Hi everyone. This is my first time posting here, so I'll introduce myself.
As the username hints at, Some call me Jim. I have a pretty neat (at least in my opinion!) Studebaker. I'm finally, after over a decade, getting the chance to begin restoration, and so I'd like to start talking to the folks who've done it.
My car is a '60 Lark VI. It was my grandfather's dream car. He bought the car in the late 60's, and even then it had problems. His dream was always to fix it up. In the early 80's the car was stolen, vandalized, and dumped. He found the car and started repairs, but was diagnosed and subsequently died of cancer just a couple years later.
Enter my part of the story. Grandpa and I were always close. When He died, I got the Studebaker. There was just one problem. I wasn't quite 16, the car still needed work, and due to divorce, we barely had a place to live, let alone restore a car. Wait, that was something like four problems. Oh well, moving on...
The car went where most Studebakers go that don't get restored: A field on a farm in Central Nebraska. With virtually no protection, save a small cluster of trees near the rear, the poor beast has all but lost it's floor and trunk panels, and needs literally a ground-up rebuild.
I post videos on YouTube, and a couple of videos I did on my car are here, should anyone want to see what I've got to work with:
and the last minute or two of this video:
The car is in super rough shape, but I'm determined to get it restored. It was my grandfathers dream, one he never saw come to fruition.
So anyway, I'm saying hello, and if any of you late 50's/early 60's Lark folk out there want to give me advice, I'm all ears!
Peace!
Jim
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Restoring my grandfather's '60 Lark, one rusted bolt at a time.
As the username hints at, Some call me Jim. I have a pretty neat (at least in my opinion!) Studebaker. I'm finally, after over a decade, getting the chance to begin restoration, and so I'd like to start talking to the folks who've done it.
My car is a '60 Lark VI. It was my grandfather's dream car. He bought the car in the late 60's, and even then it had problems. His dream was always to fix it up. In the early 80's the car was stolen, vandalized, and dumped. He found the car and started repairs, but was diagnosed and subsequently died of cancer just a couple years later.
Enter my part of the story. Grandpa and I were always close. When He died, I got the Studebaker. There was just one problem. I wasn't quite 16, the car still needed work, and due to divorce, we barely had a place to live, let alone restore a car. Wait, that was something like four problems. Oh well, moving on...
The car went where most Studebakers go that don't get restored: A field on a farm in Central Nebraska. With virtually no protection, save a small cluster of trees near the rear, the poor beast has all but lost it's floor and trunk panels, and needs literally a ground-up rebuild.
I post videos on YouTube, and a couple of videos I did on my car are here, should anyone want to see what I've got to work with:
and the last minute or two of this video:
The car is in super rough shape, but I'm determined to get it restored. It was my grandfathers dream, one he never saw come to fruition.
So anyway, I'm saying hello, and if any of you late 50's/early 60's Lark folk out there want to give me advice, I'm all ears!
Peace!
Jim
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Restoring my grandfather's '60 Lark, one rusted bolt at a time.
You're lucky you've got a gal who cares.
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