INTERESTING LETTER STATING HORSE-POWER RATING!

[Rick Allen]

Don't know how or when I came across this letter but thought it interesting and perhaps others would like to see it.

It's dated Nov. 25, 1963, not very long before Studebaker shut down the South Bend factory, it's from a William C. (can't make out the last name), Dir. of Public Relations and sent to a Mr. Bob Palina (don't know who he is), it even mentions "hearing from Studebaker on the country's drag strips in 1964", little did he know what was looming in just a few short weeks,,,

[Dwight FitzSimons]

The letter is from William C. Dredge.

[Nelson]

Bob Palma was a technical editor for the Studebaker Drivers Club. Bob died of cancer earlier this year. I thought everybody into Studebaker’s new Bob. He was a real patriot for the Studebaker name and one heck of a nice guy.

[Nelson]

Those hp ratings are certainly skewed to the low side. With an R2 you probably have about 3 pounds boost at 4800 rpm. Impellers with minimum clearance would be at 6 pounds at 5500 rpm. I imagine those figures were conceived after looking over the potential drag racing classes