1951 "Muppet Movie" Commander

As of May 2006, the Muppet Commander was on display at the new museum. It was looking a bit tired, so a jar was placed next to it, in order to collect money for restoration. KK

About four years ago I saw one of the two 10 miles away from where I live in CA.. it was with a guy who also had a few other Studebakers. I was there looking at a 64 sedan for sale. The car was in need of some work and sounds like it was modified the same way as the one at the museum. It could be the same one as I have not followed where it went.

Wiz.

Pictures of the muppet car I took in May:

The last photo reminds me of being like a ball turret gunner on a B-17, except the downward view ain't that spectacular.

BG

Isn't it SUPPOSED to be?

It's a cartoon car, for cryin' out loud, which happens to have as much, if not more, significance as such than as a piece of Studebaker history.

As such, it deserves to be left alone, for what it is. It should never be, "restored," and should never really be compared to what "original" was, as it relates to when the car was built, as compared to when the Muffet movie (a cartoon) was produced.

Just like it is, it serves as a compliment, a national symbol, an honor to Studebaker for carrying out such an outrageous design that it should appear many years later in a cartoon setting.

Leave this car alone, and leave it in the Studebaker museum! It is much more than a car, because it is what it is!

Good grief, don't ya get it?

Betcha it has a belly button motor in it

"Dave's Place" wrote...

Ya think?