So Mom and Dad and I went up to the villages this past weekend. I was sad that there were only a few studebakers up there, but was glad I went and got to see some really nice cars of all makes and models.
The funniest thing was the blue 1962 Lark Daytona 4spd, V-8 with a turbo. I was looking at the car and this old guy comes up to my dad and me and proceeds to inform us that this is a rare R-9 studebaker with the factory turbo charger. He told us 1963 was the year of this car and rambled on about land speed records and the R-9 still held that speed record to this day at 178mph. I then looked at my dad and said I wonder why this 63 has a 62 grille, 62 tailights and a 62 vin number. The old guy looked at me and dead serious told me is was an early 63 and that they still had some left over vin tags and they just used them later. He continued to talk about knowing this and that about Studebakers and dad looked at him, now getting rather annoyed, and said how many Studebakers have you owned? The guy looked at him and said none but he had been around in the 60's and knew all of this stuff. I was just glad my dad did not try to get into a battle of wits with this poor unarmed man.
So anyway, if you own the Blue 62 Daytona, now you know just how rare that car really is.
My dad looked sort of funny at the blackbird and said WHY?? until I said it saved two from the crusher. Then he was pretty impressed it actually worked. That is one bizzare piece of machinery.
Former owner/owner with Dad:
58 Packard Golden Hawk
62 Hawk
62 Lark
63 Lark
64 Lark
63 Champ
Currently I own:
84 Mercedes 380SL
92 Range Rover (for sale)
99 BMW 323I
and helping a 16 year old rebuild an 86 Saab 900
Lakeland, FL
The funniest thing was the blue 1962 Lark Daytona 4spd, V-8 with a turbo. I was looking at the car and this old guy comes up to my dad and me and proceeds to inform us that this is a rare R-9 studebaker with the factory turbo charger. He told us 1963 was the year of this car and rambled on about land speed records and the R-9 still held that speed record to this day at 178mph. I then looked at my dad and said I wonder why this 63 has a 62 grille, 62 tailights and a 62 vin number. The old guy looked at me and dead serious told me is was an early 63 and that they still had some left over vin tags and they just used them later. He continued to talk about knowing this and that about Studebakers and dad looked at him, now getting rather annoyed, and said how many Studebakers have you owned? The guy looked at him and said none but he had been around in the 60's and knew all of this stuff. I was just glad my dad did not try to get into a battle of wits with this poor unarmed man.
So anyway, if you own the Blue 62 Daytona, now you know just how rare that car really is.
My dad looked sort of funny at the blackbird and said WHY?? until I said it saved two from the crusher. Then he was pretty impressed it actually worked. That is one bizzare piece of machinery.
Former owner/owner with Dad:
58 Packard Golden Hawk
62 Hawk
62 Lark
63 Lark
64 Lark
63 Champ
Currently I own:
84 Mercedes 380SL
92 Range Rover (for sale)
99 BMW 323I
and helping a 16 year old rebuild an 86 Saab 900
Lakeland, FL
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