Great upload thanks a lot. The Studebaler name is still visible from the air on the proving ground, made by planting a hugh number of trees way back in the past. Via Google Streetview I also saw an old building there at one of the entrances. Us the S logo on 56:47 the original one which was on the roof of one of the buildings of Plant 1 or 2, or has it been recreated here ?
@phillittle93215 ай бұрын
I worked for years, and retired in 2015 from, Manufacturing Technology Incorporated. MTI got its start in 1929 as a tool and die shop serving Studebaker. As the City of South Bend has done, as well as the surrounding communities, MTI evolved to become a technology leader in new industries after the demise of Studebaker. I have every confidence that South Bend will continue its studied growth, and become a technology hub as the years go by.
@crgrbrts6 ай бұрын
Iwas born in South Bend and grew up practically in the shadow of the Studebaker plant where my grandfather spent his entire career. His wife, my grandfather, was a descendent of Clement Studebaker, one of the founders of the wagon builders that became the car maker. Grandpa was chief electrician in the admin building and loved the company. Thank you for this great documentary!
@gilzor93766 ай бұрын
Sure do wish the narrator had said stewdeebaker a few less times during the whole documentary (;
@karaDee23637 ай бұрын
Thank you for this fascinating documentary tribute to Studebaker
@rayrussell62588 ай бұрын
Sorry, but I doubt that Studebaker had the first proving grounds for autos. That honor goes to Ford. Studebaker might not have test facilities in multiple places like the Big 3, but they weren't leading the industry in test facilities either.
@miscprojects96628 ай бұрын
General Motors put the final nail in the coffin when it hijacked the company building the fiberglass Avanti bodies and had it committed exclusively to making vette bodies.
@Wisebury8 ай бұрын
That former mayor who destroys history like a wannabe dictator. Tarrying down beautiful historical architecture of quality he has never known. Calling them dinosaurs, as he commissions ugly box buildings for personal brides, they will never out last a Studebaker building. These people should be put in jail, corruption and destroying American history.
@spaceghost89959 ай бұрын
The New York Central RR (Norfolk Southern now)and the Grand Trunk RR (Canadian National now) serviced the Studebaker plants and both lines are still heavily in use today. However the Wabash RR connector and the Pennsylvania RR lines in South Bend are both long gone. Most of the population of inner South Bend is long gone also.
@rayrussell62588 ай бұрын
yes, the immediate downtown is nice, but there is much blight still in the city.
@spaceghost89959 ай бұрын
My Dad worked at Studebaker around 1949-1951. He bought a brand new 1950 Champion also. Car of course long gone and Dad passed in 2019 at age 93! ❤
@flyguy4379 ай бұрын
It's not a human voice...
@mjm71879 ай бұрын
Had the opportunity to tour the hand pushed Avanti assembly line sometime around 1979 or '80 with my dad who was a urethane supplier to Studebaker then. Fascinating bit of history to reflect on. My folks owned a couple of Presidents as I recall and grandfather had a red Hawk.
@clifforddriver94349 ай бұрын
Unfortunately, this happens to be the history of l American industry and business in general. The life cycle is predictable. You can literally set your watch to it. What business schools in America teach is how to fail. People actually pay to learn that particular trait it's quite sad to be quite honest.
@saginaw609 ай бұрын
Must be something to see when South Bend has a parade.
@kennethrobertson12019 ай бұрын
I’m done watching this could be a well put together documentary however if you don’t know how to pronounce the product, I am not going to watch it any further lifelong resident of Indiana
@inkey29 ай бұрын
AHHHH I was born in South Bend Indiana in 1954. My dad was going to Notre Dame on the GI Bill from WW2.
@Awsom47Merc9 ай бұрын
Another example of the America we once were before a useless " World Economy" and a disfunctional government combined with corporate greed. Young people under 40 don't even remember what the stamp " Made in America" stood for ... 😔
@duvallemoine82229 ай бұрын
Two stamps that I would love to see again, made in the USA AND REGUSPATOFF. REMEMBER? Regulated US Patent office. The Ruskies lied about REGUSPATOFF. Russian hackers claimed Reguspattoff was a wealthy Russian and he owned all the rich corporations in AMERICA.
@williamogilvie69099 ай бұрын
My father owned Studebakers in the '50s and '60s. He liked the cars, especially the Lark.
@Finnigan99 ай бұрын
The many pics of the decay gets old...too many of them. But I love the history of the company.
@pdef19499 ай бұрын
When I was a student at the University of Notre Dame, a car-loving buddy and I visited the plant one evening......an authorized tour to say the least! There were three guys there, building an Avanti as a company benefit. We wandered round upstairs too. Interesting tour for an engineering student. It was only later I learned more about the history of the company.
@user-qm7nw7vd5s9 ай бұрын
The later designs, from the 1950s on, were boring! They clearly lost their way…
@ZacVaper9 ай бұрын
Never have I heard it pronounced "Stu-DE-baker".
@user-gp1rt9zr4o9 ай бұрын
i know african americans that worked there worked there ! as did my father , are african americans an ethnic group? why no mention or photo of an african american, did south bend move into confederate territory ????
@gregsmith74289 ай бұрын
Would it be possible for America to reclaim some of the positive aspects shown here? Why is everything made in China and nothing here? Have Americans lost their work ethic? Why is there so much obesity, drug use and despair among the youth? All important queries! 🤔
@trainnerd302910 ай бұрын
Hey Mr. videomaker… Have you ever heard anyone pronounce Studebaker that way… Ever? Unwatchable!
