Pretty Lark convertible

[David Daoust]

Saw this one at the Londonderry, NH Rotary Memorial Day Car Show.

[candbstudebakers]

Looks like the sister or maybe the brother to the 61 I just picked up last week. this car is for sale also.

[qsanford]

Two more fine examples of the exclusive 1961 Lark!

[studegary]

Looks like the sister or maybe the brother to the 61 I just picked up last week. this car is for sale also.

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Bob P. - That car looks like my red 1961 Lark VIII Skytop hardtop, except without the Skytop.
Please send me information on the car, including price (even though it is across the country), to me. You can send it to studegary at AOL dot com if you are not ready to post the information here.

[rknight89]

Looking at the photo of the convertible in the 1st post; Does it look like it has an extension between the back bumper and the body? Continental kit or optical illusion. I don't see the top of the continental tire but perhaps the angle of the picture doesn't allow you to see it above the lowered top. OR...is something on the ground behind the car that the picture angle is fooling my eyes?

[David Daoust]

Good eye.....it did indeed have a continental kit on the back.

Looking at the photo of the convertible in the 1st post; Does it look like it has an extension between the back bumper and the body? Continental kit or optical illusion. I don't see the top of the continental tire but perhaps the angle of the picture doesn't allow you to see it above the lowered top. OR...is something on the ground behind the car that the picture angle is fooling my eyes?

[SScopelli]

Another pretty 61 Lark getting her top on..

[rknight89]

Another pretty 61 Lark getting her top on..

That is simply beautiful!!! Perhaps I'm a little jaded, but I think the '61 is the best looking of the early Larks. Nicest interior and dashboard and the 4 headlight set up is the best. I'm sure I'll get beat up for this comment. Just my biased opinion.

[556063]

No need to apologize for liking any year Lark more than the other. It's amazing Studebaker pulled off such differentiation between the model years on such a shoestring budget. When my wife told me she wanted a Lark Convertible 25 years ago after reading through some of my books and magazines, she told me it should be yellow and it had to be one of the "Stubby" ones. I spent the first ten years we were together showing her pictures of convertibles for sale. She despised the 64's (my favorite). She told me 62 and 63's weren't "Stubby". I showed her a picture of a '61 with dual headlights and she also said it wasn't "Stubby". I finally figured out she basically would only want a 60. Interesting, because I like them all. But it just shows how much differentiation Studebaker accomplished through the progression.