A SUPER feature on The Plain Brown Wrapper -Cousin George Krem's 1964
R3 Challenger 2-door- is the topic of Page 74's "Weekend Warrior" by
Columnist George Mattar in the February 2005 Hemmings Muscle Machines.
Full color, with a shot of Ted leaving the line in the car at The Pure
Stock Muscle Car Drag Race. ('Just got mine in today's mail as a
subscriber. Should be on the newsstands for single-copy sales around
January 15th.)
You'll be hard-pressed to believe George Krem, Ted Harbit, or myself
didn't write the article, and I assure you none of us did. Never has
such in-your-face cheerleading been written about this car. In fact, I
probably would have backed off a little if I was given the task of
writing the piece, for fear of appearing a little braggadocious!
But not general muscle car writer George Mattar, apparently. I guess
when you are so astonished by the performance of a car that most
hobbyists can't imagine being that fast, you can't contain your
excitement. Hey, we'll take it wherever we can get it for Studebakers!
I handed the article to my wife and said, "And THIS, honey, is what
Cousin George [Krem] and I have been striving for 40 years to see in
print!" YEEE-HAA!
So thanks, George Mattar and Hemmings Muscle Machines. BP
John Poulos - 31 Dec 2004 03:00 GMT
You guys are sure stirring up some interest. I've received more phone
calls from Brand X'ers looking for R2, cars in recent months. Some even
mention " Like the Plain Brown Wrapper" and a few are shopping "For a
client" I even offered to build a clone, but they are searching for
"investment quality cars." (A phrase I never thought I'd hear about a
Studebaker) Of course others are calling looking for $3000 R2's, but
they are calling.
A few more years of Ted and company, and everyone will think all
Studebakers are collectible Muscle Cars. <g>
> A SUPER feature on The Plain Brown Wrapper -Cousin George Krem's 1964
> R3 Challenger 2-door- is the topic of Page 74's "Weekend Warrior" by
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> print!" YEEE-HAA!
> So thanks, George Mattar and Hemmings Muscle Machines. BP

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64 Challenger (Green Wrapper)
64 GT Hawk (Ca. Div)
64 GT Hawk #2 (Ca. Div)
63 R2 4 speed GT Hawk (keeper)
63 R2 4 speed GT Hawk #2
63 GT Hawk
63 GT Hawk #2
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