We Have A Winner!

Out of the thousands of entries (well, more like a dozen) for our “Identify that rusted old car in a field” contest, we had one correct answer. To jog your memory, here is said vehicle, on the side of State Route 33 near Maricopa:

I did not give you any hints about this vehicle’s identity, but if I were to have given you one, I would have mentioned Fozzie’s car in The Muppet Movie:

So now, it all must be coming back to you. You’re hitting your head and saying “Oh, right! Of course! It’s a 1951 Studebaker Commander!”

Well, Ron Postrel knew it immediately, and he’s the winner of this contest, which earns him the remainder of my blue Peeps marshmallow abominations that I received for Easter.

Ron actually pegged the car as a 1951 Studebaker Champion. The two models look very similar. The differences primarily lay within their engines, brakes, and interior trim. So, with a rusted hulk in the field like this one, it’s really impossible to tell the difference. So Ron earns the prize.

Honorable mention goes to Peter Detwiler, who immediately identified it as a Studebaker Commander, although he was off by a couple of years. The key to the 1950-51 models was that “bullet nose” front. Here’s a picture of a properly restored model:

Stay tuned for more potentially enriching quizzes like this one!