First off let me tell the story, then ask the questions I have....
It all started 2 years ago at my long time friends wedding, his new bride and he, were talking with me and my girlfriend(now fiancee), when the subject of cars came up. We remembered back to our trips to Carlisle, Car shows and yes, even stereo contests, we will leave the street racing out since we never did anything like that
Thats when his new bride said well you might be intrested in my dads 2 old cars.....I said well, what are they, she said a Jeep and a Studebaker. Trying to contain my enthusiasm I asked for more info.
Ill cut straight to the Studebaker info, and bypass the postal looking jeep that is LEFT hand drive, and apparently 1 of 40. She said she didnt know much about it, but that it had a big V8, and her dad referred to it as a "moonshiners" car. She also said that a man named Studebaker had approached her dad about selling it and putting it in the Studebaker Museum. But circumstances left the Studee behind as the man was looking for local graveyards with tombstones bearing his name. I asked if it was a Hawk, he said yea, I think, because I always get it confused with a Buick, Skyhawk maybe? he said.
Fast forward to last week. I ran into my buddy and asked him about the old stude. He said he was going to call me because her dad wanted to clean up and sell his cars as he would never be doing anything with them anyway. He said that her father told him it was a 100% original car, and that it had been specially ordered. He said it has a 327 V8 and that when it was driveable 7 years ago it would melt the tires off the rims. I said are you sure its a 327??? He said yes because he said "that was a Chevy motor" and got into an argument with his dad in law. He said it was a 1960 4 door Lark. I am going up to look at it tommorrow morning. And will be taking pics and jotting down info......
Now I am not a Stude or Chebby expert, but I didnt think the 327 came out till '62 in the chebby line and didnt think the sbc found its way into a studee until '65, and then only in the 283 form. Anyone got any info, they'd like to share???
Thanks
Shawn
hmmm, my girlfriend has 2 GT Hawks....and I feel left out, wheres my "R" model Daytona????
It all started 2 years ago at my long time friends wedding, his new bride and he, were talking with me and my girlfriend(now fiancee), when the subject of cars came up. We remembered back to our trips to Carlisle, Car shows and yes, even stereo contests, we will leave the street racing out since we never did anything like that
Thats when his new bride said well you might be intrested in my dads 2 old cars.....I said well, what are they, she said a Jeep and a Studebaker. Trying to contain my enthusiasm I asked for more info.
Ill cut straight to the Studebaker info, and bypass the postal looking jeep that is LEFT hand drive, and apparently 1 of 40. She said she didnt know much about it, but that it had a big V8, and her dad referred to it as a "moonshiners" car. She also said that a man named Studebaker had approached her dad about selling it and putting it in the Studebaker Museum. But circumstances left the Studee behind as the man was looking for local graveyards with tombstones bearing his name. I asked if it was a Hawk, he said yea, I think, because I always get it confused with a Buick, Skyhawk maybe? he said.
Fast forward to last week. I ran into my buddy and asked him about the old stude. He said he was going to call me because her dad wanted to clean up and sell his cars as he would never be doing anything with them anyway. He said that her father told him it was a 100% original car, and that it had been specially ordered. He said it has a 327 V8 and that when it was driveable 7 years ago it would melt the tires off the rims. I said are you sure its a 327??? He said yes because he said "that was a Chevy motor" and got into an argument with his dad in law. He said it was a 1960 4 door Lark. I am going up to look at it tommorrow morning. And will be taking pics and jotting down info......
Now I am not a Stude or Chebby expert, but I didnt think the 327 came out till '62 in the chebby line and didnt think the sbc found its way into a studee until '65, and then only in the 283 form. Anyone got any info, they'd like to share???
Thanks
Shawn
hmmm, my girlfriend has 2 GT Hawks....and I feel left out, wheres my "R" model Daytona????
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