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10/07/2025 4:40 pm
…I even like the color.
Zeeky Banutski
The People’s Republic of Maryland
10/07/2025 5:19 pm
Wilbur rrrr!
Frank Reed
Chesapeake, VA
10/07/2025 10:35 pm
I'm in too, love the add. Used by our local police force in the 60s
"Studebaker Lark vehicles were used by the Victoria Police, particularly for wireless patrol and traffic control duties in the 1960s. These cars were often equipped with a 4.7-liter (289 cu in) V8 engine, providing good performance for the time."
"Senior Constable Bill Gore operating a Gatsometer speed measuring device in 1963. Photo Victoria Police Museum. Perhaps somebody can explain how it worked."
11/07/2025 4:45 am
I've always liked the Lark. Never owned or even drove one but if the opportunity had arisen, it would have made a nice little get-around-town second car.
Jack Dodds and Christopher Moroni reacted
11/07/2025 5:37 am
I like the Lark too. A friend restored a Daytona coupe with the R2 supercharged motor and four speed manual transmission.
11/07/2025 7:03 am
@frank Great commercial! Imagine how much it would cost to air a 2 minute long car commercial on TV these days...lol. This year Studebaker Lark was my favorite of them all.
11/07/2025 7:33 am
The local Shelton, Conn. police dept. bought 4 or 5 Larks with V8 engines, and within a year rolled over 4 of them. I don't know if the cops were bad drivers or the Lark was prone to rollovers, they looked kinda high and narrow. Or maybe the twisty hilly roads had something to do with it.
12/07/2025 3:06 pm
Also used by the DC Metropolitan Police, letters on door were yellow...
and, possibly using this photo, it was modeled by Brooklin (I'm surprised that wasn't mentioned)
of course the department wouldn't pay for the chrome side spears.
