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2009 BMW 335i, 2003 Corvette cnv. (RIP 2001 Jaguar XK8 cnv and 1985 MB 380SE [the best of the lot])
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2009 BMW 335i, 2003 Corvette cnv. (RIP 2001 Jaguar XK8 cnv and 1985 MB 380SE [the best of the lot])
2021 VW Arteon SEL 4-motion, 2018 VW Passat SE w/tech, 2016 Audi Q5 Premium Plus w/tech
"The McKinnon engines used a forged crank versus bread and butter U.S. engines having a cast crank. They also used the early 283 power pack heads (rectangle with a triangle) whereas domestic engines used the two barrel heads. The McKinnon engines used the wider early timing set where by 65/66 domestic smallblock timing sets were narrower. I believe but I have not verified it that the blocks were a HD casting with cylinder walls thick enough that you could bore it .125 to 4". The rods also had a little heavier beam section which was the same as the 327. It was a good motor. The crank was the same one used on the early production small journal Z28 302's."
I'm sure that none of the above were Studebaker decisions, but were what GM offered to sell Studebaker.
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Floor-shift auto trans (PRND21) and in-dash tach.
The owner is a nice guy from IL who has owned the car since 1966 and was raised in South Bend and was the son of a Studebaker employee.
I thought of fintail when he told me this, but he related that when he was a teen in the early sixties, the Studebaker Administration Building had Mercedes-Benz cars in the lobby. He was climbing all through a Gullwing until the receptionist told him, basically, to scram, LOL. He said at the time he was overwhelmed/turned off by the strong aroma of the Benz's leather, but thought he could overlook that on one now.
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Funny story about the gullwing, seeing as gullwing production ended in 1957, to have one on display in the 60s seems unusual, but maybe the doors and general look of the car were still enough of a party trick to keep it relevant. In the early 70s you could pick them up for 5K easy.
There was one 190SL in the car show out there Saturday, but it was a '56!
2021 VW Arteon SEL 4-motion, 2018 VW Passat SE w/tech, 2016 Audi Q5 Premium Plus w/tech
But again, it looks sharp.
I have to learn and unlearn so much new tech all the time with work, I like my life simple outside-of-work!
But to answer your question, I did have a new single exhaust put on last Tuesday. The NOS Y-pipes I bought in South Bend a couple weeks back went on without a hitch, they told me. The guy said that had I not had them, he wouldn't have taken on the job!
Small thing, but you can see the bright silver clamp from the rear. I think I'll paint that flat black, LOL.
I took it to its first 'public showing'; i.e., cruise-in, Thursday evening, about two miles from here. It has patina but a fellow with a modified '69 Chevelle appreciated it, especially, and we spoke for a good hour.
Most people are pretty wowed with the interior. It looks like a turquoise brocade couch, front and rear, LOL.
It runs and drives beautifully, as it should with 25,850 miles.
That Lark price sounds insane for an incorrect car, must have been free booze night
Low mileage sold it I guess, but the mods with the miles would make me a little suspicious.
At an auction you only need two egos in the room. Besides, price isn't that far off Hagerty's #1 concours value guide. Mecum had it estimated at $100K, so it legitimately fell far short of that.
Would be a fun car to own for about $35,000.
2009 BMW 335i, 2003 Corvette cnv. (RIP 2001 Jaguar XK8 cnv and 1985 MB 380SE [the best of the lot])
https://www.mecum.com/lots/SC0517-282542/1960-studebaker-lark-viii-convertible/
There are so many basic errors of fact (the numbers, mostly) in that description of the yellow '60 Lark, above, my head is spinning. But the car itself was an honest car and the buyer is very pleased.
Looks like some Studes are bringing really good money.
( a little drilling, maybe).
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x1gnofy_mayberry-rfd-s02e26-the-mynah-bird_shortfilms
Other cars in the series were provided by Chrysler Corporation, and this is noted in the end credits.
Bavier must've wanted to just drive her own car.
IMDB says this is the final episode with the 'Aunt Bee' character.
The car survives by owners in Denton, NC, in somewhat rough shape. It was Bavier's last car and was in her garage when she died in 1989, sitting on flat tires and partly-lived-in by cats.
I know I like Studebakers, but to me that Stude has stood the test of styling, time-wise, better than Howard's car.
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=1388154124554774&set=pcb.1388154327888087&type=3
If you click on that previous link, then click on my name there, you'll see a few more photos I took of the car and the new-car paperwork that came with it.
The one pic of the car, right side, looks almost like there's a light-colored pinstripe at the top of the bodyside running from the back of the car to the front of the rear doors. No such thing; just the lighting in the pic.
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The car wasn't ordered by the retail customer, so the savings for no rear belts is a mystery to me. I have never seen another '60's Studebaker with the wire wheel covers on the build sheet. The radio was added at some point, but it's a '66 Studebaker radio (one-year-only knobs and buttons), and the trim plate behind it is dead-on, so I have to believe the dealer added it.
It's funny about the center armrest...the '65 and '66 Chevy Caprice sedans had the center armrest in the rear seat only. I'm thinking Ford LTD was like that too then but not 100% sure. In '67, for the Caprice, the center armrest moved to the front seat. I'd rather have it in front myself.
Pics hide some stuff--the paint is somewhat faded and there are some parking lot nicks on the car. But, it is by far the most original Studebaker I've owned. Just a few miles under 26,000 now.
Looking at your pics, I still have to say you got the best color combo. I like blue, and that's such a pleasing period correct shade. Have you waxed and detailed it?
If I were ordering a '66 Stude, this is the color I'd probably pick. I've heard a guy or two say that this was the most popular color in '66. I have actually seen one the same exterior color but with gold brocade interior--yuck (MHO only). I do feel lucky to have this car...at least so far!
It's a pretty mid-sixties color tone, isn't it?
I do think I'll watch the miles, but I don't think I ever put more than 2K miles on a Stude in driving season before; I'd be OK to do that I think.
Blue on gold doesn't work as well, for sure. Your blue color is very much of the time to my eyes, not as pastel as an earlier car, but not the earthtones that took over by the end of the decade. I haven't put 2K miles a year on my old car since it was my daily driver, I am sure you will be fine with that - you have low miles, but not so low that it can't be driven. If anything, you are keeping it healthy by driving it. I put 100 miles on my car on Sunday, and I think it helps the car.
2009 BMW 335i, 2003 Corvette cnv. (RIP 2001 Jaguar XK8 cnv and 1985 MB 380SE [the best of the lot])
2021 VW Arteon SEL 4-motion, 2018 VW Passat SE w/tech, 2016 Audi Q5 Premium Plus w/tech
I once saw a loaded 1956 Chevy Bel Air that had every option I believed was offered that year. Power windows, seats, steering, brakes Autronic Eye and more but, alas, that ugly plate where the radio should have been!