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A Look Back: Dillinger financial institution theft in South Bend drives push for custom Studebaker for police

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Late on Saturday morning, June 30, 1934, the closely armed John Dillinger gang robbed Merchants National Bank on Michigan Street in downtown South Bend. Police officer Howard Wagner was killed while he approached the crowd as they made them leave the bank. After a shootout with a detective, two law enforcement officials, and a jeweler, the criminals got away with the police in warm pursuit. Several people remembered seeing the crowd’s black Hudson automobile pulling far from pursuing police as the robbers and law enforcement officials went racing out West Washington Street. The South Bend bank theft become Dillinger’s remaining. He was killed approximately three weeks later in Chicago. It becomes apparent that the South Bend Police Department was outgunned and outrun at some stage in their efforts to prevent the robbery and seize the thieves. In response, the Studebaker Company custom-designed a 1934 President for the department.

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This automobile boasted an effective motor, a gun porthole inside the windshield, and armored baffles to shield the radiator and tires. Although the police were now ready to fight “fire with fire,” the “Dillinger Car” was not truly used for crook pursuit. A few years later, the South Bend Police Department’s solution to John Dillinger became demolishing a spoil. Other police departments advanced armored police vehicles like the South Bend Dillinger Car. Canton, Ohio, changed a 1937 Studebaker President with many of the same capabilities, but it also had armor plating around the car body and 1-1/eight-inch thick bullet-evidence glass. The changes improved the auto’s weight by almost a ton and positioned a final price tag of $five 400 on an automobile that retailed for approximately $1,2 hundred. The simplest answer is that customized car covers are made specifically for a certain car type. Whether you have additional attachments in your car that make it hard to cover when parked outdoors, customizing the cover completely will easily solve the problem. The extensions will be included in considering the cover’s size and final look. You never have to worry about replacing your side mirror with funky-looking, irregularly shaped ones, for that matter, as you can

customize the body to have a mirror packet intended for your new set of mirrors. Why not have those pre-made covers? Pre-made covers have that one size fits all air, which is a little problem for some car owners. Once you have a pre-made car cover, you should be fortunate to have one that will perfectly fit with all the nooks and crannies in it. Otherwise, you will be stuck with an ill-fitted cover, and you will have to accept that it will not be able to provide the expected protection that your car needs from it. All cars have different dimensions. Even if you have a certain car model, there is a tendency that you will customize your vehicle according to your preference. The changes you make to your ‘s designvehicle could affect its dimensions. Customize one for your car instead of being challenged with an ill-fitting cover.

Customized car covers add beauty and elegance to your car even when covered. A perfectly fitted cover will bring out the best form of your car, highlighting its shape even though it is hidden under the covers. Aside from maintaining a good condition, a customized car cover can be made with your liking materials. You can have full control over the final product, from the fabric type to its color. You can choose among different fabrics that will suit your car’s needs. You can have breathable water- and UV-proof cloth to protect the vehicle when parked outside. A padded material would be great for bump and dent-prone areas such as the garage, the park, or even under that tree in the parking lot. However one may put it, customized car covers are very effective in protecting and maintaining a car’s aesthetic properties. This should be considered when having a new car cover to be used to its full potential, thereby not wasting any of your money.

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