I have always been a V-8 Studebaker Lark Hot Rod or G***er fan and owning one was on the bucket list. I happened to be doing my daily car ad check on Facebook Marketplace, when I spotted a Black '62 6-Cyl. 3-Speed, with a ***le for $650. It was complete but had been sitting in the dirt for many years. You could also see the front sheet metal was in a fender bender, that pushed the fenders against the doors. This meant the doors hadn't been opened in decades either. The seller said he would take $300 and deliver it over an hour to my house. He also ***ured me that the floor wasn't all gone. I told myself for that price, it would be good enough for a straight axle G***er build, so he delivered it to the wife while I was at work. Once I tore it apart and hauled all the ruined parts and original drive train to the metal recycler, I netted $90. That's when I saw what was left, and it isn't much! At least the frame and gl*** were good! Then I see an ad for another earlier Lark with no ***le, missing many parts, and the owner says he will deliver it to my door for $200 total! How can I p*** that up? I guess there are a lot of Larks in Nebraska, and they all want to land in my yard. I will be combining the parts to build one, and saving anything good that's left. We shall see which one gets the parts. Odd how fate sends things your way. 
If you like fixing rust, I have a '60 Lark convertible that needs love. No ***le either. Talk about distressed merchandise!
Looks much like what I bought when I started my '39 Chev coupe g***er build! But I paid a whole lot more for a rotted away body on a really nice frame. The entire 4"-5" of my lower body was gone, or thin enough I could poke my fingers through it! The trunk floors are elevated higher on these old Chevys, so that was the only solid piece I could save! I spent the first 6 months of the build putting in 35-40 hrs. a week just replacing rotted away metal. But once that was done I had a very solid body, and could proceed with the rest of the build.
Price was certainly right, and those would almost certainly have gotten s****ped at that price so I'm glad they're saved. Probably too late now, but those Stude engines, including the straight 6's, have adjustable rockers that apparently can be made to fit early Olds and Cadillac engines. Not sure if there's still a market for those or not but they're kinda neat.
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