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Hey, I haven't seen one of your posts in a long while. Have I just been missing them?
Poor image, as it's a photo of a photo, but my friend sent me a pic of his Dad's 40-year service plaque from Studebaker, received in 1966 for forty years in Greenville.
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The Champ truck has a midsize vibe, and I like the prominent grille on these, but the rating of it was actually slightly better than other full-size half-tons, as it was 'rated' to carry the same as those trucks but the truck itself weighed less. They were America's lowest-priced pickup at the time. The full-width rear window was standard, and the sliding window was unique in its class, as was the availability of a 5-speed transmission.
The paint color of the Champ for sale is not a factory color; the bumper should be white, and the wheels should be off-white. I'd at least have to change the wheels to factory color.
Still, I bet it'll sell well.
Despite the 'cobbled' vibe, I think these seem a bit more modern today than other domestic pickups of the same era.
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Studebakers were always body-on-frame. I know there are differences of opinion here, but some say body-on-frame is better for soaking up bumps and noises.
https://bringatrailer.com/listing/1962-studebaker-champ-truck-7/
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The conventional wisdom used to be to end car auctions on eBay on a Sunday evening. I bought two cars (neither 'classics') well on no-reserve eBay auctions that ended on weekday mornings. If there was any way to control the ending date on other 'bid' sites, I'd try and end it Sunday night too.
Anyone ever do a rendering of a “modern” Studebaker?
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I doubt they could've survived (afforded) all the safety requirements starting in the '67-68 era and later.
Although, now that I think about it, Avanti II somehow did it on their small output.
The automotive divisions were the foundation for the other divisions.
1962 photo.
Didn’t have enough time to snap a pic, though.
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I like that it appears that the white Lark hardtop has tinted glass in all windows. My white '63 had that option, which was somewhat rare. I was always reminded of an old glass Coca Cola bottle.
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It's a Canadian-built car. The interior door panels used in Canadian Cruisers were the lower-line 'Custom' panels used in South Bend--and Canadian '63's used the wheelcovers without the white color band--and I'd absolutely, positively have to have the second (!) LH outside rearview mirror, and those exhausts, removed, but what a sweet car otherwise.
I LOVE the optional Broadcloth interior this car has, and I think Blue Mist is one of the very best '63 Stude colors.
And the ad they show, with the brown Cruiser and the little kid and dog with the old Studebaker Child's Wagon, is my favorite '63 piece of advertising material, period.
I always liked the narrow whitewall that went right up against the wheel. I'm sure it's not being reproduced. A year or two ago, I saw a '63 Lark Regal four-door for sale with something like 10K miles, and it was still sitting on those whitewalls. I like the look a lot, but of course know they'd be unsafe now. I subsequently saw that very car for sale in a newer ad with wide whites....yuck!
https://www.curbsideclassic.com/uncategorized/craigslist-classic-1963-studebaker-lark-cruiser-someones-for-just-1-52-per-mile/
Portawalls, was that the name?
Those were right up against the rim on the 14 inch tires common then. These have the narrow ring but it's spaced away from the rim.
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Got my first ride in my friend's '64 Gran Turismo Super Hawk last night. He's 82 and got on it once...took right off and has a great exhaust burble. I love the '64 Hawks, best of any Stude I think.
A darker color would be sharper I think, but the original owner ordered Moonlight Silver.
I think the styling of the car makes it appear smaller than it is. Its wheelbase is 6 1/2 inches longer than the same year Thunderbird.
I like all the instrumentation.
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That white '63 is a beaut to my eyes. MHO only, but I think even though the Avanti has a back seat, it's closer to the mindset of a Corvette, than to a Thunderbird or Riviera. When the Avanti was introduced, the '62 Corvette was still being built.
I think it's cool, and seems unlikely, that the Avanti and Hawk were built at the same time and comprised two of the three car lines at Studebaker those years--specialty coupes.
Anyway, the 'Tangerine' interior color on Avantis didn't last the whole way through the '63 run, and that was probably a good idea. When I do see it, it's with a white car. This combo is original and unusual, but....I can't look away, LOL.
I love colorful interiors so I don't hate this one, though I don't like the tan trim that much.
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Caption:
City of Seattle 1963 Lark fleet car, sold by Central Studebaker in the biggest city fleet deal Studebaker had going in 1963. The dealership's building at Westlake & Aloha has recently been demolished.
That is the mid-year "Standard" model. It doesn't say "LARK" on it anywhere, but of course it's a Lark. It was brought out in the spring to have the dealers able to offer a Studebaker under $2,000.
As you know, I think the '63's are the most-handsome four-door Studebakers ever, but boy the 'Standard' was bare-bones!
That car has one of the two mirrors Studebaker offered that year--this is the one originally designed for Avanti but I like it on Larks and Hawks better than the other, plainer-style mirror and base and it was optional on Larks and Hawks.
The '64 models came out only about a month after this photo was taken and of course, on December 9, the announcement was made that Studebaker would stop automobile and truck production in the U.S. and continue Lark-type models only at its smaller plant in Hamilton, Ontario.
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For a compact car, I always liked the '64's clean and elegant front end styling, including the crowned front fenders.
I would've been in kindergarten when this photo was taken, LOL.