Tuesday 6/23 Eye Candy

[ChampTrucking]

[Nelsen Motorsports]

Never seen daimond plate on a Stude.


Alex Nelsen
1954 Champion Coupe
Lizella, GA

[DEEPNHOCK]

A lot of west coast Studes have that kind of wrap around rear bumper.
Must be a regional thing, maybe dealer added....
Jeff[8D]

quote:Originally posted by Nelsen Motorsports

Never seen daimond plate on a Stude.

[jclary]

I have seen those heavy duty bumpers on all kinds of trucks here in the south. It must have been an industry standard on real working trucks. Heck...I have seen those bumpers still intact in junk yards lying just behind the "heap" of rust that used to be the truck it was attached to!

John Clary
Greer, SC

Life... is what happens as you are making plans.
SDC member since 1975

[8E45E]

quote:Originally posted by Nelsen Motorsports

Never seen daimond plate on a Stude.

It was a factory accessory.



Craig

[jclary]

[b]Great Eye Candy today!...and educational to boot!

John Clary
Greer, SC

Life... is what happens as you are making plans.
SDC member since 1975

[2R5]

Love those Champs



[IMG]
Home of the Fried Green Tomato
"IF YOU WANT THE SMILES YOU NEED TO DO THE MILES "

1960 Champ
1964 Daytona HT

[clonelark]

My question is can you put a 64 front end on these trucks?

[Warren Webb]

Looks very much like the diamond plate bumper on my Champ. What brought my attention is the rubber edging between the bumper & bedside and the way it curves inward at the front lower side. Later on today I'll look at the tag & post whatever I can read off of it.

60 Lark convertible
61 Champ
62 Daytona convertible
63 G.T. R-2,4 speed
63 Avanti (2)
66 Daytona Sport Sedan

[Roscomacaw]

My experience thru the years (and many Stude trucks) has been to find more with those step bumpers than with the factory rear bumpers (non-step style).

Nice Champ. Some stainless or white painted wheelcovers would top it off.

1957 Transtar 1/2ton
1963 Cruiser
1960 Larkvertible V8
1958 Provincial wagon
1953 Commander coupe
1957 President two door

[skyway]

"My question is can you put a 64 front end on these trucks?"

You can, and I helped do one once, however it is a chore.

The easy part is that the 64 fenders will bolt on, and the raised side line will even match up to the one on the door.

The hood is where the real work begins. Because the early lark cowl has a different shape, you have to cut both hoods about 6 or 8 inches ahead of the rear edge, and do a graft, most of the '64 hood onto the rear of the truck hood.

Then you have to figure out how to get air to the heater/vents, and how to make the lower valance/front bumper look "right" given the truck frame rails.

There has been a picture of one posted on this forum. Maybe someone can share it again?

[raprice]

Wow, you learn something new every day.
Rog

'59 Lark VI Regal Hardtop
Smithtown,NY

[Mark57]

You mean this pic?



<h5>Mark
'57 Transtar Deluxe
Vancouver Island Chapter
http://sdcvi.shawwebspace.ca/ </h5>

[klifton1]

Interesting photo. Looks like maybe the firewall, windshield, and door were changed also.
Klif

55 Speedster
63 Avanti R2
63 Lark R2

[showbizkid]

Geez! If they had modernized the Champ that way in '64, I bet they'd have sold like hotcakes.


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Clark in San Diego
'63 F2/Lark Standard

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