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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 ?

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.

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!

Sure do wish the narrator had said stewdeebaker a few less times during the whole documentary (;

Thank you for this fascinating documentary tribute to Studebaker

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.

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.

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.

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.

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! ❤

It's not a human voice...

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.

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.

Must be something to see when South Bend has a parade.

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

AHHHH I was born in South Bend Indiana in 1954. My dad was going to Notre Dame on the GI Bill from WW2.

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 ... 😔

My father owned Studebakers in the '50s and '60s. He liked the cars, especially the Lark.

The many pics of the decay gets old...too many of them. But I love the history of the company.

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.

The later designs, from the 1950s on, were boring! They clearly lost their way…

Never have I heard it pronounced "Stu-DE-baker".

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 ????

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! 🤔

Hey Mr. videomaker… Have you ever heard anyone pronounce Studebaker that way… Ever? Unwatchable!

I don't think it's right for them to tear down studebakers should have been a historical site and left alone

Studebaker made nice wagons

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

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!!!!.

Please do a documentary on The Oliver Corporation.

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.

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

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!

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.

Can't believe they got rid of the duck pond in Leeper Park. Glad some places are saved by being designated historic.

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.

Every building is gone that help win the war is gone

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

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

I remember Studerakkers in Kenosha Wisconsin 1989 I work at Foundry Belle City- WI make parts for Studebakkers.

Now it's just a drug filled garbage pit

my uncle had a 61 studebaker lark white with red interior we used to go for saturday afternoon drives

Thank You Thank You

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.

The only thing South Bend is known for today is inflicting its former mayor Pete the twink upon the nation.

To own a Studebaker, now that is what I call a bucket list vehicle.

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.