Just registered today, still trying to find my way around. I've had my 1959 Lark vl four door for several years.I picked it up as part of a package deal trade, sold everything else and keep the Stud Buster. It had been stored in a dirt floor garage for decades. The kid who "rescued" it had thrown away the front bench and replaced it with a broken seat from a sixties two door propped up with a two by four. There was a piece of tin about as thick as a beer can laid over the empty spot where the drivers floor board had been. Adding insult to injury he had sprayed it with green primer. Yes. Pea green primer. I patched it together, installed buckets from a 2000 Grand Prix and drove it. The front end shook like hell under hard braking but basically it drove pretty well. For a while I even delivered pizzas in it occasionally.( I sometimes deliver to the grandson of one of the last Studebakers to own the company. How cool is that?) I parked it a couple of years ago and just started tearing into the front suspension and steering. I'd been reluctant to do it because I've reached a point in life where wrenching is physically difficult. I finally decided it didn't matter how quickly I could do it, as long as I did it.
Welcome ! Love most Studebakers & drove a suppercharged Lark 4 speed back in the day. Really neat cars. Pics please.
With Studebakers, welding is a skill that will be enhanced as you patch it back together I spent as much on patch panels from Classic Enterprises as I did for the car, spent way too much money I'd suggest you join the Studebaker Drivers Club also, they aren't all restorers and there is a wealth of information in the members. Good Luck! https://studebakerdriversclub.com/
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