#213400 Performance Pioneer #8  "Ed Roth , Rat Fink" 1916 Studebaker Panel MIB

The hi/story behind these vehicles is the following:  "THERE WERE 10,200 OF THE FIRST, WHICH WERE SHIPPED FROM THE FACTORY WITHOUT THE RAT FINK DECAL ON TOP AND WAS TAN AND BROWN. DIFFERENT LETTERING ALSO APPEARS ON THE BACK OF THE MISSING RAT FINK BANKS. THIS WAS A BIG MISTAKE ON SPEC-CAST AND ALL OF THESE BANKS WERE RETURNED TO SPEC-CAST FOR REMANUFACTURE OR DESTRUCTION. ONLY 10,000 OF THE SECOND, CORRECTED BANK WERE MADE AND RETURNED FROM SPEC-CAST TO EASTWOOD. THESE ARE YELLOW AND BROWN AND HAVE THE DISTINCTIVE "RAT FINK" DECAL ON THE ROOF. 200 OF THE ORIGINIAL 10,200 WERE STOLEN BY AN EMPLOYEE, "NO RAT FINK ON ROOF". WHEN THE EMPLOYEE WAS FIRED, HE THEN SOLD THEM TO A DEALER IN NASHVILLE, TN. FROM THERE THE MISSING 200 RAT FINK 1916 STUDEBAKER PANELS WERE SOLD." I can't confirm or deny the story