1960 Studebaker Lark VI 2dr sedan

[bread_and_water]

This is my build of a 1960 Studebaker Lark I picked it up maybe a month ago and have been cleaning and freshening up some areas that needed attention.

The overall plan of the build is bags, interior, wheels, and a little bit of paint here and there but keeping the original exterior patina.

It runs well so I'm keeping the original flathead inline 6 but going to build a split header and probably 2bl manifold for it. Not doing a full teardown because it really doesn't need it.

The day i brought her home...


First thing I did after getting it home was pull the front springs and all but the main rear leafs to see how low it sits on the stops.



Second thing I did was pick up this rack off craigslist and slap it on there



Then I pulled the motor and trans to begin cleaning them up along with the engine bay.





Taped it off and began sanding, then primer, and finally color







I also cleaned and painted the trunk floor, there was a lot of oil soaked rust which took some effort to clean but came out nicely.

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In addition to cleaning the motor up I installed a bunch of new gaskets and had to repair a piece that had stripped threads.

This part forms a seal between the timing cover and the oil pan but all four threads were stripped so I drilled and tapped them to 3/8-16 and installed four ARP studs from a small block chevy header kit.







Then after getting it all back together and cleaned up I painted it with some machine gray enamel and swapped most of the hardware with zinc plated grade 8 stuff.







I also had to machine a fan spacer because I ordered the wrong water pump which was too short.

[Dylanhat]

This will be an interesting build. Sub'd.

[Jay92]

Your work so far looks great! Can't wait to see what comes of it!

[Scape-Zs]

So far so good. Keep up the good work!

[bread_and_water]

Thanks everybody, I'm turning some ideas for the rear suspension in my head, I had originally planned on running a single leaf and the bags with a traction bar to keep it on the cheap side
but now I'm considering a simple radius arm setup attached to the front leaf mount with a watts link.

I think in the end I'll be happier if I put in the time and effort to do it right and relatively cheap rather than just cheap.

[Rijlaab]

Yes, do that. The car deserves more then just cheap

[Scape-Zs]

Don't go just cheap, you'll end up spending more in the long run.

[Meeve]

nice. I'm in for this! Can't wait to see it on bags. It will be badass

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Small update picked up a clean transmission with the overdrive option, scored a $1.00 cartridge style oil filter canister for $25 off eBay, and put the car up in the air to begin the suspension work.

Now trying to narrow down what brackets I want to use for the air stuff.

[rice4life]

I always enjoy seeing cars that have survived for so long getting some love. Can't wait to see how this will turn out.

[bread_and_water]

Got a big piece to the puzzle today in the form of wheels and tires...and they big, well for an old studebaker that is. 17x7 wrapped in 215/50r17



Front at full bump, not bad



but the rear is where it's at

[LCG]

Subscribing, this looks promising

[loekaaz]

If this isn't cool, Then I don't know what is...

[OEM+ sluts]

Love the color/patina! Nice work