Auburn spring - selling the '63 Champ Utility

[Nick Daytona]

hey everyone ! Sadly I will be auctioning my '63 Champ at Auburn Spring this year . With over 10 cars I have to thin the herd . It's at RM Auctions America on Friday May 8 in Auburn Indiana and will be rolling over in the first 10 or 15 cars. It's got the 259 3 speed drivetrain and runs good ! Not concours but what pickup should be ? :-)

look it up and if you like it you should do well as I put it in at no reserve !

See you there maybe !

Nick Daytona

[StudeRich]

I tried to post the Link for you since you didn't, and it is needed to find out what a "Champ Utility" exactly IS.

No luck though, all of the Spring Auburn SEARCHES for "Studebaker" failed to work, a terrible to negotiate Website at RM. Maybe you have to "Register" to shop.

[62champ]

http://auctionsamerica.com/events/feature-lots.cfm?SaleCode=AS15&ID=r0192&Order=runorder&feature=&collection=&grouping=&category=

Very nice '53 Starliner (29K original miles) also on the blocks...

[allstateguy]

wow what a cool Champ! I wish you well with the auction

[StudeRich]

Nice looking truck, I was expecting a Body Builder built "Utility" Body with full exterior Storage Boxes, this one is Custom with a Modified Stock Bed, a serious one of a kind. I remember it from the last eBay Ad.

The Ad mistakenly says it is a 3 Speed Manual Trans. actually it appears to be either a 4 or 5 Speed, as it is a Floor Shift.

[wolfie]

Nice looking truck, I was expecting a Body Builder built "Utility" Body with full exterior Storage Boxes, this one is Custom with a Modified Stock Bed, a serious one of a kind. I remember it from the last eBay Ad.

The Ad mistakenly says it is a 3 Speed Manual Trans. actually it appears to be either a 4 or 5 Speed, as it is a Floor Shift.

Sellers post also says it is 3 speed. Steve

[StudeRich]

Sellers post also says it is 3 speed. Steve

LOL! Maybe he never found Compound Low!
I can't imagine anyone putting a Floor Shift Top Cover on a 3 Speed, just to have a slow shifting Top Loader, AND there are None for the T-85/T-89 H.D. Borg Warner 3 Speed a V8 should have. Also most were Overdrive.

[wolfie]

LOL! Maybe he never found Compound Low!
I can't imagine anyone putting a Floor Shift Top Cover on a 3 Speed, just to have a slow shifting Top Loader, AND there are None for the T-85/T-89 H.D. Borg Warner 3 Speed a V8 should have. Also most were Overdrive.

Buy it and prove everyone else is wrong. Reminds me of the kid just back from a school trip who exclaimed "everyone got lost but me!" Steve

[Guido]

[QUOTE=StudeRich;917757] I can't imagine anyone putting a Floor Shift Top Cover on a 3 Speed, just to have a slow shifting Top Loader, AND there are None for the T-85/T-89 H.D. Borg Warner 3 Speed a V8 should have.[/QOUTE]

Just because you "can't imagine" someone doing something you do not agree with, that does not necessarily make it incorrect or undesirable. We are fortunate to have a diverse group of people with a wide range of likes, views, talents and vehicles. I can't imagine how bland and boring life and our Studebakers would be if we all conformed to the likes and dislikes of just one person.

[studebakerkid]

The top loader three speed top could have come out of a Willies or from a Gibson tractor.