cruise-in overload: and we’re just gettin’ started
If we indeed had 89 cars, a few eluded my lens. If you’re still on dial-up, brush up on your Heimlich, ’cause your computer’s gonna choke: 1923 Ford Model T, H. Von Haggin 1931 Chrysler CD8, Mark...
View ArticleSedan sales in South Bend
There were many good deals in the car corral at the international Studebaker meet in South Bend, Indiana, including this 1956 President and the 1962 Lark behind it photo courtesy Richard Lentinello I...
View ArticleSIA Flashback – A Studebaker by Porsche
More than a year ago, we showed a photo in Hemmings Classic Car’s Lost and Found (June 2007) of a Studebaker Lark fitted with a 1953 Porsche engine and drivetrain under the decklid. We didn’t receive...
View ArticleHemmings Find of the Day – 1960 Studebaker Lark VIII
In the comments to the recent Rambler American Find of the Day, we did some quick comparison to the contemporary Studebaker Lark. As luck would have it, a 1960 Studebaker Lark VIII just recently came...
View ArticleHemmings Find of the Day – 1960 Studebaker Lark VI
A V-8 might be nice in any older car, but for the true experience of driving an economy car from the late 1950s/early 1960s, you need a six-cylinder engine. This 1960 Studebaker Lark VI for sale on...
View ArticleHemmings Find of the Day – 1961 Studebaker Lark VIII station wagon
With all the high-dollar restorations and “barn-find” originals out there, it’s tough to keep in mind that the natural progression for most old cars is to simply stay on the road, still earning their...
View ArticleHemmings Find of the Day – 1962 Studebaker Lark Regal
Low-priced compacts from the Sixties (especially those built by independents) tend not to get such nice restorations as this 1962 Studebaker Lark Regal for sale on Hemmings.com displays. That’s no jab...
View ArticleIn praise of the Studebaker Lark
The 1960 Lark added two new body styles to the line’s 1959 debut: a convertible and the four-door wagon shown here. In a world where a “full size” GM or Ford vehicle is about 10 inches shorter than...
View ArticleThe Sceptre, the Cruiser, and Brooks Stevens’s radical plan to save Studebaker
Photos and images courtesy Milwaukee Art Museum. By 1963, Studebaker as a carmaker had run out of options. Bleeding cash, facing stiff competition, and with no new products in the pipeline, the only...
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