807 Comments for Studebaker Stamping Plant

SLS, I think you're right. It makes sense.

Well since Studebaker went out of business I think a long time ago, a non existent company who was bankrupt and no longer producing or manufacturing had no need or want of files and receipts anymore I would venture to guess. Also, even if they had not gone out of business and just closed the plant, it would have taken a lot of money even to move just files out of there. See, it looks like a slew of files...I think that's why any abandoned places will have machinery and tools and (at the time) expensive machinery and files left over because (especially if they were bankrupt), they were too expensive to remove, easier to leave there and not have to deal with every again. Sorry for the run-ons, the Army has kept me up 48 straight hours and now I can't sleep.

I see this abundance of woodblocks and can't help but imagine the amount of trees cut down to floor the entire plant with them. Yeesh. Motts, are they held down with mortar of some sort or are they just kind of placed in there tightly? And what type of room was that?

Mag-frickin'-nificent!

Love the shot. In a way it reminds me of that movie 8 Mile...and really of Detroit itself. Your pics always capture a mood Motts.

Thanks, Motts!! Great gallery! Being an old car buff, I would have loved to be there...

AWRRIGHT EVERYBODY....FAN OUT!!!

I hope they salvage those engines....Looks to be enough of them there to start production again!

Funny, Jude...I was gonna say how it looked like a big box truck pulling in... ; )

AAHHHhhhh....My looooooooong hallway shot! Long MASSIVE hallway shot...

Motts, didn't you say IH leased this plant after Stude closed down? Could these be old tractor or semi engines? I know a lot of folks here in KY who could make good use of these to pull a lumbermill or other stationary application. They even have the transmissions attached.

Could there be a possible connection to the comment made about the engines? If they were diesel engines for military trucks....?

I had to lie on the FLOOR to look at THIS one!!

Makes you wonder why they were so important to store them , but yet to just walk off & leave them.

Yeah, and referring back to your comments on the first page, that totally explains how an ill designed plant could bankrupt a company. What a klunky system! Its interesting that the two companies that leased the plant after Stude shut down also went bankrupt. Of course Lee Iaccoca pulled Chrysler out of its slump, but IH shut down most of its operations for good. I wonder if this plant was the cause?