Studebaker’s 1950 “bullet nose” design was so unconventional that people joked they couldn’t tell which way the car was facing — and it still sold 343,000 units, an all-time high for the brand. Owner Scott Cawley’s version skips the trailer-queen treatment entirely, running an updated suspension and a swapped-in modern engine so he can drive it daily. Here’s the design gamble that nearly didn’t happen, and the sales run that proved the doubters wrong.