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Mad_Science
12/07/09

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Whoa. These shots are approaching classic status.

The strip that contains the Studebaker seems to have a constant rotation of cool classics. I'm trying to figure out who lives there that keeps owning oddball classics for 3-4 months at a time.
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Six Flags Over Tomsk
12/06/09

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Fantastic shots, Mr. Science. FWIW, the Jaaaag is a Series II, as it has the tombstone shaped taillights. (Series IIIs had larger, multicolored lenses.)
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MushyHeirloom
12/06/09

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I think the Studebaker might be the only thing I'd be truly surprised to see, but all of these are well worth documenting - and hell, well worth owning. I'd go for the Cadillac or perhaps the Suburban or C10, as better mechanical minds than I could do so much more to the others.
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tonyola
12/06/09

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The Chevy pickup is a '69, while the Suburban is a '71 or '72 (those two years were all but identical in appearance). The Ranchero is a '64. As others have said, the hearse is a '69. The real prize here is the Stude pickup.
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DrLemming
12/06/09

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The Studebaker pickup is interesting. In the 1940s and early 50s Studebaker was a real contender in the light-truck field. However, once the company almost went out of business in 1956-58, it was only able to field a light truck by scrounging around in its parts bin.

By the early 1960s the most modern cab they had available was from the compact Lark. Alas, Studebaker apparently thought that no one would want a compact-sized truck bed, so they pushed out the corners -- stylistic consistency be damned. Then they jacked up the height and added the world's biggest bumper and a charming cow-catcher grille.

A smaller but nicely styled truck might have sold a bit better.
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tonyola
12/06/09

@DrLemming: As you suggest, Studebaker was already running on empty by this stage, and it had used just about all of its remaining resources on the temporarily-successful 1959 Lark. The best they could do to modernize their pickups was to slap a Lark body on the existing 1949-vintage light-truck chassis. An all-new small truck was probably impossible under the circumstances. Once the Lark faded in 1961, there was nothing left to do except shoestring-budget facelifts of existing vehicles and a desperate roll-of-the-dice called the Avanti.
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Buster Brew
12/06/09

@DrLemming: The reason the bed does not quite seem to fit is because the fleetside bed was sourced from Dodge. The bed is wider than the compact Lark based cab.
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MushyHeirloom
12/06/09

@Buster Brew: Yep... and it looks like it's a utility bed.
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Novaload
12/06/09

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65 Fury. Very close in appearance to the 66, but noticeable bar across the grille, halfway up. The I - III were trim plus style and power issues. The III was the deluxe one, I was the plain jane. Big engines, 2 doors mostly the III, more lights on the rear, etc.
But that Lark-nose Stude truck is the bomb. I cannot even remember the last time I saw one of them.
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that ain't the way to have fun, son
12/06/09

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Yep, the hearse is a '70.

If only a Jalopnik regular had access to a large flatbed wrecker.

Wait...

ROADTRIP!!!
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doug-g
12/06/09

@that ain't the way to have fun, son: No, the hearse is definately a '69. Check the front and the tail lights.
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that ain't the way to have fun, son
12/06/09

@doug-g:

I must be getting forgetful, 'cause I'd swear that's a '70 front end...though the tail lights do look like '69.
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doug-g
12/06/09

@that ain't the way to have fun, son: Here's the 1970. Notice the horizonal chrome trim on the parking/cornering lamps? Also, the headlamp bezels are painted and there are winged crests on the fender tips. They dropped the "V" under the crest in '70-'71 but, that's not a deal maker because it pissed some people off and they had the dealer install one.
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that ain't the way to have fun, son
12/06/09

@doug-g: Thanks for refreshing my memory!

It's been a while since I followed these very closely. My wife said my car must get double-digit MPG.

:-(
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robai
12/07/09

I used to drive a 1970 white convertible DeVille - I named her Cruella because of the brutal things that a car the size of a (19ft long) victorian house with a 472 under the hood will do to you when it goes haywire.
Oh so comfortable though.
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that ain't the way to have fun, son
12/07/09

@robai:

Nice.

Cruella Deville.

Mine was a '73 Coupe deVille...nicknamed by others Yellow Submarine.

I just called it The Yacht.
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robai
12/08/09

Ahh, the good old days when we gave the price of gas nary a thought.
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Van Sarockin, rogue trebuchet
12/06/09

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Nice collection. Hard to argue with your endpoints: a falcon convertible and a Sudebaker pickup. And they look to have lots more years in them.
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