Super nice Lark, slightly silly ad:)

[Bob Andrews]

Gorgeous car, and a very nice ad; just the text is over-the-top silly:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Studebaker-CALIFORNIACLASSIX-1962-Studebaker-Lark-VIII-50-PIX-/160536193703?pt=US_Cars_Trucks&hash=item2560b3eaa7

[Jim B PEI]

Instead of locked and loaded, its "Lark'ed and loaded" with that >bullet 259< V! 8! brought to you by the --who else?-- the Bullet Nose People. And nobody knows bullets like bullet nose people know bullets.

Yup, nice car. And I agree fully with your description of their description

[JDP]

Instead of locked and loaded, its "Lark'ed and loaded" with that >bullet 259< V! 8! brought to you by the --who else?-- the Bullet Nose People. And nobody knows bullets like bullet nose people know bullets.

Yup, nice car. And I agree fully with your description of their description

Over the top for us perhaps, but I think it's very nicely done.

[Bob Andrews]

I agree it's well done, it's just that the selller's trying TOO hard, and that always makes me suspicious. Experience has shown that sometimes that many superlatives and all the overly flowery prose is the trademark of a shyster. Not always, but sometimes.

[Dougie]

With that kind of sales pitch, I wonder if it's owned by Ron Popiel? The Studebaker "Lark-o-Matic". You can't buy it in stores. And if you act now we'll throw in a NOS Studebaker grille!

[FlatheadGeo]

Maybe the poster is a Professor of Modern English and Prose!

[clonelark]

He offered a test drive, so if someone was serious enough about buying, he would have a very nice car to own. Nice cars bring nice prices.

[junior]

Enthusiastic brilliance…wish more ebay ads were like this, it actually made me pay attention to a car that I normally would have no intention to do so in the first place. BTW, sure wish my car had such a rust-free chassis, what a joy to work on! Thanks for sharing. Junior

[Pat Dilling]

Extremely well done, and the offer of fish tacos and cerveza to the buyer if they pick it up is the finishing touch. It really does look like a nice drivable car. Hope it goes to a good home.

Pat

[Corvanti]

Cool ad!!!
it sure beats the one sentence with misspelled words, 4 - 10 year old pics that some folks put up...

[bob40]

Guess I better limit my prose in my ads to no more than 2 syllable words and Joe Friday(just the facts ma'am) the text to avoid being confused with a shyster.No misspelled words or grammatical errors.It may be be slightly over the top but in a lightly whimsical way.I think the frame pics are a great addition.

[ddub]

I think this is an outstanding job of promoting. So many ads just make no attempt. This is well thought out, well written, well designed and illustrated. Helps you overlook the cars flaws. Very professional.

[StudeRich]

Very Nice '62 2 Door

Yes, I agree it is a very well done promotion of a very nice car! I can tell from the documentation in this ad, that the former owner was a long time very dedicated Studebaker Enthusiast, and probably a SDC Club Member.

Maybe Tom in Santa Barbara knows of this Car. There used to be a Ventura County area Chapter of the SDC.

[JDP]

The ad sort of reminded me of Sal's comment about the Avanti we just sold when talking about the mint interior. He said something like he would check the date on his IPhone to make sure he was not back in the 60's. I thought about not using that quote since it was a little over the top. On second thought, I recalled the moments I got behind the wheel of a old car and was taken back to my youth for a moment, so I kept it. The ebay listing under discussion, just made me feel all warm and fuzzy about the car. Sure, I grinned now and than while reading "muscle car" and the like, but it was a fun read.

[Steve T]

Ahhhh...that's more or less how my '62 would once have looked. Riviera Blue from the look of it, though, or maybe Alaskan, rather than the Metallic Blue mine was when new. That's one thorough ad! (He does quote the six as 90hp; every other ref I've seen says 112hp, but who cares, since the car on offer is an eight.)

S.