This has been pretty much settled as coincidence over the years, but with the recent discontinuance of Popular Science, this story may key younger members into the fun it was to look back into older Popular Science issues in the days before the Internet. Twenty some odd years before one of my my College Breaks in 1982, who knew I'd find this in my parent's basement and be motivated to copy it at the library and mail it into Turning Wheels? I still wonder if the Popular Science article had any kind of impact, or was it a "plant" by Studebaker Marketing?
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Ya just gotta wonder, WHAT made the Editors decide to have a STUDEBAKER '62 Lark Wagon drawn, when the reader said: "Someone" should build a sliding Roof Wagon !
It sure is a striking resemblance of a '62 Wagonaire !
Were there "Fly's on the wall" at Studebaker Engineering, hinting to Magazines ?
StudeRich
Second Generation Stude Driver,
Proud '54 Starliner Owner
SDC Member Since 1967 -
Brooks Stevens designed the Skyview concept wagon well before the Popular Science article. My 1982 Moment of Fame (Wagonaire Mystery) - Studebaker Drivers Club ForumOriginally posted by StudeRich View Post
Again, the Skyview (along with the suicide door Lark sedan and Sceptre) being 'in house' Studebaker design concepts makes one wonder if it was seen by magazine writers before the production Wagonaire came out in the fall of 1962.
Craig
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I wonder if the drawing included the water drains that were undersized!59 Lark wagon, now V-8, H.D. auto!
60 Lark convertible V-8 auto
61 Champ 1/2 ton 4 speed
62 Champ 3/4 ton 5 speed o/drive
62 Champ 3/4 ton auto
62 Daytona convertible V-8 4 speed & 62 Cruiser, auto.
63 G.T. Hawk R-2,4 speed
63 Avanti (2) R-1 auto
64 Zip Van
66 Daytona Sport Sedan(327)V-8 4 speed
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