Below are links to five photos that were sent to me, these first three are unidentified:
made of galvanized cast iron (if old enough). New cheap ones may be aluminum or die metal.
Joe Gwinn
carriage.
while cooling itself fairly well with the fins.
the car?
hanging something like two umbrellas at the bottom (one hook missing.)
Enjoy, DoN.
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Correct, they are downspout brackets.
Rob
Since some of the buildings had other uses after the demise of Studebaker's South Bend operations, this might have nothing to do with the car manufacturer. I'm forwarding the photo to a couple experts...
It was found in South Bend, don't know which building, I'll ask the person who sent the photo.
Rob
The experts came through -- this was apparently the frame of a prototype moon sample cart under development for NASA (?) in 1963. There are a couple threads on the Studebaker Drivers Club forums dealing with the restoration of the "Turtle." The wheels of the prototype are of some sort of foam. This may have just been a handy material for a mock-up; the sketch on the second page below shows grooved tires more typical for cross-country, off-road (or lunar!) use. No engineering documents seem to be still in existence; the lunar transport use is word-of-mouth.
assembled Curtiss-Wright engines for B-24 bombers during WWI. They also developed the M29 Weasel, a tracked vehicle originally developed for Artic use. The Weasel could climb 15-degree slopes, and the sealed bottom allowed it to float. An amphibious version was "perfected" in late '43. Over the 15-thousand-some Weasels built, there still exist several excellent operational examples. The "St. Lo Special" is part of the collection at the Studebaker National Museum in South Bend.
Oops -- WWII.
=A0 =A0 =A0Bobby XD9
That was my thought too. Karl
Thanks for solving this one! Someone sent me the photo a few months ago and I never got around to posting it on the web site. At least the answer was more interesting than I expected.
Rob
Gunner Asch on Sat, 31 Jul 2010 20:25:01 -0700 typed in rec.crafts.metalworking the following:
"When in wonder, when in doubt ..." call it an Alien Sex Toy, banned in six systems, by 3 religions, two cults and the Sacred Guild of Joybuzzlers on Sigma Draco..
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