Reply To: Searching for 1928 Series 81 7 passenger sedan

[Robert Reeves]

This might be a car of interest to the Society: it was the President’s car built for Myron Forbes. He retained it when Studebaker put him out on the street Dec 31 1929. Eventually it came to his daughter Helen, and I remember driving around Pasadena as my mother’s daily driver until 1948. At that time it went to the other daughter. My cousin told me she was able to hold her Brownie meetings in it. Eventually they put it out on the corner of a service station and it was eventually purchased, perhaps by Mr. Long who eventually had it. I understand that a full restoration was performed and that every engine part was stamped with grandfather’s initials, MEF.

It would be very nice to find it again. I don’t believe I even have a picture.