@user-mn6yw3ov6d10 ай бұрын
I don't think it's right for them to tear down studebakers should have been a historical site and left alone
@gregbennett425410 ай бұрын
Studebaker made nice wagons
@stevebalsam844310 ай бұрын
While a freshman at Notre Dame, fall of 1969 through May of 1970, I was able to visit the Studebaker plant. A few workers were still making Avanti. Sometime after Avanti was sold and moved to Ohio. South Bend is now in a transformation to new technology companies, aided by Notre Dame now investing in helping establish new ideas to build great products and jobs. ND along with South Bend developers are also transforming blighted neighborhoods. It's a beautiful city
@mikeweizer314910 ай бұрын
Wouldn't Kenosha Wisconsin be in the same boat cuz that's where Nash, Rambler, and AMCS were built as well as the last Hudsons!!!!.
@Oliver-kv2mm10 ай бұрын
Please do a documentary on The Oliver Corporation.
@duvallemoine822210 ай бұрын
I was born in 1944, learned to drive in my mother's 1955 Studebaker champion. That car had the looks of a sports car, it was the most attractive car in our block, two tone greens made that car look better than any Chevy or Ford, including the 1955 Tbird. Not the best power performing car, it had a very modest flat head 6, very underpowered, the 1955 president had a 289 V8 and that was a tough one to race against. Loved and have great memories of those Studes. Great cars.
@jr42a110 ай бұрын
One retired guy at 20:20 said he wished he could buy a good studebaker at the time of the inerview... Theyre a dime a dozen these days and the good classics are around at $20K . Thats cheap man. Go buy one ! Kids these days dont want em ! If you hunt hard you might find a good one for 10-15 K. Who knows ? but they are out there for sure
@nathanmoak151510 ай бұрын
i wanted a studebaker ever since i was in grammer school. a girl in my class came to school every day in a black and chrome hawk. that car was so fine! i walked to school and back home a half mile each way every day. i never got to ride in a hawk, but i sure did want one! i went to cruisin the coast in biloxi, ms. about 20 years ago and what did i see? a whole line of HAWKS and GT HAWKS! it was marvelous! a girl was looking at them and asked what kind of cars they were. i told her they were built before she was born and the company went out of business. poor girl had never seen a studebaker! damn i'm old!
@jr42a110 ай бұрын
Go buy one. kids thesedays dont wnt em
@gillesjacques102210 ай бұрын
The last ever studebaker car ever produced at the Hamilton Ontario plant is in the studebaker museum, as the last 3 years all the cars were built in Canada.
@user-ez6bf1xl2w9 ай бұрын
Any info on the last car ever built in south bend?
@alicewolfson442311 ай бұрын
Can't believe they got rid of the duck pond in Leeper Park. Glad some places are saved by being designated historic.
@garyfrancis61934 ай бұрын
Have been saved
@jeffreym.keilen1095 Жыл бұрын
What a fantastic documentary. I was at the International Meet in 1983. Alot of great memories for a 17 year old at the time that drove his customised '52 on the Proving Ground track. What I get a kick out of is, for 40 years of listening to former employees speak, they refence their job at "StudebakerS. Always thought it was funny how they call it that. I do feel that Igntion Park is not an appropiate name. There should be named Studebaker Park in remeberance of where that land came from and respect to the family namesake and every employee that ever worked for them.
@donaldkey8839 Жыл бұрын
Every building is gone that help win the war is gone
@budakota Жыл бұрын
It's Really A Shame to Demolish Such Iconic/Ironic Establishments/Manufacturing Industries Of The Past/Past Of One's Lives ,:(:(:(.. But I'm Happy/Glad To See At Least They Saved /Preserved /Savored ...Some Of Those Memories To & For ALL the People Who Were Employed/Involved In The Devoted American Studebaker Dream
@W5AWG Жыл бұрын
I was up to Racine and Kenosha WI in 2010 w a while I seen Factory still there I rode my Bycycler all over. Wis. and Ill- Now i am not. move to San Francisco. Studerbakker make DOT ROD alsho in 1960's HOT ROD i femember in 1950's own a Studebakker me & wife hassa Studebakker Pickup Truck, it model was 1949 Struerbakker
@W5AWG Жыл бұрын
I remember Studerakkers in Kenosha Wisconsin 1989 I work at Foundry Belle City- WI make parts for Studebakkers.
@jonkgaming Жыл бұрын
Now it's just a drug filled garbage pit
@jonsmith398 Жыл бұрын
my uncle had a 61 studebaker lark white with red interior we used to go for saturday afternoon drives
@davidkimmel4216 Жыл бұрын
Thank You Thank You
@arnepianocanada2 жыл бұрын
What the HECK! Sooooo disrespectful to *say the company name wrong!* How could you do such a thing? Why didn't someone catch the horrid error? Not StudEEbaker. Unbelievable. I will seek a respectful post and host.
@orionwarren42442 жыл бұрын
The only thing South Bend is known for today is inflicting its former mayor Pete the twink upon the nation.
@Pedroisanickname2 жыл бұрын
To own a Studebaker, now that is what I call a bucket list vehicle.
@alexkalish82882 жыл бұрын
These are not dinosaur buildings, they are Americas history and a huge investment by a previous generation. They could easily have been repurposed to house a chip FAB, saved all the jobs and kept the tradition and neighborhood intact.