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November 10, 2009

Found: 1929 Studebaker RV

By Dan Strohl

Hemmings

It’s long been known that Harvey Firestone, Henry Ford and Thomas Edison were camping enthusiasts, motoring out into the wilderness for a good ol’ time (and, likely, leaving the wives at home). But did they build RVs to serve that purpose?

Allegedly, Firestone did, and one of them recently turned up in South Carolina on a 1929 Studebaker chassis, and H.A.M.B.er mottsrods shared some pics of the behemoth with us. The only real clues as to its origin – beside the apocryphal Firestone story – are the “Dulce Domum – San Marino” painted on its flanks and the Advance Auto Body Works plate screwed to the body. Continue reading at Hemmings

Found: 1929 Studebaker RV

Comments

gfaules
Nov 10, 2009 at 9:02 pm

I would hate to see this be anything but original but having raced in the world famous La Carrera Panamericana where one of the most popular cars is the Studebaker I can’t help but imagine how cool it would be to have this vehicle serve as the support vehicle for an Panamericana Original class Studebaker.

GTwildfire
Nov 10, 2009 at 7:19 pm

This really better be reconditioned with history in mind. Modern mods have their place and that’s not it.
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Whoever got that really has something in every interpretation.

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