New Year's Baby

[lotsalarks]

Since everyone was posting what Santa brought, I thought I'd add pics of our New Year's baby!






"Hattie" is a super-solid 1958 with the least options we've ever seen on a President. Radio delete and no power brakes or steering. But she's got an automatic transmission and front bumper guards. One family since new and 74K miles. She has hosted a few "friends" over the years, mostly in the headliner. [xx(](There's no puky face available.)

Happy New Year!
~Lori & Will

"The Common Sense Car"


'61 Lark "Isabella"
'63 Lark "Lucy"
'63 Wagonaire "Carl"
A bunch of other Larks
'50 Starlight, '55 Speedster , '58 Packard Hardtop, '59 Pickup, '64 Avanti "Jerry"

[58PackardWagon]

Nice color combo too

58 Packard Wgn (Parade Red)
58 Packard Wgn (Park Green)
58 Packard Sdn (Shadowtone Red)
62 Daytona (White)
63 R2 Lark (Super Red)
57 Packard Wagon parts car
57 Packard sedan parts car
58 Packard 2 dr hdtp parts car

[BRUCESTUDE]

I wish I Santa was that nice to me![V]

[Mark57]

Looks good for a 51 year old "baby"!

<h5>Mark
'57 Transtar Deluxe
Vancouver Island

Are you planning to attend the NW Overdrive Tour in Parksville, BC
May 23 & 24, 2009?</h5>

[Dads Baby]

Congrats on your find!!! How close am I to seeing Hattie?!!! Where did you two find her?

Carey
Packard Hawk

[BobPalma]

Very nice car! As to few options, note no clock also. But they sprung for two-tone paint; how rare it would be (and nowhere 'near as attractive) in a single color. Congrats. Where was it? BP

[Avantidon]

Really nice present from Santa. I like the color combo and the odd set of options on the car. It is interesting that there are no Power Brakes and radio in a President. I guess that in 1958 they were being frugal just as folks today should bee. Seems that 58 was a recession year also as the Korean War was done and thungs were slow in the USA. Great find and please enjoy your "new" wheels.

[silverhawk]

Nice car. I have never seen a '58 that nice before.[]

Dylan
'61 lark deluxe 4dr wagon

[Desert Explorer]

That is a really nice new years addition!

[jclary]

Great new "Baby"! Now the feeding begins!
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John Clary
Greer, SC
SDC member since 1975

[sals54]

Where in the world are you? How long till its a driver? That would be one cool ride on a road trip. Good find. and good luck getting it going.

sals54

[Gary1953]

Neat car. Must say your having a good year so far.


Gary Sanders
Nixa, MO
President Toy Studebaker Collectors Club. Have an interest in Toy Studebakers? Contact me for details.

[53k]

quote:Originally posted by BobPalma

Very nice car! As to few options, note no clock also. But they sprung for two-tone paint; how rare it would be (and nowhere 'near as attractive) in a single color. Congrats. Where was it? BP

Did Studebaker offer a "clock delete" option? I thought clocks were standard on President Classics.

Paul Johnson, Wild and Wonderful West Virginia
'53 Commander Starliner (since 1966)
'64 Daytona Wagonaire (original owner)
'64 Daytona Convertible (2006)
Museum R-4 engine
1962 Gravely Model L (Studebaker-Packard serial plate)
1972 Gravely Model 430 (Studebaker name plate, Studebaker Onan engine)

[BobPalma]

quote:Originally posted by 53k

quote:Originally posted by BobPalma

Very nice car! As to few options, note no clock also. But they sprung for two-tone paint; how rare it would be (and nowhere 'near as attractive) in a single color. Congrats. Where was it? BP

Did Studebaker offer a "clock delete" option? I thought clocks were standard on President Classics.

Paul Johnson, Wild and Wonderful West Virginia

Not according to 1958 President 4-door Sales Sheet PD8024, Paul; I'm looking at an original, here.

Directional signals, 2-speed electric wipers, and 225HP engine are listed as standard, but even a Climatizer is among the "reasonable extra cost" options![:0]

(BTW, and I learned this the hard way when Fred Fox "reminded" me about 15 years ago: All 1958 President sedans were just that; 4-door sedans. The word Classic to describe the long-wheelbase President Sedan was not used in 1958, since all the President sedans were long-wheelbase for the first time since 1955.) BP

[lotsalarks]

Thanks for the compliments! The car came out of Yuma (northeastern), Colorado, and it came to us by word-of-mouth through the grandson of the original owner. The car is a great driver right now even though it's only had 300 miles since it was last serviced in 1980. Amazing that the brakes are still up and solid. We're going to do a complete service and some minor repairs and hope to have it in Cedar Rapids. [8D] Oh, and Lori insists I get the former "tenant's" stuff out of the headliner before we go down the highway. [xx(]

Carey, we'll probably have it running around to a club function or two this springtime. Maybe we can do an assembly of our chapter's '58s at one of the cruises this summer.

Will

"The Common Sense Car"


'61 Lark "Isabella"
'63 Lark "Lucy"
'63 Wagonaire "Carl"
A bunch of other Larks
'50 Starlight, '55 Speedster , '58 Packard Hardtop, '59 Pickup, '64 Avanti "Jerry"