My father owned the Studebaker Dealership in San Leandro California many years ago and he saved this car to one day restore it and keep for himself. My father has passed away few year back and it’s time for this Studebaker to find good home. I did nothing to it but transfer ownership from the original "small California pink-slip” to my name (same last name as my father). It was stored outside in San Leandro, California. never tried to start it. There is rust here and there, the normal rust areas in the rear wheel wells, floor pans etc.-it will need restoration. -Please look at photos. Random points: “Light Green” Color2nd Generation Studebaker LarkAt the time the Lark was conceived, Studebaker-Packard Corporation was under management contract with Curtiss-Wright Aircraft Company. Studebaker-Packard had been losing money for few years when company president Harold E. Churchill came up with the idea of abandoning the full-size car market in favor of building new compact car that he hoped would save the company.-The Lark was ingeniously designed around the core bodyshell of the full-sized 1953–1958 Studebakers. By reducing the front and rear overhangs and shortening the wheelbase ahead of the firewall, the car could still seat six people comfortably and hold surprising amount of luggage. It was hoped that the new model would save America's oldest vehicle manufacturer when it was launched in the fall of 1958 as 1959 model, much like the 1939 Studebaker Champion had saved the company in the years prior to World War II. In fact, it was the Champion which Churchill specifically took as his inspiration for the Lark. -Two series of Larks were available, the Lark VI and the Lark VIII, both designations indicated whether the engines were of six or eight cylinders. Both series were available in "Deluxe" and "Regal" trim levels. With its simple grille, minimal and tasteful use of chrome and clean lines, the Lark "flew" in the face of most of the established "longer, lower and wider" styling norms fostered by Detroit's "Big Three" automakers (General Motors, Ford, and Chrysler). Studebaker's 1957-58 Scotsman had proved the existence of demand for less-flashy automobile, and while the Lark was not nearly so undecorated as the Scotsman, it was unmistakably purer of line than anything Detroit would offer for 1959, save the Rambler American." -All from Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Studebaker_Lark-This is NOT running vehicle. have never started it. It is being sold not running to be restored fully. Assume it needs everything fixed, repaired, replaced. It is what it is.-Mileage Unknown, the 123456 milage shown is placeholder.My goal is to sell this car with reasonable end-of-auction-bid. The reserve is set at what consider reasonable price. will not share the reserve price.Good luck on your bidding.
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