The mother of all original Studebakers....For you Joe.

[fahrenschnell]

I have been talking about this car for a while. It is my Grandfathers....He purchased it from the original owner 8 years ago. The original owner was my Step-mothers-Step-mothers first husband. He drove it for 6 months and then got hit by a car and could no longer drive a stick. It is a 63' Studebaker Lark w/ a Straight 6 and 3 on the tree. It has 2800 miles on it and still rolls on factory rubber. It still smells new. I love it. Here are the pictures.
































Seth

[mustang13]

Re: The mother of all original Studebakers....For you Joe.

NICE!!!!!!!!!!!

[Junk Whisperer]

Re: The mother of all original Studebakers....For you Joe.

Fantastic! There was a PAIR of 1-owner Studes in HEMMINGS not too long ago. BOTH CARS were purchased by the same guy(1 for Him & 1 for His Wife...)and kept them in a private Garage on their Estate(must have been 'loaded'/$$....) :o. Anyway,the 1'st Car was a '63 Lark like yours,while the guy's Wife was given/bought a new '65 Daytona Hardtop. Lark had the L6,while the '65 Daytona had a 327 Stude V8. Neither Car had more than 1500 miles :o. Long story short:---the Children of the owners were asking $30-Grand each :o. ~J/W-006.

[SuperBuickGuy]

Re: The mother of all original Studebakers....For you Joe.

very nice

[DanStokes]

Re: The mother of all original Studebakers....For you Joe.

Seth -
THANKS for posting the pics. It's absolutely WONDERFUL! My little heart is going pitty-pat (you know that's not all that good for me). Once you have a place for it, get it, save it, love it, and drive it just a little.

Dan

[62-impala-ss]

Re: The mother of all original Studebakers....For you Joe.

Was it just washed in those pics, or is it that condensation.

[Rustang]

Re: The mother of all original Studebakers....For you Joe.

Is that yours now? Wow that is amazing....2800 miles.

[fahrenschnell]

Re: The mother of all original Studebakers....For you Joe.

Was it just washed in those pics, or is it that condensation.

Condensation....It was about 20 degrees in the garage.

It isn't mine yet.....YET. I have made it clear to my grandfather that I would like to buy it off of him, but I don't have the cash.....Soon though.

Oh...and BTW it runs like it is 2 days old.

Seth

[min301]

Re: The mother of all original Studebakers....For you Joe.

Totally badass!

I'm not a huge stude fan, but that there is a piece of history.

[fahrenschnell]

Re: The mother of all original Studebakers....For you Joe.

There is a little part of me that wants to stick a screaming small block in it and go do wheelies. ;D

I must resist.....AAAHhhhhhhhh

Seth

[Brian Lohnes]

Re: The mother of all original Studebakers....For you Joe.

Better be a Stude motor. There are guys running high 12's on 289 inches of South Bend derived power!

Brian

[62-impala-ss]

Re: The mother of all original Studebakers....For you Joe.

Was it just washed in those pics, or is it that condensation.

Condensation....It was about 20 degrees in the garage.


Seth

Need some vents in that garage or that thing wont be in that condition much longer.

[milner351]

Re: The mother of all original Studebakers....For you Joe.

wicked cool - it could probably have a place in the henry ford museum - but that would be a shame - I say once you have a good place to store it and the 'bu - you'll have a good start on the best of both worlds - the sweet old timer I6 smooth running ice cream getter, and the bat outta heck high revving tire smoker.

[JOES66FURY]

Re: The mother of all original Studebakers....For you Joe.

Sweeeeeeet.....I dig stuff like that

[fast Ed]

Re: The mother of all original Studebakers....For you Joe.

Wow!! That definitely needs an R4 Avanti swap. ;D


cheers
Ed N.