Hi all--
Well, my '65 Commander six, "Elsie" aka "The Bruise", has moved on to pastures greener...Tuesday evening I drove her up to nearby Ancaster to the home of her new owner, a young guy named Mark who's been into the old-car hobby for a while now...and who has better resources than I with which to fix what needs fixing on the Studebaker. This is Mark's first Stude; he's mainly a GM guy and of course likes the '65-66 Studes for their GM power. He's getting bodywork done on the '65 tout de suite, and has promised to bring her by stephenj's place (where she'd latterly been stored) to show off the results...which will, he thinks, be one of two current Ford hues, an electric blue or a silver. He's also hinted he may replace the 194 six with an SBC later on. We're also hopeful Mark will join SDC and the Hamilton Chapter; he's tacitly a Chapter member for the next few months by virtue of having bought a member's car. Time will tell! Either way, now I'm down to one Stude again, my cherished '62 Lark "Betty", which remains for sale also, but if I can swing it I'd still like to take her off the market and get the needed bodywork (especially) and mechanical matters seen to. Nothing would please me more than to breeze into a cruise night in my famously-ratty-looking Lark, now rendered pristine. (Hey, isn't that Steve's old Lark? Nah, can't be, that one's way too shiny, and the arse end isn't dragging on the ground. Oh wait...hey, that's Steve driving it!) There's even a modern equivalent to the oddball blue hue Betty wears...BMW Mini Oxygen Blue. If only somebody'd give me even a light smack with the money stick. Stay tuned...
Steve T
Well, my '65 Commander six, "Elsie" aka "The Bruise", has moved on to pastures greener...Tuesday evening I drove her up to nearby Ancaster to the home of her new owner, a young guy named Mark who's been into the old-car hobby for a while now...and who has better resources than I with which to fix what needs fixing on the Studebaker. This is Mark's first Stude; he's mainly a GM guy and of course likes the '65-66 Studes for their GM power. He's getting bodywork done on the '65 tout de suite, and has promised to bring her by stephenj's place (where she'd latterly been stored) to show off the results...which will, he thinks, be one of two current Ford hues, an electric blue or a silver. He's also hinted he may replace the 194 six with an SBC later on. We're also hopeful Mark will join SDC and the Hamilton Chapter; he's tacitly a Chapter member for the next few months by virtue of having bought a member's car. Time will tell! Either way, now I'm down to one Stude again, my cherished '62 Lark "Betty", which remains for sale also, but if I can swing it I'd still like to take her off the market and get the needed bodywork (especially) and mechanical matters seen to. Nothing would please me more than to breeze into a cruise night in my famously-ratty-looking Lark, now rendered pristine. (Hey, isn't that Steve's old Lark? Nah, can't be, that one's way too shiny, and the arse end isn't dragging on the ground. Oh wait...hey, that's Steve driving it!) There's even a modern equivalent to the oddball blue hue Betty wears...BMW Mini Oxygen Blue. If only somebody'd give me even a light smack with the money stick. Stay tuned...
Steve T
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