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Re: Sanchez-Locasto Studebaker

To: Ugo Fadini <ugo.fadini@abc.it>
Subject: Re: Sanchez-Locasto Studebaker
From: Glen Barrett <speedtimer@earthlink.net>
Date: Wed, 19 Jan 2000 16:50:21 -0800
Ugo
As I recall the car was white or cream in color with blue lettering
Glen

Ugo Fadini wrote:

> Hi everybody,
>
> I have an odd request...
> Does any of you know what COLOR was the Sanchez-Locasto Studebaker
> chopped-top "Loewy" coupe that ran in 1960 and 1961 (and possibly later
> again), setting records in both A and B fuel classes?
>
> You may remember that I am a model maker. Well, another italian model maker
> (name of the firm is TOM) has a 1/43 master ready for this car, but could
> not find a color picture anywhere. From the b&w photos it looks a very
> light color, with the numbers in either black, or a dark color anyway.
>
> If you don't know the answer, but can help me to contact the former
> owners/builders (hoping that they are still with us) that would be
> wonderful.
>
> Oh, by the way, welcome Arie!
>
> And since Arie has brought in the subject of model cars again: just in case
> any of you cares for Bonneville cars, well, I have models of Al Teague's,
> Hoffman-Markley's and The Redhead streamliners available, which I myself
> make, 1/43 scale, ready built and very high quality (you can see them on
> the Hoffman and Teague websites).
> Also Ermie Immerso's Thunderbird Turbine, Art Arfons Anteater, Lee Chapel's
> Tornado, Summers Brothers' "polywog" and Knot Farrington's streamlined
> T-bird  by two other italian firms. All 1/43, all ready built. No web site
> yet, sorry...
> (End of promotional space...)
>
> Ugo Fadini
> Padova - Italy
> <ugo.fadini@abc.it>




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