1959 & 1960 Larks

I know these are not that old but thought I'd share anyway

Nice! I can't wait to read more about them. If you consider the mileage, they're not that old but they're certainly old enough to post on the ACAA.

Thanks Bleach

I just liked these 2 cars - I own 2 Town and Contry Sedans - so obviously

my taste in cars does not depend strictly on make, model, etc

I am more into the condition and value(s) really doesn't play a part in my decisions

to buy a car.

I just like them all, especially woodies, but I cannot afford to collect the ones I especially like

so I "settle" for some oddball stuff

When I get them home I plan to try - weather permitting - cleaning them up (with pics of course)

and then getting them road worthy (might have to wait a while for that)

I have a question.

The hood latch cable on the black car either broke or came loose.

How can I open the latch?

I tried but I need some help.

Look on the car with the working hood latch to see how it's configured. Then, perhaps with the aid of a coat hanger or bent rod, you'll need to reach up between the grille and radiator to hook on to what ever part of the mechanism that will unlatch the hood.

Nice cars! They look to be quite show-worthy as they are. Just clean them up and enjoy them.

UPDATE:

I got the hood opened on the black car.

From a genius on a Studebaker site -

I used 2 thin paint stirrer sticks between the hood and the body.

Wedged them in (and no damage at all because they are wood)

and then slid one and pushed against the hood release mechanism - JOILA

Thanks for all the compliments about the cars, too.

I have been sporadically cleaning the black one - polishing mostly.

I will try to get a few new pics of what it is looking like.

Joe

Joe,

Hope to see you posting on the Studebaker Drivers Club Forum. Voracious appetite for all things Studebaker through 1966 and even later.

http://forum.studebakerdriversclub.com/

I thought 66 was the last year for Studes. How can there be anything later?

Great little cars, and faster than the new 1964 & 1965 Mustangs back in 1965. I loved my red 1959 Studebaker Lark VII untill the U. S. Air Force sent me overseas. I sold it for a big loss and the idiot I sold it to totalled it a few months later. That light weight little hard top would fly with the Studebaker V8.

This was it in 1965. Oh my god, that was 50 years ago, *@Z&()&$#@!

Joe,

Hope to see you posting on the Studebaker Drivers Club Forum. Voracious appetite for all things Studebaker through 1966 and even later.

http://forum.studebakerdriversclub.com/

Just joined the Forum

Waiting for approval

I thought 66 was the last year for Studes. How can there be anything later?

Avantis, Gravely tractors, Guelph stoves, etc, etc. Studebaker stopped making vehicles but, they have never gone out of business, even today. From the start of their smithing in Pennsylvania in the mid 1700s, I guess you could say they've been around longer than any.

And, The Studebaker Drivers Club has nearly 13,000 members and is one of, if not the, largest single-marque club in the world.

I forgot about all those diversified ventures.

Here are a few new pics of the black Lark. I was able to clean the trunk lid/rear bumper/d.s. quarter panel. (NOTE: the splash panel below the rear bumper is only dirty - it is not rusty)

Looks as if both cars will clean up nicely.

Joe

In the era of the big-finned Imperials and Cadillacs, these Larks were probably the most intelligent products to emerge from ANY American producer.

Their success made Studebaker scads of money, which the corporation used to purchase diversification. Three years later, to compete, GM came out with the Chevy II and Studebaker's automotive production could see the darkness at the end of the tunnel.

I have posted these Larks for sale on the Studebaker Drivers Club Forum

$3100.00 for both

$1500.00 each

Joe

Did you get them running and driving?

Did you get them running and driving?

I am working on the black one a little bit.