60 Lark convert. FS in Seattle. V8, OD

[ddub]

Saw this ad in the Seattle Times:

1960 Studebaker Lark 8 Convertible - Red bucket seats, slight modification, new top,OD. $20,000 OBO
206 579 1551.

That's all I now about it.

[StudeRich]

Man I hate Ads like that! They are so discrete, you have to log on to their site which is NOT even the Seattle Times were I was directed from at all.

http://cars.nwautos.com/motors/1960-studebaker-seattle-98103-used-527188060-d#scheduleTestDrive

Still no real info!

What are they afraid of, someone coming to Murder them or steal the Car or what?

[southbend]

Here's a '60 ragtop that just sold on ebay for a second time.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/1960-Studebaker-convertible-NO-RESERVE-/221331453922?_trksid=p2047675.l2557&ssPageName=STRK%3AMEWAX%3AIT&nma=true&si=awgSz76jmXlYLWC3KQCdrZISHxk%253D&orig_cvip=true&rt=nc

Granted, it's a 6/auto with a rebuild title, but it still looks pretty decent for the money it went for. Of course, one never knows what lurks underneath, how it runs and drives, or what a magnet will disclose. But for $20K the '60 in Seattle better be one nice car.

[RadioRoy]

With a six and an automatic, you can bet it doesn't drive fast.

[hausdok]

I'm pretty sure the car the O.P. talked about is this one.

http://seattle.craigslist.org/see/cto/4303100416.html

There are more pictures of it here.

http://carsgoodbyegoodbuy.weebly.com/1960-lark-studebaker.html

This same guy is also selling a 1937 Packard Victoria Convertible (Model 1507) with a V-12 engine for a mere $200,000 which he says is 20% below appraised value.

http://seattle.craigslist.org/see/cto/4303062482.html

[southbend]

With a six and an automatic, you can bet it doesn't drive fast.

Unless you're in neutral going down hill with the wind behind you.

hausdok wrote: "I'm pretty sure the car the O.P. talked about is this one.

http://seattle.craigslist.org/see/cto/4303100416.html

There are more pictures of it here.

http://carsgoodbyegoodbuy.weebly.com/1960-lark-studebaker.html

This same guy is also selling a 1937 Packard Victoria Convertible (Model 1507) with a V-12 engine for a mere $200,000 which he says is 20% below appraised value.

http://seattle.craigslist.org/see/cto/4303062482.html"



Nice looking car but $20k still seems a bit steep to me, even if it's an asking price. I'd rather sell my house, plus take out a loan for the balance, and buy the Packard

[Warren Webb]

The red 6 cylinder looks nice but with a salvage title. That could cause a bit of a problem in getting insurance on it & if anything did happen you'd have to be prepared for a battle.

[hausdok]

I guess it isn't the same car. The one that I just posted about is a V8.

[southbend]

I guess it isn't the same car. The one that I just posted about is a V8.

The car you posted about is probably the one in the original post, which states the car to be a V8. The car I found, mentioned in post #3, was a 6/auto with a salvage title. I believe this was the car to which Mr. Webb was referring.

[Studeboro]

the rear window looks like crap

[SScopelli]

the rear window looks like crap

The only way to have a glass window.. Which means, YOu're lazy and can not take care of the plastic curtain..

Not meaning you, the poster, but the owner..

[hausdok]

I'd rather sell my house, plus take out a loan for the balance, and buy the Packard

I know what you mean.

I'm about 99.99% sure I've met the guy that owns the Packard - and I guess the Lark too - a couple of years ago at the auto show in Magnolia. I wasn't sure until I saw that new leather interior. I think I've got his business card around here. He's in the insurance business if my memory is working right. It was a gorgeous car and I asked him where he'd gotten the interior reupholstered and he'd given me the name of the guy, which I also have around here someplace.

[52-fan]

Are those the correct buckets in the Lark? The seats look different for some reason.

[RadioRoy]

They look like GM buckets to me. But the seller says they are original, and he couldn't say that if it were not so. Right?

[clonelark]

I always thought you has a glass window so you could actually see out of it.