After a 1600 mile round trip, I finally got my new one home late last night. Some photos:
Craig
Craig
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Wow! A Pumped 64 Super and Red to boot. RARE
Congratulations!
Auto or 4?My 1st car. "A TRANSTAR"
Starliner
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Somewhere between Culture and Agriculture
in the Geographic center of Tennessee -
WOW nice car...
Where did you find that one?Love my LarkComment
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It's no Lark, but I guess a red, full package Superhawk would be ok........
Skinny___'59 Lark VIII Regal____'60 Lark Marshal___Comment
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Nice score Craig! Inquiring minds want to know, where did you find her?
Allen1964 GT Hawk
PSMCDR 2014
Best time: 14.473 sec. 96.57 MPH quarter mile
PSMCDR 2013
Best time: 14.654 sec. 94.53 MPH quarter
Victoria, CanadaComment
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Last time I laid eyes on a JTSC serial# was in a junkyard in Los Angeles in the 90s - in a white Wagonaire. What was left of it has probably gone to China and back a time or two.No deceptive flags to prove I'm patriotic - no biblical BS to impress - just ME and Studebakers - as it should be.Comment
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What a score! A Canadian R-2 is got to be like a palm tree on the north pole. Grille & gold G.T. emblems make it look like a 63 so then the question is package car or not?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
66 Cruiser V-8 autoComment
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Congrats, Craig; I know it has been some time coming. A Hamilton-built R2 Hawk is one rare bird.
BP
We've got to quit saying, "How stupid can you be?" Too many people are taking it as a challenge. 
Ayn Rand: "You can avoid reality, but you cannot avoid the consequences of avoiding reality."
G. K. Chesterton: This triangle of truisms, of father, mother, and child, cannot be destroyed; it can only destroy those civilizations which disregard it.Comment
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Does the 1963 JT production summary exclude Canadian built cars?Originally posted by BobPalma View PostCongrats, Craig; I know it has been some time coming. A Hamilton-built R2 Hawk is one rare bird. BP
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Thanks, all! Indeed, it is a Hamilton-assembled car, and was sold new in Winnipeg, Mantoba, and it never ventured farther than Stonewall, a small town just north of Winnipeg where I picked it up. It is definitely not a full-package car as it was assembled 'too early', but it is a 4-speed. There is more information on Hamilton R2 Hawks, and the build sheet which I posted earlier here: http://forum.studebakerdriversclub.c...R2-Hawks/page2
CraigComment
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I wonder if that came from the Green Mist '63 R2 GT that Frank Loucks in British Columbia parted out several years ago. Did you record the engine number by chance?Originally posted by Roscomacaw View Post
CraigComment
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No...............(periods added to meet minimum post requirement!) BPOriginally posted by 61Lark View Post
We've got to quit saying, "How stupid can you be?" Too many people are taking it as a challenge.
Ayn Rand: "You can avoid reality, but you cannot avoid the consequences of avoiding reality."
G. K. Chesterton: This triangle of truisms, of father, mother, and child, cannot be destroyed; it can only destroy those civilizations which disregard it.Comment
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Rare Bird......Good Save!!!!!!Comment
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Craig, other than the color change & the "missing engine" which this car has, does it have everything else that the production order called for? I'm wondering if the engine block heater is on JTSC 1116 as it was on 1107 when built. I am so excited for you to find such a rare car!!!!!!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
66 Cruiser V-8 autoComment
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She looks a little better than mine did when I brought her home. Nice find and congrats on saving such a rare car.Dave Warren (Perry Mason by day, Perry Como by night)Comment
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