Hi All,
Wondering if any of you know the Stude in the attached photos. A friend of mine sent me these photos. Apparently a friend or co-worker of his inherited this car. The original owner, the current owner's grandfather, bought the car new and passed away in the late seventies. Apparently, he had a horse farm or stables or something like that. I don't know how true it is, but my friend told me that it had literally been dug out from under a pile of straw and manure behind a barn where it has been sitting for seven years. Supposedly it ran seven years ago when it was parked behind the barn and the pile of hay and manure sort of creeped over the top and down the side with time.
He apparently found it with the tires flat, put air in the tires and they held and then he hauled it up from southern California to someplace near the bay area. He hasn't attempted to clean it - just threw the cover over it. The owner supposedly has the title, registration and some other papers for the car.
It doesn't really look very special to me, just a typical four door with an automatic transmission. Seems like there are a lot of these around in the yards and on the net and they're in way better shape than this, but I'm no expert like some of you guys. Something I see that seems kind of out-of-place for a four-door - I see one of those little red, white and blue emblems on the front fender with an 8 in the middle, and a pair of crossed checkered flags with the V8 symbol in the center behind the back quarter window. Oh yeah, and front bucket seats with a console. Did Studebaker make some kind of sporty or performance four-door in the mid-60s (!!!), or is this just a case of an owner attaching emblems 'just 'cuz they're cool'?
Love the plate. Maybe it was a mule breeder that owned it? I can see a quadraped in the background of one photo that definitely looks like it's a member of the equine family - but I can't see the head clearly so I have no idea whether it's a horse, mule, donkey or a gruffalump.
Wondering if any of you know the Stude in the attached photos. A friend of mine sent me these photos. Apparently a friend or co-worker of his inherited this car. The original owner, the current owner's grandfather, bought the car new and passed away in the late seventies. Apparently, he had a horse farm or stables or something like that. I don't know how true it is, but my friend told me that it had literally been dug out from under a pile of straw and manure behind a barn where it has been sitting for seven years. Supposedly it ran seven years ago when it was parked behind the barn and the pile of hay and manure sort of creeped over the top and down the side with time.
He apparently found it with the tires flat, put air in the tires and they held and then he hauled it up from southern California to someplace near the bay area. He hasn't attempted to clean it - just threw the cover over it. The owner supposedly has the title, registration and some other papers for the car.
It doesn't really look very special to me, just a typical four door with an automatic transmission. Seems like there are a lot of these around in the yards and on the net and they're in way better shape than this, but I'm no expert like some of you guys. Something I see that seems kind of out-of-place for a four-door - I see one of those little red, white and blue emblems on the front fender with an 8 in the middle, and a pair of crossed checkered flags with the V8 symbol in the center behind the back quarter window. Oh yeah, and front bucket seats with a console. Did Studebaker make some kind of sporty or performance four-door in the mid-60s (!!!), or is this just a case of an owner attaching emblems 'just 'cuz they're cool'?
Love the plate. Maybe it was a mule breeder that owned it? I can see a quadraped in the background of one photo that definitely looks like it's a member of the equine family - but I can't see the head clearly so I have no idea whether it's a horse, mule, donkey or a gruffalump.
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