The frame rails are shot and the body to rails supports are also gone, but lots of good parts. I'm removing some parts to put in the back of my PU. Will be going from Des Moines, Iowa to the Studebaker meet in a couple weeks.
All the bright works are there. All windows are good. Motor is stuck. The car does roll. 
Rick 515.270.9625
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I'd send an e-mail to Allstate Insurance!! I bet they'll pay TOP DOLLAR for that car!
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If that rubber drain catch to pipe is intact...I could use it (PM)Comment
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Haven't heard the insurance one before.. Where is the drain catch. I'll look today.Comment
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Here's a clue: http://forum.studebakerdriversclub.c...LSTATE+clunkerOriginally posted by bosshoss61 View Post
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Rick, the "insurance one" refers to an Allstate Insurance ad that was produced many years ago.Originally posted by bosshoss61 View Post
It depicted an decrpit old 1962 Lark Six 2-door, referring to it as "The Clunker," citing how unsafe it was to have cars like that on the road, threatenting the nation's motoring safety. It was famously called The Clunker Ad.
They undoubtedly used a Studebaker in the ad because Studebaker was no longer producing cars, so they figured they'd get no backlash from the manufacturer. They didn't identify the car as a Studebaker, though, and unless you knew what a 1962 F-body Lark looked like, you probably didn't know what it was.
But there was no attempt to disguise it's silhouette, either, so it caused some furor among Studebaker followers of the day, myself and others around here included, as it was cast in a terrible light and shown smoking as a gross polluter, too.
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Thanks, Craig. I knew we had discussed it here and was looking for the link when I saw you had already found it.Originally posted by 8E45E View Post
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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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WOW- that's pretty rotten of Allstate. So, just a couple of rotten apples can spoil the whole barrel. I'm looking out the window at my 62 as I sit here. I would kind of like to re-do it. The body doesn't scare me, I can fix it. I would have to replace the frame. I'm a pretty good mechanic, but don't know if I can replace a frame or not. Is it a straight forward job? I have a motor stand and a cherry picker, but that's it. RickComment
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Yes it is. No cutting or welding required. LOTS of Aero-Kroil on those bolts to make it easier, and 27.5 hours according the Studebaker Flat Rate Maunal.Originally posted by bosshoss61 View Post
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If your serious I think it's an all right Idea. I could see finding a frame and a V8/tranny. Getting it structurally sound, then get it dixed how ever, fiberglass, rivets, body filler, who cares? If you fix it the wrong way who's gonna judge you, it's not like your doing it to a nice solid car or something. You'd be saving it from the brink of destruction, so do I'd do it how ever you like.Originally posted by bosshoss61 View PostComment
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