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12/05/2024 4:21 pm
Here are three more images that are from my Dad's files. They are from Cobo Hall in Detroit at his client Studebaker's exhibit. A certain beautiful automobile called the Avanti has just been released.
We had 1963 Studebaker Lark Wagoneer with the retracting rear roof section .....what fun to get a ride in around town !
12/05/2024 4:33 pm
I had the catalog from the 1962 New York show, but it's disappeared somewhere.
Retired in Dunedin, Florida.
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12/05/2024 5:32 pm
Good Lord Mike,
I remember those Studie wagons all around where I lived in and around Buffalo New York. I was 10 in 63 and I thought those wagons were so cool they were so European looking and therefore they caught my eye. I think they were nicely designed and thought that they were a perfect size. I don't see very many of them at any car shows here in California. I wish there were still more around like them. Back in the late sixties early '70s my dad had a 64 or 65 was it a Rambler wagon and it was a beautiful sized car. I don't remember if it was I don't remember the model though. might have been a rambler American but it was like a mid size it wasn't small and it wasn't a large size rambler but it sure was good. I mean it ran forever and hardly needed anything to be fixed. I guess all Ramblers were well built but enough people didn't buy them. What a shame.
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12/05/2024 6:04 pm
The Studebaker wagon was great for riding around in or transporting out-sized cargo like Christmas trees, large cupboards or long plaster board/wooden framing.
13/05/2024 12:52 am
The Studebaker wagon was great for riding around in or transporting out-sized cargo like Christmas trees, large cupboards or long plaster board/wooden framing.
You don't see many of the Lark Wagoneer wagons with the retractable roof around. I wonder if they had roof leak issues as they aged and as a result were prone to rust? When I was a kid a local man bought a new '63 metallic blue one and used it as the village taxi.
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13/05/2024 1:36 am
I don't know about leak or rust issues, but I know you turned, slid and twisted closed a large dial on the inside roof panel to lock the roof in position. Many cars would eventually have rubber gaskets age and perhaps crack, so perhaps leaks would eventually happen, as might be expected over time.
I believe this Studebaker Lark used a modified 1953 Studebaker frame, so I would think any serious rust issues would likely be an issue there and not with rusting on a uni-body automobile, where such rusting can affect strength issues.
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