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General Category => Cars For Sale & Wanted => Topic started by: Jim B PEI on January 08, 2012, 08:11:46 PM

Title: ALLSTATE for sale $500
Post by: Jim B PEI on January 08, 2012, 08:11:46 PM

http://forum.studebakerdriversclub.com/showthread.php?58011-50-0r-52-Studebaker-for-sale

Its not a Studebaker or a Henry J, its an Allstate and its in the Fresno area

Title: Re: ALLSTATE for sale $500
Post by: joefrazer on January 08, 2012, 09:50:23 PM

Here's a direct link to the c-list ad...

http://fresno.craigslist.org/pts/2789045375.html

Title: Re: ALLSTATE for sale $500
Post by: Roadmaster49 on January 08, 2012, 11:07:11 PM

Wow.  They only made a few hundred Allstates and here is one that is getting parted.  I wonder how many are left?

Title: Re: ALLSTATE for sale $500
Post by: kaiserfrazerlibrary on January 09, 2012, 06:19:08 AM

They made a lot more than a few hundred (in total) during the 1952 and 1953 model years (but it does get down into the hundreds when you dig to specific models each year, in some cases).   During 1953, Sears used some of their leftover 1953 models as giveaways in store promotions so they ended up getting spread around the country.

It should be noted that the Sears  Roebuck & Co, executive who spearheaded the Allstate project ended up becoming the Chairman of the Board at Sears a year after the project ended!