[Eric in the Ozarks]

You are 100 correct. The dealer can make the difference. I wouldn't care if my dealership was still selling Studebakers as long as he backed them up.

[AnAmericanMother]

I wish my dealer WERE selling Studebakers . . . what a great car! Simple, straightforward, easy to work on, durable - what could be better? I used to hold the toolbox for my dad when he worked on his in the driveway.

The two-forward-speed tranny in the Lark is awful, though. Still, once you get it wound up it'll go . . . and then you have to worry about stopping it with the single shoe drum brakes. Plan about a block ahead . . . :-D I understand somebody's making disc brake conversion kits for it, and if I drive it any distance I'll have to see about getting one . . . at present it's just an around-the-neighborhood fun car.