Re: 1957 Studebaker President Classic
Posted by 55PackardGuy On 2010/1/5 12:44:00
Owen-Dyneto,
Owen_Dyneto wrote:
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The story goes that the "Dictator" namemplate was dropped due to the rise in power of Mussolini and Hitler and public resentment over their policies.
sort of what I was getting at
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after the '30s, when dictators started to get a bad reputation
They may have been a little late dropping the Dictator in '37. It was four years after Mr. Hilter [sic] rose to Chancellorship, and Mussolini had been in power for some time. It must've been a "wait and see" proposition for Studebaker. Dictators (the politicians) were pretty popular among a fairly sizeable demographic group in the U.S. of the 1930's.
The Commander and Champion replacement names have a nice "Victory" spin on them, though.
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