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mswantak
02-05-05, 03:00 AM
1971 Columbia Tourist V 5-speed. My wife says it reminds her of a Studebaker. :D

http://home.comcast.net/~mswantak/wsb/media/1477/site1356.jpg

USAZorro
02-05-05, 06:47 AM
Nah! Maybe if it had whitewalls. ;)
bigbossman
02-05-05, 08:40 AM
1971 Columbia Tourist V 5-speed. My wife says it reminds her of a Studebaker. :D


Sooooo-ie! :eek:

I hope you didn't pay much for it. :D Where's the basket?

John D.

Nightshade
02-05-05, 08:44 AM
Hey!! Studebakers were good depend cars in their day. Not pretty
to be sure but they were dependable. This bike looks to be dependable
too and not pretty.......just like a Studebaker. ;)
mswantak
02-05-05, 04:29 PM
Sooooo-ie! :eek:

I hope you didn't pay much for it. :D Where's the basket?

John D.

Remember? You said you needed it to keep your Mondia in. :p
raverson
02-05-05, 11:04 PM
Hey, my Dad used to have a Studerbaker back in the day, and was very fond of it. He also had a Rambler with 3 on the tree that I learned to drive with. Sure beats walking.
mswantak
02-06-05, 01:36 AM
I think this is the sort of Studebaker being referred to...

http://www.classicshow.com.br/images_eventos/Rio_de_Janeiro/1949-Studebaker_Champion_(1).jpg


Not this kind. ;)

http://www.stude.com/64avanti.jpg
giant99
02-06-05, 05:49 AM
My first car was a 62 studebaker lark. 3 on the tree.
KrisPistofferson
02-06-05, 06:25 AM
I never got the whole Studebaker=ugly thing. I always thought they were RAD. That bike is RAD, too!
norton
02-06-05, 07:05 AM
1971 Columbia Tourist V 5-speed. My wife says it reminds her of a Studebaker. :D

http://home.comcast.net/~mswantak/wsb/media/1477/site1356.jpg


If it was a Studebaker, wouldn't the back-end look like the front-end?
altpensacola
02-06-05, 07:52 AM
Hey I can hear the chain tapping against safety fender.
It actually is probally a pretty smooth ride in city.
Any bike is better than no bike at all!
Shifty
02-06-05, 08:55 AM
You should put some baseball cards in the spokes attached with clothes pins to capture the true essence, and re-submit the photo, then when everyone veiws we'll go BUURRRRRR (it's hard to get that effect from the keyboard!)
james Haury
02-06-05, 08:56 AM
I like it .It appears to be very practical.
Shifty
02-06-05, 09:03 AM
I never got the whole Studebaker=ugly thing. I always thought they were RAD. That bike is RAD, too!

My dad had a 64 (I think, could be a year off) Grand Tursisamo Hawk, and like all SB Hawks, it was about 15 years ahead of it time on styling. Compare a 60's ear Hawk with a 70's Camero and you'll see what I mean, low and wide profile and understated for the day. Wish I still had dad's GT Hawk, and wish I still had dad! both classics.
mswantak
02-06-05, 09:39 AM
Any bike is better than no bike at all!

You've never ridden my Free Spirit 3-speed coaster... :eek: