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...A bit of background. Few years back, I was perusing a copy of the Canadian Speedway Guide, and noticed "Mosquito Speedway", a clay oval in, of all places, Nolalu, Ontario. Now Nolalu is not quite the first place one would think a speedway might be located; it's 44 km northwest of the middle of nowhere, so to speak. But I knew where it was...because I had cousins who lived there. On my next visit it became crucial to visit this improbably-located speedway. And this was the track's "signpost": the hulk of a 62-63 Lark hardtop (or maybe even a doctored convertible), obviously once a stocker (note the rollcage), its hood held shut with a couple cinderblocks...and a giant metal cutout of a mosquito perched on its (homebuilt?) roof.
Mosquito Speedway, as I understand it, has since closed (not a towering shock, given its remote location); I have no idea whether this thoroughly oddball Stude is still there...but ever since seeing it I've mused about how cool it would be to cobble the old stocker back together, stick in a Chev SB and driveline, and go racing down here at Flamboro or Ohsweken. (BTW, at Ohsweken last year one of the race classes featured a splendidly turned-out Volvo 262 Bertone coupe!) Had I the right skills set, and anywhere to work on such a project...I'd actually consider it. Anyone else seen any Studebaker stockers, back in the day or even recently?
S.
...A bit of background. Few years back, I was perusing a copy of the Canadian Speedway Guide, and noticed "Mosquito Speedway", a clay oval in, of all places, Nolalu, Ontario. Now Nolalu is not quite the first place one would think a speedway might be located; it's 44 km northwest of the middle of nowhere, so to speak. But I knew where it was...because I had cousins who lived there. On my next visit it became crucial to visit this improbably-located speedway. And this was the track's "signpost": the hulk of a 62-63 Lark hardtop (or maybe even a doctored convertible), obviously once a stocker (note the rollcage), its hood held shut with a couple cinderblocks...and a giant metal cutout of a mosquito perched on its (homebuilt?) roof.
Mosquito Speedway, as I understand it, has since closed (not a towering shock, given its remote location); I have no idea whether this thoroughly oddball Stude is still there...but ever since seeing it I've mused about how cool it would be to cobble the old stocker back together, stick in a Chev SB and driveline, and go racing down here at Flamboro or Ohsweken. (BTW, at Ohsweken last year one of the race classes featured a splendidly turned-out Volvo 262 Bertone coupe!) Had I the right skills set, and anywhere to work on such a project...I'd actually consider it. Anyone else seen any Studebaker stockers, back in the day or even recently?
S.
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