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Title: Solved - NEH 4532: Studillac Silver Ray built for/by H. Donald Cannuzzi - 1953
Post by: Carnut on February 26, 2016, 07:11:41 AM
What's this, done by whom for whom - for 1 point?:

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Title: Re: NEH 4532
Post by: Otto Puzzell on February 27, 2016, 04:14:49 AM
Nice one - I have some pics of this one, once it's solved (by somebody else).  :)
Title: Re: NEH 4532
Post by: Carnut on March 04, 2016, 05:28:51 AM
Experts?
Title: Re: NEH 4532
Post by: galrot on March 09, 2016, 10:56:59 AM
It's a mid-'50s Studebaker customized for  H. Donald Canazzi in the late '50s, who owned a fiberglass boat company. Styling wise it looked it might have been designed by Canazzi himself (at least my source seems to say so), but the mechanic upgrades were done by Bill Frick. It was called the Golden Ray Studillac.
Title: Re: NEH 4532
Post by: Carnut on March 09, 2016, 11:25:46 AM
Quote from: galrot on March 09, 2016, 10:56:59 AM
It's a mid-'50s Studebaker customized for  H. Donald Canazzi in the late '50s, who owned a fiberglass boat company. Styling wise it looked it might have been designed by Canazzi himself (at least my source seems to say so), but the mechanic upgrades were done by Bill Frick. It was called the Golden Ray Studillac.

Another point!
Canazzi's boat-building company was Custom Craft of Buffalo, NY, and it's quite likely they carried out the fibre-glass mods to his designs.
Well done!
Now we can have a few more photos of this oddball...
Title: Re: Solved - NEH 4532: Studillac Silver Ray built for/by H. Donald Cannuzzi - 1953
Post by: D-type on March 09, 2016, 05:01:00 PM
Didn't James Bond's CIA mate , Felix Leiter, drive a Studillac (in the books)?
Title: Re: Solved - NEH 4532: Studillac Silver Ray built for/by H. Donald Cannuzzi - 1953
Post by: Carnut on March 09, 2016, 06:31:51 PM
Quote from: D-type on March 09, 2016, 05:01:00 PM
Didn't James Bond's CIA mate , Felix Leiter, drive a Studillac (in the books)?

Crikey, did he?
Just the job if you're working under cover as a spy...!
Title: Re: NEH 4532
Post by: Carnut on March 24, 2016, 07:01:32 AM
Quote from: Otto Puzzell on February 27, 2016, 04:14:49 AM
Nice one - I have some pics of this one, once it's solved (by somebody else).  :)

I'll post my other pics then...

Title: Re: Solved - NEH 4532: Studillac Silver Ray built for/by H. Donald Cannuzzi - 1953
Post by: Otto Puzzell on March 24, 2016, 04:09:16 PM
Sorry - I missed it. Nice pics!