Automobilia

[kenstrac]

Here is a few more Tugboat I almost bought the second one but parts were tough to get

 

[dfkrug]

The oldest thing I ever worked on was a 1931 Caterpiller 28, with a
massive 4-cyl OHV gas engine. I do really appreciate the newest
technology, however.

Here is a driveable "museum piece" I worked on last summer for a friend:
Cuz Bob's Your Alfa

 

[RobS]

Love the Amphicar kenstrac!

 

[kenstrac]

That's a bumper sticker I haven't seen. That link is a good one. In the '50s, I thought the Studebaker Hawks were the best looking cars on the road. I would have loved to have a new Golden Hawk, but couldn't afford any kind of new car. But in late '58, I bought a used '57 Silver Hawk with the little 6-cylinder engine, manual transmission with overdrive. It sure was a good car. In the early '50s, my Dad worked for a drill stem testing company in Oklahoma and his company truck (one ton dually) was a Studebaker. That website says the introduction of the Lark saved Studebaker for awhile, and I think it was a good car, but sure didn't have anything in the "looks" department. When they came out with the Avanti, I got to drive the first one to come to Dallas. They were showing it at a dealer and taking people for rides in it, but said they weren't letting others drive it yet. However, once out of sight of the dealership and when the guy found I was driving a manual transmission Austin Healey Sprite at the time, he let me drive that Avanti. Ugliest car Studebaker ever built, but a dream to drive.

I had bought a 2dr Lark with a V8 it had a blown rear end and got a used one from junkyard and replaced it boy would that car burn rubber ,but we won't go there.
My grandfather had a lark wagon and he had a 1 wheel trailer for it one day we were going out to do a job and it was pretty well loaded and he took a corner and it pulled the lark over that was the last time for the 1 wheel trailer.
There was a woman from Boston that had a summer home up here and I would mow her 3 acre lawn she would pick me up and bring me back ,she had a Grand Turismo Hawk what a head turner that car was back then loved riding in it.But it didn't last long it was stolen in Boston it was only 6 mos. old.but the did find it 5 yrs later in Puerto Rico.

 

[MossRoad]

That's a bumper sticker I haven't seen. That link is a good one. In the '50s, I thought the Studebaker Hawks were the best looking cars on the road. I would have loved to have a new Golden Hawk, but couldn't afford any kind of new car. But in late '58, I bought a used '57 Silver Hawk with the little 6-cylinder engine, manual transmission with overdrive. It sure was a good car. In the early '50s, my Dad worked for a drill stem testing company in Oklahoma and his company truck (one ton dually) was a Studebaker. That website says the introduction of the Lark saved Studebaker for awhile, and I think it was a good car, but sure didn't have anything in the "looks" department. When they came out with the Avanti, I got to drive the first one to come to Dallas. They were showing it at a dealer and taking people for rides in it, but said they weren't letting others drive it yet. However, once out of sight of the dealership and when the guy found I was driving a manual transmission Austin Healey Sprite at the time, he let me drive that Avanti. Ugliest car Studebaker ever built, but a dream to drive.

Every once in a while you will see a hot rodded Lark running around town or at a dragstrip. You put some fat tires and a good stance on one of them and they look like a little fist ready to punch someone!

As for the Avanti... I liked them. I still remember driving by the factory and seeing the guys at lunch sitting around outside all covered in fiberglass dust. You know they were each hand made cars. They only made a couple hundred a year. Awsome craftsmanship in those things. Sorry to see them go. I also remember driving around the Stidebaker factory. It was a sprawling facility seperated by city streets. The foundry and frame shops were a couple blocks away from the main assembly plant. There were huge conveyor systems suspended over the streets with all kinds of girders and such, much like iron bridges. You could see the frames moving along over you as you drove through town. Really neat. They are finally tearing down the old factory buildings one by one. The foundary is going down next. An administration building still has an active Studebaker parts company running in it. And the large assembly building still sits along the railroad tracks. It is used by several companies for storage and such.

 

[ToadHill]

Hands down the best designed car I ever salavated over was the 1953 Studebaker Hawk. To this day I keep looking for them on flee bay and wishing I had some spare scratch to get one.

 

[ultrarunner]

Here is a few more Tugboat I almost bought the second one but parts were tough to get

Parts for the American Austin are not easy either... lots of fun though and you can park two tandem in the spot one full size car requires...

 

[jinman]

Anybody remember the song from the early '60s by Pete Stampler?

"It was a Cheva-Kiser-Olds-Mo-Laca-Stud-War-Linco-Baker with a Continental Kit. . . ."​

 

[Bird]

You can read about the author and see the lyric here but the link to hear the song doesn't work for me.

 

[Egon]

Hands down the best designed car I ever salavated over was the 1953 Studebaker Hawk.

Aww come on the best looking car was one of the 1936 Bugatti's!

It was so ugly it looked good!~

Didn't some of the Studebaker's with a V8 have a tendency to be front end heavy?