Pickles by Brian Crane for January 25, 2021

You need to be extra careful Opal. Not many of those old bullet nose Studebakers still running around. At least it was just the bumper. The dent can be taken out then re-chromed but it won’t be cheap.

My grandparents had a Studebaker. A dump truck creamed it. They survived but the car didn’t.

Does the car still have the original engine? Sometimes cars that old get upgraded so they won’t need leaded gas.

Someone still has a Studebaker?

One of my childhood friends had a Studebaker pick-up. He called it a “Stupid acher”.

So, Opal, was it really just a “dimple” or was it a big dent (or worse)? Be honest.

Back in the ’60s there was a car dealer in Manheim, Pa. that occasionally advertised ’50 or ’51s for sale. They usually were around $95-97. Try and find one in good shape for that much now.

When you see a WWII Army cargo truck (6×6′s) in movies or historical films, chances are it’s a Studebaker. They had a fairly lucrative contract to supply them.

As for dimpling Earl’s Studebaker’s bumper, that wouldn’t be as easy to do as one might think. A lot harder to dimple than, say a ‘71 Pinto’s bumper…

“Gee, our old LaSalle ran great!”

I might have wanted clarification on the cheek example, butt that’s just me. Come on Earl, you have to be more careful what you say yes to.

Studebaker?

Taking the long way around,huh, Opal?

At least She was honest :-)

When this car was shown parked at the mall when she thought he’d gone with her but he hadn’t, I looked up pictures of Studebakers, but the car didn’t look like them.

Earl just got a rude awakening…LOL

This is a whole new vista of story arcs… I want more of the Studebaker!

At least old cars had bumpers. If you hit something today, the whole front end goes.

My dad had an old Studebaker Commander when I was a kid. He called it the spaceship because of the signature nose.

As Marion Berry once said, “Bit** set me up!”

Dimples are not always a good thing.

Studebaker!?!? For crying out loud, how old are these people? Next she’s gonna say she totaled the Hupmobile … ;)

In the ‘60s I had a Studebaker Lark hand down from my parents. What a bomb! It couldn’t get out of its own way!

Studebakers were the first cars I remember recognizing as a kid when I saw them on the roads

Opal doesn’t know what a Studebaker can be worth. Sure hope it wasn’t like one of these – https://www.hemmings.com/stories/2017/03/02/one-of-the-best-decisions-studebaker-ever-made-loewy-designs-focus-of-studebaker-museum-talk

Studebaker? Geez, how long has it been since these poor folks had a new car?

“You like mugs, right Opal? Like coffee mugs? Because I’m going to punch you in your mug!”

Probably demolished what she ran into.. those bumpers were pretty strong,

I sold a 1958 Studebaker model car this year for $65.

A coy approach to a explain a chargeable accident.

Friend had a dog who loved to ride in the car with her. Then came a winter with very icy roads and friend was involved in several small fender benders. Dog gradually became less eager to ride in the car until she had to almost drag said dog out for a ride and then he would hide in the back seat and whine the whole time.

I knew a little old lady whose car was caught out in a hail storm. She couldn’t afford to fix it, so she named it Dimples.

That Earl not like.

No! Not Earl’s Studebaker Avanti!!

dimple sounds so much better than ding… or dent… or impact crater

My sister’s first car was a sharp gray 2 door Studebaker. I was a real grabber!

Well, did you forget your booster seat again, or hit the neighbor’s restored 1951 taxicab?

Totalled the Prius she hit with it.

Since I was born in 1954 I can remember seeing a few Studebakers in my youth. I really thought the Avanti was a great looking car. I don’t think I ever rode in any Studebakers though.

Someone still drives a Studebaker!?

Opal doesn’t have her own car?

LOL! Very good Opal! I have a couple of dimples myself, in the Honda I mean.

It seems to me that it would take some doing to put a dimple in one of those old heavy duty chrome on steel bumpers.

Good luck getting by with that bit of semantic trickery, Opal.

By the way, I’m surprised at how many commenters here think they own an old car, or that their Studebaker will be identical in design to one from our reality. In their universe, the Studebaker may be the latest thing.

Studebaker….from the time when people went through windshields and the belts were on your trousers not your seat, when if you lost your brakes, you lost all your brakes.

Dang, just how old is his car? Studebakers haven’t been manufactured in decades. And by the way, I’m from South Bend, Indiana where Studebaker was based.

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One dimple is uncool, Opal. You need to create a matching dimple on the other side.

Those things still exist?!

Opal…that’s not a dimple. It’s a dent but in your case, we’ll compromise…dent-ple.