo 3 months ago

I’m impressed, where can I get one?

@tigerseye73 3 months ago (edited)

For a car built to 1932 standards, this is really impressive. Roof on more modern cars would crush. Doors would fall off. I bumped into a steel post in a parking lot with our Chrysler 300C at 1/2 mile per hour. The repairs to the plastic front end were over $5000.

@ralphturner3798 3 months ago

The 1929 Hugo with the Turbo Encabulator was able to hit a brick wall going 37 miles per hour, and none of the window glass was broken, except for minor cracks where rocks hit the windshield.

@mtlicq 3 months ago

Looks like Studebaker invented the speedbump ! 💥

@NipkowDisk 3 months ago

I remember a neighbor of mine at some acreage I had, who owned a '61 Lark and he asked me if I would adjust the clutch free-play for him which I gladly did. I was impressed with just how solidly built that thing was. He mentioned it, too.